New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-23
THE yoRwEcIAy AUTHOR AND oRAToF.
A TALK WITH BJOWNSTFRNE NoRNSoN-iiis lkC
TURE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A TALK WITH BJOUNSTTRNE DoRNeoN-ilS LhC-
TURE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Rjornsterne BjOrnsOn, the Norwegian p"'t
novelist and agitator, arrived IN ms cl'N l"'N "'
his Weston tour. lie landed In America n 'hc LATER
mart Of lr-t September. in company with Madame "'
Bun. and has since been tf"'eihhS J." ui"' - ~
,.rts Of the country. learning the English
i.,..,o.c and studying the social ard political
condition OF Americans In general and ot sean
dinavian immigrants In particular. MI h"ri'"
q over six feet tall broad chcstcd and has lnrrc we'll
ho,ed head with wealth Of hair, and an intellectual
f,rch.nd lie f. Niyacious in manner. nnh c"h''r-e-
with u,uch ease and Hucncy In several linSu'-'T
" 4, would lie hard for me 10 say really what my object
was I'm coming TO America" he said, In ansvti TOO lL
,xr ronorter's question. " You may have hchFd '"'
I delivered the funeral Grafton At Oh" HulIS grave
We'll. after this Mrs Ban wns about To return
thcr Wisconsin homo. and shc begged me 4" h"cHni"'l
her All my friends. my own VIE ''l ''''
,,ould 70 You are a republican yourrclf They -HH :
now is your opportunity {" study t"lml'Hh 'h"''''
zion. I'm a thoroughly republican country 30 ''m'. J
wns very humcsick at nrst-vcry h"nrTick' h"'n h"'
I soon got over that, for | male many g"h HI'h'-
among the Americans and WAS quite nt non" "t''n'
whn, hearty genial ST thc-e Americans n are y l
asy 20 see that they been brought up In true re-
pnllicnn spirit Of fraternity andcGnah}.
In what conditon did you nni those of yonr coan-
trvnen who have imnigrated to the United State" =
"Ibaye no hc-iiaiion IN saving that the change thF
undergone has u'fh Nt'li''iif W. ''' '''' '
rho left the fathcrand nearly pennii'-s are almost
wealthy M prcsent and certainly none Of them are IN
| ,,ut I shall recommend grauon 10 orr poorer
| t.asants when return home.
After remaining three months In Boston stt "nl ioI
, West I'm the terrible winter. FOR the sole pur-" "i
Visiting nv countryman settled there. found the Nor
,,on nouulatinn Of Mnnrsoa. Wisconsin. Dakota ana
| nebraska 10 aggregate irrespective OF Danes hnd
| su.l.a, aver 10000 souls WIN such strong
| representation one might expect tAat tLC~' poo,
| nil, would take part IN ponies ma W., 80
b. irniortant factors, for instance IN "l1nNhE hhh h
iuy .lch ridiculous, narrow minded ln'a-hI'r - t''
| hill. Iiut here ti' Wi'it llIF'i'i
,Lcurh at All ScundnaV an- the NUrWreian- hIt we
,ro.t ,,it,rl,risiug pushing ont into unknown rEn-
| and Drawing all dnn-'rr they are uh.i luh3 .'l "
priest ridden people 1hc N"r"' IlhH H'.' p ''i "
J In, West composed of 10 paHi"T- cnuiI".- VIC '"u
t.nr- of almost all cunErtis. 1ud Tor rear ht m
Ter may lose faith IN their MID 'ilvhl-nr creed inF
! arc forbidden even ia attend tie AH'ur'h pun"
schools Thus thcy grow uI ~ iEn"Ihhfr itii' ""'
vd ,hr ,rc, social questions az h day. nud are oht
80 fnr manual labor have alwHvs opposed ana -la
| always combat TINS Mario" Inhibited uhu""''h Tl"'
| Mr. Biornson lccturcd IN the Tonionia Assembly
t,on,u. n, Thiria ave Wednesday nGht. large ihhf
nf scandinavian received him with great warmth VT
p,rrsnu left the city yesterday 10y thr steamer - h''
~ Nrvada Ia return to Norway, where h" d 10 uiNr
national monument. and purpose shortly w Il"h,,t
| a. u,nntlly magazine for circulation among e'd'h
uayians ut home and IN the mttd Hutt
| n will I've partly edited IA this city. liz
lectur, dealt with the principles upon which rtgi".'
instruction in this should De based Inc 'hlh'r u
~ s.tetu he said wn- the worn-Oui do-mn> IMPOSED
INN teoplc fcttercd IA supcr-tilonr inrliu"uNll
istillcd I'm childhood For this pricscraft wa HrlHi
st,e that forever stood IN the of human pro
Irople were ridiculous and an outrage ON sense an'