The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-12-25
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Chronicles OF the MOlbOS.

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IN There is peeuliar tlelass Of people,
living in Jutland, called the Molbos, of
whom a great nnmbersof tales are told.
From the, earliest days, these people
| have been known. for, their ingenuity
and Simplicity, and hence many remark ]
able things are told about them, yTWo
ofethe stories about their curious actions
are oiiverii below:s a5f# gFfs94a5 10 Eas5fis
| teeti THhas1pkK AND THE yIIERpER:
\, Once, in the summer, when the corn
stood HIGH, stork was often seen IN the
Fields belonging to the Aolhos II alkinge5' ng'
up and down in the grain-patches to
catch frogs. Tllis snnoyeds The hfoabos
greatly, for they stheHghtp thea langlegglI
/ ged bird trod down, a vast deal OF grain !
They therefore consulted how to drive
the animal sawaE, and the cOnclnsiorl
was. that the herder of their. village
Should 90 INTO the fields and chase the
bbirdsout. fBut aas hef went in fore the
stork, they noticed that his feet were
Fvvery LARGE and broad, and it occurred to
tgtiaem that the herder would trample
down more grain than the stork. Then
fthey agaifi puzzled their bfainsi whatf I'd
| 1do Eand how to getrid of the stork. But
one Of, the party spoke up at last with
| The sensible advice that they might carry
/ the herder nonghsthe grain, SO that be
| should not tread it down.. This idea was
f'ap ap lll BRO ,ted BY alEo aThey therefore went
tferah and took one of the fence gates off
its hinges, made the herder sit down on
Fit, and EIGHT men lifted the gate to- their
lslonlders and easFied the herd en- thropgh !
the corn where the. stork was, 50 that he
4 might driveait away. Thus lthe sheFatef
ggwas keptirom tnamplmg down the gEsin II =
] with his bic feet Il
~ THT saIf IEaRRffNGq NJ THE EEEsd |
1 3x0ne oyear, when, lsalta herring were
!. more expensive than usual, the Molbos
thought they could NOS afford osbat
lttlKsna, although forming their principal n ~
winter food. They therefore deliberated
What could be done 10 escape the high
! prices forthe hefutufe.yrhItd9 szaxy az /
One Of the deepest thinkers among
7 item sugyested sat kst that, oaS frs b
! harring would hslltiply in the watef AZ
I there was no reason why salt herring
II | should not 10 the same. He sitherefelf
,badEiselqtheua once for al to baK ! ? barre
of salt herring in. the city, and emptI
spth | the herring m their pons u and they
sseootll,l then every Eeala aeateA as ,many as
they. wanted when the herring hH1
4hatcfied. sfhe aipprSv Svetfyf thisa&dyicd
] the salt Aerring.Y ele bought a and 81 throw
Into the pond, SO as 70 multiply fof t4e
f'rnext seihsoa. oaNest bseat, 7thb EMdb9'
sl lstarae with shsK sets 70 s catch a tAs hea'
ring; but, do. what they ,Would,. they
y toaild uildi hot sateIiaa siaglebnes Atlareth
dtleyseasghsea larges fat eel eel intao II aonast P
; ssals AS % Ssoonas tie Mosbos saw theaeel
: eEathev. at seneea concluded that this wa.
! the wicked thief that had devoured thei
| salt herring, and they sthere6osea ageet
a that hesshould be- fput to- death, Bu
how to do this was not so easily DECIDED
aAoA last an old NIelbo came forward sFh'
n once had beer, near drowning, and herlsc|
had. conceived a great dfead Tor sai
J water. Y Head dsissa shdnfto take sita gu
kongthe eean.and droWpit. IAs adyie
!. was. considered good, and they took th
Az eel wifi them iii their bsas sandbnsve'
!. out forlso1ne distance, 50 that the ee
should not swim back. When they la
!. reackea What they thonghtR absafe9di;;
I tance, they threw the eyeatnre oYerboare
The eel enjoyed the return to it's e1enieanl
-5Faand wiggied It's tnil as soon n-as i'd fe
!, Itself in sthes YWatersu The old Molpt
seeing this, exclaimed to his c0n1panfons
] s'iEa Do yoli Aetite hosSafright enst aha is
! See. .loWo he ssquirmsu and twists il s., Wit
: terror! !"-St. Nicholas Jor December.
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