The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-05-22

tending physician, and the only one,
50 far rs the writer can learn.
Just here, however r. +. l.. is doubt
les in error, 80 Ear as regards the won
derful surgical operation he speaks Of.
All accounts verify the fact that Han
mas intestines protruded and even fell
on the ground, some OF them; but no
account was ever given by any one in
the locality where the fight occurred
Of any of the intestines being cut. The
writer has heard his father, who was
very old man when he died, relate the
circumstance Of the fight and heney-
er mentioned anything Of the kind, nor
related anything in regard to the treat
ment, except - +. +. l.. says, the Dr.
washed them, returned them % the
abdominal cavity and sewcd up the
horrible wound. Gen. Ross who died
a year or 80 ago, knew more about
Muckenhaupt perhaps than any other
man, and the writer has heard him re-
late hundreds of anecdotes Of his ec-
centricities, tritc sayings and fuuy
speeches, but he never heard him al
lude, in the remotest degree. To the sur
gical operation. Mr.. Daniel Auggs-
! tine, the oldest person now living here.
who was acquainted with AIucken-
hanpt, says he feels almost certain no
| operation was done OF the intestine.
lie remembers all aboIt the fight,
where it occurred, and all who wer.
concerned in it, and he slys such an
I operation would have been more than
"a nine days wonder at that early day,
and he would eert'inly have heard
NiuckenhaIpt speak Of It, rs he was
given 70 boasting. Tie writer has made
all possible inquiries among the people
living in this vicinity who would be
likely to know, and lac can find no
veriiication ofaay such operation. The
case, even - It has always been under
stood here, was bad enough, aal 10
one not having the iron constitution
Hanna had would have survived.
Major Hanna was "a remarkable man,
in his physical Development. lie was
about six feet IN his stockings, weighed
from 22) 10 23), pounds, no -upeTflU-
ous flesh, all bone and muscle: although
his hands and feet were remarkably
small, fora man ofh;s s:zeand strength.
Once be went to Harrisburg on some
business in connection with his office
Of Brigade Inspector. He was a cont
paratively young man then and some
one admiring his wonderful physical
proportions was told that he was the
smallest and weakest man in the B1i-
gade. Not many years ago black
smith in iIlruedsviiie was sho-ing a
horse for Hanna, and it did not stand
- quietly for the Smith rs Hanna
thought it should, when ne grabbed
the leg Of the horse with such force
that lie broke the leg.
Major Hanna told the writer somc
years ago that on one occasion he
rode a horse to the hotel spo',yn ot in
this sketch, and ii good many loaEgers
being there, g. show his strength he got
under the horse aud threw il over the /
fence, and let it lie there until ne had
attended to his wants in the bIrroom.
When Ee was nineteen years oil, Is
he told the writer, lie hauled oats with
a SIX horse team to tie hotels along the
pike The roads were u,gaIly bad,
ani nc frequently stalled" p" bat wiiea-
ever this occurred he woIld lay hold of
the wheel that was stuck in the mad,
yell at the horses, and wlcn they
started ha would literally lirt the load
Hundreds ofanecd,.c, are told %. Ma
jov Hanll's strength. WtAIlie was
kind and good natured, never seeking
a quarrel, but from his convivial habits,
his fights AMI 5rawis were frequent.
When the writer was "a boy lac stood in
awe Of Major Hanna, blt rs he grew
uP and became acquainted with him
i,e valued his friendship. John and
Wm. Hanna, well known citizens Of
this township are his nephews, sons OF
John Hanna.
\ goodly sized volumn coald be writ
ten, filed with anecdotes OF DR.. Muck
cnhaupt. On one occasion. when he
had been guilty of some misdemeanor,
n was threatened with prosecution
aud Imprisonment. lie remarked,
"They call me dam sicf thief. bat
they are dam siefs themselves. Ill just
take my bible, und my fiddle, und my
hymn book and will sing und play
until die in the Jail" The people,
especially the LutheranS or German ex-
! traction, had the most anbouuded faith
in his knowledge OF medicine, - mJcl
80 that they imagined it impossible f1r
any one u die under hi, attelI-
ancc, and, YET, a before in!im2ted, hi,
knowledge of medicine must, ofneces-
/ sity. have been OF the most Iudimeuta-
~ character, and it does not s5em with
in the range " possibility ta3t he could
have devised an operation that even to-
dag Is considered one Of ;hs capital
I operations. With all the appliances Of
the active age, ~ Murphy buttons, and
antisiptic surgery, laparolomy too
often fails. II Is most likely though,
that Mlcienhaupt was Il pretty good
German scholar for his time, and ne
certainly was man Of great natural
Resources and Versatility, and rs medi-
cal science was, - 10 speak, III its in
fancy, he had the good luck to succeed
10 some extent, in the profession. He
was Il great taiker and considerable of
a boaster, 50 that he impressed the peo-
pie with show Of knowledge nc did
not possess.
W. +. VI.
Addison, Pa, May 18th, lS95.
The Genuine Merit