Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-11-11

ton Il thrown up,n his own -,
aud ID obliged still to exercis, s~cios
casicn, calling that hss deecepd.S pa "
fiom tie msnmorial pat. Eutsr;sS ~
house through the low doorway IL u
Tie eable', you find yourself IN ..a
straight passage, through which. 90,
broad day light. Jon must commcpl,
yoar way. The flor is ton.tmsr
boards, tometin e, If earth; On s.ch
doors open into the adjoining bn;is,sA
separated ON each other o: IL by
partitions Usually the door on ons =,
leads into the comuon living ~ y.
house, which occupies tie whole r. s
bulldog in which il issituatd. a.
and picturesque interior met, you,
1t is q long. low room, lighted a, .;,i
end By . square window. Ahy. s
beams are visible, and have BEN m,S. =.
placs Of deposit for On indie ,cii' able 49,
Of household articles. Alorg o,e ~
stands the low stationary bed which 90
also IS . Longing place BY dsv, ,oSs
squars wooden chests are ranged alcrs ~
opfo lite side; ut the end, pirtitul.rr;.
winter, several women are ca,dirg -
spinning wool. This common rcom al,,r
| indicates the thrift o, Poverty ( the farm:,
Sometimes II is tciupulously rs,, "a
orderly, and its furniture is good aud nh
stantial, If not costly. Frequently, bo..
ever, every thir z about the plscs is Of a.
most primitive kind, and comfort, co,.
vensnce and cleanliress sre unknoV,
The bed locks as If il We're never made y,
and dirt, fless, children and dogs ar, a.
tributed in equal, though inortin.,e, pu.
portions.
II you enter the DOR on the oppui,,
side of the hallway you fud a sn,Il,,
room, usually furnished with chairs and =,
table, and sometimes With bed. !hi. n
the larger houses, Is the spare room Of n,
house. and after the various saddles ana
Sunday garments placed here for faf. keen.
! ing have been removed, II 10 assigned I,
the chance gue:t, II, instead Of turDirg,o
the right o. to the lett, veu continue 700,
way alo,g the passage to the end, you a..
live at the kit hen, which usually IL in
separate building. It's floor Is { earth. IA
q fireplace hiekers an uncertain fire Of peat
ar d over il hangs ~ iron PCT frcm scrare.
Everything Is dark and smoke. bs2rim.d,
for much of tie smoke Co.'s not escape
through the opea chimney, ard the only
light is from the fire. Perhaps IN old We.
man with her black garments and hr rs
seled hufa bends over the kettle and s,in
its contents. The unsteady light give /,
all Q weird appearance, and you wonder
If the crone is not mutteIisg an inclrtl.
ton. 1t 10 such an iLtsiir ms Gerard
Douw would have loved to paitt.
Small rs is the kitchen hrr, IL IL often
the Only one in the horse, for fuel in ZONE
parts Of tho island 10 txoestirgly tcarce,
and must be used with tho s,r!c.s.t
economy for cooking purposes slone. II
is customary TO c'ose the houses when the
cod winter weather comes on, for then
the atmot pheTe becomes ut lsfst weim,r
than the outside air, II TO. quite 90 well
adapted for bieithing puip'ss. The
house, Of the clergy are often hotter than
those described In that they have more
rooms or tier accommod ations; some.
times, however, they are worse, or the
guest chamber already has been allotted,
and in that case you retire 10 the neigh.
boring church.
BY November the winter had begun
with ell Its iigor, end fierce storms sweT,
over land and ov.r tes. which lot its blus
and becsme dull aud dark. Ore by one
the ships left the ha,bsr Of R.ytjAsik;
then the last mail ship sailed, ard Iceland
WAS cut of until ,p,ipg from comnuuica.
ton with the outide world
Attic ugh the climate Of sou,h Iceland
Is cold, the winter IL fcsrstly what one
would be led TO expect from the northern
situation. There Is not much snow. A
'ew inches ususlly lay upon the ground,
Grip md hard. but not tue pilei mp drir.
Of New Erglsnd winter. Accordingly
IL va, possible 10 make horseback ,xcur.
sions TO III, forms round about, sni TO zee
the winter life Of the people In the counts y.
This sesto for the Icelsnd Is tine q
comparative rest. Az nothing can he done
abroad he st,ys Of necessity at home, bui
his life In no m ere Information. He Steps
a great deal, for his house il nsuficierily
lighted and the nights are Ing, bat BY
Daylight he has occupations enough. lie
has boats 10 tuild and oars I, shfps ssi.
dies and harness 10 make ard /, mend %
he sorts the wool which tie women spin
into yarn and then knit into stocking, OF
weave into coarse home pun or l'nnel,
like wadmal. A busy sound Of whining
wheels often greet, the cor when yo1 tttd
the farmhouse, and you frd ~ women oil
at work ct one end Of the long roGm. Ab-
other d1'y devoIves on the heads o! The
household at isolahd farms. There are
good elementary school, in many plsfa
throughout Il e island, hat In rem o,s dis-
tricts the children must b, taught at bons.
In summer the time !, occupied with out.
ofdoor work, but in the compsrsiiulJ
idle days Of wiftsr the father, or not M
fr,quen ~ the mother, teaches the cbildrss
Of either sex the common branches. lee
land Is perh,ps the best educated CON-
mnnity on tbs face of the eath; thrcpgh.
ont the length and b:e,dih Of The lend
there IL nobody who cannot REID ard writ,
sud the general knowledge Of sme o.
these obscure fisherman. fsrmtrs /, sors'
times wsll.nish appalling.
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