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

what! packing up? ssare you going
ajsurneyl a I thought you ono of the
most persistent of all stasers at hotae,
exclaimed Nellie johnson when making
neighborly call she found her friend
Mrs. Wilson, busily engaged in arrang
ing the contents Of small trunk.
T. am not preparing for journey.
This is only my hospital trunk, ,Hat I
have been given its semi annual looking
over
And, pray, what may a hospital
trunk be 2
Just look at its contents a moi sent
and you will readily see why I ga4a it
this name In this corner, as you SEQ,
is box of we'll prepared lint, and here
close besides it, this othor containing
small banaages, varying in aizeS from
those suitable for child's finger, to
those large enough for mans hand or
arm. Next comes this roll of larger
bandages, some of which are largs
enough to pass around the ody'This
bundle is made up of "a mel pieces for
hot baths, and these are fanncl bSgo for
herb baths when required, and these
small pieces are designed for skustard
draughts. Here are half dozca quilt.
ed bags wi tn f bit Of tape seaed 5n, like
a string to farmers meal bag, fsr wrap
ping hot rocks, aud these two large rolls
cantain miscellaneous pieces ofasl sizes,
the one of cottop and thc other Of WOOL
en-. Now you will bee why I callTitmy
hospital trunk as ~
Certainly; but whatever pu9 il into
your head to have such an arranSemeut?
was it the outgrowth ofyour es5n expo
rianee as housekeeper?
1t could not be that, for h.9 is DO
fore had been housekeoperlh m0nth'
You remember aunt Mary Prize; what
a large family she brought up Rnd what
m ezeelllAA;;ss.. L!=:a.Esssaaspe5 she "a
her first visit to me she bro9ght this
trunk, filled as you s,e. Some Of these
very pieces were in it then, though that
was twenty years ago, most of them
however hayo been removed, as occasion
Quilted. On prcsentiugit, she express
I'd wish that l might never have to
use it, though if you DO not" said she,
you may thank the Lord for better
health than falls to the :lot Of most
families For two years never opened
it, except to take out aud scald the
fannels, as I do ever spriag and fall,
aud if thought of it at all, considered
it somewhat whimsical to have all this
sick room paraphernalia when uobody
was sick. Then came that dreadful C
cdent when Charles fell with that fall
ing building and was brought home with
o leg broken and hand and arm SO
crushed and bruised. Tho 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 1 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 well as medicine closet in which |
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 cement
Certainly not; the value for any
other uso Of anything here would not
probably exceod fifty eents. but I can
assure you that in case of accident or
sudden illness it is invaluable
When Nellie johnson bade ner friend
good day, and returned home, it was
with the determination that when she
had house other own az she expected
to in few months, one Of the articl ss
which should 80 to its furnishing should
be HOSPITAL TRUNK.