The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-21

4. How long remained unconscious
sr know not, but when came to myself
u felt the cold all blowing on my face
5, and casting my eyes above me / saw tn
a stars shining overhead. What was M
+ extreme surprise to find myself in Wal
nut street, not stones throw from M
e hotel. was seated on an empty box
o with my feet in a pool of water, anC
), hundreds of persons were passing up anC
G down the street. ! could scarcely be
iieve. the evidence of my senses.
e jumped up from my seat and rushed
to the hotel The omnibus for con-
: veying passengers to the railway station
! was at the door. | entered the hall Of
J the building.
Do you want to go to Baltimore by
!, the 10 o'clock train p asked the clerk
the moment he saw me.
Il did want to go, but am too late, "
replied, shuddering when | thought of
what had detained me.
"Oh, no, sir," returned the clerk; ''the
omnibus leaves in ten minutes"
| looked at my watch and found
that it was only half past nine Then.
| had only left the hotel an hour and a
half.
| went TO Baltimore and so impressed
was with the fearful adventure had
met with, that | returned the next day
to Philadelphia and for a whole week
explored the city in every part. But
after the most minute search could
discover nothing at all corresponding to
the locality had visited On that fear
full night. There was no suburb, or |
house, or anything like that which had |
seen, to be found.
For long time | kept my adventure
to myself. At last | summoned up
courage enough to ention the affair.
My statement has been received with
utter incredulity by all who have heard
it. Some of my friends pretend to say
that dreamt it all Others gently hint
that had imbibed too much wine. l
have at last determined to make the
matter public, and will leave my readers
to draw what inference they please. /
most distinctly state, however, that the
suppositions of my friends are erron-
eous. neither dreamt it, nor did /
drink too much wine. Can it be pos
sible that beings inhabit the world which
are palpable to all the senses excepting
sight? 1t is an interesting question for
the philosopher to study; and yet there
is one thing can not understand-how
it was that the young lady saw the fear
full thing and did notl / am weary of
conjecture over the matter and must
leave the enigma for better heads than
mine to solve.
4 day or two ago. since the above
was written, was reading paper be-
fore the Academy of Medicine in Paris, I
on the effects of certain drugs on the
The statement made by !
the author of the paper M. Piorri), re- )
called to my mind a circumstance in |
with the foregoing statement b
which escaped my notice-namely, that a
previous to experiencing the fearful t
adventure have described, ] had taken i
something for facial neuralgia. / was y
n Philadelphia yesterday and had the 9
to inquire at the drug store |
he name of the drug the apothecary
lad given me for the neuralgia. He in 0
ormed that il was tincture of cannabis
ndicus, or what is more generally I
Known by the name of "Hashheesh."
This drug, it is well known, has a most /
effect on the brain. ] =
iced only refer the reader of the details :
,iven by Bayard Taylor and by the s
luther of the Confession of Hash &
leesh Eater" as proof of my statement. I
am now inclined to think that the +
Whole experience l went through was T
imply hallucination produced by the F
annabis indicus 2