The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-03

contry and its institutions. found from
MN that the winters are long In sweden
the spring is short. that simmer comes
quickly and lasts as long as ours, while
the tall IL short. and quickly followed by
the long winter.
THE Long DAYS.
How about the long days in Sweden"
said !.
We'll, would told YOU. In dc middle
Of June de sun rises about . o'clock in
stockholm; IL sets about nine and a quarter
past, then il is light till II o'clock. 1t is
also light two hours before de- sun rises, 50
IL begins 10 be- some light nj O'Clock; so it
u dark only from II to !. Now 30 dc nord
IL sets al II. and it j. iieht ill L. and II rises
at !, 50 IL il light all Of dc time. Way up in
lie n0rd IL set, in de west. and den YOU look
right away in de east and YOU see him COM
ing up again. De moon Is brighter in ~we-
den den here, 80 DAT YOU can read IN de
house 10y it,
"Perhap- 80, Carl; there was y0uF home
and where Our home is there all things are
better. To You sweden is better than this
country.
PLACE TO GET ALONG.
"Ddt Is not So. America is de place for
man IA yet along some more dan IN sweden.
| There he earns less wages, and what he
buys costs less. but he can not save money.
| would told Won how: Dcre man has
Gained four crowns in one day. dot
is not quite one dollar; So We
would say TO show YOU. suppose he
| earn one dollar. Den he goes 10 buy some
| lngs, and it takes all of his one dollar
| Here ii is not 80. lie would earn two times
| t. much. and have two dollar. Den he goes
| % buy de same dings, bat he does not pay
TWO times rs much. for he gets dem for one
lOlar and scyenty-iiyc cents, 50 he saves
| lne quarter dollar and earns two times as
much. Den here every man can vote altcrhe
ias been here i've years, and only have %
pay little pOll-taX. In sweden no man
can vote unless he have 80 much money or
property dat is worth 30 much. When a
man says something's against dis country,
and gives the faults OF il. say dc man has
de faults and not dc country. | always
dink he has not saved do quarter of de dol
lar, but has had too much beer. Is not dat
sOy II des people don't like dc country so
much. dey don't go back where dey come
from, and why don't dey 20: Because dey
know dis is de place for dc man To- get zap
some. and have some little money. II he
he wants 10, and de- man born in sweden
can be anything in dis country he wants 10
be except a President. II costs nodlns To
20 10 school here. and ID "a boy has 10 work |
.on learn onvdino he wants I'D. I'm dis |
~f,,n dow makc boys 10 10 schopl If dew !
don,t want IN "a and de uolicr takes lem |
M, If doy don,t 90 .,
W - W.
THE VGNrA-GArA.
There was much pleasure IN listening To |
Carts talk. askng hin questions. and hear
Ing his strange answers winch were iull Of
sense, bat often quantity 'Npres--d' ana
listening TO the names gwen IN sweden I'D
onlec'' IN lhe heAten7' nav " '"li .i t
milkyway he called the NIni i-sata' WhIch
or .f.o,f VVb,t v4rtu tl,. dinprr he called /
the milk wagon. and our heat lightning Doe |
called charley lightning because 0f its |
prevalence during the harvesting Of barley. |
'rwould make ms letter t1o long 10 speak /
more Of Carl. bat ! hope 10 bias shown YOU /
that we can learn from and b. entertained |
by casual acquaintance. and also has /
given yOU some idC0 oi tnc surrounding, al