Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-02-15

Bergen, is the happy recipient of a GOLD
watch and chain to which one hundred
postmasters in the Aalesund district ha6
contributed. His appointment was a pc.
litical job Of the worst brand, and his
enemies declare their willingness to give
him another gold atch if he will ster
out of his office n return to Aalesund
A society for the advancement of dairy
ing offers bounties to .~dairymaids whc
have served three years at the same
house. The aim of this is to counteract
the habit of the dairymaids to move from
place to place.
Fifty tinsmiths employed by the Stav.
anger Preserving Company quit work in
order to have the hours cut Town. But
instead Of gaining a point. they induced
all the canning companies to discharge
their 800 tinsmiths.
A new theater will soon be built In
Bergen at a cost of $780, 900.
Skredsvig has finished a colossal paint
ing which he calls "a Poem Abou
DEATH" Death occupies the center of the
painting, wearing a coat of mail and ar
NOR. and holding a sword and a skull. On
either side of him are earth and heaven.
At the former place a man and a woman
throw themselves Upon a grave in the
night, wiring their hands and pray and
pray, while a storm RACES around them.
This is the a death looks. But the
opposite part of the painting represents
death as it really is. The child is led uI
to the other children of the Lord to have
a crown placed on its golden hair, and
the heavenly city is radiant with light.
The cod fisheries Of West Lofoten have
hlln giving pnOi rot11rnS Coma hoofS hov.
ing secured 400 Goldfish a day.
The storm that swept the coast of Nor.
way, from Kristianssund to Tromso, is
said to have been the most violent in
fifty years. In some localities the vino
was accompanied by hail and snow
thunder and lightning. The lowest por;
lions of the cities of Tromso, T%rondhjern.
Bodo and Bergen were flooded, and the
loss Of property was great. No further
accounts have reached us through the
mails at this writing.
An interesting wedding recently took
place at the office of the mayor of Dram
men. The groom was a Swedish book
agent of 80 summers, while the bride
was a 73-year-old widow. Among other
desirable attributes, the bride possessed
a fortune Of S. 600. 8
"Laboremus," Bjornson's latest drama,
will soon be represented at the court
theater of Stuttgart. r
Information for Scandinavian Emf.
grants" A Observation-Disclosures who was
on his way back to the old country had
an unpleasant experience in Hull, Eng
land: In one of the streets of the city
he read the following words on a sign,
Information for Scandinavian Emf.
grants" Having made up his mind to
stay there a few days. but having ne &C.
quaintances. he entered the office and
found an elderly, well dressed gentleman,
who Immediately volunteered the infer
nation that he was from Kristiania, Nor
way. The stranger, taking a liking to
the man, invited him to supper at a hotel
in the city. A Swede also Joined them.
The evening was spent most pleasantly
the cup that does inebriate being thu
main source of joy. The Norwegian
American at last had to lie down on a
sofa. and soor went to sleep. When he
awoke next morning he was all alone,
and upon examining his pockets found
that he had lost 5000 in cash, a gold watch
and a valise. He fastened to the infor.
nation bureau, but to his discontinue he
found that the sign was gon and the
door locked. Then he realized what sort
of gentlemen he had been entertaining.