Evening journal., 1901-09-05

sucn delicious wild Strawberries e:
served upon the tables of the
AT every meal we have no les Is
unree or four kinds of preserve.
onered us, and the wild straw
ana cream are worth coming Z
way to Norway for. The wait
not bring stingy little ing W
teaspoontuls of cream, but a
pltcner that will hold a con s
quarts and lets you hen v
Ihey serve the Strawberries in
plates, so that those that like m
oil thing-and have no respec,
man who doesn't-can Just wal
the greatest OF luxuries. Dean
must have been in Norway VIII
SAID: Doubtless God may have
better berry than the straw
but doubtless God never did
Comparatively little medern
chinery is used by the farmers
and there upon the larger farm
md an American mower or rea
lthrashing machine, but the .
part Of the work upon the small
is done by women, and they use
and awkward homemade too.
account of the necessity of p1,as
economy, the ,ow price of labor
their isolated situation. farmhar
Norway are expected to do an,
that is necessary about the place
the Norwegian farmer is a Jack
trades. He grinds his own rye
barley, shoes his own horse. max.
own hoes and frakes. whittles on
handles during the ,ong winter
ings, and Is usually able to repls
repair both household and ou
utensils. In this respect the co
is a hundred years behind the ag,
! 1t, is common too. for shoems
tailors. cabinet-makers, chi
sweepers, tinkers and other mech
to travel like Methodist mlniste
the frontier. These itinerants have
ular circuits and carry stocks of .
as well as repair tools on their b
They go from house to house.
being expected once in so often.
is kept for them. TIA pair Of +
needs mending they are laid asid,
til the shoemaker comes; If Their
anything the matter with the eloc
the tinwear in the kitchen leaks
any of the china is broken or any 1
article of household use canno
mended by the folks at home. it is
to one side until the peddler c,
around. He is a journeyman in ia,
vel, as in theory. and receives
board and lodging at whatever h
he happens to be az bedtime or '
the dinner bells rings.
Notwithstanding the emigra
from Norway. the farms in this pa
the country and in fact throughout
interior Of the kingdom have beer
creasing in value, although husbai
has been depressed by low prices,
wages, high taxes and other cause
complaint This is not true in
other part Of Europe The total '
alton of real estate throughout the
tire kingdom OF Norway is prob
between 10 and 20 per cent. gre
than II was twenty-five years ago.
For this reason new farms
being opened all the time on the 81
OF the mountains which have
stripped of timber. When a No
gian farmer takes up a new piec'
land. he cuts down the timber, I
UP the stumps and then digs up
stones and stacks them in piles al
ferent interva ,s.not only TO hold 4
the farm and keep it from bio
away during the windy winters, bl
order to give him a chance to pl,
and cultivate the soil. The stones
also used for fences.
! They have the thickest and
highest stone fences you ever
There is really no necessity for L
but il is a good way to get rid of
stones. In almost every field at
tain intervals are piles Of stone "
have been gathered up to escape
plow, and the patient farmer has
keep digging them out and ra
them off all the rest of his life.
is also the most unsatisfactory
that can be given to small boys.
would rather do anything than pic
the stones. but fate has decreed
those who have the honor of I
born and bred in the land of the
ings shall begin their careers in
way. | used to know a very rich
who was born down in the eal
part of Maine and ran away from !
because his father made him pic
stones from the different fields oi
farm and place them in piles alonl
roadside. He said that he consiC
it the most humiliating oecupati
human being could engage in.
soul rebelled against it, and for
. reason he packed his few belongin
: a pillow case one night. went TO
York upon a lumber barge as
away and became a millionaire.
fate should be a warning to all
small boys in Norway"