Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-02
A WONDERFUL QUERN
HOW TIE NoRweclaNs exPLAIN
Why THE SEA IS SALT.

the Rich Gee - The Old sallos Vine
.wsasea sbc Qusr~ In Grind Salt.
There h TN old fashioned Norwegian
!olktalc that accounts in n ve.y curious
way for the salt In the sea. According
Ia the story. tho waters Of the ocean were
not always salt. but long ago. before
Columbus smiled in his little caravcls. he
fore the Vikings crossci over to Iceland
and Martha's Vineyard. even before st.
lrrn'lan rowcd his boat made of skins
se,Sci together across from Ireland to
the n,nusl, of the Chesapeake. there were
two brothers living away up in the
nor;hland. One was very rich. and the
other was very poor. One brother had
herds 81 cattle snd fiocl.s G.. fat noun
tain sheep. while the poor one had inst
about nothing st all except a wife and
ever so many children.
One Christmas eve there was nothing
in the house for them TO cat, and the
poor mans wife said TO her husband:
''If ! had a rich brother as you have,
| woald 80 and ask him for something
FOR these poor children to eat. Toner
row vii! be Christmas day. and there is
not crust OF bread in the house."
| So he went to his brother and told him
how much they needed his help. The
rich man gave him a nice fitch of bacon
and told him to go To an old magician
VINO "'c' so'"ewhere IN 'i'c 'ho"''i''''''
"o no. hi'ow WHY he sent 'nf poor MAJ,
!" tue "aSici'n' ior inc ia'ter uio "o'
War very good name IN Tue heishpor-
hood. However. when he came 10 inc
magicians stronghold every BODY ABOUT
the place wanted to bny ms iiifeh oil IA
con. nc couia not understand why II
was. but he ihought1f there was soln"ch
demand ior the bacon he wonid III least
make the best bargain he could for 1t.
We'll, he said. Il ought 10y rights to
take this bacon home 10 my good dame
Tor car dinner tomorrow, but since YOU
al seem 10 nave set your hearts on u
suppose you must have 1t: II iseli H.
however. want good price Tor II.
They offered him good round sem.
but that would not do.
81 viii let you have 1t. Inc SAID, III
You Will give me that Guern yonder be-
hind the door.
y quern Is one OF the thinss that y
would I've very hard To ma nowadays Dc
cause they have gone ont OK fashion: but
II you Will look IN thcdic'ionary, as dli
when ! hrst heard TINS sorry you WI.
see that luern Is flli iHr Srinalhg
corn Ivy hand' ana 'hi't IL CONSISTS al TWO
largo stones an upper ana \ lower one
the upper one having handle ny which
u may NC turned around on inc lower
stone grinding the corn or gram between
thcih.
Inc old magician Mt first laughed out
right at the idea of any ones Thinking
that nc ~ouia part with ms guerf, but
inc Owner "i tne bacon insisted thIt he
wouid he SATISFIED with nothing less tnai'
that, so he hnaiiy got II.
When hc reached his own door the
clock was striking IL and his wife WIS
waiting for him. ready to scold hin: fol
staying so long.
What IN the world Kept you so lons:'
she asked. And what are we going &c
: 40 With that Old fucrn when we have nc
corn TO grind:'
D Then he told her OF his trading TIL Ia
con Tor the que-n. She was dreadiuliy
\ P"e ":s s'""'s ~ '''s a. tii'
, loss OF the bacon, which would hav,
made them good hot dinner and TIE.
would have lasted them "a week. SLICED
cold.
Just wait minute" said her hts
band. before ron besin to complain
and see IL did not do right this TIM"
And putting the luern on the table h
told 1t to grind enough good things Il
\ make n frss rate dinner Tor IL hungr,
mouths. lis wife could hardly believe
= hcr eyes az she STOOD there and watched
the qnern grinding out dainties enough
A 10 ast week.
3 The rich brother chanced 10 hear how
8 well hrs poor nro'hers family was iiv
ing. ana whe. ne came ana 81" wha' al
elegant tan's they kep, ne was ehviou
ana wanted 10 KNOW wncre 'ney got IN
&c money 10 GUY tne Things. for a ION
D. time tney kept Tue secret Oh inc Oh
d Iucr"' o"' so1neno" ~ so' ou' "' Hs'
Aney we.o 50 idomu y, :. ..'''' '.s coui'
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