The times., 1898-03-05
THE MINISTER'S woOING.
1t Had to Be Done All Over Again
in Connecticut.

New Haven. Conn, March 4.-Every-
thing was driven from the mind of the
Rev. T. C. Hanna of Southington. when
he fell on his head year ago. even the
all important fact that ne was engaged
to marry a handsome young woman. She
remembered ali about It, Of course. but
she did not wish to remind him of it,
Everyone is happy now. however, for the
Encouragement of the young woman and
the Rev. Mr.. Hanna was announced yes
terday
Mr.. Hanna's strange mental condition
attracted the attention of physicians in
his native State and in this city. He was
driving along a Connecticut road last
March when he was thrown from his
buggy. He fell upon his head and was
picked UP insensible. When he regained
consciousness it was found that his
power of memory was entirely gone.
He could not think of the name that
fitted the article OF furniture we call
chair. Everything about him was name
less His intellect was alert and his mind
receptive but the past was a complete
blank. he gazed at the pictures, boOds
and hoyers. He tried 10 speak about
them. yet the words would not come.
His friends pointed TO the common
over and over again. He repeated the
syllables after them. Gradually the words
began TO attach themselves again 10 the
objects which surrounded him. He could
say chair table sofa and point TO
the things which the names signifed.
Everybody was glad that the Rev. Mr..
Hanna was coming to mis- senses. From
nouns he proceeded to verbs. 1t was not
long before his Investigations brought
him to that same old verb which every
beginner in 4 language learns first of all.
! There was something about IL which sug
gested a previous existence. Then one
day he saw upon the street familiar
word.
He asked his friends if they could not
remember, for they reasoned that when
the man had completely come TO his
senses that perhaps he might have differ
ent opinions. Besides, what idea could
the word ''fiancee' convey TO a man who
had barely learned again the meaning of
single words like chair, sofa and the
| like?
1t was amazing after this period to wit
ness the progress made by the Rev, T. c..
| Hanna in the use of words. He made
| the acquaintance of the young woman.
| Once or twice he remarked that he
| thought he had met her before. She said
| she believed that she had had the pleas
| ure of meeting him. From child of
| one year tne feN. MI. Hanna became 2
! man of twenty-five. His vocabulary re-
| turned.
! Surely no young woman need wish a
| better compliment than to have a man
| fall in love with her the second time.
| without remembering anything about the
! first experience, The Rev. Mr.. Hanna. as
| his memory returned made frequent calls
| at the home of the Young woman.
| The single verb. which the Latins call
'amo," came back to his lips again. The
young woman accepted, and they are 70
| be married soon.
Besides his tiancee the Rev. Mr.. Hanna
! had forgotten everybody else. He is max
ing new acquaintances out OF old ones
every day now Ii viii only be a ques-
ton of Il few weebs before he is able tC
attend TO his pastoral duties again.
He is already preaching again. and
| those who have heard him say he
breaches with the old-time fervor, even
| if his vocabulary is not quite so large.
| He uses simple words now and steers
away from the sesquipedalian terms of
theology. which is itself not such a bad
result of the accident from which he suf-
| fered
| The Rev Mr.. Hanna is a graduate of
| the Yale Divinity School, and his friends
| think that he may yet become one of the
| leading preachers of Connecticut.