The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-26
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punctilious and unvarying, as to leave no
doubt that universal honesty is as deeply
rooted as national characteristic of Nor
wegians, in Norway, as il is lacking in all
other Travelled lands.
On my travel six, eight. ten or even
twelve miles through most majestic
scenes of nature without sight of a single
living thing. Perhaps the only sugges-
tiion of life in the entire distance will be
the tinkle of the cow-bells from the hid
den wales among the mountain nights,
where the living HuldreS in utter loneli-
ness care for their summer herds. Even
this hint of life amid desolate grandeur
reaches one burdened with an unutterablc
sense of dreary remoteuess. Suddenly
emerging from shadowy gorge, or round
ing the base of some precipce towering
thousands of feet above your head, or.
again, when beginning the descent from
some frozen field, your always CHEEKY
sllydSgut or pOstbOy will triumphantly-
in a tone of rejoicing at good things to
come-shoutthe name of a near station
Il will stand huddled upon some drearv
mass of rocks iumbled against a patch of
lichened birch; strewn along d bit of
level, winding way, or. perching upon the
edge of some mighty rock cleft where a
torrent OF thunders below, seem like a
mass of gray rock broken from the nights
above, posing before final plunge into
JhC roaring ABYSS beneath.
As you approach the place three or
four, or, perhaps, half a dozen, substan-
tial, low-built structures will be Rradu-
ally disclosed. The larger one will per-
haps be comparatively large structure,
set at odd angle against the highway. It
has been built by the bender station mas
ter himself and. while of pine. has huge
hewn timbars, a low, solid roof. square
windows, disappointing so as to give
wide window seat as u provision for pot
ted flowers and almost invariably boasts
= door porch remarkable in appearance to
the famous churches of England. But if
this structure is of recent origin, it is still
as gray and antique in appearance as all
the rest. Behind this. or extending from
its rear wall. IS the original farm house.
often 200 to 300 years old. though built of
wood altogether a mass of patchwork in
pine and matching, with d cavernous
chimney top towering at one corner; the
whole reminding you of the stone-built
structures Of the English lake district.
evincing generations of building and
patching OF additional house room Of all
sizes and shapes, and az ever conceivable
angle.
Extending from this farther along the
highway. with perhaps a return" at the
end which abuts the road, the whole
forming a sort Of open and still some
what protected station yard. is a series Of
substantial sheds, low, decu and capa-
ciOus, in which may stand travellers car
riOles and ponies; and where all sorts Of
odds and ends may be temporarily stored
Usually across the way are three or four
lesser buildings, often arranged SO as to
form the remaining side Of the quad
rangle-like station. in one may live
family or two who serve the bouder in the
fields, upon the heights with the herds or
still assist IN the manifold duties imposed
by sumner travel.
Another structure may have simply one
huge, long room, where lowly peasant or
other travellers are lodged in hunks
against the wall, or upon straw and tr
branches upon the earthern floor This
will also be provided with a long deal Ia
bic, some rude pottery and cooking uten-
ills. and Il fireplace where such as are
sheltered here may prepare their own
food. Besides these there is always the
storhaus or stOrehouse II is an odd |
structure. strongly built, setting upon un-
cemented squares Of hewn stone, several |
feet upon the ground TO escape earth !
damp, frequent freShets, and accumula- |
tions of snow. It's stories project each be- |
You'd the other to the roof which is still |
an unaccountablc projection the whole |
having at distance the appearance of an
unwieldy pagoda in this hugc-timbered /
stronghold is stored the grain and all the |
many supplies for man and beast against