Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-07


want some. Mr.Lsaid he did not think he
could spa.e any Ola sad be, IF 90
back without any they II murder me and
come and steal II, 80 must have some
They came in, II was bard looking place;
there Was nothing dry but those POTATOES.
lie said, This Is rather Lard amt 1t, hut
you stick To II. Ill have IA road through
mere in short time then you'll be all
right. That Was encouraging, but whCn
the :aln had stop ed and / tried TO dry
the things ~ the shanty | found ii had
washed away all the romance, and left The
plain bare tact mat the lite Of a pioneer
was COT All sunshine some clouds were
very dark, Sickness and trouble would
come
One Sabbath ornng Mr., Campbells
little boy came 10 tell Is that Mr.. Ream's
baby was dead AMI wanted Mr. /. TO 20
Tor The minister, the funeral would be in
The afternoon When he got back he said
the minister MI lam v carr, could
not come unless he con i get SOME one To
Work III his place in the sugar bush, but
he thought ne could get Henry English
The minister working in the sugar bush
on the Sabbath Whata shock for e
brought up by Scotch Presbyterian par.
ents, l could hardly believe il. went TO
tle funeral. There was no healse, no
flowers DO choir with especially prepared
music, ana the little casker was not tiny
rosewood thing ebony bound and gliitering
silver mounted. satin lined, etc 1t was
Just llllle box as smooth as the handy
man OF the mel ghbnrhood. Mr.. John Mike
sell could make il with a ok plaen but
destitute OF paint. varnlsh, or lnneihg, and
the little robe Was not - dainty creation
Of merlnO OF satin ana lace, II was just il
little slip made Of hall worn mosquito bar
with scrap Of worn lace at the neck and
n worn out faded rosebud in the baby hand
The minister was late in coming and |
was asked If the minister had been sent
tor | SAID yes, and thought he would
come | did not like TO mention about the
sugar bush, but another lady not so sens.
/ tive, said he was coming she had met
Henry English gong TO boil sap for him
| 50 he could come He came in "A short
time. His text was Suffer little children
TO come unto me, and he spoke such kind
comforting words to the bereaved mother
that forgo; all about his working on the
sabbath n the sugar bnsb, and if there
was any harm IN il hope the recording
angel did also. After the funeral services
they took the little casket away into the
enough TO DIG grave: it w : cut Of sight
of the house, but the water had settled in
and filled up the grave two thirds full. they
cut lule billets of wood. which would
float on the water aud set The little casket
on them and covered it mp The old
grandfather fell a large tree on the little
grave least wild animals sh ulI modest liz
We went home with siddened hearts from
the burial of the babe IN The woods.
The time of sickness Was time Of
trouble in the early days. The woman
who Was dreadful good IN sickness held
an important position. While one was
willing and anxious 90 do all one could.
jet we had 10 work 50 blndly, and felt So
helpless all We could do was To guess
what was the matter of the patient and
guess bat would cure him, and If we did
not have the remedy at hand, guess what
we did have would be better While We
aid not have the knowledge Of the physi-
clans, we were Obliged to have the pract-
zee which did not add very much to Our
knowledge, for we were never quite sure
what allied the patient nor never knew
lust what cured him. ! was called to the
home Of neighbOr whose little girl came
after me about midnight She said her
mamma was awful u * a I'd her papa was
IN the lumber woods and the baby was
crying and she did not know what to do
rs her mama looked rs if she was dead.
vent home with her AS fast as | could ana
found her m ther unconscious. The usual
remedies restored her, but n ltber She nor
| could even guess what the trouble was.
The symptoms were alarming. SO | went
home again and sent Mr. Long for the
DO tor. 1t was storming feartully and he
! had TO 90 three miles on foot. The snow
was a foot deep and no track. | fastened
bacA with my two months old infant In
my arms ana bottle of paragOrlc and one
o " ustaug liuiment gave her a gener-
Gus dose Of the paragoric, and applied the
lInim- mt and hoped she would live until
the doctor came He came promptly
was quite professional "a little bashful,
and very sklliul, for he guessed correctly
aud knew the proper remedy. That was
our first meeting with 1.-THE boy doctor
from Brldgeville, DR.. Scott now Of Ithaca.
Times have greatly changed since then
Now We coud,calI IN one OF Pompeil three
physicians or telephone to Ithaca for one
IF many.