Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-30

seek in them the materials for weird storie.
and wild adventures. They are frghtfuly pi
Gus and commonplace Their conversion has
destroyed what little Of barbaric poetry there
might have been in their composition. and, in.
stead of chanting 10 the spirits of the winds,
and clouds, and mountains, they have become
furious ranters, who frequently claim to be pos.
sessed by the Holy Ghost. As human beings.
the change, incomplete as ii is, is nevertheless
to their endless profit but as objects of inter.
est TO the traveller, it has been to their detri-
mcnt. 1t would be far more picturesque to de-
scribe sabaoth Of Lapland witches than a
prayer meeting of shouting converts, yet no
friend Of his race could help rejoicing to see
the latter substituted for the former 10 pro.
portion, therefore, as the Lapps have been en-
lightened (ike all other savage tribes,) they
have become less interesting. Retaining near
ly all that is repulsive in their habits of life,
they have lost the only peculiariiies which
could persuade one to endure the Inconvenience
of closer acquaintance.
have said tina, the conversation Of the Lapps
was, in some respects the substitution Of one form
of superstition for another. A tragic exempif-
cation of this fact, which produced the greatest
excitement throughout the North, took place in
haulokcno four years ago. Through the
preaching of Listadius and other fanatical mis-
sionaries, spiritual epidemic, msnfestng it.
self in the form of visions, trance and angelic
possessions, broke out among the Lapps 1t
Injected the whole country, and gave rise TO
numerous disturbances and difficulties Here,
I "A mn S,tal inn, e.. IL.
CATION TO arise during church service declare
that he was inspired by the Holy Ghost, and
call upon those present to listen to his revela-
tions. The former Llndsmann arrested the
most prominent of the offenders and punished
them with fine and Imprisonment This begat
feelings of hatred on the part Of the fanatics,
soon rpened into a conspiracy. The plot was
matured during the Summer months, when the
Lapps descended toward the Norwegian coast
with their herds of reindeer.
have the account of what followed, from
the lips Of the Pastor Hvoslef who was then
Stationed here. and was one of the victims of
their resentment. Early one morning in Octo-
ber, when the inhabitants were returning from
their summer wanderings, he was started by
The appearance Of the resident merchants wife,
who rushed into his house in a frantic state,
declaring that her husband was murdered -
lie fancled that the woman was bewildered by
some sudden fright and in order to quiet her,
walked over 10 the merchants house. Here he
found the unfortunate man lying dead upon the
floor, while band Of about thirty Lapps,
headed by the principal fanics, were forcing
the house Of the Landsman, whom they imme-
diaiely dispatched with their knives and clubs
They then seized the pastor and his wife, beat
them severely with brich-siicks and threatened
them with death unless they would acknowledge
i'I1h;e create, mari Of tho d,v ,,ssod ;n a.
certainty and ,srror hu, ,o,ord o,on;or ~
reored crowd oI t,;ooI, - &C.
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hannened ,,ned ,bomsoIyos ,nd ,a.aL.1 -,
the rescue 6ob, ersred IN vh;oI, ,no aon
sniraior. werc bea,on and ,bo n,;snno,s IoI;,
cred on, or ,he;, hands Tho t;ond,r Iaan.
unable IN ,oke cb,,re or ali ,ho or;,,;a.l, anI
fearful les, some Of Them nich, osc,no d,,r;no
tho piob, adon,ed ,h. ,l,orn.,;.o r. hoa,;n
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and violen, ,nani6ss,a,;on or roi;o;ons Co.,
bu, !, still ex;s,, 70 .o,,o ov,on, ,honah oai.'
;oduloed in score,
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and had ,,e nle,sure or h;s o,nn... - 49,,
in tho e,e,inc Uo i ohr;.,;,n ,oa,Io,s,,
in the hes, sense If ,he ,e,m and ,honoh n.o
differ in matters of beIief w,s deon1n l."
pressed with his p;e,v and sincerity Madame
Hvoslef and ,wo voc, l;,,Ia A,o,;. nas~o,,
share his ox;lo-c,r III. i o,h;na To-. H.
an exile tn a man or cn,,iv.,;on ,ed ;n,o,,oo,
nal tastes 7, hi. ho,.o .,,-,ha Ias, ,h;n.
one would have cxnec,ed IN find in ,he bo,r, %
Lopland-, n;,no Madame Uvo.,ar ,.ha =
an occomnl;shed n.,G,rmor s,, do,n ., :, .aJ
gave ne tho barcarolIo from Masan;ai,,
While in the midst or a maze or villa Norwo-
oian melod;es s,w tho pastor rh;soar n,,o
tbino in her car Al once IN nm ;nsn;,o
omazemen, sbe bo,dlv s,rncL nm ..Yanhao
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