Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-06

mendous effort for All the members Of
/ the household. for IN that little time
provision must be made for an almost
I dayless winter OF eight to nine months
/ duration. The crops Of grain, the vege-
| tables. the butter and cheese that are
being provided among the mountain
I factors. ali require uuccasing labor ana
more important than al else is the
supply Of hav and other fodder for the
winter needs OF the then helpless herds.
| never before realized how great q
value could be set by any people upon a
few blades OF grass
Havmakinr furnishes both the most
picturesque aud the most suggestive
scenes in Norway The women are
constantly in the fields. picturesque in
their short skirts, bright bodices and
white caps. and men. women and child
rem are all 90 sort OF mild frenzy in
their efforts 20 save the precious crop.
Il Is cut with short scyih IS and sickles,
aud the priced tufts are even secured
with the "tOllsuiv," which every peas
ant carries, and with shears from every
cops. edge or cleft among the savage
rocks. The entire crop is cured upon
fucks OF hurdles, and never Left upon
D.
Inaccessible places above the farms the
tiny bundles which may be secured
among the crags are conveyed 10 the
valleys below on wire runways or tightly
stretched ropes. The saeier girls, too,
are not idle meanwhile In outstanding
fodder for the herds. They are gather.
ing every possible blade OF grass, break
ing from the birch.tfecs the tendercst
LHa oh %
stacks OF reindeer moss. When the
terrible winter storms have packed the
ice and snow into the chasms and Gre
vices like stone. the peasants In their
suow.shocs ascend the heights 10 the
saeiers and add this excellent fodder to
their store within the sheds and barns.
The religious. social and homcside life
OF these simple aud primitive people
could almost be revealed IN three sen
fences. They are hcrcdianly pi0us aud
reverence an sacred things and ira.
diliOng, Social intcrt curse finds rs
chief Tuition Ia chrisicnings, conirma-
tons, weddings and funerals And the
calmncss and serenity which seem to
characterize the faces Of al Norwegian
peasants you will meet IN homes seem
TO almost tell the whole grand national
aAAlN ~ ANlAA NitNaNA ANUNfHNA AfIlAHH
which bruods where faithful labor
,hfves, where independence has grown
through the centuries into a part OF a
peoples religion, aud where false am.
billions are almost unknown.
For eight years my wandefings have
led me into al civilized lands. The
tcndcrcst days aud ways have been
among their lowly folk. Whether be-
side the sea among the huis Of fisher.
men, IN The city's sitting quarters, with
the iorcstcrs Of the mountains or the
cnitcfs Of the valleys, Il In yagrant
Gypsy tent, or still II alone In drcary un.
uodden paths. there has ever been near
me the kindly human voice. the hclpiul
human hand and the tender human
heart OF some one from among those
tuilng unregafded millions on whose
simple, earnest natures and steadast
loyal lives our whole world rests
Among an OF these ! have nowhere
found a folk who must 20 with me In
heart picture and memory into that
measurclcss land Of Romance wherein
my way now leads, with finer and
nohlcr presence and tread than my
lowIy peasant friends Of stern yet
glorious "CaBiif Aoygc.'
EngAR I. WAgENAN.