The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-11-10
THE MIDNIGHT sJN.
Where i'ropic so 20 Bed in Broad Daylight
Gold Fourth o! July.

Where i'eopic so 20 Bed III Broad Daylight
4 Cola Four.!, o. July.
Give been across the ocean more time
than ] care to tell, and l know Londol
almost as we'll as 90 Philadelphia, but
have never been in Northern Europe be
fore this SUMNER said ex-Attorne.
General Brewster to a Philadelphia
Times reporter. II left here on the l2tl
Of June and arrived in London on tn
DIST. ] went up to Hull on the 23rd
and on the 9th / joined the slip An
gelo, and after very smooth and pleas
ant passage arrived at Christian sand, il
Norway, on the following Sunday. It:
a very interesting old place. [ went tt
church there It's a clean, nice style O
Norwegian town The people are very
quiet, nicely behaved, plain and simple
Monday was passed in Christiania, 8
town Of considerable importance.
stayed there one day and went by rail ul
to Tlrondjem, the old capital OF Nor
way, which at one time was the largest
and wealthiest town in Norway. 1t had
at one time many monasteries and
churches. I was there three days.
In Throndjem is the cathedral i'll all
Norway. 1t was founded in l0l6 by St.
Olaf, and on the ground where he was
buried the present building was erected
in Isl and completed in l24O, and was
enlarged in 1900. The cathedral is a
very interesting work of gothic archi-
lecture. 1t was damaged three or four
centuries ago by fire, and in rebuilding
it large walls were erected, which
changed the architectural appearance of
the structure It is now being restored
with very much pains and care. There
was an annual fair being held in Thrond-
jem while I was there, and it vas filled
with specimens OF farmers and working
people. It was held in an open street.
1t was quite crowded, and everything
was orderly and quiet, and all of the
people appeared to be comfortable, well
dressed, sturdy, vigorous and simple in
their ways, and very honest people:
The fair was held for business and
friendly intercourse. AL the time l was
in Norway saw no dirty poverty, no
bcggars, no tranlps or idle, worthless
people. The farms all appeared to be
thoroughly taken care Of. Everything
around the house was kept in good or
DER Farms were in perfect condition.
The houses were clean and comfortable,
and small and unpretending. All the
women are plain looking but very vigor-
Gus, and they are quiet and clean and
mild in their ways. They look as if they
were exposed to hard work, and they
have a healthy, comfortable, satisfied
look. The men had a sturdy, manly
look. They look like people vino have
no wealth and they appeared to DE all on
social level. There seemed to be no
distinction between them, but they wear
an air OF independence. saw no drunken
people there and heard no noisy people.
It is very peaceful place. Throndjem
is built of wooden houses, good broad
streets, well paved, and has plenty OF
good shops.
The sun reaches its uppermost point
on the 21st of June. got in Thrond-
iem at 7 o'clock in the morning on the
29th Of June. There was no night. 1t
was broad daylight at midnight. There
was scarcely any darkness. The sun
shone night and day. The people went
to bed regularly at an early hour, with
the sun shining, and closed their shut
ters and pulled down their curtains and
slept, and the town was as quiet rs If the
night was totally dark. After leaving
Throndien I took a ship named after
some ancient Norwegian king, and in
company with fifty or sixty other tour
lists, all people Of respectability and IN
tclligence, and nler from diff+rent ma
tons. There were twenty-five Ameri-
cans, the rest were natives Of France,
Spain, Germany, Denmark, Norway,
Sweden and England. We went up the
coast to Tromso and then to Hammer
fest, the most northern town III the
world. l saw the high mountains and
the whole coast all the way up to the
North cape, the extreme northern point
Of Europe.
| arrived there on the 4th OF July. 1t
was cold, wet day. The climate is
harsh, cold and wet, rainy and damp.
When its not raining there is q heavy
mist. The North cape is on a point OF
land at least ], 900 feet above the level of
the sea. When l was at the North cape
the sun was obscured with clouds. At
II o'clock at night the sun was visible
for time. In winter it is dark there
nearly all day, as well as all night. |
returned by the same towns, but through
different waterways. The whole Of the
navigation was protected by land, there
fore the sea was mild. We were sur
rounded by immense mountains, covered
with snow. On my return to Throndjem
I went across Norway through country
which was filled with lakes, high noun
tains and green valleys, cascades and
falls, and farms well cared for. 1t all
had a solitary and bleak appearance.
People we're making the most out OF
what they had, but their life was evident
ly hard one. The railway stations are
supplied with eating houses that are
clean and with abundance OF good and
wholesome food and fruit and wines at
reasonable prices. The traveller is treated
honestly. The women attend these eat
ing houses generally. They are al quiet
women, pleasant and prompt.