New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-04

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| tive became heartily tired ! totk hiu, .. Q pea-
! tuie, for an over.enska. isstss "Lssaa,," O,
. Reader" The Lame gsen 10 The SSedisk Dis.
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We had station Of twenty three miles before o.,
to The vii age Of LandbObyn which lice in the wooded
| wilderness between Oserd.l and WesterdaL Oar
position, foe young fellow Of twenty two, owe.
six feet IN hight PUT on Bis best blue j.ckes AID
Knee brtt chss, with leather apron reaching from
his shoulders to below bis hDees This il a Ar,i.
els worn BY amos. oil Dae,,lhas for the pu pose
If saving Their clothes while a. wo,k, and aiges
them On awkward snd u,srae.ful air. This fellow,
in spite q little fear at the bare idea, expressed
bic willI goess to 60 with US all over the world;
but the spirlt Of wandering was evidently 80 essy
TO be kiIded in bin that rather disc surased him
We had monosoncus journey of FIVE hours through
forest of pine, fir ard birch, in which deer aud
elk are frequently net with, while tbs wolf and the
bear bsurt its remoter valleys The ground WAS
but slightly undulA.Dg, and the scenery, in gen.
tIal, Was Is tame as it was savage.
LsIdbObyn was wretcbed hamlet On the banks
Of stream, with few cleared fields about it. A.
the sun had not yet ,et, we determined to push on
to Kettbo, eight or ten miles further, aod engaged
a boy TO plot US through the woods. The post
station was a miserable place, where we found it
impossible to set any thing to eat sat down ahd
ia he'd with the family while our guide recruited
hin self with large dish Of thick sour milk. I" Wny
edo you travel about the earth 7" asked his
mother: sis it that you may spy out the poverty
Of the people, and zee how miserably they live 2
"No," said I; sit il that may become acquainted
with the. people, whether they are poor or not"
But" she continued, " did you ever see people
poorer than wei" Often" said l." because
you are contentd, and no one can be entirely
poor who does not complain" She shook her
head with cad smile and said nothing.
Our guide poled Us across the river in rickety
boat, and then plunged into the woods. He was
tall, well grown boy of fifteen or sixteen, with
beautiful oval face long fair hair parted in the mid
die and hanging upon bis shoulders, and fac,
manly and resOlute expression. With bis jacket,
eirdle knee breecbes, aud the high crowned and
broad .brimmed felt hat he wore, he reminded me
strongly Of the picture Of Gustavus Vssa in his
Dalecarlisn dlguise in the Cathedral at Upsals.
He was splendid walker, and quite put me, old
pedestrian as am, out Of countensnce. The foot.
path We followed was terribly rough; we stumbled
over stock ard stone, leaped fallen trees, crossed
swomps on tussocks Of spoDgy moss, and climbed
over heaps Of granite powders yet. while we were
painting and exhausted with our eIertions to keep
pace with him, be walked onward as quietly and
easily as if the smootbest meadow turf were under
his feet. was quite puzzled by the speed be kept
up on such hard path, without seeming to pat
forth any extra strength. At sunset, he pointed
out some c,esrinss on hillside, the tree tops,
9 mile or two ahead, as our destinat on. Duck was
gathering % We came upon pretty lake. with
village scattered along its billy shore. The post
station, however, was beyond it, and after some
delay the boy procured boat and rowed US acros'.
Telling Us to 60 up the hill and We should find the
inn be babe US goodbye and set out on bis return
We soon reached a gard, the owner whereof,
after satisfying his curiosity concerning W by nu
msrous questions informed us that the inn was still
further. After cropping about in the dark for
While, We found it. The landlord ard his wife
were sitting before the FIRE, and seemed thought,
considerably embarrassed BY cur arrival Taere
was no bed, they said, and they had nothing that
We could eat: their hOuie was beyond the lake, and
they only came over to take charge Of the pest
| station when their turn arrived. We wore devoursd
with hunger and thirst, aud told the man We should
be ssti,6ed with potatoes and place on the door.
His wife's brother, who came in soon after ward,
was AeIeupon dispatched ACROSS the lake to bring
coffee for rs, and the pleasant good.wife put our
potatoes upon the FIRE to boil. We lit our pipes,
meanwhile and sat before the fre. talking with our
host and iome peishbon who came in. They had
much to AK about America, none If them having
ever before seen Q native Of that country. Their
questions relatd principally to the cost Of living,
to the value Of labor the price Of grain the climate
ard productions, ard the character of our laws.
They informed me that tho usual wages iu Dale
carlia were "a skllipgs Us cents) day, and that
one tSnne (about 4S0 Pounds) Of re cost - rigs
dAlsr ($s $40. "No doubt you write descriptions
Of ypxr travelsi" a.ksd the landlord. I assented.
And then, perhaps, you make books of them" he
continued; whereupon one Of the psighbors asked,
&" But Do you got any money for your books 2"
The potatoes were finally DONE and they, with
some delicious milk, constituted our supper. By
| this time the brother had returned, bringing with
him coffee, pillow, aid large cOverlet, made en-
tirely of cst,kins. A deep bed of hay was spread
upon the floor, coarse linen sheet thrown over it.
and with tie soft fur covering, we had samptu'u'
bed. About midoisht We were awakened BY an
arrival. Two tailors, one Of them huup-baoked,
On their way to Wermeland, came in, with TALL
strong woman IS postlHOn. Tho Are was re- him
died. and everything which the landlord had e1-