The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-01-08

and for butter, and this thing and that
thing--I don't know what all. Each farm
has two dwelling houses, one for winter
and another for summer. Houses can be
rented for 50 ayear. Carpenters wages
are 45 cents day, and yet they strike.
Everybody works. There are no markets /;
nothing is sold. Whoever has more than
he wants for himself be gives it to W ho-
ever needs it The people are healthy.
They do not have consumption. and you
never see an emaciated form. You never
see beggar either. If too poor to live
they are too proud to beg, and sz.-s
NOT MEAN ENOUGH To STEAL.
The subsistence is sour milk, coarse bread,
meat twice week, and fish. 49,
At length 1 reached 10 50/, the cape,
the northern end of of Europe. The coast
of Norway Is magnificent, its harbors
lined with steam boats its mountains,
high and grand, are covered with glaciers;
It's waters so clear that bottom of the sea
is discernibie Sweden bears no eompar-
ison to it. Grog shops are one hundred
miles apart. They buy whiskey by the
quantity, and keep drunk while it lasts
Courtship and marriage are peculiar insti
tutions saw one match made He met
her. at the gate and poked his fingers in
her ribs. and said =
: : al want to get married. don't you 2'
ooh, i don't know. 60 way "a Yes. you
do; let's get married. "Well, ask papa. %
mo, never mind him, we Il get married
anyhow" And he went around telling
everybody he saw, Il am going to marry
that girl
The preparations continued during the
three weeks required by law to have the
bans published IN the churches. Fishes
We're caught, stores for the feast laid in,
beer brewed, and whisky purchased. We'd
ding Notifications are indulgsd IN for q
week. This couple were married. They
went from the church to the house. and
the bridesmaids locked the bride in her
room. The groom
KNOCKED AT THE DOOR.
How much will you give to come IMP
1.-TWO COWS and So" That's not enough" :"
"ThIee COWS and $40" "Oh, you are rich
you must give more than that" Five
cows and $25 was the final offer, which
was accepted. In writing to g lady you
do not use the name but address it to her
father like this: John Jones's daugh-
ter" and add the name of the farm. T.
y Many have the impression Lapland is
dark in the winter, but that is an error.
Ihe country Is illuminated by northern
lights every night. [ wanted to see the
Laps, and drive reindeer They can go
fifty miles an hour for two hours daily.
The sledges are narrow. have an -osciliat-
motion, and one unaccustomed to them
will tumble out in all directions. You
driYe- with one line only; that reaches
from the animals horns, and Is tied around
your arm. After you get pitched out, the
reindeer stops when he Is tired of drag
ging you through the snow. Sometimes
they
BOUT FACE AND BUCK YOU OUT,
and not infrequentIy perform that task
by kicking. was keeled out by kick
and snatched along 200 yards at the rate
of nearly mIle q minute. We drove to
an acquaintance who owned 4 600 rein
deer. l went into his tent, and found
men, women, dogs. and other ANIMALS
sleeping together, and 1 found so many
Reas there that took my bag and went
out to sleep il a snow bank.--All the
Christians read and write. They wear
snow shoes ten feet long & four feet wide,
and go sliding about in cemieal manner.
r lFhe Journey from New York to Christi
ana can be made in twelve days. wen
der more tourists do not go there. The
summers are warm, the winters are cold,
but charmingly healthy. Tne hotels can
not be surpassed, and their charges are
very moderate.