Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-09

by the gallon. butter by the hundred
weight milk by the barrel, great wooden
bowls OF t9y3b.g or strawberries, coffee
and black bread and bacon; while we
were piled ceasclessly with impuuunatc
commands to eat and never stop eating
and heset with mOurn'ul rCpruOis be.
cause we could not eat b al.
The sUfcr house or cabin itself was
rudely constructed O.! pine logs though
comfortable enough 'of the purpose re-
CURED Us roof was Of pine beams
slcathcd with birch bark in many layers,
and this overllid ly tuti ald sod. To-
tie latter several species OF mountain
bHmbies and wild flowers were grow
iug iuxurilusly There were two large
rooms, perhaps twenty feet 10 length
aud nearly as wide, and against the
whole OF one side Of the structure was
huge, loV shed, where The herds hudiIcd
iu time Of long.runtnugd storm. One
Of the two rooms was kitchen, living
and sleeping room combined. Two
holes iu the house wall and the open
door served for admitting light and
/ there were no candles. lamps or lanterns
about the place, as bed time always
comes long before night time 300 the
almost n'Eltlcss Norwegian SUMMER
The table was simply % huge high
bench. Stools and short benches an.
swcfCd for chairs a lew shelves resting
. on pegs. and % large, T0u.n cupboard
[ for holding food and provisions, with a
bunk bed built In one corner comprised
| all the furniture of the living room aside
| from large yt0rifcH or fire place in an.
| other corner. opposite the door with Us
l accompaniment of iron utensils, aud "a
little crOckery ranged upon shelves 1T
It's side. The other room was the dairy.
In this was a Fireplace suspend d above
which was % huge cluldrun kettle. and
/ near this was q boiler built in the wall
In which The milk is heated 90 a Curd
aud Is finally moulded Boz the most pum.
tive fashion, by stone weights, into
Hll1H or cheese, the whey being led 20
the SyiH or pigs, or, carried in kyHtfry
or kegs and TASKS, when not too &C..
mote, 10 the valley homes below.
Vessels containing milk and cream
were ranged along high. strong benches
! Two high key like churns. a number Of
whey TASKS, cheese m the process Of
curing and empty mulds kegs filled with
butter and empty kegs, milking pals
the kyGt or milking stool skimmcrs and
numerous other rude but ample app.i.
ancgs OF the dairy were Cumhr0usly but
conveniently disposed, aud everything
was cool, dry. sweet and clean. In her
innocent aud boundlcss no ptllity Lars
sister was determined that we should
occupy the girls bed while they slept
upon the floor beside Us, but we com.
promised by making our own couch OF
reindeer moss upon the s.cicr iluuE and
passed three nights in this peculiarly
informal manner the girls using every
flihcc and euItcaly 10 persuade Vs. 10
longer remain.
In the meantime in company with
Title and Christine We visited a few
nciEhb0ung s.ciCfs, The arrangement
belongings and customs 40 40 were pre-.
ciscly alike. AT night the girls call the
herds rom the mountains with peculiar
penetrating calls and songs. As they
| approach, each COW goat or sheep Is
addressed by name, each name ending
with the Norsd syllable T5f. a term OF
cndelrmcnl. and each animal b re-.
w1rdcd by "a bit ol salt licked from the
s.utCf girls capacious hand, The thrcn.
ody OF the musical little bells with which
the herds are provided intensified by
the cChoing rocks and rare mountain
DIR, Is meIOdig experience never 10 be
forgotten. Each animal stands dcmutely
at milking, night and morning. until
signal for us liberty is given By the
s,u.er girl briskly patling Us back. AZ
night the animals dispose themselves
Tor sleep Ia little groups closely huidlcd
about the cabin; aud the carcssing and
cooling Of the girls TO the dumb and
faithful creatures, as they are sent away
TO the ctags for the long days grazing,
Is q scene Of tender pastoral sweetness
and a'icctIonate simplicity worthy the
noblesI poets OF painters art
EDGAR l.. WAKE,lAS.