New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-09

dressing vciuals / must emphasize as especially
bad. Fish and potatoes may De caeo so % ns
ally taken upon rising in the morning. lhen AZ
Q O'clock comes breakfast. This meal IS nsualH
preceded by very sinai! glass Oh pranuy n" many
with caraway seeds. Upon the taDle are mauy
small dishes of cold ham. tongue. sausage ahcno
yes sardines and several kinds OF cheese. o9il y.
times these dishes are served upon are made
Then some warm fish and potatoes are Orc nght ~;
These are rayenously attacked, anu next tne coLn
dishes are apt to be PGuhccGi uS are nnbnshngy
perpetrated. Beefsteaks ana mnttOn-cnoPo IL"
rarely seen Dinner is usually served az Z c'och,
It consists of soup, S I Rnd a of picked earrant
which is eaten with the meat. Good beer anu
caret which is rarely good are the popular drinks,
Upon rising from the taDle 20 tbe .,ect that
Won have made a good meal-how often gastfonoii
mic perjury !-bowrg at the same time rlght anu
LETT and to your Uts-d-rs rms recalls tne pIeag
and graceful tabc-b nediction "Gesegnete
MahlzeItD NAV the meal be blessed to youl, WHEN
one hears all over Germany. supper is reaus d. %
or o. Like breakfast, IS Dgsgn WV With beer,
fhouph sometimes with tea The supper taele
resembles the breakfast table, except IN the species
of the genus cheese mus na Nv the tabe ut the
same time. one or two OF them being quite goon;
but several native kinds rank ana more dlstasteius
to American palate than dno tnHe lass of
the Lapauders. Many gentlemen take glass VI
hot brandy -toddy before retiring lor the nisnI.
Table manners are at low ebD III Norway.
Consistency does not seem 70 Uc " vepv cepr
moniously TO each other and express sympathy anu
interest in the verlest triiics OF fe ana VINO uance
ami primace fully five minutes at an open ,ioo'
before they can determine when shall enter nIs!,
are exceedingly ill-hred during meal the; no
knives wander so far down their thr0ais ihaU I'M; n,o
must at least admire their courage, 'hougu Ialini
In annreciutp it's object. In these ieas tney IlNal
the professional kniC-swall0wers OF DolhoaN'
They hold their forks like pens. Even lou-
too NM
a toothpck. All knives are put promlscuousN NV
the butter dish which indeed IS never proNlucu
with n separate Impemrnt Also when SpoTiuTs
are furnished a public dish, Norwegian PchtlahLy
nrefers usnr his own. Eggs are sucked from the
shells The people eat most voraclousiY' ulsp,aafi
inc the appctites of tigers ana inaklng 49,
noises with their mouths: lbey rise ahu lVa J
across the table for something you could reaullH
pass TO them, and sometimes person gets w anu
walks to the end of the table ior some PaItlCu'u
dish hr fauces. When the plates are chahRcu
t the end of a course, the knives and lotks are hpt
TO he simply wiped by the waiter upon lower W
full sight and then complacentiy relntuen 10 n'u,
And vet If was the SCaudinavlanS VINO won rom
Vnltairc the praise of being the "Frenchnrn oil the
North on account of their puncllIIOus pOlIeheSS'
Kind hearted and wcli-ineahihg' ouV surely 'o'i0
what deluded Old man!
