Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-11-30
WOES or ICELAND.
The Little Arctic Islands Worst Enem
IL the Weather.

Inc AlCCl0 AfCClC 10l00OS w Or4c Enemy
IL the Weather.
The accounts which have been
spread concerning that most distress
full island in the Arctic seas give us
little reason to hope that anything can
be done to remedy the woes of Iceland
essentially. Like most of the remain
der of the world, that remote little.
country has enjoyed this year an al
most unprecedented wealth of sunlight
and heat. The brief Icelandic summer
can have rare beauty of its own, and
Steady drought in June, rains in July,
and warm dry weather again in Au-
gust. brought on the hay to great adj
vantage. Alrsost everywhere along the
coasts the fisheries have been excel
lently successful. It is plain, there
fore, that for once, Iceland has had
chance from the wea Their, which has of
late years been its most cruel enemy.
If succession Of good seasons like
the present had occurred dozen years
ago, Iceland might have been saved.
But especially since the political agi-,
tations Of, 1855, which disturbed and
discouraged the population, things have
been going materially from bad to
worse. We are occasionally called upon
to listen to jeremiads about Icelandic
starvation from those whose sentiment
for the Icelanders is more active than
their information is exact and the En-
glish. public has become suspicious of
cries of ''Wolf" But the present sea-.
~.
good supplies of food, has not shown
any reaction against the draining away
of the people. This summer no fewer
than 600 persons emigrated to Amer
lea, bringing the population below that
limit of 10, 600 to which it had already
dwindled. The island now contains,
it is believed, fewer inha bitants than
it.did in 1870. before the temporary
rise in Icelandic prosperity. The emf
grants are largely Of the farm laborer
class, and there is a growing complaint
that portions Of the country are going
out of cultivation because there is no
one to work on the land.
The great geyser has been very slug
gish this year, and it is believed that
weather which is excellent for crops
acts in deplora BILE way upon this class
of phenomena. It's by her extraordi-
nary sights, and by the visitors drawn
to see them, that Iceland must hope to
live. London Saturday Review.
THE BOARDING HOUSE TURKEY.
Only One Possible Explanation for It's
Peculiar Flavor. ssss&S x
II asked for turkey Mrs. Cod
hooker" said the. Chicago boarder in
deliberate tones s.
And you received it, sir, answered
the landlady, calmly. g gave you the
drumstick myself
"Then, madam, this turkey was
monstrosity. y 4. 81 -s
: siSir?''
1T had four legs and beard =
Yea are insulting, sir. -
"a rose, madam rejoined the Chi.
cago boarder blandly, Smells as sweet
by anysother name; and sheep IS sheep
though it be called roast turkey. You
have smothered three slices OF -mutton
under gravy dressing and turkey
bones, and think that..I don't know
Harlem goat from Rhode slam tnrkey.
Madam, have too much respect for !
my sense of taste to try and fool it
longer at your table. I bid you good
day. = 1850 S.S3 Il "a
The Chicago boarder arose, placed
his gross nan kin ring in his coat-tail
pocket with i dignified wave sof his
hand and left the room. There was an
appalled, silence around the table.
Even the andlady appeared much dis
turbed: 3. 81. 100, II 8 s s'sss
Perhaps" suggested the hall-bed-
room boarder at length in the gentle
tones Of compromise; perhaps this
turkey was brough 1t up in . sheep pas
ture. Who knows?''
Who, indeed" said the landlady,
softly. IN. Y. Tribune.