The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-04
A TERRIBLE DRUG.
Experience of n Man who Drank HashIsb.
and the Eject 1t Produced.

and the Eject 1t Produced.
Manchester Union,
But few miles from this CITY lives $
man who was once as fine a drug clerk a
there was in the city Of Boston Bat that
was some time $50, and no doubt he Is
tcrsotten By the fraternity in that civ
His name is Rolphie + Sanford, and be is
at present residing with bis widowed
mother, who own e fine residence not FAR
rom Manchester. His experience with
bsshish is worth producing
ga preventative OF the Union cav San.
lord some time ago, and as il wss Just after
dinner and be had partsksu Of his
meal with unusual relish, be was Just in
the mood for talking. Why, my boy. :"
ssld he, drug clerks Of course have -crets
on want me 10 tell you s little story, eh -?
II should tell you some of the secrets, of
course, they would be secrets 40 loagsr.
but I'll tell you little OF my experiences
with hsshish. LIS q stuff that no one
wants to NEEDLE with with impunity,
allow me 10 inform you. IL l had not
been careless would not now be able to
tell you M experience with hashish.
III was some eight or ten years aca,
when was ct work Tor prominent drug
glst IN Boston. For some little time had
been suffering with dyspepsia, and the all
ment boz heTed rae 60 that lie became ~
hearsble. 1T last mixed up 8 decoction
tina, gave me great relief. l was 20 ,ake Il
bet0le mtals, and placed the bottle on q
shelf behind the prescription counter
among other bottles which are usually
fCund IN that place. One noon / went 10
take MY medicine. l took down what
thought to be the right bottle, and, dis.
cardiIg the use of q spoon, placed the or
itice 10 my mouth sDd took q large
swallow. Horrorsl Tae taste odd
me that 1 had made mistake.
l locked at the bottle and-well,
my friend, had taken a large dose OF In
dian cannabis, or otherwise hashish.
knew what the results would be. l stag
gered 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 q
cork Heating on disturbed water. l glided
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
sounded like thunder in my ears. Suddenly
] was plunged into inky blackness. From
the black nothiDgness hisned out bright
bgl,s OF light. / reached the sofa
and sank down upon it. My tongue
seemed 10 swell, and / tried in vain 70
Dub III oOuuu loSuCOs oEC4uCA W
know that there was a long, long hour be-
fore my fellow-clerk would be back from
his dinner, and then he might not come
into the rear room and discover my condi-
ton. The events OF days and weeks came
before my mind in all the details, and 1
saw ieces-beautiful iaces-angelic IN their
divinity, which seemed to beckon to me
and then vanish with hideous laugh. All
normal conditions and relations seemed to
be presented. Again / was tossed to TIE
ceiling and then thrown by some invisible
force from one side OF the room to
the other l felt no conclusion, but
bounced about the lounge like huge foot
ball Then / fell back into dreamy cou-
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 10 me
years ago, heard somebody say "Why,
Rolphie, old fellow, what's the matter?
Rolphie, Rolphie" The words reyerhera-
ted like thunder. Ny shopmate had re-
turned. Again he tried 10 shake ms 10
myself and never hated man so cordial
ly as / hated him at that moment. He
got a doctor and tell you, my friend.
they had no easy time with me-"