Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06
A TERRIBLE DRUG.
Experience Of a Nan Who Drank the
Hashsssh, and the Effect It Produced

Experience Of a Han Who Drank the
Hashseah, and the Effect It Produced
Manchester Union. But a few miles
from this city lives a man who was
once as fine a drug clerk as there was
In the city of Boston. But that was
some time ago, and no doubt he is for
gotten by the fraternity IN that city.
His name is ROIphie R. Sanford, and
he is at present residing with his Wild
owed mother, who owns a fine residence
not far from Manchester. His expert
ence with hasheesh is worth reproduc-
ing.
A representative of the Union saw
Sanford some time ago, and as it was
just after dinner, and he had partaken
Of his meal with unusual relish, he
was IN the mood for talking. why,
my boy, said he, drug clerks of course
have secrets. You want me to tell YOU
a little story, Ell? If I should tell you
some of the secrets of course they
would be secrets no longer, but I'll
give you little of my experience with
hasheesh. It's a stuff that no one
wants to NEEDLE with with impunity.
allow me to inform you. If I had not
been careless I would not now be able
to tell you my experience with
hasheesh.
Tt was some eight or ten years ago,
| when I was at work for a prominent
druggist in Boston. For some little
/ time had been suffering with dyspep-
/ STA, and the ailment bothered me so
| that life became unbearable. I at last
I = \
great relief. I was to take it before
meals, and placed the bottle on shelf
/ behind the prescription counter among
other bottles which are usually found
/ In that place. One noon I went to take
my medicine. I took down what
thought to be the right bottle, and,
/ discarding the use of a spoon, I placed
! the Orifice TO my mouth and took
/ large swallow Horrors! The taste
/ told me I had made a mistake.
| looked at the bottle and-well, my
friend, I had taken a large dose of In
dian cannabis, or otherwise hRsheesh. /
/ knew what the result would be. I stag
| gered back to the rear part of the
| store. How queer I felt. How light I
was growing. Up, up, up I went until
my head bObbed against the ceiling. 1
was like a cork on disturbed water. 1
| glided along, and could look down and
/ see the huge bottles, each one with a
! 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 1
was plunged into inky blackness.
From the black nothingness flashed
/ out bright balls of light. I reached
/ the sofa and sank down upon it. Ny
tongue seemed to swell, and I 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 before
my mind in all the details, and I saw
| faces beautiful faces-angeic In their
/ divinity, which seemed to beckOn to
me and then vanish with a hideous
! laugh. All normal conditions and re-
! latiOns seemed to be presented. Again
| 1 was tossed to the ceiling and then
! thrown by some invisible force from
/ one side of the room to the other. ]
! felt nc. conclusion, but bounced about
! like a football. Then I fell back into
| dreamy contemplation, and years
seemed to pass by. Fantastic pictures
more marked, my limbs felt weighted
with lead, just the opposite to my ex-
perience of what seemed to me years
ago. heard some one say, Why,
ROlphie, old fellow, what's the matter
Rolphie! ROlphiep The words rever-
berated like thunder. My shOp-mate
had returned. Again he tried to shake
me to myself, and I never hated a man
so cordially as I hated him at that mo-
ment. He got a doctor, and 1 tell you.
my friend, they had no easy time tC
bring me to myself. Every word they
uttered surged through my brain and
seemed to jar me to pieces. That was
a peculiarly of the drug. I suffered
from that experience long afterward
and it appears even at this day, when
think it over, that I have that feeling
coming on, so powerful was the I'm
preston made on me that time.