The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-09-06

that gang was trying to hang him
so 1t is a pretty sure case of bug
house in the upper story.
There have been eight deaths in
the home since l came here, the lat
est one occurred on the ninth. His
name was Henry Rogers from Tai
keetna, aged about 80, and that
seems to be about the age of all the
boys that have died during the last
year or SO, and how some of them
hang on is a eonundrum to me for
some of them have been bedridden
in the home for more than Is years.
81 was cutting an old boys hair
in the hospital today and he asked
me how far it was to Clayton, On
tario. and l told him about 1000
miles. He wouldn't believe me for
he said he was told 1t was only
three miles and he said he was near
ly there last week. When | asked
the nurses about it they said he got
as far as the cannery, which is
about five blocks from the home
before the orderly from the hospital
went down and led him home; lots
of like cases Andy Anderson, fish
erman. dropped dead on the dock
Saturday and was brought to the
morgue at the home as 1t is the only
one in town. Heart disease was the
cause. He didn't belong to the home
and no one as yet knows where he
belongs.
&c. Hornady and H. Gibson have
been holding evangelist meetings in
the auditorium of the home and are
attracting quite a crowd of outside
people. more than they do from the
home. They are good singers and
that will attract lots of people.
more so than the religion part of it.
still if we want music we can turn
on the radio for we have one of the
finest made. No one seems to un-
derstand how to get the best out of
it, but we keep trying"
The girls shorthand was a bit
under par, but she thought of
way to even matters. A classified
ad. in the newspaper said "Inex-
perienced lady stenographer, IS
years of age, desires position with
suffering man who takes a long
time to tell It,"
II believe l told you something
about the operation on J. E. Ken
ny, an old timer who had been
blind for a number of years. Well,
the bandage has been off about 10
days and his eyesight in one eye
is o. K. and he is like a wild man
trying to see all the scenery in the
town. His sight is good enough so
that he can see to play cards and
also recognize all the fellows that
led him around during his blindness
when all he had to go by was their
voices, but he has a good memory
1t was just like being reborn.
1.-The tenth inmate was buried to-
day and as l am writing this
another old timer passed out max
ing eleven since l came to the
Home, and why more of them don't
pass out is past my understanding
for some of them are just hanging
on by their eyebrows.
To-day l was giving a paralytic a
with Tie flDIdLOT anu
after working on his arm 1 thought
it would be a good scheme to use
it on his leg and when 1 did I ran
into wood and was surprised when |
he said he had a wooden leg! Gosh, |
the number of cripples in this place
makes me think that the curse of
asthma on me is nothing at all, for
though l have to sleep in a chair
and have to take inhalers quite
often it is easy to what the other
guys suffer for a good many of
them have to get a shot in the arm
before they can sleep.
1.-TWO men in our ward lave
been taken to the hospital in the
last week and we have one add
in our ward. His name is Mork
from Wrangell. though at first he
was related to E. Morke and mis-