Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-09
Wakema3's Wa3deriP9e.
ODD INCIDENTS OF FOREIGN TRAVEL AID
-. OBSERVATION.

lonely tafn shut IN by hlack WulHt Win
snow.clad peaks for the only outlook
beyond.
Here Lars genius for sumouni.ng
difficulties was illustrated. We had
brought a little food During the last
two hours ascent Lars had gathered
here and there every dead branch of
wood that came in sight, as well as
punches Of juniper branches. These
with his f1HtHiv which every peasant
carries, and some bits Of strong cord
which every postboy possesses with
which TO mend broken harness, be had
arranged IN compact branches. bgst1w.
ing them on his head, shoulders and
body until he wa, completely hidden
from sight With The dry wood he built
CHEEKY fire. The juniper branches
provided our bed, which was laid in
snug angle Of q projecting rock, a
ravelng rug and a stout Carriolc hlau.
kct formed our covering aud here Dee.
meath the glutering stars We "slepi
swate rings round our heads. as the
Irish mother would say Of her health.
fully sleeping child.
The next morning our ascent was
resumed through holiOws, over ridges
where ice aud snow lay concealed be.
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slime, around suundICsg tarns still and
dark as the wall, enclosing them, past
copscs of siunicd fire, and with never a
sight Of % living thing. the most lmaz'
Ing sight 90 me in these upper regions
vas The frequent patches IN sunny
hollow Of Strawberries. In some places
the ground was literally red with them
| noticed, too, that in these pockcty
was almost sulliug.
All the way Lars had been telling me
In answer 10 my inquiries about s.uicrs
and suter folk Some things thus learned
were very interesting. In the hrst place,
about the middle Of June until the tenth
Of September, which brief period COM
prisgs the entire Norwegian summer.
every COW 10 Norway not needed for a
scant home supply OF milk Is sent TO
the mountain suicr. With the cows 70
all other cattle all goats and sheep ana
occasionally these will be accompanied
by sw inc which are quite as much a
home among the crigs as the sheep and
goats. The srlem themselves comprise
huts or cabins and rude daiflps com.
bincd. where the setter folk. who are
invariably women aud girls, live entirely
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caring Tor ITO herds. milking the cows.
goats and even ewes. and converting
| the milk into butter aud cheese for the
winter store IN the valley homes. often
scores Of miles away.
There Is great commotion throughout
I Norway when the annual June exodus
/ OF the sU,er.girls and their herds begins.
Every farm Is IN utmost confusion. The
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I gether and packing up what will be
I necessary for use In the temporary
mountain home. There are churns and
milk pals. pots and moulds, lryIng-pans
| and odds and ends OF cheap crockery
/ and scant cutlery For food there Is q
| bit Of sugar aud coffee, much flour and
meal, crates and lladbfod. some bacon,
/ perhaps some dried OF picked fish, and,
( more In weight than in all else, salt for
the cattle. The girls themselves find
room for odd bits Of embroidery and
a few niCk.nacks, while a Bible and
sume worn volumes OF old Morse tales
are never forgotten. Besides these
things, there are pounds OF wool 90 be
spun, or other pounds Of yarn 10 be
knit a few blankets or shecpskin for
bedding and but little more than the
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meagre outfit
When all Is in readiness these strange
professions something like the annual
outgoing Of the focks and their herders
OF the Apulian plains OF Southern lialy -
set forth from every gard or farm In
Norway, The belongings for the srler
are slung In baskets upon the backs Of
surc.lootud ponies or old horses that
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cades. The farmer marches Ia advance
blowing unearthly blasts from the nv,
not ovcr-muslcal horn made from
birch bark. Then come the cattle. No
need to drive these. Like the Gipsics
who cannot be kept from the road and
the tent at the first bursting OF spring
time buds. they have tired ol their rein.
deer.moss fodder OF the winter, have
scented the Juice blades that arc spring.
ing to life In the tiny far wales above
them, and, with genuine manifestations
OF 10y, crowd close upon the farmer aud
his bIaring hy. Then follow the srtcr
girls, picturesque In their bright bod.
dices, white caps and short skirts, but
each bearing upon her shoulders a yoke,
from which depend baskets, kettles and
al manner OF paraphernalia, almost
equaling In bulk aud weight the packs
upon the ponies backs.
Towards evening OF the second day
we came to the suier Of hT0H From a
distance nothing could be distinguished
but a low, wide hut at the side OF a
gentle ravine here and there between
the rocks splotched with bits OF verduTe.
The horizon line was close and serrated
with masses OF lichened stone, here and
there interectcd by other gullies and
ravines. Through these, Lars said, the
herds wandered long distances in their
daily grazing iaunls. No human beings
were at first In sight about the suter.
Shortly a llaXen haired maiden, huge Of
girth and limb, stood at the hut door
and. shading her eyes with her great
bare arm and not her hand, looked long
and earnestly at US. Lars gurEled at
this, and made wonderful gestures In
return suddenly the giH-lilllo, Lars
called heT-rushed AZ us Ia a sort OF
bounding gallop, and Selling my post
boy guide Rugged him acknowledgement.
ling with him, turning him round and
about, and again hugging him, while
tears Of Joy flowed down her honest
face, a perfect torrent Of questions and
Intersections meantime beng poured
upon him.
The rascal Lars, who had previously
kept me In ignorance OF the TACT, then
told me that the sW,er girl, Title, was
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