PIONEER PHYSICIANS. Somerset County “ Doetors Practiced Long Years Ago. Living, as the early settlers of Som- erset county did, in the pure, piny at- | mosphere of the virgin forest ; drinking the sparkling water as it bubbled from | the rock-ribbed Alleghenies—pure as | God, the Eternal, brewed it; inheriting constitutions untainted by vice; dis- | who | | the devil and Tom Paine could not cure | them, because they were incurable.” Later a physician by the name Redgrave opened an office in Salisbury. Rumor had it that he had previously tried his luek in Virginia, and that hav- ling located in said place early in the [ spring he sat on Lis front door stoop or | portico most of the season and did not have a single call. One day when he { was sitting in his chosen position and of eases, which are now claiming their | was pondering on the alarming health vietims annually by thousands, to them unknown, and sickness, of any kind, was the exception. those people perfect specimens of man- hood. But as the population increased Out-door life, vig- | an unusual gait orous exercise and plain food made he at onee (as | of the locality, he suddenly heard a | This being | | horse coming at a gallop. in a slow community he naturally would) jumped ot the conclusion that whoever is riding that horse is after a doctor. and blood from other soarces was in- | Very soon a man appeared, bareheaded, fused—and customs at varience with those then existing, were introduced this condition changed. The construction | barefooted and riding barebacked. Ile | rode up to the physician and asked: and operation of | “Are you a doctor ?” Riding nearer the man placed his the now historic National Road poured | foot on the arm of the doctor's chair. in a population, some of which at least, wore the badge of coarsest and others the most refined deviltry now found in | our cities, and this went far “to leaven | the whole lump.” before the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, yellow fever was unknown in that country. Ever since it has been the scourge of the Gulf provinces, and is epidemic there. From this we might argue that civilization engenders dis- eases which it aims to cure. At any rate, not more than two score years had passed until dyspepsia, cancer, con- sumption, and other diseases, made their appearance. What few physicians the country then contained were loca- ted in Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore and were graduates of for- eign schools. Previous to this time, however, Dr. Rust, Dr. Shippen and Dr. Franklin saw the pressing needs of the country and established the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, the first Medi- cial College in the United States, and others soon followed. Meanwhile there were only one or two regular practi- | tioners in Somerset county. “Pow wow” remedies abounded, and many charms and some witcheraft were used. Where domestic medicines were used they consisted mostly of infusions | made of indigenous plants and a little | rhubarb, saffron, catnip, ete. Had the fathers continued to use these teas, as they were térmed, and refrained from the indiscriminate use of calomel, blue mass and general blood-letting, which were introduced later, mueh harm might have been avoided, if no good | had been accomplished. As early as 1820 general bleeding had become such a fad with the citizens that it was prac- | ticed by all. It was the remedy for colds, for the toothache, for falling out of the hair, for the itch, etc., ete. The writer has seen on the arms of the old- est citizens as many as a dozen scars where the lance had done execution in | earlier days. A number of persons had it done regularly in the spring and in the autumn with the idea that it drain- ed away “the bad blood.” It never oc- curred to them that “good blood” was | more likely to drain through the wound | than the other kind. Some claimed | that they could cure inflammation of | the eyes and felons by charms. Whoop- | ing cough was supposed to be cured by | passing the child three times through the horse collar, and if the child was | old enough to kiss a bald-face horse it | was supposed to be a specific. Witch doctors were numerous, and to describe their performances would require a separate article of some length. as one of the first regular physicians to | settle in Somerset county. Some of his potions were said to be mild in taste | but powerful in their action. He had ! one idea far in advance of his day, and | that was that music will cure disease. Had he learned that “Music hath charms To soothe the savage breast 27 Prescott says that | “Yes indeed, and a mighty good one, too,” was the response. “Doctor, what ails that foot?” The foot was swollen, hot, and had | an angry, red