Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-25
A Home in Greenland.

Evening is the liyelieSt time in the Greenland
hut hut, Then the bright lamps are burning, the
Seaming and boiling over each lamp, the
women busily chatting at their work, and
halfDaked children running about on the
warm reindeer skins on the ledge behind
them This is the scene going on before us
The seal-hunter has just arrived home from
after his days toll on the sea, and while he i,
hanging up his lines, his waterproof gloves
and other paraphernalia, a piece OF skin is
drawn forth from beneath The ledge and
spread before him. Its contents-the small
dried fish called "angagsat," or capeling-he
eats in silence, weary as he is. This is only a
preliminary meal, and appetZing paStime
while the more substantial things over the
long to boil seal flesh. After the fish he takes
draught from the WATERFALL behind the
door. The skin curtain OF the ledge hiding
the mysteries of The lower regions, is once
more drawn aside, and the skin with the
remnants disappear behind ii. TO join host
of the most heterogeneous articles. A good
deal of talking in the relating line, or i'm the
chatting, praIlling, merrymaking style, is
generally going on. What | remember most
distinctly from my many visits and stays in the
Greenland hutS are the 5; OrieS and descriptions
OF the men relative to their sea adventures
accompanied by the most animated gestures
showing how the seal had first appeared, and
then again dived down on his Approaching it
how he Che hunler) in his turn had fingered
behind till the animal, made incautiOuS by the
ensuing silence, again rose to the surface: and
now the hunter, leaning back with graceful
across a long surge, aud came within reach of
his mark, took aim, and threw his harpoon
and bladder float; how the wounded animal
dived and again came to the surface and SO
forth. In fact, he paints the scene with the
most lively cOlorS, as we all listened i'm wrapt
attention. My brother who had lively com
prehenSlon and great talent for mImicry
had ill after years in Denmark often to act the
part OF the seal-hunter, and it strikes me that
had myself part In play representing an
unsuccessful whale hunt. Certainly We had
had many an hour of amusement i'm the Green
land cottages. No doubt We were very UMPIRE
tending, and easy to please in the extreme
but why criticise the means when the result is
happiness? And happy We undoubtedly were
alike in the dark. frosty days, with the moon
shining down upon at noon tide, and i'm the
calm, delightful summertime, with its bright
sunlit nights.-[ The Field.
FRIGHTFUL FATE OF LITTLE GIRL-A
special from Ottawa, ILL.,, says: A fearful
tragedy has just been unearthed at Utica, the
next station west of Ottawa on the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific railroad. AbJu1 i've
days ago little girl, bright and sprightly,
aged between and 10 years the daughter OF
Mr.. Monyhan, laDoring man, lost pet kit
ten, and she left the house, telling the neigh
bOrs that She was going down the canal bank
for kitty Some of the neighbors mile be.
low had seen her and recognized her as she
went past, lnquirlng for her pet. Her father,
in the evening, finding her absent and learn
ing the facts, concluded that she had gone so
near Lasalle, four miles from Utica, that she
had reached there, where she had friends.
He did not hunt for her that night, but sent
word to them the next day. He received an
answer that she had not been there. He and
his neighbOrS then began search for the miss
ing one, and continued 1t until last evening,
when her body was found in a most horrid
condition, with heavy stones piled upon il,
mile and half west of Utica. AS trampS
swarm the canal bank between these two
by her friends"