Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-16

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did orange when The snn 81 cared Every
change Of color affected he lc Of the land
scape. The woods, So rappt il snow that
not single green necdt VAS be seen, touk
by turns the hues Of She sky, nd seemed to
give out, rather than 70 reflect he opulescent
lusier Of the morning. The hshine bright
ened instead Of dispelling lheb effects. Al
noon the suns disc was not nc than 10 above
the horizon, throwing a level lden LIGHT on
the bills. The north, belole was as blue
as the Mediterranean, aud The Alt Of heaven,
overhead, canopied ns with ri Every OBJ
ject was glor6ed and iransfeo in the magic
glow.
AT the first station We rot be hot milk.
with raw salmon, shinala bis ind frozen but
ter. Our horses were 9oo and we drove
merrily along, up the frozen orneaa. The
roads we're filled with petpl ING to church,
probably TO celebrate some lt bus anniversa-
~, to-day being Tucsdat fresi,.. ruddv faces
bad they, firm itaiaTss, sfrlat frames and reso-
Lutte carriage, but ne most Of them were posi-
lively ugly, aud, NJ contrast with the frank
Swedes, their expression was furiive and SIMS
ter Near Packlh we passed fine old church
of red brick, with very handsome beIfiy. At
Niemis we changed horses ia ten mihuies, and
FASTENED on up the frozen Torneaa to Maiaren-
81, where we shoula reach the Arctic Circle.
The hills rose higher, with fine sweeping
outlines, and the Fivef was still half mile
broad-a plain Of solid snow, with the track
marked out by bushes We kept sharp look.
out for the mountain Of Avasaxa, one Of the
stations Of Celsius, Matpettus and the French
Academicians, who came hsfe In 1886 TO make
observations determining the exact form of the
earth. Through this mountain, it is said, the
Arctic Circle passes, though our maps we're
neither sufficiently miaute nor correct to deter
mine the point. We took il for granted, how
ever, as a mile one way or the Other could make
but little difference; and as MOtarengi lies due
west Of Avasaxa, across the river, we decided
TO stop there and take dinner on the Arctic Cir
Gle.
The increase Of villages on both banks, with
the appearance of large church, denoted our
approach to Matarengi, and we saw at once that
the tall, genily-rouuded, isolated hill opposite,
now blazing with golden snow, could be none
other than Avasaxa. Here we were, at last,
entering the Arctic zone, in the dead of winter
the realization of dream which had often
flashed across my mind, when lounging under
the tropical palms, so ntiusal is it for one ex-
IRENE to suggest the opposite. l took our bear
lngs with compass-riDg, as we drove forward,
and as the summit of Avasaxa bore due east
we Doth gave a shout which Stalled our postil.
lion and notably quick ened ths gait of our hor-
SEES. 1t was impossibls 70 toss our caps, for
they were not only tied ul,on our heads, but
frozen fast to our boards. So here we are at
last, in the true dOminions of Winter. A mild
ruler he has been % o. thus far, but fear he
,AiEti 5issSa sissl ~ t-4-a 1--.-t.--;aL
him.
Soon aherward, we drove into the inn at
Matarengi, which was full of country people,
who had come to attend church. The landlord,
sallow, walery-eyed Finn, who knew few
words of Swedish, gave us room in an ad-
joining house, and furnished dinner of boiled
fish and barley mush, to which we added bot
tie labeled "Dry MADEIRA, brought from Hap
amanda for the occasion. Alta shop adjoining,
BREASTED found serviceable pipe, so that moth
ing was wanting to complete our jubilee. We
swallowed the memory Of all who were dear 10
US, in the dubious beverage, nauguraied our
Arctic pipe, which we propose to take home
as souvenir of the place, and set forward in
the most cherry mood.
Our road now crossed The river and kept up
the Sussian side to place with the charming
name of TorakankOrwa. The afternoon twi-
light was even more wonderful than that Of the
forenoon. There were broad bands of purple,
pure crimson and intense yellow, all fusing to-
gether into fiery orange at the south, while the
north became semi-vault of pink, then lilac,
and then the soItest violet. The dazzling Arc
tic hills participated in this play of colors,
which did moi fade, as ia ths South, Be, stayed,
and stayed, as if God wished 10 compensate by
this twilight glory for the loss Of the day.
Nothing IN Italy, nothing nthe Tropics, equals
the magnihcence of these Polar skies The
twilight gave place to moonlight scarcely less
brilliant. Our road was hardly broken, leading
through deep snow, sometimes through close
little glens, hedged in with frs dropping with
snow-iaiTy Arctic solitudes, white, silent and
mysterious.
We reached here at o'clock. The place
is wholly Finnish, and the landlord, who does
not understand void of Swedish; ehdeavotcd
10 make us 60 on 10 the next station. We
pointed to the beds and quietly carried in our
baggage. il made The usoal signs for eating,
which speedily PrOcuIed ua pail of sour milk,
bread and butter, and two Immense tin drinking
horns of sweet milk. The people seem little
afraid Of us, and keep away. Our posiillion
was a SILLY fellow, who could not understand
whether his money was correct. In the course
OF our sienographic conversation, learned that
SCR" signifies two. When | gave him his
drink-mohey he said ''ketoat r. ana on going
6dt the door "huiOests $50 that have Al
least discovered the Finnish for sslhank Won 10
and ''gOOd-bys" This, however, won't suffice
to order horses al o'clock Tomorrow morn
ing. We are likewise in state Of delightful
uncertainty as to our fn.urs progress, but this
very uncertainty gives rest to our situation,
and il would be difficult 10 find two iollier men
with frozen noses.
The mercury has risen to zero, with heavy
sky and damp air, threatening snow. If we
can but get to MOOnioniska before the storm
comes
The following account of the case Of a girl
who was wrOngiully executed IN 1910, Is given