Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-11-18
"Quocumque me Fortuna ferat, ibo hospes'

haken up it must be done with care, for
here will be treasures in the corner of
he case; letters from home, pictured faces
If wife and child|mother. sister and friend:
IN apple, orange, bit Of tobacco, knife or
,omb. Mem: A little bag hung at the
head Of the bed is an excellent thing where
there is Neither stand or shelf. The pill
low being arranged struggle begins to
bring the bcdclothes into some respectable
shape " Where isyour upper sheet?". I
don't know; l am sure I've got one some.
where 1t is finally 6shed up from the
foot, or found twisted into a string on one
side. Then the blankets have taken a
twist with the patient, leaving half the
spinal column and one foot " out in the
cold," threatening entire desertion when
another movement is made. After dex-
trous pull of one blanket to the right, an.
other to the left, up at the top and down
at the bottom, the spread is put on and
made neat at the foot by some mysterious
turnings over and pullings through known
only to the initiated; soft towel and
pocket handkerchief beariug the mark of
some association is hung at the head, and
the bed is left with some confidence in its
comeliness of appearance for the next half
hour. Happy the nurse who can find q
sheet broad enough to tuck around some
restless patient. Government bedding is
never broad enough. have often wished
| could write the blessings in my heart
On the good ladies whose names have
found, sometimes pinned on the sheets,
pillow-cases and broad soft quilts that
have SO gladdened my eyes A light quilt
is much nicer than heavy blanket over
wounded limb, or body aching from
head to foot with fever. So is soft tow
el better for diseased skin than the rough,
coarse texture which forms the regular
supply. .. 90.
AS take up my medicine bottle the
patient in the next bed is being raised on
his pillow, and hear, 80, be careful. my
shoulder is so sore - His back is get
ting very sore, ma'am," says the nurse.
I've used all that brandy in bathing it;
please get an order for more when the doc
tor comes round. IT'S hard for the poor
fellows lying so long on these straw beds.
indeed it is, and he lays very still too, but
it's'four weeks he has laid here now. and
| don't know how long he was sick in
camp. His hips are worse than his shoul-
ders, just ready to break into Sores" 1--WE
must look up some rings and soft cushions
for his hips, Daniel. Isn't there quilt
in the closet? Well, fold that. and lay
it under the sheet. 1t will save some Of
the ware on the bones" Indeed, ma am,
it will be much softer" We must take
care that he does not get bed sores, or he
will almost never get we'll. / wish we
had some hair mattresses for these men
who are sick SO long. There we're some
in one hospital where served, kept for
such cases. They must have been given,
| think the hospital fund would hardly
supply them" Indeed, ma am, it would
be we'll if we had some large chairs, that
they could SIT up in for few minutes
sometimes. It is very hard that there
are no chairs at all"
"How is your cough, Henry? am
afraid it kept you awake" I" Yes, it did !;
but my wife put some lemon into that
slippery elm tea you put on the window
and liked 1T better. Where Is she now ?
Haven't you seen her this morning? She
was here last night. docking at me in a
bewildered way.) "0h, she'll be in soon.
Take your medicine now, and 80 to sleep I?
that's a good fellow" said Daniel coaxing-
ly; and adds to me: "He is bit fighty
now; twill wear off: he was just so yes
terdaymorning." II dare say it will he
is better than he was last woek," ! an.
RIVER, smiling into the eyes | see anxious
ly watching the effect of the nurses words.
1t is no common fear Of death that makes
him watch my countenancc. live tried
to serve the Lord now goin' on six years" ="