The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-12-13

llttle NILS, ana DenelQ the great "Hlle
capitol, IA miles away, cleaning in the
blue light reflected from the lakes sur
rounding the city. few miles to the
north were wild, irregular hills, rising
in sheer, rocky cliffs. and in the imme-
date foreground lay rich farm lands;
shorn grain fields alternated with
groves of oak. ash and maple, dull red
and dull yellow with che hues of late
autumn; long rows of corn-shocks
marched across fields to the edges OF
pastures still clothed with green.
"This is the place for the sch 30 OIL
house." said Gregory. "And it should
be something more than the school
house. It should be the center of our
social life. the guild-hall or club
house of the district, or of the neigh
boring districts. 1t should contain
general meeting room upstairs over the
schoolroom, o small kitchen, IL
brary-"
''Hold on!" said Tver Borglum. How
vas YOU goin' to pay for al that?'
"I'll tell you how We'll pay for it,
said Torgrim Olsen. well pay for 1t
by buying the lumber and putting up
the building ourselves. Every man here
can give his labor"
whats the matter with building
big log schoolhouse?~ suggested Jens
Shipness. "Anders Anderson told me
that up in Minneapolis some rich peo-
pie built big houses for themselves out
of logs, and they were thought very
stylish
"Just the thing" cried Torgrim Oh
sen. Boys, well build big Norwegian
log house out of squared logs, one just
such as the Judge had in our parish, and
I'll tell you it Will be mighty hand
some. rs well as strong and warm, build
ing. Every man here can spare some OF
the logs that he's been seasoning for
frewood."
The very next day the building be-
gan. and contributions Of labor and
logs came from all the surrounding dis
tricts. The logs were hewn square, and
under the direction of Torgrim Olsen
there rose a building that was as much
superior in beauty to the ordinary
country schoolhouse as an old English
stone church is to an American wooden
meeting house
beItry tower Tor some future neIl'
rose al one sl"e' anu @ao'eS anu p'"Ns
diversified the roof. Logs with lne
bark left on formed stripes around the
building at the top of the first story
and under the broad caves. As the
huIloIng was very much larger tnan
the old one only nan OF the lower story
was used lor a ThooIroom' \ k'lcneh
and two oFeS~'h"-r"omS occupied 'nt
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