Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-12-22
TIE LAND Of N.DNIaRr suN.

/ Xiv tAltN u VI blit l4tIlihlOt anu "Nhb w
Il degrees north latitude, where Cor three
months the SUI does not set. He con
tInued 1.-The Swedes aud NOrwegians
! are fine people the country the grand
| est have ,vcr travelled il. There III
{ vldeuces that ii was once covered with
icc. The mountain rocks are smooth
| from tins cause, md the valleys show
/ the Effects OF ice foes In May, Juue,
! and My the sun shines all the tiue. 1t
1 IS II SANDER to call the Scundin rvana
/ huriarous They are civilizrd--all read
apd write. They are compelled by law
/ 10 attend school. Their religious flth
/ is Protestant, They esteem their
churches highly. aud rerere Il, il grav,
yards. When man dies his body is,
uttered in grave yard, il it has to be
carried one hundred nilrs. The pco
I pie are honest and moral I WIS never
/ robbed OF cent, though with them
/ three years why, the women put til, if
irWeIry in my room to show they were
/ aet AFRAID tt me.
| VII. II in Stockholm had desire to
see thu King. | wrote to the Secretary
Of state. was politely intoim 4 that
his majesty had gone visiting, but would
return III two days. hen he arrived,
/ WIS invited TO call on him, I W ut to
| the palace expecting to see soldiers, in
lantry, cuvairymen aud ur,ilierymrn ;
but there was only one soldier, and he
did not even ask me where ] was going.
or what | wanted. | went up etaiis MI
/ cllallebged, and at length intercepted Il
servant Ivy whom / was directed where
/ 10 find the king.
Cool morning said he
+ = Good morning, l responded.
/ Aud tins WIS our introduction. In
+ less than three minutes he a> ked me to
have cigar, and then showed my
/ books, winch had been translated. !
ielt proud it was az honor to have
them III his language. He asked me to
come and spend the next day with him.
| went aud roumed through the palace,
IN search otits owner. Finally | hal
looed, " Is there any one about % aud
succeeded ia aroH ing some one who
| pointed me to II room. / entered it,
and found the king just putting on his.
coat. lie had been st work painting. |
was Hospitality entertained. When
about le wing | requested some OF his
portraits to : i've to the gills in Brook
Ign. He pleasantly complied, writing
On them, at my solicitation, lis auto
graph. Now" said he, laughing
'yon must send me some portraits of
Brooldyn girl | thought he was Il
splendid man.
Reaching the seventy third degree.
you meet immense forests of fir and
pine. These forests are the wealth of
the land. The people are farmers of
democratic ideas. Land owners worth
halt million have their servants eat ut
the table with them. Iu the ci les this
custom is not allowed. and you will
find chignUns and crino inc, as you do
in America. Travellers ave always wei,
conc The citiz rs generally speak
French, English, and German.
find that the horses won't carry you
up ,hill. When they reach the foot of
one they look around to see you quit
the carriage ii You don't they stop.
/ he people are never in u hurry.
went INTO church and saw club "
ng ON the pulpit. | i quirrd its use.
= When my congregation get asleep |
pound on the pulpit with that to wake
them up, WAS the answer There was
also pole eight to ten feet long which
| WAS told the sexton kept to poke INTO
the ribs OF sIerptrs for the second
offence. can't understand how they
get asleep. The seats arc umcomfort-
able, about six inches wide, straight il,
the back with narrow ridges to keep
your head straight, aud tuey never have
lire IN the churches, although the thcr.
mouet,r does stand forty-tive degrees
below the Ir eng point. Their Sun.
day lasts twenty tour hours. beginning
at SIX on Saturday evening. SUNDAY
afternoons are devoted to dancing The
SyNudinuvmns drink and get drunk, but
they don have the tremrns, nor quar-.
rel, nor fight rhe worst they do, when
intoxicated. j. to kiss all the cir : they
me, t on the street. There are. church
yards six hundred years Old that have
no tomhstoues The y, ople are tx
crpdiuRly religions. Every house has 4,
Bible or hook of Psalms. saw mum
bers of men and horseback loads o,
good things going into "a house one day,
aud concluded it must mea.. wedding,
Where is the bride ?" asked
. 'Tisn't that WIS answered 9TH,
man has lost his wifi, and they are hold
Iug the 'tunerM iul hcation. " These
notifications are continued for DAYS.
At last got to the land OF the Mid
night Sun. l watched it throughout
the first night and remained there near.