The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-16
The Hospital Trunk.

what! packing up7 Fare you going
ajourneyl I thought you ono of the
most persistent of all stayers at hone,
exclaimed Nellie johnson when making
a neighborly call she found her friend
Mrs. Wilson, busily engaged in arrang
ing tho contents Of small trunk. "a,
I. am not preparing for a journey.
This is only my hospital trunk, ,aat i
havo been given its semi annual looking
over
And, pray, what may q hospital
trunk be 2
'Just look at it's contents mo, ient
and you will readily see why I gafa it
this namo In this corner, as you SEQ,
is box of we'll prepared lint, and here
close besides it, this othor containing
small banaases, varying in size from
thu ose suitable for child's fngsr. to
those large enough for mans hand or
arm. Next comes this roll of larger
bandages, some Of which are 1args
enough to pass around the body..f This
bundle is made up Of "a mel pieces for
hot baths, and these are fannoi bsgo for
herb baths when required, and these
small pieces are designed for ssnstari
draughts. Hers are half dozcs quilt.
ed bags wi tn bit of tape seaed bH, like
. string to farmers meal bag, fSr wrap
ping hot rocks, aud these two large rolls
cantain miscellaneous pieces ofa,l aizes,
the one of cotton and the other dt wool.
en-. Now you will sec why + Icaelitmy
hospital trunk so S4 S0g
Certainly; but whatever pud il into
your head to have such an arrans semelt?
was it the outgrowth ofyour os5n expo
rionee as housskeeper'?'
1T could not be that, for Z ii 1t oe
fore had been housekeoaeth moath.
You remember aunt Mary -;5 p--;ace: what
a large family she brought upd ena What
an. excellent bousekseper abe ssl g .A,n =
her firsS visit to me she bro9gGt this
trunk, filled as you s,e. Some Of these
very pieccs we're in it then, though that
was twenty years ago, most Of them
however havo been removed, as occasion
Quilted. On prc>entiugit, she express
I'd wish that l might never have to
use it, though if you do no" said she,
you may thank the Lord for better
health than falls to the :lot of most
families. For two years l never opened
it, except to take out aud scald the
faunels, as do ever spring and fall,
aud if I thought of it at all, considered
it somewhat whimsical to have all this
sicS room paraphernalia when Nobody
was sick. Then came that dreadful &C
cideut when Charles fell with that fall
ing building and was brought home with
a leg broken and hand and arm SO
crushed and bruised The doctor was
here almost as soon as he, and then
I learned the value of Aunt Mary's
gift.
Since then there have been very few
years that l have not been obliged to
make use of some of its contents, till
now should hardly dare to 60 to sleep
at night, if this trunk were not in order
as we'll as a medicine closet in which l
keep all sorts of simple remedies oaro
fully labeled.
There seems to be nothing in it, said
Nellie, 80 expensive but that any one
might have like arrln gement.'
Certainly not; the value for any
other use Of anything here would not
probably exceed Fifty cents. but can
assure you that in case of accident or
sudden illness it is invaluable
When Nellie johnson bade her friend
good day, and returned home, it was
with the determination that when she
had house Of her own aa she expected
to in few months, one of the articl os
which should go to its furnishing should
be a HOSPITAL TRUNK.