The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-06-27
Mann moth surgery.

Inc most oolossel surgical operation
ever performed upon . living creature
was witnessed BY q select few 10 this
city on yesterday moroing. Every
thing about the affair was oo the mos.
stupendous scale, as the subject him.
self is tho largest Bit of flesh and
bones now 10 this country. Ofcourse
this means th, elephant Romeo
now performing 10 this city.
Romeo is getting old bis flesh /,
slow to heal and . lack of knowl
edge how to treat elephant sores,
coupled with many misapplied RENE.
dies, soon placed the old hero 10 a
sad plight. The wounds festered
inflammation increased, bad became
worse, until now his legs resemble tho
cstacombs Of Rome, being mere re-
ceptacles Of corruption. When the
mensgerie reached the city, IL be-
camo painfully evident Romeo could
not 60 sny farther unless some relief
was Afforded, and as Chicago is fa-
NOUS for the quality just now, ii was
determined to take advantage Of the
respite afforded from travel during a
noarly two weeks stay, aud place the
great hulk on the stocks.
After full hour spent 10 slashiug,
geugiog aud rcraping, during which
tho poor beast was rid OF fifteen or
twenty pound, Of purified nesb, and
q pound or two Of bono, the sergeons
concluded that sufficient for q day
might bo tho evil thereof, and desis.'
ted from that part Of tho operation, to-
enter upon scother teu-fold more
painful and narrowing.
While these excavati ions had been
progressing, men were busy at the
furnace heating huge soldering irons,
several inches in diameter, to q white
heat. Thes were now brough. into
requisitiou to romovo the proud flesh.
When DR.. Withers approached the
animal with the FIRST glowing iron Q
shiver ran through his frame, and
ho was disposed to resent any further
aggression, but boing convinced by
the pointed arguments of bis keeper
that it was oil for his good, hc issued
another low thunder, which was sch:.
oed from every cage, and straighten-
ed bis trunk, aud braced himself for
further martyrdom.
The red hot iron was now run into
tunnel No. the length Of about q
foot, and Kissing sound, follow ed
by dense volumes OF fumes and an
iutolerable stencil, issued from the
ophnipg. Tho poor brute shook like
an aspen, mado slight fort or two
at resistance. but soon settled into qui-
etness again. Another rod hot iron
was introduced, again thcro was a
quiver Of the whsle frame, but this
time he only drew up his back and
changed his position trifls.
Tho blood now began to aow from
the caserus in capious supply. ssight
that mado oil the animals Of the cat
species desperate, aud lions tigers,
lsopards, hyenas, panthers, wolves
aud others Of the innumerabls horde
whose cages formed circle abou, tho
martyr, joined in low growls, which
were intensified to roars and shrieks
as the fumes of tho burning flesh GIL
cd their nostrils.
When the din and noise was some.
what quietsd, the operation was pro.
oeeded with, and during the two fol.
lowing hours above thirty red bot
irons were thrust into tho poor brutes
carcass. Whom tho surgeons finally
desistsd it was not because they bs
lieved their task completed, but be.
cause tho cavsrns had assumed such
dimensions that tho two.inch irons
proved too small to be further effect
i've. Besides Romeo was evidently
sning and getting q little "grog-
gy" from loss Of blood.
The openings were then thoroughly
washed with lotions, and Afterwards
carefully bound up.
The old follow has slways display
cd q strong predilsOtion for candy and
othOr sweet things. After the opera-
tion, q nice big stick was preferred to
him, but he refused il with . solemn
shake OF his head.
When the animals naturally vicious
temper is taken into consideration
his noble behavior during tho painful
Operations can only be accounted fo'
on the hypothesis that, with an Gle.
plants proverbial sagaoisy and 6ns
iustia ct, hs was convinced that 4
wonid rebound 10 his pood. Other,