The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-02-26

Cold weather is back again. It
may not be cold when you read this
column, but it certainly is while
I'm writing it. Are you one of the
many suffering from the shortage of
fuel oil? Do you hate to go to bed
at night because your room isn't
warm and you have to crawl be-
tween cold sheets? No, Pm not try
ing to sell you a "Cozy Cell" but
here are few ideas of how our
folks kept warm back in the Horse
and Buggy Days.
Try using fiat irons. You know
those old time jobs our mothers and
grandmothers used to do the week
ly ironing with. Well in those days,
when the weather was cold, they
were also used as "bed warmers"
Very early in the evening they were
put in the oven to get hot, usually
one for each member of the family.
Bed time in those days was mostly
around eight o'clock Well the irons
would be taken from the oven,
wrapper many times in heavy cloth
such as flannel, and taken to bed.
Usually these irons were deposited
at the foot of the bed, as ones feet
seem the hardest to get warm.
OF course if you can't find any
fiat irons in the attic, make corn
bag for yourself. This was nothing
more than a bag made from ticking
or other heavy material and filled
with shelled corn. This also was
heated in the oven One nice thing
about the corn bag, it can be made
as large as you need.
Sometimes bricks were used in
place of irons Happy dreams!
"Physic, Thoughts on Reform in
the Practice Of is the title of an
article which appeared in the Mary
land Gazette of December Is, 1875,
suggesting plan for the better reg
ulation of the medical profession.
AS early as November 81, 1875, at
tention was called, through the col
umns of this paper, of the necessity
of forming a medical society for
the suppression of quackery," in
Washington County, and they pro-
posed State board of medical ex-
aminers, appointed and paid by the
State.
On October IS, 1893, a public
meeting was held by the citizens of
Hagerstown, with Col. Henry Shry-
ock acting as chairman, the purpose
Of the meeting being to establish a
quarantine against philadelphia or
other places supposed to be infected
with that contagious fever now rag
ing in Philadelphia" At this meet
ing a board of health was establish
ed, composed of Drs. Samuel Young,
Peter Wolff and Jacob Schnebly,
and Thomas Hart, William Lee,
George Schall, Rein Davis, John
Geiger George Wolff, Andrew Lev,
Jacob Harry, David Harry and
VIM. Reynolds, who were given
authority, to secure the town from
infected persons as their judgement
might suggest
. The magistrates of the county were
requested to-, execute the powers
given them by the Governors proc
lamation of the 18th of September,
+l793 and it was also
Resolved, That the clothing from
Philadelphia sent forward to the
troops now in. this place shall not be
received in this town, or suffered
to come within seven miles thereof"
Among the early physicians OF
HagerstoWn was DR.. B. Fendall, sur
geon dentist, who advertised in ITS
that chose who have had the mis-
fortune of losing their teeth may
have natural teeth transplanted from
one person to another, which will
remain as firm in the jaw as if they
originally grew there and who also
grated natural teeth on ole
stumps." Others to be mentioned
are DR.. Runkel in 1899; Mr.. Hayder
dentist, from Baltimore, in 1904;
Drs. Pindell and Dorsey in 1903; ,
Wamsley, John R. Young, VIM
Downey, Arnold Hennenkemph
VIM. Hammond, Young & Val
Lear, from 1900 to 1918; Samue
Snowman, ]. Reynolds, from 1911