appearance. The doctor | examined it and asked: “How long have you had this trou- ble?” “Since this morning,” was the re- sponse. “Well,” said- the doctor, “you have the worst case of erysipelas on that foot I ever saw.” “Ery-hell!” said the man, “that’s a bee sting. Good day, doctor,” and | without further ceremony he away leaving the doctor to reflect up- on the perverseness of mankind. Incidentally we may remark that not one physician in a thousand could tell | the difference between erysipelas and | tied alum on was | the time had ceased. | do nothing till bleeding again set in. | sleep till breakfast is ready, as there Tradition has Dr. Gabriel Kimmell | ¥ill be no need of his services now, selves whent they get scared.” ing him terrible | of oaths. to his cause that he soon sought past- | ures new. a bee sting by the local appearance | alone. During Dr. Salisbury, a girl about 14 years of age galloped | | Redgraves’s sojourn at | Semi-Centennial Recollections. Readers of the daily papers during the month could not hs f ) tice the triumphal tour of Hon. George V Lawrence, of Wa shing ton county, a member of the Legislature half a cen- ury ago, a A of Congress during the stormy days of the war and recon- strueiion, and to-day a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Seated on the veranda of the Somerset House a | few evenings ago, and surrcunded by a select number of friends, his reminis- cences were very interesting. Mr. on a Lawrence was born and reared Washington county farm. His father before him was a distinguished man of affairs and held some high po- sitions in public life. The farmer- statesman is seventy-six years old, but | he has been accustomed to an out-door { life; has always been a great horse- back rider, and is as erect as a soldier. | His face is cleanly shaven, his eye is and bright, and his mem ry is almost a cyclopedia of local faets | clear { During the Sunday he passer here | he told how when sitting with a num- ver of his fellow legislators in Har- risburg shortly before the close of the late session, he spoke of the fact that a half a century ago he had ridden on horseback cver the route through Somerset from his home at Monongahela to Harrisburg to attend the session of Legislature as a young and newly elected member, and how | he would like again to pass over the same ground and see the changes that | had occurred in all those years. The | response to this came to him in the form of a blooded Kentucky horse and a | handsome buggy, and the result was | that he and Henry Hall, of the Pitts- burg Zines, made the trip together over | the mountains, Mr. ence recalled all the famous old landlords along the line of his route | of years ago; st — Lawre iid he stopped with Ja- was carrying a bottle of whiskey to the | ae . , | cob Neff in Somerset, and remembered harvest men. She fell, broke the bot- | ; . : ih the late David Lavan, who presided tle, and cut one of the arteries in her | sin Hi ! > . (over the only hotel in Lavansviile at wrist. Dr. Redgrave was sent for at | : a : i that time. The venerable statesman once, but before he came, notwithstand- | : was pressed 10 come to Somerset on ing tight bandaging and the use of cold water, the girl had fainted. In- stead of tying or ligating the vessel, he it which arrested the hemorrhage for a few minutes, when it broke out with renewed vigor. Then he tried, in succession, cobwebs, puff- ball, iron, scraped sole leather, and ooze from the vats in the tan-yard. All with the same result. He was about to sear the artery with a red-hot iron when Mr. Beachy said he would not permit it, and wanted Dr. Bruce, who then practicing at Somers set, in consultation. When Dr. Bruce arrived it was night, and the hemorrhage for He said he would He then retired, giving instructions to call him immediately. Dr. Redgrave told the nurses to call him also if they called Dr. Bruce. During the night there was another hemorrhage, and they aroused Dr. Bruce, who ligated the artery, dressed | the wound and cured the case. W hen Dr. Redgrave awoke the next morning | and saw the sun shining in his window, Lhe concluded as there was no alarm during the night his last remedy had been successful and that Dr. Bruce had come on a fool's errand. He came down smiling and said to the nurses, “I never knew the last remedy I ap- { plied to fail. I would let Dr. Bruce but people will make fools of Hom: The nurses lost no time in acquaint- with the facts. He flew into a rage and poured out a volley This proved so detrimental A man surnamed Bennett established Not more than two years ago this principle was again enunciated by the celebrated Sir Andrew Clarke, of Lon- | don, and put into practical application in some of the London hospitals. Choirs sing