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


what packing up7 ssare you goihg.
ajeurncy7 I thought you one of the
most persistent of all stayers at ho,ae,
exclaimed Nellie johnson when making
n neighborly call she found her friend
Mrs. Wilson, busily engaged in arrsng
ing tho contents Of small trunk. ss-
4. am nc. preparing for journey.
This is only my hospital trunk, taat I
have been given its semi annual loo ling
over
And, pray, what may hospital
trunk be p
Just look at it's contents a mo, sont
and you will readily see why T gasa it
this namo. In this corner, as you SEQ,
is box of we'll prepared lint, and here
close besides it, this other conlasning
small bandages, varying in size from
those suitable for ohild's drgsr. 60
those large enough for mans hsad or
arm. Next comes this roll Of larger
bandages, some of which are largs
enough to pass around tse body. This
bundle is made up Of IA mel pidSss for
hot baths, and these are flannel bagd for
herb baths when required, andtthcse
small pieces are designed for Ssustard
draughts. Here are half doaeS quilt.
ed bags with bit Of tape .eaed Pin, like
string to farmers meal bag, efSr wrap
ping hot rocks, and these twoiarge rolls
cantain miscellaneous pieces ofasl sizes,
the one of cotton and che other WOOL.
en-. Now you viii see why IcsAl;itmys
hospital trunk Es ys,
Certainly; but whatever pug IL into
your head to hhve such an arran emeat?
was it the oasgrowth ofyour o5ah expo
riense as a housekeeper'?' @ fs2oq
1T could not be that, for Is " 's be.
fore had been a housekeoperlh moath !
You ren,e mher ssa. A4a=5 M=Ey Is5ae nzsase: what
a large family she brought up na what t1t
an. excellent houaekaeper ske ssi s1n
her first visit to me she broSg6t thisi
trunk, filled us you s,e. Some Of ttcse
very pieces we're in it then, though that
was twenty years ago, most of them
however have been removed, as occasion
Quilted. On presentiugit, she express
I'd a wish that might never have to
use it, though if you do not" said she,
you nay thank the Lord for better
hcalti, than falls TO the :lot of most
families For two years l never opened
it, eAnept to take out aud scald the
faunels, as 1 do ever spring and fall,
aad if I thought of it at all, considered
it somewhat whimsicalto have all this
sick room paraphernalia when nobody
was sick. Then came that dreadful ac
oideut when Charles fell with that fall
ing building aud Was brought home with
a leg broken and hand and arm so
crushed and bruised. The doctor was
here almost as soon ms he, and then
I learned the value of Aunt Mary's
gift.
Since then there have been very few
years that have not been obliged to
make use of some of its contents, till
now l should hardly darssto go to sleep
at night, if this trunk were not in order
as well as medicine eloset in which l
keep all sorts Of simple remedies oaro
fully labeled.
There seems to be nothing in it, said
Nellie, so expensive but that any one
might have like arran cement
Certainly not; the value for any
other use Of anything here would not
probably exceed fifty cents. but I 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 sbe
had house other own as she expected
to in a few months, one of tho articles
which should so to les furnishing should
be HOSPITAL TRUNK.
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