Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-11-09
HE DRANK HASHlSH.
The Cad Results or n Drug CLERKS
Terrible Blunder.

lew miles from tnlS city yes u
man who was once as fine drug clerk
as there was in the city OF Boston. says
the Manchester (N. H. Union. His
name was Randolph T. Sanford. and
he is mt present residing with his wild
owed mother. Sanford is some over
forty years of age, and is complete
wreck. His hair is AS white as snow.
aud his left side has been paralyzed
from the crown of his head to h feet.
While mixing chemicals at the last
place in Boston where he worked, an
unforeseen combs nation ensued. and an
explosion was the result Tn expl o.
sion proved most disastrous to S ,nford
He got the bulk of the living liquid in
his face. and his nose was fairly eaten
of. He was i'll for long time. and
during his sickness his whole left side
was paralyzed, as stated above. With
in the last three years he has partla lily
recovered the use of his afflicted side,
and in the summertime manages to
get around and DO little garden
work, the Sanford place be NJ noted
for the quality of the vegetables raised
and the beauty Of the floral plats. San
ford is most interest ne conversations
alist, and is full of stories regarding
the life of a drug clerk. II expert
euce with hashish is worth reproduce
ing. Hashish is the foundation of the
same powerful extract that figures IN
Monte Cristo. The name by which 1t
goes among drugg SITS is "eXtractum
cannabis indica." or extract of Indian
hemp. The liquid preparation rcsem-
bles ink in appearance "a dark green
ink. Its fragrance is of narcotic
odor, and in taste it is slightly warm,
bittersh and acid. In Hindostan, Per-
sia, and other parts of the east, hemp
has habitually been employed as an
intoxicating agent The parts used
are the tops of the plant and a resin
Gus product obtained from it. The
plant IS cut after flower NJ. aud form
ed into bundles from two to four feet
long by three inches in diameter. which
are sold in the bazars by the name Of
gun jah. The resin obtained is formed
into balls by the'natives, and is smoked
like tobacco, with VIII CHI it is said to
be frequently mixed. An Illusion or
deeoction OF the drink is sometimes
used as an exhilaratng drink.
Some eight or ten years ago.
saws Sanford. IL was at work for a
prominent druggist in Boston. For
some little time | had been suffering
W tn dyspepsia. and the ailment both.
cred me so that life became unbear-
able. at last mixed up a decoction
that gave me great relief. l was to
take it before meals, and placed the
bottle on a shelf behind the prescrip-
ton counter among other bottles
which are usually found in that place.
One noon | went 10 take my medicine.
| took down what | thought to be the
right bottle. and. discarding the use of
spoon. | placed the bottle to my
mouth and took a large swallow.
Horrorsi The taste told me that had
made mistake! | looked at the
bottle and-well, nv friend. | had
taken a large dose of Indian cannabis,
or otherwise hashish. / knew what
the results would be. staggered
back to the rear part of the store. How
queer | felt. How light | was grow =
ing. Up, up, up | went, until my head
bobbed against the ceiling. / was like
cork floating on disturbed water. |
glded along. and could look down
and see the huge bottles, each one with
hideous face laughing at me. The
stools on the marble floor seemed TO
want to keep me company, and their
click, click. on the marble floor sound
ed like thunder in nv ears. Suddenly
was plunged into inky blackness.
From the black nothingness flashed
out bright balls of light. | reached
the sofa and sank down upon it. Nv
tongue seemed TO swell, and | tried in
vain to scream, but no sound issued.
seemed to know that there was n
long, long hour before my fellow
clerk would be back from his dinner,
aud then he might not come into the
rear room and discover my condition.
The events of daI s and weeks came be-
fore my mind in all the deta is, aud |
saw faces beautiful faces-angelic in
their divinity. which seemed to beckon
- me and then vanish W tn hideous
augh. Again was tossed to the cell
ing and then thrown hv some invisible
force from one side of the room to
another felt no conclusion. but
pOuuNtu tbohb nc ~ uhZO lOOl-Dhll.
Then | fell back into dreamy con-
temptation and years seemed to pass
by. Fantastic pictures were worked,
my limbs felt weighted with lead just
the opposite to my experience OF what
seemed to me years ago. | heard
somebody say: Why. Rolphe. old
fellow, what's the matter? Rolphe!
Rolphie' The words reverberated
like thunder. Ny shop-mate had re-
turned. Again he tried TO shake me
to myself, and | never hated Il man so
cordially as | hated him at that
moment. He 90, DOCTOR and tell
you, my friend, they had no easy time
to bring me to myself. Every word
they uttered surged into my brain aud
seemed TO jar ME to pieces. | suifcre
from that exper encc long afterward.
and it appears even at this day, when
| think it over. that | have that feel
ing coming on. so powerful was the
impression made on me at that time"
Scenes Of Sensuous Beauty.