Litchfield enquirer., 1852-10-14
Norweglans in Pennsxlranin.

Within the last fortnight, Ole Bull, accompanied by few friends, took some thirty of the first founders of this colo. ny. to their future home, consisting of those whose mechanical skill would soon rear, under the waving arms of the for est comfortable abodes. He selected site for the embryo city. A lady from New York. who, with her husband. John Hopper. Esq. accompanied him, cut down the first tree with her own hands, and after the active Colonists had con- verted it into flag staff. and planted it, she run up the Norwegian banner with tue stripes and stars, and named the place over which they Hoated, Olenea thus typifying the Norwegian graft ppon the American Abo.igipal s,ock.-- Curious enough, Olean had already be- come familiar name in that vicinity. It was also ordained, in her proposal, that the sign that should beckon the traveller to the first Inn should proclaim the motto, In union there is strength and exhibit the device of an American and Norwegian Bear. in fond embrace Bears hug, which. we hope, may nev- CT lack cordiality. The axe immediate ly began to awake the distant echoes, the hammer to ring upon the anvil, the adzc :o glance through the bark, and all vas preparation and activity. In tue evening, numerous bopfrcs illuminated this new home, and blazed ip the woods, and the gifted founder having addressed his coqptrymen in their native language, and the Ameaicans, in an eloq uent Eng. fish harrangue.seized his fayorite iastrH. ment. and m the concert room of the forest, and under the star ligh;s, drew his wizard bow with an energy, glad. ness and inspiration which no auiience, regal or republican, had eyer enjoyed before. @
 Ole Bull returned to the city, rescued a ship load of an hundred Norwegiaps. just arrived, from tha grasp of the run> ners, despatched them to New Norway. and with a Norwegian clergyman flew back to his Nordland to consecrate it, last Sabbath, with the first sermon prob. ably to which its hills had ever listened What an element ip the wealth, strength and resources of our country, :, will be these Scandsnayian brains and muscles. when two or three hundred thousand people shall fill those now ten. anlless fields. Sueh a population-stout and vigorous, accustomed to economy, endurance and toll. aud glowing with as- piratlons for fieedom,-is indeed to be coveted. to raise the note of civilization amidst tue silence of the woods. We doubt not. they will bring with them the glorious motto. which. in pride of their barren sumnits. they stamp upon their rix dollars. Truth, Honor and Loyalty are found among the mountains of Norway And if it be true, as is narrated in Icelandic Chronicles, that centuries before the birth of Columbus, expeditions were thence fitted out for the American Cont nent,-that BMn and Jeff, eight hundred years ago, visi- ted our shores and that Thorin with his bride and bridesmaids, and sixty picked Norwegiaus, sailed into Narragansett Bay. and took possession of what is now a portion If Rhode Island, by them called Vinland. leaving their tra. ces. in monuments on the rocks, to the puzzle of antiquarians then surely. the Norwegians have right to come and claim home On the continent they discovered.
 We are glad to sec this child of genius identify himself and his interests with the Western world. To lady, who. in re- ference to his tall and muscular figure, re
 i0arked that he was Norwegian. pine, he replied. Yes. but l am. about to be- come an American pine: will you give me ropm to grow and cultivate. me T. W. think this will be cheerfulIy accorded t him. Certainly, no artist has ever visit' ed ua whom we would more earnesily greet Full of generous and ardent i'm pulses, of pleasant companionship, wielJ ing the highest powlersof music. and witt his hear. in his hand. we rejoice that h. has undertaken the grent i,lsk of trans planting q colony of Northn,en (himsel included) into American soiL
 Oar great Statesman, 50 recently depar' ted. when on that bed Ot suffering from which he never arusa, requested. that he might hear once. more on this earth the divine strain of his marvellous instrument. Jenny Lind. who sang at his concerts iG the commencement of her public career remarked after the first of his recent SC. ries in this city. that his was the only vio, iin that made her weep. Let him bring his Cremona from iis case again. und ten der to the people. over the country. suc- cesslon of concerts in aid of. his enter prise. and 10 afford facilities to the humble! classes of his coansrymsn tn loase their sier'le acres for ihis new Norway. and we should suppose that the bsnsvolsnce of his undertaking, the genius oi his bow. sud the real benetit ,0 oar country, w0nld crown hls efforts with distinguished success.
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