Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-01-28

asleep pound on the pulpit with that
to wake them up" was theanswer.- :
There was also a pole eight or ten feet
long which l was told the sexton kept
to poke into the ribs Of sleepers for
the second offence | can't under
stand how they get asleep. The seats
arc uncomfortable. about six inches
wide, straight in the back, with mar
row ridges to keep your head straight,
and they never have fire in churrLrs,
although the thermometer does stand
l5 degrees below feezing point. Their
Sunday lasts twen,y-four hours, be-
ginning at six on Saturday evening.
Sunday afternoons are devoted to
dancing. The Scandinavians drink
and get drunk, but they don't have
the tremens, nor quarrel, nor fight.
The worst they do, when intoxicated,
is to kiss all the girls they meet on
tho street. There are churchyards
six hundred years old that have no
tombstones. The people are exceed
ingly religious. Every house has q
Bible or book of Psalms. ! saw mum.
bers of men and horseback loads OF
good things going into a house one
day, and concluded il must mean a
wedding. "Where is the bride p /
asked, "tsn't that" was answered
"the man has lost his wife, and they
are holding the funeral jolfication."
These publications. are continued for
days.
AT last got TO the land of the Mid
night Sun. watched il throughout
the first night and remained there
nearly seven weeks. II bothered me
TO know when TO 20 to bed. / discov-
cred the birds retired at / | p. m, and
got up at 2 u. m. Some of the farms
have as many as foriy-fvo houses. -
There are houses for cheese, and for
butter, and this thing and that thing
Il don't know what all. Each farm
has two dwelling houses, one for win.
ter and the other for summer. Hons
es can be rented for s5 year. Car
penter's wages are forty-fve cents a
day, and yet they strike Every body
works. There are no markets moth.
ing is sold. Whoever has more than
he wants for himself he gives it TO
whoever needs ii. The people are
healthy. They do not have consump-
tion, and you never see an omaciated
form. You never see beggar either
II too poor TO live they are 700 proud
TO beg, and not mean enough to steal.
Tho subsistence is sour milk, coarse
bread, meat twice week. and fish.
AT length reached II degrees so,
the cape, the northern end of Europe.
The coast OF Norway is magnificent,
its harbors lined with steamboats, its
mountains high aud grand, are covered
with glaciers; its waters so clear that
the bottom OF the sea is discernabe.
Sweden bears no comparison to il.
Grog shops are 100 miles apart. They
buy wniskey by the quantity and
keep drunk while II lasts. Courtship
and marriage are peculiar institutions.
| saw one match made Hc met her
at the gate aud poked bis fngerin hcr
ribs, ana said:
"l want to get married, don't your
"Oh, | don't know. Go away" "Yes,
you do; let's get married" Well,
ask papa" mo, never mind him,
we'll get married any how" And he
went around telling cverybodyhe saw,
"l'm going TO marry that girl
Tho preparations continued during
the three weeks required by law to
have the bans published in the church
es. Fishes were caught, stores for the
feast laid in, beer brcwed and whisky
purchased. Wedding publications. are
INDUCED in for week. This couple
were married They went from the
church TO the house, and the brides.
maid locked the bride in her room. -
Tho groom Knocked at the door
"How much will you give to come
in Z" 1.-TWO cows aud five dollars"
That's not enough" "Three cows
and ten dollars" ooh, you are rich !;
you must give moro than that" Five
cows and twenty-five dollars was tho
6nal offer, which was accepted. In
writing TO lady you do not use the
name but address it 10 her father like
this: "Jobn Joncs's daughter" and
add the name of the farm.
Many have the impression Lapland
is dark in the winter, but that is an or.
ror. The country is Illuminated by
northern lights every night. want
ed to see the Laps and drive reindeer
They can go fifty miles an hour for
two hours daily. The sledges are mar
row, have oscillating motion, and one
unaccustomed to them will tumble out
in all directions You drive with one
line only; that reaches from the ami
mails horns and is tied around your
arm After you got pitched out the
reindeer stops when he Is tired of
dragging you through the snow
Sometimes they bout lace and buck
you out, and not uDfrcqucntly per-
form that task by kicking ] was
keelcd out by n Kick and snatchcd
along two hundred yards at the rate
Of nearly mile minu.e. We drove
TO an acquaintance who owned 1000
reindeer. went into his tent, found
men, womep, dogs and other animals
sleeping together,aDd found so many
fens there that took my bag and
went ont to sleep in snow bank All
the Christians read aud write. They
wear snow shoes ten feet long and
four foe. wide, and 20 sliding about in
u comical manner
Tho journey from New York to
Christiana can be made in twelve
days. / wonder more tourists do not
20 there. Tho summers arc warm,
the winters are cold, but charmingly
healthy. The hotels cannot be sur
passed, and their charges are very
moderate.
Hon Allen G. Thurman was rc.
elected TO tho Senate of the United
States on Wednesday lustby the Dem.
ocrutic members of the Ohio Leg;sla.