Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-06-03

Excep. sUF these ! ictures, t.c Z
not much interest in the church, an
and as works of art they were by n,
means remarkable.
During our stay at Svolv@r we visitet
one of the industries for which the
Iofotens are noted. The Norwegian
are thrifty race, and do not allow an,
art of Their harvest of the sea to go t.
waste; and so, when cod are caught t.
lie dried for the southern markets, theI
.ivers are duly transformed into tina
useful but unpleasant oil, SO familiar Il
this country. and then it might b
,hought that the cod had done its fan
share in providing for the wants o
man. But 1t is not so. In preparing
the drled stoktisk, or Hipfsk, for ex
portation, the head is first cut OF
Now the head of cod is no smal
part of the tish; SO these beads are al
collected and dried. and when drle'
are ground to a powder, which is ex
tensively used as gunno. The olCest o
the factories where the heads are 81
treated is at Svolv@r, and we paid 1t {
visit one morning. On reaching the
Fdbrik we saw vast sheds with theil
leans of these fshy remains. The
odor is not at all as bad as might b'
imagined, as of course the heads, before
being brought there by the fishermen
are first dried in the sun; still, there Ii
a very unmistakable smell about them
The manager of the factory was
kind, and showed us all these treasures
He told us at that time land the sheds
were not quite FULL they calculated
they had in stock about six and {
quarter million of Gods heads waiting
be ground down. By his kindnes:
we were. allowed to see the whole proc
ess. The heads are first roughl!
ground, so as to bring them to kinC
of powder; then this powder ii
thoroughly dried on hot plates of metal
and then ground down TO fine powder
| have said the smell was not at al
trying when passing the sheds wher'
the heads are stored; but it is yer.
different thing in the house where the.
are dried after being crushed. Ther,
the smell is something to remember fol
a long time, and to this may be addet
the dus5 of dried Gods heads, which j
flying about, and gets into the nose anC
down the throat, so that for a day OF
so afterwards you cannot fail to be re
minded of your visit to the factory
Still, Notwithstanding this drawback
it is interesting to see the way in whicl
all parts of this fish are turned to &C
count. In other places, believe tn,
heads are pounded up with kind o
seaweed, and given to the cows during
the winter. / am not over fastidious
but think / should prefer not to drinl
the milk of COWS accustomed to such
diet.
One more excursion in the Lofoten
l may mention here, because it is on,
of very singular beauty, even in tina
wonderful land. 1t was to the Troll
Fjord This ford Is narrow inlet o
the Raftsund, which is so well known
and is visited now several times a weel
by the tourist steamers; but the TrolC
Fjord is so narrow that no large steame
can well turn in it, and soft has hither
to escaped with less notice than it dc
serves. We were able to charter
small steamer which lies at Svolver TO
this excursion, as in the summertim
she has but little to do, though yer,
busy during the fishing season. 1h
Tire Trold Fjord is about two hours
sail from Svolver, through delightful
scenery the whole way. The only i'm
portant place passed is Brettesnes,
picture of which can be seen in ever
railway-station in London-indeed, W
might say in England-in a pictoria
advertisement of what IN Norway j
called "Tran." The reader can easil
guess what it is. Soon after leavin
Brettesnes we came into the Raftsund
with its wonderful mountain-peaks an
glaciers. A short way mp this ''sund,
the entrace partly hidden by sma'
island, is the Trold Ford. This inle
is, L think, not more than a mile lone
but 1t would be hard to find in Europ
such n bit of water and mountai
scenery rs is to be seen there in such
small space. On the right hand is
terrific wall of rock (pollshed and mad
bare by frequent avalanches), whic
must rise some 1000 feet right out {
the water. 1t is one of the most In
posing of the many walls of bare roc
1 have seen In Norway, and which
even In Nordland, where rock scener
is unexampled, is almost unique. A
the head of the little ford is a magni
icent group of jagged peaks, with fly
small glaciers among them, and the IL
variable glacier torrent rushing dow
to the calm waters of the little ba,
Up to now the Trold Fjord has enjoye
its splendonr almost unknown; but ala
like so many other places, this mu
not be expected to last; and some of I'll
tourist steamers, later in the summt
than we were there, made their way
for the first time; and now this qui,
little spot where nature so grand al
lovely showed herself to but few, WI
become as well known as Torghatten {
the North Cape.
But / must say no more about tn
strange and wonderful Nordland. Tin
and space alike would fail to tell OF
half of its wonders Much of it r
mains to be explored, and it will
long before it can be overrun. Va
districts of unrivalled grandeur exi
on all sides. Magnificent mountain
ranges, with glaciers of great exteI
and beauty, are yet wholly unknown
like the Oxtinderne in Helgeland, an
many other ranges and ice-flelds furthC
north. But it is not unlikely that
the marvellous development which
going on in the Southwest of Norws
spreads much further, then the
names, like many others few yea
age almost unknown, may become
tourists household words, and the Nor
land, in spite of its distance from En-
land, become ths playground of Il
north.
Thor was god of the chase and W;