Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-06-30

Nearer creeping,
Fuel heaping
In a fame to fold us all.
Awake, awake,
Thou old Hrolf Krake
Bodvar Bjarki Hromund truel
Champions, waking,
Grid you, taking
Battleaxe and broadsword blue
Then up sprang the twelve and armed
themselves with speed. King Hrolf strobe
to his high seat, and babe all the compan-
ions take their places. Then he said:
Bring us drink, that we may be right Joy
full, and show what men we be Bear mes
sage to King Hjorvard and to Skulda, and
their knights, that Hrolf Krake and his COM
panlons are having toast before they re-
| ceive the skat which is due !"
This was done as the king commanded,
and Skulda said:
Surely the like of King Hrolf, my broth
er, is not to be seen-he is the very greatest
of men!"
Now Hrolf sprang out of the high seat and
the rest followed him; but the king vent i'm
| medlately after his banner, and they came
out of the hall. Then the fight began.
There might one see great blows struck on
helm and corselet-many a sword and spear
glittered in the air; and so many corpses fell
| that the ground was hidden. Haiti, the wise
of head, cried:
Many breastplates are now slit, and many
| good weapons spoiled, and many helmets
cleft, and many gallant knights overthrow.
| Our king is of good heart, for now is he as
glad as though he were drinking ale as fast as
he might, and he Stays, shifting with both
hands. He has the strength of twelve kings,
Etrow; and Hj forward mark how the sword
skofnung bites, and how it chimes shrilly
| whenever it tastes blood: and for that is the
wont of Skofnung, which reoices with him
who yields it at the noise of battle"
Bodvar swept with his sword and moved
down many brave man, desiring to do his
best before he fell. The blood was up to his
| shoulders, and he stood in the midst of cir
| Gle of corpscs.
| Hrof was surrounded by his champions,
who made wall of shields about him but
the wall was broken through, and one brave
man fell after another, till they all sank down,
| all twelve into one heap, and the old king fell
| in the midst.
| Hrolf and his champions were buried in
great cairn; and Skofnung, the good sword,
| was laid by the side of the king. and his bat
| tle-axe by the side of Haiti but Bodvar
Bark was laid holding his sword clenched in
his hands and every man who was there laid
was laid with his weapon beside him. Hior-
ward, the king, had also fallen in the battle,
and mound was thrown up over him. Many
years after came Skeggi, of the Middlefrith,
in Iceland, and he dug into the carn of King
Hrolf and took from him his sword This
sword he afterwards gave to his son Fidr, who
gave it to Thorkel Eyjoljsson. Thorkel was
wrecked on the coast of Iceland, and lost in
the dark sea; but the sword Skofnung was
fixed in piece of timber, and it came safely
to land. ThorkeIs son, Gellir, bore the good
weapon to Rome, and died on his way back.+
He was buried in the great church of Rosen-
kllde, where are buried the kings of Den
mark; and there he lies with his sword in his
hand to this day. But when Skeggi opened
the cairn of Hrolf he could not withdraw the
sword from Bodvar Bark; for the dead
hands were clenched too firmly around the
hilt, and the dead hands of Bodvar were
stronger than the living hands of Skeggi.
*The famous Bjarkamal has persisted OnIv a
few poor fragments remain of the ancient poem
saxo Grammaticus gives latin version Of it, how
stance in prose.
fGellir Thorkelsson died in the eleventh century
The following "notis" was penned bv
fashionable lady boarder at Congress Hall -
Lost. on the Sd Piassia of the New Wing
brown mlddel and cherry culered Bordered
Shawl. the Finder will be Literally reward
cred by leaving it at the otis or at Room
number -"
lie who, in his perplexity, resorts to
falsehood, may seem secure for little while,
but Is sure to be soon overwhelmed with
greater perplexity than before, just as the
man who IN shower takes refuge under a
tree, IS protected at first and then finds him
self worse drenched than ever.
-" Wherever I 60" said gentleman re-
markable for his state pride, ~ am sure to
IND sensible men from my own state" "No
wonder" said the gentleman he was address
sing, " for any man of that state who has any
sense, leaves it as fast as he cam"
A French journal asks how is it the En-
glish newspaper writer will drag in on all &C.
casions that familiar nautical figure of
speech about the ship of State being in
stormy sea, with the right pilot to guide.
ect; then there are rocks ahead, ect. The
writer adds that English readers ought to be
sea-sick of it themselves.
A very fat man who was drafted in Bos-
ton the other day supposed he would be ex-
empted on account of his obesity, but was
accepted. He was known to be rich as well
as fat and the Board Of Enrolment supposed
he would furnish substitute or commute,
and asked him which he would do. To their
surprise he refused both, and told them &C to
bring on their uniform" The board changed
its mind and exempted him.
To DESTROY SoRREL.-Lime sometimes has
tendency to destroy sorrell On some soils,
but as rule it has but little effect Deep
cultivation and growing clover, buckwheat,
or corn sowed broadcast, especially the two
latter crops will in nine times out of ten de-
stroy it. 1t is not true as some assert that
sorrel prevails in stony land only. 1t is to
be found pretty much in every locality. We
have it in our lawn only two or three years
made.-1elegraph.
SHEEP A NECESSITY ON FARM-The Mark
Lane Express says:
The experience of the most advanced
agricultural nations, like England, Germany
and France, goes to show that sheep are
necessity Of good general system of hus-
bandry, on even the highest priced lands, and
amidst the densest population. They afford
as much food to man in proportion to their
own consumption of food as any other do
nestle animal"
BEST TINE TO PAINT Observation-Disclosures
have indicated that paint on surfaces exposed
to the sun, will be much more durable if ap-
piled in autumn or spring than if mt on dur