there now at regular Pianos, violins, etc., ered a part of the physician’s regular armamentarium. It is claimed that by the soothing effects of music patients sleep who would otherwise require drugs to procure it, that pain is relieved and some diseases of the nervous Sys- tem are much ameliorated, if not cur- ed entirely. Dr. Kimmell was a vio- linist of considerable skill. If the tes- timony of some of the people who heard him may be credited, he was a remote rival of Ule Bull or Paganini. He car- ried his violin with him and the patients rather longed for a dose of the medi- cine. It is also stated, on reputable authority, that he entertained a similar view of the action of a mixture of calo- mel and castor oil, of that which Omar Pasha expressed of the Koran when he was about to burn the great library at Alexandria. When he was remonstra- ted with and told he would destroy a great amount of information that could never be restored, the Pasha exclaimed : “If the books contain anything contra- ry to the Koran they must be destroy- intervals. | are there consid- | | himself as a hatter in the southern part | of the county, not long after the above occurrence, and did a thriving business. Not many months elapsed before it was noticed and noted that Bennett had a restless manner and at times was quite | moody. One of the citizens put on a | bold front and deliberately asked Ben- | nett what the trouble with him was. He told the citizen that several weeks previous Le had a dream or a vision, he could not tell which, but in it the genii informed him that he was defeating the the oceasion of our centennial celebra- tion, but could give no definite at the time. answer Xmong other things he alluded to was his intimate acquaintance with James G. Blaine, and recalled how Blaine had referred to an almost f forgot- ten congressional campaign of half a century ago, in which the late Daniel Weyand of a candidate for congress against Andrew Stewart. of Fayette, the great Whig exponent of high tariff at that time. He Jack Ogle, the two Forwards, C and Walter, a loss Somerset was spoke also of for a name or a date. Koontz, Col. Scull and other guished citizens he remembered all about and renewed his acquaintance | with them very pleasantly. As an illustration of the old gentle- man’s popularity with his own people, | Mr. Lawrence has never been consid- | ered a bitter partisan. He has alw ays and those who differ from him politi- | cally have the highest opinion of his personal integrity. The old gentleman’s trip from Harrisburg to his home in Monongahela was a regular trimphal march. Speaking of the Forwards, Mr, Law- rence seemed to think that Chauncey | Forward, of Somerset, man than Walter, of Pittsburg, al- though the latter arrived at the high dignity of a cabinet officer. He allud- | ed to another thing in this connection, the fact that while Chauncey Forward | was a Democrat, his brother was a pro- nounced Whig, and said that the latter from a weakness of character—a kind of hesitancy in forming opinions, or ad- hering to them after formed—was known as “Walter, the doubter.” was a greater | I noticed that Mr. peculiarity Lawrence had the that belongs to what are | called “magnetic men,” of taking one by hand, and at the same ‘time placing his other hand on ones shoul- der, detaining him in this way and looking him squarely in the face as he | the purpose for which nature intended him and that he ought to be either a preach- er or a physician. Vell,” said the citizen, “I don’t see why that should trouble you. Preach- | ing you have already tried, and you | know what you can do at that, and the | rest of us know how often you have | fished on Sunday on the sly after you had preached—so that need give you no concern,” Bennett decamped for parts unknown, but it was ascertained a few months afterwards that he had hung out his do you adhere to 2” “Well,” said Bennett, ed! If they contained nothing at vari- ance with the Koran, then the Koran is sufficient, and why save them? Dr. Kimmel kept a large bottle of calomel and a larger one of castor oil on his office table, and claimed whatever fid- dling would not cure, these drugs were pretty sure toecure, but if they did not, “I used to be | ‘ Thompsonian, but now I am Epilep- | 13 : : : i ly : ® 3 moog . )y some sign the 3 Sh tc 2 com- tic,” meaning Eeclectic—Dr. T. F. Liv- ’ On - t they wish > ee om engood in Meyersdale Convmercial, | | plim nie a-by a. ow or 2 Wora. is is — | especially applicable in country towns | Persons -ordering extra copies of the |v CENTENNIAL please | lic unless | high prerogative. talked J.B. T. > High Position. Liest compliments man pays to woman’s social position is that Woman’s One of the of according her, on the street, or in | general