Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-01-24

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Stockholm by gas-light, looks very nicely,
and that from what | have seen of Sweed-
en-, it is fertile (although in many Sec
tons sterilc) country that her people
seem to be industrious and ell-to-do.
l trust you will excuse me for tonight,
and if leave them without saying any
more, that this will be enough to cause
you to read and learn from history, and
travels what you can of them, for should
you ever visit it, such information is doub-
ly valuable but should you not, it can but
do you good. Saying then that they
commence to cat their meals standing
that the middle classes of ladies usually
wear shawl, for bonnet-that sheep
skin coats tanned with the wool on and
made with wool inside, are used alike for
mems coats and womens jackets-that they
harness their horses into the carriage with
out unfastening the traces, and that though
slightly different it would be difficult to
distinguish theirs from English peoples.
| will wish you good night, promising
to renew as circumstances will admit.
81. PetersJwgh Nov. i.
Although suffering somewhat from a
headache, caused by long travel over bad
roads, or sleeping in close hot rooms Il
think the latter.) devote short time
of this my first day here, to writing you
of my journey &C.. &c. After passing
three days in Stockholm, took passage
by steamer for Helsingfors Finland, it
being so late in the season that there was
no boat for this place, and | must either
return to Hamburg and make circuit
of over thousand miles out Of my way,
or 90 as above and travel 400 miles by
post, hoping to make the last, the cheap
, est and quickest, I choose it, and after
four days passage through passes and in
Vulnerable small lakes, formed for the
} most part by islands of rocks, in some
cases with little vegetation, stopping at
night because impossible to navigate, We
arrived safely at Helsingfors. On board
} | found no English and in all their oom-
pany only one coming to this place-both
| being desirous of company, we arranged to
: 60 in company. On arriving which was
: at about two P. NJ, we thought to 60 on
that night but were informed we could not
. have our passports which were taken at
: Stockholm, before the next day. Next,
on going for them we were informed they
| had been left at Abo, where we stopped
and were coming by post. We had now
/ to find a carriage, for although they find
f horses and men they find nothing but a
, box set on the axles without springs and
without seat, and as we desired to get
. through alive, we must make arrange
ments for something different so We
bought carriage for two horses, covered
; and once very good, now dilapidated but
in good runing order-price paid, very
large; but we must pay or go without
Late that evening we received our pass.
: ports and made ready to leave early next
r morning, but with all our endeavors il
was o'clock (and we had been obliged
: to take another horse and pay for fittings
: before we were cn-route.
0 Helsingfors is the first town in Fin.
; land, and though small is a very clean
t and to all appearance a very thriving
t place. 1t having rained much the day
G before. we had about three inches of mud
r at first, but soon came to snow which
4 mixed, made better road and we made
t by 9 O'Clock ?. NJ, about 70 miles-we
t made the best of signs, and oscillations
] to get our wants supplied, ,cackling for eggs
bleating for mutton, shutting our eyes for
beds, and thus, well managed to pass the
I night, and at six next morning, with 0
frozen and better road were en-route and
| made by about midnight 100 miles, chang
, ing horses every II to 20 versts. In all
!, this distance we found no one speaking
' either French or English until this place
(vibny) where we found a good hotel and
Q both languages spoken.
!. The next day it having grown cold
8 snow falling wind blowing--a cherries
Q country dining on cold bread, and near
: ly frozen whilst eating the same in the
: carriage. We made only some 70 vcrsts