The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-24
COME EoRTAeLe HOMES.
Interior Arrangements OF "a Norwcgii
Farm House.


Farm House.
The first impression of an ordinary
Norwegian farm house. Is not very
favorable. A cluster of houses, small
and aged. crowd around large dwell
ing house. which generally looks some
what dilapilated. But this appearance
is deceptive; for the walls being Of
wood. they look oll in few years, and
become blo,ched ard scared by the
weather The roof i of the same ma
terial, oC in the case of the principal
building. either of red tile or slab.
Sometimes the dwelling house is
painted white. when the effect is Ia
relieve the sober aspects of the groups.
The walls are usually stout aud thor,
oughly waterproof. plank about four
inches thick being n-ei in their con.
>tructiun. These planks are placed
"a dEewi>e on one another. crossed aud
cpuntersunk at the angles and citlked in
the seams with dry moss. A skin of
thin wood is placed over the outside.
while the interior is lined smou-hly
with boards. Inside there is an air of
comfort aud cleanliness. A table
stands in the center of the chief room
and along the wall IA bench runs. which
serves for chairs. of which there i.
usually deficiency. From pots OF the
door, ivy is sometimes trained upward
to the roof, giving the room festive
and refreshing look Not infreduently
the worthy farmer is proud TO have the
dresses of his daughters hung in CON
E1AiannlE nnsiftnns in nr,iat. hot ,f,,s
who call may see the damsels are well
provided with garments in case of a
matrimonial alliance. The cow-houses
are generally an Improvement on those
usually seen in England and Scot
land. The building is larger and more
space is allowed to each animal. while
a clean wooden floor is ordinarily be-
meath the cattle. Little or no bedding
is given. The level of the cow-house
is, in most cases, raised high enough
to allow space beneath, into which
the refuse is regularly swept through
AN opening in the floor.
Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the mother
of Abraham Lincoln. is buried on the
outskirts of Lincoln City, Ind. A plain
slab of marble about four feet high, al
most covered with grass and dogweed,
marks her grave. On the stone is the
inscription: Erected by a friend OF
her martyred son, 1879"
A Maltese cat and a large rattle
snake had a fight in yard at Albany,
Ga. Every time the snake would ut
tempt to strike with its wicked looking
fangs, the cat would give it a vigorous
slap on the side of the head and it
would be withdrawn. This lasted for
fully an hour, when at last the cat
pounced upon the snake and killed it.
-Friend-"Was your uncle's will
satisfactory to you, Brownp" Brown
Perfectly so; I'm a lucky dog! He
left his entire fortune to an insane
| asylum" Friend-"You mean that
you are the unlucky dog" Brown
mo, don't; the other relations are
going to contest the will and I'm to be
| the attorney. Life.
The health of New York compares
very unfavorably with that of London.
The annual mortality in the British
metropolis is about 20 in l ZOO, while in
New York it is &c in 1000. The popu-
| lation of New York is also much more
crowded, there being an average of 16
persons to dwelling, while in London
| the average is only z.