The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-11-08
Ghinas Abroad.
From Chambers's Journal.
A WINTER In LAPLAND.

a WINTER I'm LAPLAND,
The short but glorious summer of Lap
and was drawing to close, and remem-
Der with regret that the hour of my de-
parturc from Kublitz was at hand. Still
! fingered, for had spent several Of the
haPPiest weeks Of my life in that fairy
'pot Of earth, SO far remote from the track
of the bustliDg tourist. / had grown at
Iached to my simple-hearted hosts; and
their constant kindness, their gay good
humor, and the freshness and novelty Of
the holiday life, had iudescribable charms
for me. Kublitz is place little known.
II lies in Swedish Lapland, about hun.
dred and fifty miles beyond the extreme
limits Of Norway; and its silyery river and |
emerald pastures are surrounded by the
iar-stretching moorlands, Of which by far
the greater part of the country consists.
Far away to the south might be seen, Oh
a clear day, rising dimly above the vast,
purple moors, line Of blue peaks that
family dotted the distant horizon. These
are the Kohl Mountains, the mighty
Scandinavians Alps which divide Norway
from Sweden, and whose northernmost
have often seemed to me, as
thus gazed on them from the Lapland
wastes, the very outposts of European civ
ilization. But let me try to describe Ku.
blitz itself, as | saw il first, basking in the
short-lived smile of the Arctic summer
when nature seems TO compensate by
wondrous layishness of love and care for
the ephemeraI character of the enjoyment,
All that rocky glen where the village nes
tied, all those verdant prairies that encir-
Gle it, those shrubbery weeds that belted
the meadows, and were bounded in their
turn by the trackless moors, had blossomed
like garden in fairyland. Fruit and
flowers everywhere fruit and flowers
The gray rocks that rose above the houses
blushed literally crimson with the wild
strowberries-those wondrous strawberries
that spring up everywhere In Lapland,
whose profuslon Is such that they stain the
boots Of the reindeer and the sedge of
the traveller, yet are SO delicate and match
less in favor, that the czar himself sends
for them, by estafe'tes, all the long, long
way 10 MS summer place OF Tsarzkoy-
Chele. But strawberries are not the only
gifts that bounteous summer filings with
full hands upon Lapland. The crags, the
meadows, the thickets glow and blossom
"i'n tnVusanu hauy-hued nowersi the
nierss anu PTp's are Whne with lilies; the
Woous are iSii OF strange fruits, and joy
S Dus songs o' p'rds; tue grass springs up
,uAu'lap'y' 'ne ie.ns, moses, leheus,
nave al the'r varied tints OF deeper or
Dt,s"'eI ';T srSeni 'he moGrs are earpeted
WIN Ieu anu purple heaths; and even the
dangerous quasnIres are ruddy with the
.emp''ns Iu'' o. the cranberry. One
ne.er Auo~s Mha' summer really is,
ue'er u. NnSws WIN What exuberant mirth
'he Worla can reloiee at bursting from the
I, Ina"S =, WINTER un'il one mas seen Lap
ANU AnG .he people Well, all can
say ~ 'lNeu 'hem, and they me. |
ncNer lnet young lace or an old one
a,"ons .hese simple iolks that had not
P'easan' s""9 lIr tnc stranger l never
"ent ln'o Lap'ana nut without hndlne
hosts would bns,Ie 10 sn X IL, t.", ,''''I
with mill and ,hs Iaroos, p,sIss' 49,. DGI, ;,h
berries and N nrojrne -. "es N, WIN =,
asmolken and dr;aJ ssb r.as, ,Is 49,. P'es -
and lnxurv non,raIloIod na.Saus - s''1eO-'' >
GREAT blact loaf hronohi n ,h- .'su sI.' "
Norwov Gfor TanlanJ b". -, ~ ino ~ "dy rom i
honor 10 The foraien amss, pieaJ me'" ~, " ~
beln orow;na fond g Ii r.. i-O" Nv, eOu,e ,e !
looE; inc sof, 6oor,oa n,orI~S f'''' e'""'
Tbe VILLAGE ~ KnSi;,- ,.
green bonobs and wa,,lss a. ns 49," Duis ~, :,
which su5nortcd "acb ro,."up ,ne Pc a'one
n;no ,imhar Tn e.. ~ Lis, De'ps u
co,,accs--,bov wero Io,cn ,a",L. III "e'e % wv
,bo toy;,a 1sr,sr .",ac,;..,O .oO'"s such 10 ~
,rd ,Soso snmmar nsIao~a s ,e.' eons'ruc's'
duro odded 10 Tho bpi;dav y. - as ns NV % Nel-
and mere s,aoos,;,o - ras..sI S- ~ sIo P'Aee'
Rnt tho trne 5ouses ,roro ~ suI' plon'e'
NO, .bove he surc,o. IT. D. I.a. '"e .1. oaItnl
havo boon Joscr;h;no ,vo.o ~ ,'.a .enao
nav;I;ons. and bcnas,h ,ha-' - III ~ po,a'y ,
law cb;mnov lko ! ma~a;ss5 .n my I'm
noon;ng obcyo Ground wera IN .Lo moie-.lii'' I'
aetbo T,rIs nJa1s ,ho 80 'np rue MONIES
e. III ,hp;r worlaIn Iii ~ s'V,e.ouseS ~ uses
dwoIl;nns f,r NO., ~ r. @ anu men own
tho ra.r ""' V"'"' Vi
nd now tho ,;mo wa. oo,,;,, ;,
,,raao hoo,h. ,waso o ~ 10 ia ,a'. .O." "nen Tue
sno yo";ab onS ,So ~ ~ u.se,'eI anu 'ns
1;cn FL . moIa,s ns 80 ~ anuefsrounu
~ ~ ,nna @ ;.on - honns !, IA ~ Des'a again ,or
W.. W. ~ ~ at;"s - ~ ~ "in'er: inter re'er
~ Wv" a; .He on,O Sai. aI VI Tue ViIlage, IN
rnO ,;V5S, 5. LII 49, ";, warmed me that
."e I ul 80. "Ouu sso spe,I''y cease' anu tna'
~ "Iu Is Oe'.l, w. Pupaie .ue ooa. 70 convey
l'e sO"" - Ia ~. oVs"a'as, s,ssS 80 ,na. i
u 'sns loaOa ~ -.o,"y Deiore y got qark.
a s.'AusJ ,S, ;uII seiAsu Ia me-whal II were
- sup yoh,"u nav peen nere through
.ne uaSnsn'i 'ne 'ons sniee-lnoo.hs day,
1nas Pu11'eu my 80 terribly a, hrst, and
~, r1ooeu Hls =, ny =, s'esP, anu mace me oi,nk
IKE az owi u. 'ns euMearying sun that
IGa,a "a sn,us na ~ ,"'uu'sn'' ana winch upset
Ali 'ue IAD,ss - my previous NE. 1 re.
sol'e'teu "nas s.iHse sensation that had
oeeu, now new, ltesn, ana piquant and Il
= no' oil,u' ies lne ~" you, 'nat 2 some
Wna' "or'u-worn anu WoriI-Wearied man
s. Sno nas Passeu nus granu eilmacteric, can
u'seo.er = seusa''on 'has shaIi DC at once