company, the right to select | | whom .she shall recognize and whom | she shall not. No gentleman has the | privilege of speaking to a lady in pub- | intimates by a nod, a or in some other way, that she smile, she he late Judge Black, | hauncey | and never seemed to be at | General | distin- | he told how on a number of occasions | been ruled by his honest convictions, T— PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E. E. KIERNAN, ATTORNEY—-AT-LA Ww, Pittsburgh, Pa. 170 Fourth Ave., J. C. LOWRY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. H. M. BERKLEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. J. J. MILLER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 408 Grant St., 8S. U. TRENT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Pittsburg, Pa. Pittsburg, Pa. 98 Diamond Street, J. A. BERKEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. JOHN R. SCOTT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. DR. E. DAYNES, S. A. KENDALL. - WOLF Hondll { Voll NOCKNOND FEED CONPANY — Dealers in— Flour, Corn, Oats and VETERINARY SURGEON, SOMERSET, PA. Horse Dentistry a Specialty. G. B. HOUGH, D. D. S. OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, Somerset, Penn’a. Speciai attention given to filling and treating the natural teeth. Artificial sets inserted in the best possible manners also, full and partial sets without plates Gold and porcelain crow ns inserted on the napus) teeth and roots. Office in Knepper’s " Block, South-east Corner of Diamond. Ww. 8. MOUNTAIX, Chop, Red and White Mid- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, dlings, Buckwheat Flour, ete. CONFLUENCE, PA. W.S. Mountain & Son also conduct a fiirst- class DRUG STORE*, And Give Special Attention to PHYSICIANS’ PRESCRIPTIONS. Main Street, Rockwood, Pa. THE SOMERSET MARBLE & GRANITE WORKS. Monuments and Headstones KUHN, ATTORNEY—-AT-LAW, Johnstown, Pa. Office in Dibert Block. A. C. HOLBERT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. HH. Office with J. H. Uhl FRANC Is i. Kooser. Ensre STO. O. KOOSER- KOOSER & KOOSER, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. 1 C. COLBORN COLBORN & COLBORN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Ad COLBORN. Somerset, Pa. A. H. COFFROTII. W. H. RUPPEL COFFROTH & RUPPEL, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, | Somerset, Pa. A. 1. G. Hay, C. Ww. HAY & WALKER, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Somerset, Pa. Office opposite Court House. WALKER, KOONTZ & OGLE, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. Prompt attention to all business entrust- ed to theircare in Somerset t and adjoining counties. €¢. F.UHL. IR. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa | Office in Coffroth’s Law Rellding | up | sta irs. (TINE TAY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND DEALER IN REAL ESTATE, Somerset, Pa. Will attend to all business entrusted to his care with promptiess and fidelity. | JOHN H. | VALEN UHL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. Will promptly attend to all business en- | trusted to him. Money advanced on collec- tions, ete. Office in Mammoth Block, first floor 'R UFUS E. | he was elected by the votes of the neighbors of his own township, only be- | in hei rsonal loyal e g i by ol personal loyalty, re- ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, gardless of party. | Office In S¢ ott’s Somerset, Penn’a. Law Building, 2d floor. All business entrusted to his care will be | attended to with promptness and fidelity. | | MEYERS, = | | DAVID GILDNER, M. D DRUGGIST, | | | | RoCKkwoobp, Pa on Pre escriptions carefully compounded. B PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rockwood, Pa. DR. . F1C HTNER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, | Confluence, Pa. | p DR. WILLIAM RAUCH, PHYSICIAN AND SURZEON, Pr Johnstown, Pa. | DR. G. B MASTERS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, | Rockwood, Pa. DR. W. 5. GARMAN, 3 'w PIIYSICIAN AND SURGEON, | Berlin, Pa. DR. CHAUNCEY FORWARD, = Main Street, DR. J. W. CAROTHERS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Somerset, Pa. Office above Snyder’s Drug Store. DR. P. F. SHAFFER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, | Somerset, Pa. Tenders his professional se rvices to the citizens of Somerset and vicinity. Office | next door to Commerc cin Hotel. | DRS, KIMMELL, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, | i H. 8. KIMMELL. E. M. KIMMELL, | | | | (il Somerset, Penn’s, | Offices 317, East Main Street % et _ Pure Maple Goods and Country Produce. wishes to be recognized. This is a high Unless the male ac- juaintance they pass on the street ositively distasteful they should show | is | vhere everyone is supposed to