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

what packing up? sare you going
ajeurney7 I thought you one of the
most persistent of all stayers at home,
exclaimed Nellie johnson when making
ne;ghborly call she found her friend
Mrs. Wilson, busily engaged in arrang
ing the contents Of small trunk. ssa 4,
t. am not preparing for a journey.
This ia only my hospital trunk, tnat I
have been given its semi annual looking
over
And, pray, what may hospital
trunk be 2
Just look at its contents mo, lent
and you will readily see why I gnr9 it
this name In this corner, as you SEQ,
is box of well prepared lint, and here
close besides it, this other containing
small banaages, varying in size from
those suitable for child's fagsr. to
those large enough for mans haad or
arm. Next comes this roll of larger
bandages, some of which are largs
enough to pass around the body. This
bundle is made up of "a mel piesss for
hot baths, and these are flannel bsgS for
herb baths when required, and d4ithese
small pieces are designed for ssustard
draughts. Here are half dozea quilt.
ed bags wi tn a bit Of tape .eaed pn, like
string to a farmers meal bag, Gr wrap
ping hot rocks, and these two large rolls
cantain miscellaneous pieces Of al sizes,
the ons of cotton and the other af wool.
en-. Now you will see why I calEit my
hospital trunk 90 os
Certainly; but whatever pa8 it into
your head to have such an arransemeut?
was it the outgrowth ofyour essh expo
risnee as housekeeper'?'
1t could not be that, for h9 1t DO
fore had been houHekeopetA month
Yen remember aun. M=..5 M=.5 Pig p.:aee: What
a large family she brought up1 ena What
an. excellent housekaeper she flssl 0n
her first visit to me she bro9ght this
trunk, filed as you $50. Some Of these
very pieces were in it then, though that
was twenty years ago, most Of them
however have been removed, as occasion
Quilted. On presenting it, she express
I'd wish that 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
aaunels, as 1 do ever spring and fall,
aud if I thought of it at all, conpidersd
it somewhat whimsicalto have all this
sick room paraphernalia when nobody
was sick. Then came that dreadful ac
cident when Charles fell with that fall
ing building and was brou ght home with
a leg broken and hand and arm SO
crushed and bruised. The doctor was
here almost as soon as he, and then
[ 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 dare to 60 to sleep
at night, if this trunk we're not in order
as well as medicine eloset in which
keep all sorts of simple remedies care
fully labeled.
There seems to be nothing in it, said
Nellie, $50 expensive but that any one
might have like arrln cement
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 other own az she expected
to in few months, one of the articles
which should 80 to ita furnishing should
be a HOSPITAL TRUNK.
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