At Tromsoe. the traveller enjoyed his first oppor-
tupity of visiting AN encampment CT nomadIc
Laps:
Having nrocured q guide who spoke Lappish, we
rowrd across the ford TO the mainland ana tnsh
walked up a drrary dale to the encampment; we
first came upon two large circular st0ckades IN
tended as q corral or pen for the reindeer Wcn ~
the time of our visit all away in the mountain
pasture We unceremOulOusly opened the do0T oil
the nearest hut and awokc the seeprrs within LOT
1t was about 2 o'clock IN the norn.ng. rus e', :,
early call was necessary, for the STEAMER was 10
lcay, AT a. ana as II continually hght through
out the twenty. four hours ! invariably went on
shore whenever there was ahyf1ns Gi or morn ~
inc If might be. A very lnharmouluus chorus oI
dogs replied to our greeting, but IN" Laps having
succeeded after some delay m rrpressing tlenl we
crawIed-thiough "A door hung az such slant that
If closed of itscf-lutO beehive snapper nut per
hans fifteen feet IN diameter, ana eIght ieet III
height. built of birch tmbcrs when were covered
rrst vcith bark and then with turf and stones The
whole interior was bcgrucd with smoke whose
only means OF exit was small square opening w
the centre of the roof, through whch We loohtu
mn 10 the sky. a large heap Ol skins was piled up
on each side and nesting comfortably IN The
midst NJ them were six or eight dogs. In the
centre were the embcrs of fire, and above them
kettlc was suspended from the ROOT by q chain.
On a shcf on one side were some SKINS oil cheese,
few fish. AMI "a bowl oil cream. Inc l9ou OIL tht'1
Mountain Laps generally consists ol tue soup aud
yenI,on of the reindeer and the milk aud cheese
of the same useful amin al. Tut they VIII also eat
fish and rye 1our when they can obtain them. IN
anotber side were several birch boxes containing
clothes and books. AZ inst. IL seemed IA If this
was all that the hut contained, but presently we
saw head peep from out one of the piles OF skins,
then another and another, and then Others on the
opposite side. IL proved eventually To 10 FAMILY
oi Ska mother three girls, "A hoy and "A babS.
The father. | understood, was absent IN Iromsoc.
TL,ir hrrL-e1f beds were covered with scal-skIns.
their pillows were covered with sheep skins. AMI
they themselves were covered with rcindrcrskinS.
The old woman arose. put on her leather boots.
filling them with hay. and then stood quite dressed
before rs. She wore a warm woollcu undrrgir-
ment, leather trousers, ana I"hg Ieath'r tuhl'
from which the hair was partially rubbed. On
her head was a scarlet pearshapcd cloth cap. The
woman could not be called handsome but had
good-naturcd smile For wonder she was not
Ia IN m
ali,y and anxious 10 sell me something asked
what there was to be sold. and was shown several
pairs of winter boots lined with fur, trimmed with
yellow cloth, and turned up al the Toes. Some
spoons rudely carved from reindeer horn, and sey-
crai skins OF the same animal were also offered me
and ai prices that seemed reasonable. The children
during my interview gaZcd AZ me with curious
twinkling eyes but the little baby. securely dashed
in its eathcrn cradle which was lined with warm
felt slept as sOundly as "A fond mother might
desire The cradle was suspended from hook IN
the roof to keep the child from harm. III dogs
appeared to share the beds with their owners
They mostly ugly ours with sharp ioN-llke
shouts though two or three seemed a little better
favored When on the march the Lapps live in
tents: at other times they seem TO prefer these
Undiscovered huts. Another of them which |
visited, was only ten feet IN diameter and five feet
in height but in this straltenrd compass there
were living two families numbering. all tod.
eleven persons. could only look IN; there really
was not sufficient room 70 the insertion of my
body No amount of wages Will tempt the men 10
work They pass the day IN lolline around smok-
ing and chatting. The women and boys, however,
make moccasius. horn spoons. and prepare skins.
upon the occasional sale OF which they manage to
| supply their few and simple wants. One OF the
women showed me a Testament and history of the
| Bible prophets in Lappsh, nut neither of these
| books seemed the worse for wear. number Of
| religious publications in the same unCouh tongue
| have lately been issued by the Norwegian Gov
| eminent but the Laplanders will probably never
| become bewitched blbhOphes
The Lapps are rapidly decreasing in numbers.
| In 1853 the population of Lapland was estimated
at 10000. while now 1t is given by an officer of
the Norwegian Government as only 1000. Mr..
| Vincent says the causes Of the dwndlng away of
this peculiar population are the practice of poly
| andry the excessive of alcoholic spirits the
difficulty of obtaining sufficient reindeer moss in
winter to support the herds which supply them
with food. clothing, etc, and lastly tho fact that