Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
HE DRANK HASHlSH.
The sad Results OF n Dru. Gle ribs
Terrible Blunder.

| Terrible Blundcr.
A few miles from this city Ives a
man who was once as fine q drug clerk
rs there was in the city of Boston, says
the Manchester IN. H.) URion His
name was Randolph r. Sanford. and
he is at present residing with his wild
owed mother. Sanford is some over
forty years of age. and is a complete
wreck. His hair is us white as snow.
and his left side has been paralyzed
from the crown of his head to his feet.
While mixing chemicals at the last
place in Boston where he worked, an
unforeseen comb nation 'ensued. and an
explosion was the result. THIS expl o.
sion proved most disastrous to Sanford.
He got the bulk of the flying liquid in
his face, and his nose was fairly eaten
off. 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 partIa lily
recovered the use of his afflicted side,
aud in the summertime manages to
get around and DO little garden
work. the Sanford place beng noted
for the quality of the vegetables raised
and the beauty of the floral plats. San
ford is a most interesting conversations
alist, and is full of stories regarding
the life of drug clerk. HIS expert
ence with hashish is worth reproduce
ing Hashish is the foundation of the
| ,,.f, Il -.
Monte Cristo. The name by which 1t
goes among drugg SITS is 'extractum
cannabis indic@." or extract of Indian
hemp. The liquid preparation resem-
bles ink in appearance "a dark green
ink. Its fragrance is of narcotic
odor. and in taste it is slightly warm,
bitterish and acid. In Hindostan, Per-
STA, 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 resin
Gus product obtained from it. The
plant is cut after Towering. and 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 iah. The resin obtained is formed
into balls by the natives, and is smoked
like tobacco, with wheel it is said to
be frequently mixed. An infusion or
decoction of the drink is sometimes
used as an exhlarating drink.
Some eight or ten years ago."
saws Sanford. II was at work for a
prominent druggist in Boston. For
some little time 1 had been suffering
with dyspepsia, and the ailment both
cred me so that life became unbear-
able. ! at last mixed up q decoction
that gave me great relief. l was to
take it before meals. and placed the
bottle on shelf behind the prescrip-
ton counter among other bottles
which are usually found in that place.
One noon l went TO take my medicine.
l took down what / thought to be the
right bottle, and. dscarding the use of
spoon. placed the bottle to my
mouth and took large swallow.
Horrors! The taste told me that had
made mistake! | looked at the
bottle and-well, my friend. l had
taken large dose of Indian cannabis,
or otherwise hashsh. knew what
the results would be. l staggered
back to the rear part of the store. How
queer felt How light l was grow
ing. Up, up. up | went, until my head
bodied against the ceiling. / was like
cork floating 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 sound
ed like thunder in my ears. Suddenly
was plunged into inky backness.
From the black nothingness flashed
out bright balls of light. l reached
the sofa and sank down upon it My
tongue seemed to swell, and tried in
vain to scream, but no sound issued.
[ seemed to know that there was
long, long hour before my fellow
clerk would be back from his dinner,
and then he might not come into the
rear room and discover my condition.
The events of days and weeks came be-
/ fore my mind in all the details. and 1
saw faces-beautifu faces-angelic in
their divinity. which seemed to beckon
20 me and then vanish with hideous
laugh. Again was tossed to the cell
ing and then thrown by some invisible
force from one side of the room to
another. l felt no conclusion. but
bounced about like a huge football.
Then L 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 l heard
somebody say: why, Rolphie. old
fellow, what's the matterP Rolphie!
RolphieP The words reverberated
like thunder. My shop-mate had re-
turned. Again he tried to shake me
to myself, and l never hated n man so
cordially as l hated him at that
moment. He got a doctor, and tell
you, my friend, they had no easy time
to bring me to myself. Every word
they uttered surged into my brain and
seemed TO jar me to pieces suffered
from that experience 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.