know Performs all Dental Operations. Taorh JOIN BILLS, R. G. COVODE, D. D. S | | privilege, and ladies should use it gra-| = Jor ar ny shingle in Uniontown as a regularphy- | | ’ ENTIST +: 8 " : 8 Da ciously. | ese DENTIST goo sician. There he was met by a gentle- | a Indi . | once rer arClinton nnd ¥attuotsl . ome : 2S S arset se | fice corne oD inton and Locust streets, | man from Pittsburgh who had seen him r ime aque ; in omer Sok 9 > fo Johnstown, P: | ] ge . » ignorant o a fac : | before and who said : orget, or to be enor int of the Bet | E 7 MMliian | “ | that they are the possessors of this | D- J. Mel JAN, D.D. 8, | I see you are a doctor. What school | RESIDENT DENTIST, | Somerset, Penn’a. First-class Powder supplied, wholesale and re- tail RESIDENT DENTIST, | JT. JEFFERY, -~ Leading am. Grocer. grocery Pon and F REsSH at all times. Dress Parlorson U over 15 years in this section and have proved satisfactory. orders at Sipe’s store, Ly or Harvesting - Machinery Drilling Company. HOTEL KELLY. No. A@ Finest Impor ped ana Démibstic Wines, = NEHA HOTEL = | P. IN ALL COLORS. Granite Work Furnished to Order. Salisbury’s PRICES LOW. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Call on, or address, W. FEF. Shaffer, Proo., SOMERSET PENNA LOUTHER'S The only complete exclusive in the town. Stock Grant Street, SALISBURY, PA. Miss Lucretia a Boucher, a) Is the Leader in this Line of Goods. Latest Styles and Low- est Prices Always Prevail. A Specialty and Mail Orders prompt attentior. given all orders. oLD RELIABLE Louther’s _ SHOE HOUSE, 547 Main St., Johnstow n, Pa. Fashionable Dress Maker. ses Fitted and Made in Latest Styles nion Street idence ot'.J at Res- - Picking. Sal lishur v3 Oldest and FER INTLIZERS) Most Widely (ZFELISS « SH NEW WAREHOUSE. Cornet Known S ALWAYS IN STOCK. Musical These goods have been in use Band. Organization In Somerset Cou nty. Leave This famous Band is composed of some twenty musicians and holds the champion- ship of the C ounty, having won that honor in contests presided over by expert and ima partial judges. Plays the latest high-grade selections. First-class music furnished at reasonable prices for Picnics, Celebrations and occasions ofall kinds. For terms,address S. Ya 11V ENaooD, , Leader, Elk Lick, Pa. :all on or address Peter Sipe, Agent, SIPESVILLE, PA. A. J. GROWALL, ee DEALER I Nee Im fen Confluence, Pa., Millinery. anhes Ie aired on tl HENRY, b . ——AND ALL KINDS OF— Hardware. Rockwood, Pa. The S Somerset premises by M, ho has had 40 years CA Derioe on G. B. CARPENTER, 139 Franklin Stseet, . {5 KING, Pres't. Johnstown, Penn’a, AHotel and Restaurant gp Best 25-cent meal in the City. ortable Steam Driller for dr illing Artesian and ordinary Water Wells. Dealers in ron Force and Lift Pumps & Wind Engines, H&E Tet Wells for Minerals, Eureka Roller Mills. H. ® EIT 7. Minitierare 'r of the celebrated PrIiDE OF SOMERSET, Eureka ROLLER, AND UCKWHEAT FLOUR AND CORNMEAT. Dealer in Fead, Chop, Etec., SOMERSET. PA. Chas. Weimer & Co, PracrTIiCcAL Bracksmrrus, HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. SHOP ON PATRIOT STREET, SOM ERSET, PA. FRANTZ & BLACK, —Livery and Feed Stable,— CONFLUENCE, PA, Mr First-class rigs at v. rat a ery reasonable WHILE ATTENDING THE CENTEX. Smoke Rockwood Tobie —:FOR A MILD AND COOL SMOKE. :— For sale at Cook & Beerits’, M. Schrock’s B. Coffroth, Mrs, Bauman’ 8, Somerset, 0 HOTEL DODDS. J. M. Dodds, Proprietor, Confluence, Pa, Leading Hotel of the ¢ ity. Opposite B. and O station. Finest brands of Wine and Cigars at the ba Vivien; Tibor G. H. PARLING'S 502 Main St., Frank E. Johnstown. , Pro. Kerry Liquors and Cig Chas. F. Cools & Co. BERLIN, PENN'A. — DEALERS IN: CERES, FLOUR, GRAIN 4 AND PEED. HEADQUARTERS FOR :—— M. H HARTZ ZELL, — DEALER IN — Ginseng, Wool, bn, I= MEAT MARKET. Hides, Ete., Ete. FRESH AND SALT MEATS. _ Rockwood, Pa. A. B. KURTZ, > Sa ROCK Woon. ps Rockwood, P A. JOHNS, Veverre will send | nearly everyone else; but the class I SOMERSET, Pa. | B ® Proprietor, THE JEWELER : i | R STO aD THE CHOTCRST ) six cents in stamps for each copy or- [speak of, I am glad to say, is the ex- Office over Snyder’s Drug Store, | B RAND OF Noong HE THE cHOICRST = dered. | ception J. B.T. | Northeast corner Diamond, | Livery in a ’ . ! J CONFI. U IENCHKH, 390 5 ~ Co ® R o | sepa $ quer ? ed J hors the x the |] the | } cove slau; ‘whic impo ized. . 1 v “1 t hear: glish value ¥ 4 mark large of , th to ev key, } Austr | hard] 4 Not o Ekeepc very terial marb] sorts 3 cial p { : makir tries. pace clocks of . How If it is | number you are germs | weathe) Hoc ¥ The gre its meri medical will be 1 importa illa now ~~ 5 # - ees i PO 4801 0 . PEOPLE 1 pT pH rovery. p Williams, for good aj ences. W Dearbor ‘* PATE nventon, § patent. P t