, 1873-03-30

making this city their base OF operations, and
at the present day it is calculated that there arc
no less than 3Oo,0 0o0 scandinavians living in the
States Of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota,
and Kansae. OF this number, about $4,000
scandinayians have made this city their per-
manrnt homo, and they are divided amongst tho
three oationalities as follows:
norweslans w.
6HedeS IurouV
As will be observed by the above figures, there
are very few Danes residing in this city, when
compared with the Norwegians and Svedes.
This is accounted for by the fact that Denmark
is by far the smallest of the three North States,
and. having warmer climate and more fertile
plains than its more Northern sisters, so many
OF its SONS are not induced to emigrete to another
more fertile and fayorably-aituated country.
Swedish and Norwegian emigrants making this
city their homo are usually poor, but. being OK
cellent mechanics and steady, stronB-lmbed
workmen, soon save enough money to buy d
home Of thcir own. Some Of our
MOST sEMLrUL MECHANICS
mud best laborera come from those countries,
and Chicago owes them debt Of gratitude for
their aid IN rebuilding noble phnni1ed city
In 80 abort Il space Of time But whero Scandi-
nagians mostly excel is as nav1gators. Most OF
the sailors Of our "Chicago marine" belong to
that nationality. The Scandinavians have been
FAMOUS sEAIEy
rs far back es 1000 years ago, when, under the
name OF Vikings, they commanded and swept
both the Baltic and North Seas, penetrating into
France and England, and conquerlng those coun-
tries It is even said that Scandinavian Was
the first to discover AmeEica, and the story is
related in Norwegian drama entitled ''The
Country Found and Lost" as follows: Biorn
Asbrandson, an Icelandic Viking, loved Thuride, b
beautiful fair-haired daughter Of Scandinavfz, but
through unforeseen circumstances was compelled
to leave his country and his betrothed for the
space OF several yearB- When he at length re-
turned again to wed his beloved Thurlde he
found her married to another. Broken-heafted,
he again left his native land to drown the
sosrows Of his soul amid tho per1ls
found after q perilous voyage Of several months
= beautiful country which he called Vineland,
and which is supposed to be the Atlantic coast
of New jersey. Hero he encountered multi
their friendship and confidence, they made him
their Chief. About twenty-five years later, an
other Scandinavian ship, commanded By Thu
rides SOD, found the same Vineland but no
sooner had they effected landing than they
were attacked BY the Indians, and would, un.
doubtedly, have been annihilated had not old
Blorn, the Chief OF these Indians. interceded
In their behalf. He soon became aware Of the
tae: taas Ine lasaaefs M were LIS o ca d
Ms-.s;da 1a aftoe oiT;no rant ~ hia iov ~
o; 49, Fre1 s r,af;re oorrtr. ~ Ia 1ra,otad
= 49, - 49, .-d.rannaatad ,ha!n n rotn47
~ W 1r;na ;,,a hsc 1x;th thsm snffc;ent
se.,a,,,a~ enu e Scana;nax;ans - raa;st anr
n4!u1e1 att.nt. ~ ~ tba ahor;r;nea nnr;no tha;r thy
shssnca n1a Riorn cneraTed scandinayiau
e;,zea md n.n,os m the farce rocfs naar thn
eEnre that nostcritr mirht Know who wa the
11rst d,acnvarar ~ th;s c6nt;nent For oyer Am
vesrs the scandinav1nns. or Vickinrs a. they
Tere thcn called continued tn trayel IL and from
this country. mil at 1ast thew abandoned Il
leaTing it to Columbus to retrace the old naths
and receive eli the credit thcrefor.
THE 1AsauAaE
spoken by the ScandinayiEns is not uniform.
Ithe dialect Of Norway mud Denmark il nearly
identical and is therefore cnlled the Norwer-;an.
Danish. The swedes speak language Of fheir
own which someuhat resembles the Eorwerinn
nsn;sh No;ther of these 1anru,rer ia orig3no1
mt rafher a oone1omeration of French Fne1iah'
German and I.afin- ~@o@'@'
'' 1Ms,1onAsr swEp11so.
Scandinavian in,micrants arririne in this c;tv
nrc. throuch their Ignorance OF our language
and mannere. greatly imposed upon by imni-
trrant-honse keeperB and runners most of
Thom belong to their own nationality.
The names Of the most notorious of these I'M
migrant houses are familiar in the Police Court,