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

travel when the traveller sat at mealswllh
the bondor and his servants In the huge
smoke.colorcd living room and slept In
common bed with the cntiye household
upon the same floor. cleanliness Is now
nearly universal, hearty aud ample food
are not lacking; ciyility yields Tude yet
sufficient and kindly service; and by a
little tact and DIFFERENCE lbt soddeupess
and gravity Of these Hiirdy folk are
genial hospitality. Nou may be sure Of
The riEhting ~ every error, md corlnin 81
IN irrgrv Ia ~ dpallhe,. - exact,
punctllluus and unvnrrng, ns 20 leave no
doubt TINT univcrml honesty j. ns deep.
ly rooted national chimrieristic OF
Norweginns, In Norway. as u IL lacking
if all OthN' Travelled lands
One may travel six, eight ten, or even
twelve miles through most majestic
scenes of nature without sight Of a single
Civinge thing Perhaps the only sugges-
ton of lie la the entire distance viii be
the tinke of the cOw-hclls from the nd
den Wales among the mountain heights
where the living Hu'drcs Ia utter loneli-
ness care for thrir summer herds Even
this hint OF life amid desolatc grandeur
reaches one burdcned with IN unuttcr-
able sense Of drcary rempicnrss' sui
denly emerging from a shahnWry gQt2e'
or rounding the base NJ some preripoo
towering Thousands Of feel above your
head, or agnin when beginning the ne
scent from some frozen held your ~,
ways CHEEKY Riydagut or posihoy viii
triumphanily IN tone Of rejoicing AZ
good things to c0me-shoui the name If
d near station. n will stand huddl,d
upon some drcary mass 81 rocks Jun
hlcd against patch Of ilrhrned birch;
strewn niong a bit OF level winding way,
or, poiching upon The edge Of some
u. III II. a tbUu.
ders below seem like a mass of grey
rock broken from the hr'ghts above
poiHinr before final plunge into the
roaring abyss beneath
As yuu approach ihe place three or
four or perhaps q half dozen subsianilnl.
low!hullt structures viii be- gradually
disclosed. The larger one WI perhaps be
d comp rntively lnrN siiut tilre, got ~
odd angle against tho highway II has
been built by the bonder station master
himself and while Of pine, has huge
hewn tinibcrs. low solid ROOT, square
windows. often proinlding so ns TO give
n wide window seat aH . provision Tor
pottrd flowers; and almost Invariably
boasts dOnr-porch remarkable IN up
pearance 10 the famous Old s0nth-porches
of the more ancient parish churches Of
England. But II this strurtur" ~ Of ro-
fcut origin Il y still an gray iid antique
In appearance ms all me rest. Behind
this, or extending from ~ rear wal. "
The original flrm-house often 2p or 100
years old. though bust OF wood, alto.
pefher mass Of patchwork IN pine aud
matching with caycrnous chimney-toV
towering at one corner. the whole re-
Winding van of the pfbiiehuilt str irtiircH
az tbe English lake district, eylnring
generations OF on-bnilding aud patching
Of additional honse-roofn Of guy sizes and
shapes, aud every concelfanle angie.
IL. HuH mi krfa
panrel rooms. flied with ancient cab
incis containing priceless Scnndlnaylnn
relies: and there " more solid silver In
T0ftemoen station than IN the home OF
any American money king, or ~ Richest
English princely house. Inc ilte KING
81 Narwny Hnd Sweden iarheh here for
entertainment when on his way 10 his
coronation nj 1hroudhjcm. The testy
little station master not Only insisted on
Sitting at table with the king, ~ became
his own ROYAL derceni, but when the
king suggested that hie silscr he IN.
packed 10 provide propef iahie service.
this royal station keeper bfnsguey ~.
formed him that his Own silver would
serve not only for that oeeaHlont but
for q iuurh larger parry thnn any Morse
King had ever Travelled with, And 10
II did. 10 the Amusement Of the noble
guests and TO all NorNhr ever ntier.
The members % the humble yet royal
house Of 1'ofte. have never married ont.
side Of their own family. and are grad.
Ually becoming mental and physical
freaks: but 10 rcmnin 4 day or Two Al
their half castle. bali inn, and observe
their antics ns hOsfier aud royalty com
binrd. "a to possess an efperirnre hardly
Eecurnbe outside o. NORWAY.
The stations NJ Stofsreeu aud Netil
Farm nrr little i1nrr Than rough. long
rooms, upon which 0prn Kitchen h0fels
their dir hoorF usually firewu Niih
small irftr Of sDrnee Or pine. f,gsseHsiu
huge chimncy-c0rnrrs ~ ihrre a. tbs
KITCHENS themselves. Al one side u ibs