Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-06-15
A I.ApIAND FAMILY.

n most limited means OF enjoyment, the
anders are apparently the happicst people IN
tupe. They can never have a fixed home
lgnd which they may gather the comforts of
They have no gardens, no grain no fruits,
even in their long glaring summer, which is
] oa one incessant day, are they blessed with the
/ i Of richly verdan, landscape Their barren
d and ungenial climate. alternating between the
&ary winter prospect Of unlimited snow fields
'hc scahy samencss Of the arid summer, for
al this Yet no people, not even the Swiss,
a their native land so ardeu,ly MS these poor
i children Of nature They live in tents both
enmeT and winter, and, except fish, the reindeer
Pushes their whole subsistence II gives them
raimcn, and dwellings, and forms their only
4 n aud pride. Some Llpps have as many as
,housand of these useful animals. They live
fly on moss, and when they have exhausted
apply in their neighborhood, they snuff up
J wind and start of in search of fresh pasturage
4 owners have nothing TO do but strike their
i pack up their goods and their little ones, and
Pow In this way they lead about their patient,
na,urod masters, a, all seasons, sometimes
2nlng SIX or eight weeks IN one spot and
1aimes no, MS many days. Having so little 10
4 'Fy and entertain them in their way of life, the
kppe are driven 10 domestic habits, and their
y l'iy attachments, like their national predilec-
y arc tender and strong. They speak with a
a Of fond pride oflhe northern lights that ilu-
he The darkness Of their polar winter, OF the per
lal day tina, brightens their summer, and oiihe
'inoss and sagacity Of their matchess reindeer.
/. one Of their greatest pleasures is story telling.
aise circle will collect in a tent half buried,
J igaEs tho u,,rs -. nj s.atel sxI
'eaa CO the ground, each Of the ring in turn re-
zee al adventure legend, or an historical event
'aN way they receive and impar variety o.
''1ls Information, and become more intelligent
% one would suppose from the appearance o
\ az rude camps aud uncou,h dresses. Thu
immunity Of tastes, Interests and amusemenis
engihens in a wonderful degree their social feel
Nothing can detach a Lapp from his FAM
and they pine II even for a short time they ar
2 from their much beloved cncampment
4 noble Swede who was travelling in L1plan'
shed 10 engage a messenger 10 90 to a certain
!ui on the Gulf Of Boihnia, ana there ava
bme papers which he expected TO be forwarde
about that period 10 the poin, IN question II
cred reward abou, oqu-l 10 ten reindeer 70
very week his messenger was away. This wa
magnificent temptation TO a poor lApp, and a
yc, homes young man. who with has ialher-iI
a, two children and wife lived near the the
'rers of,he traveller. was persuaded By the
,n.law--,o whom the promised accession
! esih had peculiar charms, TO undertake d
aney When he wen, home 10 eommuniea
L proposed arrangement, to has wife, the Swed
10 was peri city q, home ia the deer skin win,
! sumo and rough dialect Of Lsplsnd, wen, wi
a 70 sustain his resolution and seating hims'
large stone near the tent. held himself reac
slSO,h down every obstacle in the way OF
i~vay departure Il was IN February, and 4
'''nsy vas 10 be performed mostly on Zoo,
'1'S shoes, by means OF which Llpp will ira
stiy miles day or more wdh as much ease
70 European wall walk 20 on his beet roads
4 true Lapp never thinks Of washing himself
"a ohes therefore a change OF rsimen, hal :