New-York tribune., 1879-11-14
TIE MIDNIGHT sun IN NORWAY.
THr RHv. c. c. TIFFANY AT ASSOCIATION HALL
sKETCHEs or LIFE AM sCENFEY IS NORWAY.

THF REv. c. c. TIFFANY AT ASSOCIATION HALL
sKETCHEs or LIFE AND SCENERY Is NORWAY.
Association Hall was filled last evening with
an audience that oyernoved into the gallery hear
lecture by he Rev. c. C. Tiffany upon the subject ot
Norway and the Midnight sun" Among those
present we're Bishop Potter and several promi
nent Episcopal clergymen OF NcwY0rk. besides
many members OF the lecturers con Dgregauon.
Mr. T nsny began nv that English actors try
the Provinces before lhey venture In the metropolis
and, likewise. had not his simple tae of Norway been
met with favor IN smaller towns he should not have
thought 20 tell 70 III New-YOrk. He trusted Ms narra
ton would have the practical result OF inducing his
hearers o. - and see for themselves.
The tourney snort IN point OF time. he said and
from NevYork 20 The North Cape aud return the tlp
can be made comfortably for $500 sufficient Norwegian
phrases can D. learned from Murray" ou The ocean
passare 20 enable 10 make himself intehytbe,
the language to acquire. and IS akin 10 English
and German The stem OF coinage is easily mastered
There Is no other country where IL IA easier 10 travel
and where 50 many eui0yucnts can be had az SO little
expeuse There are only two railroads In Norway. and
most Of the travelling done peculiar two-wheeled
vehicle Ike a spoon wheels. Tue horses are dign-
aed and move slowly. coming 20 walk at every accliv
tv which they keen to detect 10 indicate the
possession Of slnritlevels IN their stomachs.
starting from Cnrsiiana IN the South the lecturer
red his audience with him by land and water 10 from
o IN the North sfetchug rapidly and graphically the
salient OF Norwegian ite and character and
describing the wonders ana beauties Oh Norwegian
scenery. ~
named and the roofs covered with turf.
pOn which sheep alO goats pasture tetnercd % the
citmnevs The common people fare plainly. living
upon ash and oatmeal. species OF wOWan'-
rights is acknowledged among then-tbe right 10
aDor al every task Of man. L have seen
a woman welding reaper, her child strapped 10 her
back. Labor does not make the wO'uen coarse. ana
while they are handsome they are nne-Ooking and
heolthv. Their manners would delight any TurTrydrop
I'm Cbrsfpudom Hotels and satiOn-hOuscs are clean.
wei kent and good. Norwegian butter Is delicious. bur
tbe cheese abUmiuable the salmon trout anu herring
ara uue xcepiiOnare. but the meat reminds one OF
AdrOagk beef. The people are deYOut and chuch-go-
portions OF ine interior tucy have "a Walk
twenty miles 10 church. and parties start on the walk
afray afternoon IN order not % be late This Is les
son 10 those who, living Ouly three or Tour blocks
aav cannot get ciurch nufi afierthe second lesson
The spectacle the midnight sun requires Thought 10
sUnderfi for nOtnin2 but tie hands or your
vafeh remind you that " II midnight The
snn takes day with him wherever he goes.
and The midnight sun dlsappOints, OF neces-
ed by tie blackness OF our midnight. The midnight
uu seem. nut afed sunset which does not come of.
Isrr tne lover color disappointed. Words
doubt n cOinrs can, the beauty or that
divine lght which both midnight and morning.
Brlrut a. dUv, the hours have c0Oi, pure CHARM
- fS.lr owi which rransmutes the prose ~ daylight
tnfo uoefry Mountain sea and SKY are Daihed III tlat
s!aue which is The suns ngnt WITHOUT the
anu. uessian The heavens and earth seem born anew
b.rug IA "a CO eStal Drg ness from which the heat of
the worlds STRAIN has passed away. IL Is "A VISION a.
frnm the mount Of the worlds TRANSPORTATION. To
nv the Lines OF Lon gfell0w's ulaSAiAa:
Filled was the air with dreaming and magical light
ana tne landscape
"Iay as II new created all the freshness OF child
hood"