Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-06-27
M | S c Z i L A n Y.
BAYARD TAYLOR IN NORTH.
ERN EUROPE
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about the North.

From the New-York Tribune
STOCKHOLM, Feb l6, 1857.
On leaving Onska, we experienced consider
able delay on account Of the storm. The roads
were drited TO such an extent that even the
plows could not be forced through in many
places, and the peasants were obliged 10 work
with their broad wooden spades. The sky,
however, was wholly clear, and of pure day.
light blue, such as we had not seen for two
months. The sun rode high in the armament,
like strong, healthy sun again, with some
warmth in his beams, as they struck our faces
and the air was all mildness and balm. Twas
heavenly, after our Arctic life. The country,
too, boldly undulaling, with fr-foresed hills,
green aud warm in the sunshine, and mild. pic
turesque valleys sunk between, shining in their
covering of snow, charmed us completely
Again we saw the soft blue of the distant ranges,
as they melted away behind each other, sug-
gesiing space and light, and warmth Give
me aylight and sunshine, after all Our Are
tic trip seems like long, long night, full Of
splendid dreams, but yet night and not day.
On the road, we bought quantity OF the
linen handkerchiefs of the country, at prices, at
varying from 25 to 40 cents apiece, according
to the size and quality. The bedding, every
where along the road, is of homemade linen,
and do not recollect an instance where it has
not been brought out, fresh and sweet from the
press, for us. In this, as in all other house
hold arrangements the people are very tidy and
cleany, though little deficient as regards their
own persons. Their clothing, however, is ofa
healthy, substantial character, and the women
consult comfort rather than ornament Many
OF them wear cloth pantaloons under their pet
tcoats, which, therefore, they are able to gath
er under their arms in wading through snow
drifts. | have not seen low-necked dress or
thin shoe north OF Stockholm.
"The damsel who trips at daybreak
Is shod like mountaneer j.
yet sensible man would sooner take such a
damse to wife than any delicate Cinderella ol
the ballroom. Iprotesi lose all patients when
| think Of the habits of our American women,
especially our country girls Ifever the Saxon
race does deteriorate on cur side of the Atlantic
as some ethnoogist anticipate, it will be Who'll
ly their fault.
We stopped for the night at Horuas, and had
a charming ride the next day among the hill:
and along the inets of the Gulf. The same
so dark and forbidding to US on our way north
now, under the springlike sky, cheered and in
spired us. At the station of Docksta. we founC
the peasant-girls scrubbng the outer steps, bare
footed. AT night, we occupied our old quarters
at Weda, on the Angermann River. The mex
morning the temperature was $50 above zero
and at noon rose TO 800. 1t was delightful Il
travel once more with caplappes turned up, fur
= collar turned down, face and neck free, ant
y hands bare. On our second stage, we had al
F. overgrown, insoent boy for posiillon, who per
sisted IN driving slow, and refused to lei us pass
him. He finally became mperlinent, where
!. upon Braisted ran forward and turned his hors
out OF the road, so that | could drive past. Th,
. boy then seized my horse by the head B. pitch
ed him into a snow-bank, and we took the lead
We had not gone far before we took the roa
Is to Hernosand through mistake, and aferward
kept it through spite, thus adding about seve
miles to our days journey. A stretch of mag
= nifcent dark-green forests brought us to the mar
I, row strait which separates the island of Her
nosand from the main land. The ice was al
ready soilening, and the upper layer repeated
ly broke through under US.
Hernosand is pretty town of about 200
, inhabitants, with considerable commerce.
is alsu the capital ofthe most northern bishopri
ofSweden. The church, on an eminence abov
E the town, is, next to that of Skeltea, the fines
r. we have seen in the north We took wal
e while breakfast was preparing, and in the spsc
4, of twenty minutes saw all there was TO be seer
" " BY leaving the regular road, however, we ha
do incurred delay of two hours, which did nc
II add to our amiabiity. Therefore, when th
St NSt poslillon, furiously angry now as well as insC
lent, came to threaten us with legal proseculio