The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05
SCENES IN NORWAY.

VISIT TO AN ENCAMPMENT OF LAP
j LANDERs.
!, Correspondence Of the New York Commercial
Advertiser.
MAALsNEs. Norway, July 2, 1918.
i We have just came from Chustiana
! by rail to Thronohiem, travelling all
Of two days, and staying over the in
teIvening night at q station called
Koppang, the train waiting in the
meantime (to rest We may pfesume)
Car travel in Norway is more like
driving than anything else, for the
train goes only ten or twelve miles an
hour, and up and down hill. The
route was along one Of the largest
rivers in Norway, and through the
most beautiful scenery that we have
ever seen. combining as it does lake,
mountain, island, and river scenery.
AT one place the snow was even below
! u.s., close to the water, and yet the
country round about is beautifully
green, and Id the sheltered valleys
quite fertile; about Throndiem the
flowers are WondeT1u I'll whole fields Of
| flowers the ground is entirely cover
led for almost miles in some places
the pansies being most beautiful. [
SAW al one place nearly an acre, The
blossoms entirely covering the glound,
making it beautifully purple, and
their fragrance filling the air.. Ineyer
have seen
SO MANY FLOWERS
before. OF course they are entirely
uncultiyated and uncared for, conse-
quently one may gather them. by bas~
ketfuls if one wishes SO to do. From
Throndhjem we took steamer to from
SO, (please excuse erasurts as these Nor-
Wegian names, are very pulling 10
spell and write down correctly, which.
is in about latitude 70 degrees, and
more than 200 miles north OF the Ar
tic circle. II you look on a map OF the
country, you. will find itquite far north
We areain a region of the midnight
Esun, and it is never dark, and if clear,
the sun may be seen at amy time. Last
night it was shining brightly from 70
TO / O'Clock, and we saw the sun rise
and set in one short half hour (only it
did neither.>
[ have. not been able to see q star for
two weeks, and yet | have been UP
and generally out more than half OF
each night. At TGoms0 | went to see
AN ENGAlIPMENT OF LAPLANDERS
with theiE reindeer. The laps are lit
tie men. and women, not much more
than four and a half to five fect high
(1ny little wife was head and shoulders
taller than the Lapladies). They dress
m0stlY in. the skins Of the deer, and all
Iof them carry knife attached to a
bright-oolored belt. Their shoes are
also made Of reindeeE skin, Within on,
and TUNED up in front like Chinese
shoes, They are fond Of sllyeE jewelry
and ornaments, Whi4h they make them
selves. They brought down from the
mountains about 150 reindeer for QUE
benefit. These we're put into an en-
closure, and we went to see them.
They are quite Wild, and mGeh smaller
than / had previously thought they
we've. They MIXED one for us So that
We might taste the milk, which is, quite
like cream. Tie Laps are expert with
the lasso, and seemed 10. be able to
catch amy reindeer they wished. even
when quite distance away.
This town. consists of only tMo
houses, but III is a post and telegraph
|station. It is, too, most beautifully
|situated. There are high SNOW NOUN
tains, and dhe Fjord, and the midnight
sun. 1t is, very nice place. and I wish
we could stay several days. It is cold,
though, and we really need fires and
oyercoats Cooler, | presume, than is
} the weather in New Y orlk and Boston. J
i We start to-day for OUT first drive in
carrioles, and / hope We Shall like
4 theM. C.B. 2.
| MOULD BE candidates for Sheriff
are plenty. We hear mentioned the
names of James Irving, John Tetard
| ] ohm Lucas, f. R. Snyder, E. r. vii
ison, VIM. S. McDermott.