Warren sheaf., 1897-08-12
JUDGE IVES TRIP.

Judge Ives, whosis5nowa in Europe,
has letter published in the Crooks
ton Tribune descriptive of his trip,
from which we clip the following: ~
My impressions:of England were
not as favorable as had anticipated.
As I view their progress in domestic
advancement, they.are much too slow,
and in many features they would reap
much advantage by adopting our
methods, Sweden Us more progress
sive, but to some extent gwen over to
the worship, or perhaps I should say,
veneration of new fads, but I must
admit, though I do it with great re-
luctance, that if I were Scandinavian
born and knew the language, I should
consider my conditions bettered by
returning to the land of my birth.
The government, though monarchial,
is good; the people love and respect
King Oscar, and he ia return strives
to render all happx and contented,
and they are distinctly 50. It is true
the wages of the skilled mechanic are
not so large as in nmerica, but his
wants are more easily and cheaply
satisfied. Rents Stockholm are
cheap, and provisions not dear, and
there is work for all Ak,prices that rem
der them a good Gying Can we say
the same of Ameriisa I>expect on
my return to the Geographical socie-
ty of London, to asta decree from
that body. blotting cut from the map
the name "Baltic sea- and put in its
place, baltic Archipelago" for such
it is. When we left Stockholm, going
down the stream to the tea, 7 expect
! ed at the end of foureen miles to see
a broad expanse ofTocean again, but
hour after hour passed md it did not
come. asked the captain when we
should emerge intossthe Baltic. He
!. replied: s.We.arei4 the Baltic now. !.
There is no part of The route where
land IS out of sight. With the excep-
ton of two hours run we shall be
continually near land. - ::
! 1t was the grandest trip of my life.
I Thousand Islands At the outlet of
Lake Ontario, and the myriads of is
lands in Lake of the Woods bear no
comparison in scenic beauty to the
great and moss-clad archipelago be-
tween Stockholm and Helsingfors. It
occurred to me as | sat musing on a
bench behind the cabin on the good
ship |'Ezpress,'' thatif Pluto had, at
the time he arranged the rocks that
flank the shores on either side of the
=! ship, ''fired up'' little more fercely,
he might have filed up all the inter
vening spaces now filed With water,
and Charles the XII need not have
been put to the trouble Of building
ships when he went over to get Rus
sia in his belt. At or near ten miles
below Stockholm there is a narrow
place, so narrow that one can throw a
stone across. On the north side of
the channel is the little town or vii
lage Of Vaxholm, on the south side of
the old fortifcation erected by Birger
Jarl, built Of stone, with embrasures
and parapet and moat, according tc
old style. 1t was evidently built to
protect the channel from foreign YES
sells and had not the "sworld moved
during the last 200 years, it would
|still do it. l asked an intelligent
Swede why it was kept there. He
said, ''Only as relic of Our prowess
when this style of fort was formida.
be- The guns are small, not above
twenty -four Founders, and would
make nice playthings for young
America on the celebration of the At
lof July " @,zs= ex