The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-10
TEN GRAINS OF HASHEESH.
How a Man visited the Interior Of His own Head

lle RESI- Ol illt parry N'l' -'''N va
strands, and had to remain in our Wrctchc9
son,n far q week. with mo- one To- talk to and
nothing 10 do. One day cut my finger, ana
venI To- the medicine chest for aInica; "hlie
lookinr for that found a little wide mouthta
vial bcarlng upon Its Label the rcspcclaDic
name OF Mcssls Squibb N Co., BESIDES me
English ana l.,,..a terms D! the 5r'erl'h'oi"cN'
nastelikc contents and some directions regard
inc the proper doses.
Here was something TO amusc me, for sew
oral successive days took doses gradually
Increasing in quantity, but they disapPointea
me by producing no other effect IMAM an luio''
ic hilquoU,ness lasting two OF threc houtS ~ d
,imc did not dare 10 continue thls Wlthoul
sdvicc, having already far exceeded uie
amount indicated on the iabci, 80 gave up
experiments for the time.
Sia months afterwards | CHANGED upon the
little bottle, tucked away in my dresslng,c case,
and tried the hasheesh again, but Win no
greater success than before
Two years passed. Twas spending pOFtloh
of the winter at the old homestead IN =,
where q iovlal family party always assembled
for thc holidays.
Cpou the occasion of d Sleighing party 1t
bappcned that the company was too large ny
one | had vainly wished for few quiet
hours IN which to examine new book that
had been sent NE. Here was my chance! AS
suminw al AR of cheerful sefdcnlal, TOOK
upon myself the sacrifice Of remaining at
home. Considerable tact and perseverance
were necessary to get the party OH without me,
amt il WAS tinaly accomplished | returned
10 the sItling.room exulting, poked the fire in
10 a blaze. aud settled myself TO read. Present
" had occasion 10 refer to some old perlodi-
Gals on chemistry, which were piled up in a
corner Of the medicine cupboard, and IN pull
Ing them out, knocked something over. IL
was my old acquaintance the wal A better
opportunity for the final experiment could not
have been chosen. | measured out ten grams
of the paste, made it into pill, swallowed 1t
and returned to my book, not half believing
that even this quantity wouldlscryc to reveal
the delights vaguely limited at by tie count OF
Monte Cristo,
/ read on for a half hour entirely forgetting
hashecsh in the interest excited by my book.
AT the end of that time became sensible of Il
constant effort to fix my attention upon the
subject of the work before me- my mlnG seem
I'd to have acquired an extraordinary elasticity,
and continually flew oil to rrapplc with alb
struse questions in mental and moral science,
which il solved with wonderful acu'enesS and
rapidty. Then came a tingling like a success
sion OF gentle electric shocks passing from the
spine outward to the surface Of the body, and
ainuslnu "A glowing sense Of vIgOr
| haG been 80 absorbed i'll reading that the
sensations It'd not occur to- me rs the effect OF
py little green pill but it was impossible to
misunderstood them any longer. | dropped
my book, ran up to my room, seized pen and
paper, ana began to write AN account OF my cX-
pertinent.
BY this time the impressions had become so
strange as to alarm me, and now experienced
tie frat halluciuation. The blood was passing
through my VEINS rs swift rivers rush through
shGlr channels; nay heart was great force
pump, like some Of the largest worked by
steam; 1t pumped tic blood up over my brain
III strokes, each one Of which seemed capable
If filling the tun at Heidelberg, and my ears
Were deatened by a secthIng roar,
| thought no more Of chronicling such feel
ings, aud astUnishcd the cook, who WAS the
only person left in the house besides myself, by
Bursting into the kitchen and mixing strong
dose of mustard and water, which | drank
without taking breath. As i. went down my
throat my stomach seemed to be huge Cistcrn
partly filled with dark, red liquid-likc blood
the mixture fell into the center OF the Cistern
and the red liquid splashed up against the
sides was too badly frightened to wait iOf
the effect and utilized the time IN making the
hest speed could TO our family physicians
The crisp, cold air made me feel somewhat
hctcr tut rs stood on the doorstep, strange
idea possessed me that | saw two distinct per
sons, one aOated above the earth, not seeming
g. belong to it, the other twl,chcd ncrvousIy
at the bell. and received the doctors son with
blank look, when he opened the door and
sand his father was away. The doctor NIGH
return IN half an hour, or possibly not before
night, SO said would run over to the o,hcI
physicians, and come back If he were out, Or
my way | was intolerably thirsty, and caugh
up handful of snow; il tasted yellow. The
other doctor was also gone, so returned, ant
The Young man led me to his fathers study
where we began 10 look through some OF thu
hooks in the hope OF finding an antidotc.
All this time my mind had been perform
ing wondrnus Journeys through the realms o
thought. Natural objects appeared enlarged
50 colossal size, and my short walk seemed
to have consumed three weeks Of time.
The fear of death came over me, and mani
Tested itself in the next hallucination.
had been dead for thousands Of years, M
skeleton mouldcred in decaying, wormeateI
coffin, a few hairs still clung to the skull, anC
shreds Of yellowlsh skin to tho rottlng bones
chilling wind walled through the ChInks ant
knotholes IN The coffin, and inspired Inc witt
an awful fear.
While we were still searching among til,
books the doctor came in, upon which tn,
young man left us alone, and then stated my
case.
Tie doctor was greatly interested; he ex
CLAIMED when told what quantity of hash
ecsh had taken, and sent directly for som,
lemons.
lie Gained nay anxiety by assuring me tina
| was in no danger, thus leaving my mint
free to occupy itself with his remarks on tn,
pathology Of hashecsh and its effects upor
the nervous system and the different organs
As | listened | seemed to pass into my owl
body, and to see 1t ntcriorly in all its neon
ceiyable complications the heart the lungs
The liver, the stomach, were like beautiful ma
chimes, each performing its function with tn,
most wonderful eXaCtncSs and delicacy.
] went from one to another in an ecstacy o
delight, successfully describing to the docto
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