Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-26

long room IL something better thnn
shed, whore nrp narrow hunks lon Will
get shcepstins for cOyrrlids, black bread,
blaeker coffee aud goats cheese for
food at such stations rs Stnrsvron, aud
ut Nciil Farm. The latter station is re-
ally The starting point from which the
woudruusNetii fos or waterfall OF Npiti
Is reached nftor d two hours Journey.
II Is iiltln more than q hut There are
two or three cold storage boxes Of sleep
Ing rooms, Non must perform your toilet
In tho common room! and the food w
no better than you may Secure ~ the
lowlleN pensants home. For comfort
those and the Ike are really surpassed
NJ the shebecns " Donegal aud Come
mara, IN Ireland, or at the folkless stone
hutH along The way from tntHnin 10 tic
smoky rim Of Aetnn'a heights In Sicily.
But the average station h fairly com.
Portable II must be- borne In mind that
IL WIS never originally intended for nn
Inn As travel has Increased Va Norway,
the government has said 10 IAN Jan.
sen or olae nleson who WIS aud siill
" bondcr or landed proprietor along
side The national highways; "You shall
entertain travellers and not Impose uIon
them, Your gard or farm shall hence
forth be legally Q station, You shall
become IT, keeper or mustpr In cnusd.
Grafton Of thia0f It's conditions forbid
prQiu such q per cont of your taxes
VIII be felnlttel. or ~ Ii Is plncp which
OF necessity VIII secure rcvcnue) you
are 10 pay 50 much annually 10 the
government You shall provide snch n
number Of carrioleR Or Etollscaria or both.
nnd - many horses and the legal charge
10 the travels for the same 10 the sta.
lions, each way, shan be- 10 much You
must DO responsible for amy harm com
ing 10 the travellers either ai Your sin-
non or N your charge. while posting
ron your station 10 the next n YOU
imnris0ned. """
Extending from this further along thc
highway, with perhaps return" al NE
end which nbutH the road. tho whole form.
ihs a sort Of open and still somewhat pro
tacted stltlpnynid IS a series Of sub.
stantnl sheds, low, deep and cgpncions
IN which may rinnd travellers onrriolog
and ponics and where MI sorts of odds
and ends may be- temporarily stored
Dually across The way arr three or
four buildings often arranged 70 as 10
form The remaining side Of tho quadrangle
Ike station. IN ono vnay live family or
two who serve tho bonder IN The fields,
upon iho heights with the hcrda or stlli
assist IN the manifold duties imposed by
summer travel.
Another structure may have simply ono
huge. long room, where lowly peasant or
other travellers arc lodged In hunks
fit branches upon the earthcn floor. This
viii also be provided with u long deal
table, some rude pottery and cooking
utensils, nnd a Fireplace where ancdi us
/ ARE sheltered here may prepare their
own food. Bc1ilcs those thOre Is al
ways tho stOrbaua or riorchouyc. II n
an old structure. strongly built setting
upon nnccnentrd squares 81 hc,yn stone.
several feet above the ground, 20 escape
eArth-dainp, frequent frnghels and no.
| eYmuiatious nf SNOW. Its stories pro
| jegi each beyond the other 10 the roof
which 10 siiH an nnaccOrntahle prnjrc-
! ton: the whole having % a distance the
appearance Of an unwleldy ,pagoda. Ia
/ Iris huge-iimhercd stronghold j. ftDrrd
Inc grain and an tho many supplies
for man and beast against the severe
nf,4la u The dark and almost Intending
Norihland winter
Orc other structure 10 be often found
M INST 81 these siniion4 " Interesting
] from ~ nses II Il beiitower or belfry,
| 10 which l. placed q bell. aud occasionally
/ two or three, thOnril The latter never
| uaa on nearly ail Norwegian farms
whore the bonler'B lands may W. ct long
| disiunc. from the gard The he'll }.
\ nsed Tor calling The farm folk from the
l folds " nounfIiius. or 70 convey various
orders and directions or intelligence a
/ those alrFilt from iif farm npusr or STA
tion, IndoAd Il has AL ninnncr Of uses
, II ihe station keeper i absent When tray
elars arrive und demand his attention
~ Il TINS nof'leil. The approach Of "a,
/ dreaded Iensmnnd or eirrnit-riding con
/ etabse who = uisO sort Of d fnneia
me. 4 thus hefaided People rp
| brought by II from great distances Il
| ~ fnoimiainf % inerfymnking. wedding,
IN funerals Aud Oxen AZ ,'alow" sta
] 49,. ...hr,., tho ..tiutiiy 81 lnrlf.t an.
s,oii.capis = almost a matter " accom-