Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-18
A WONDERFUL QUERN
HOW THE NORWEGiANs exo, AIN
WHY TIE SEA is SALT
Magic Alill that Ground ONT Rich.,
For tho Poor Brother Will. lr
Frightened the Rich One-Che Sail
or Who Made II Grind Salt

Frightened the Rich One-'Ehe Sail
or WI" Made II Grind Salt.
There is an Old fashioned Norwegian
folk talk that accounts in n very curious
way for the salt in the sea. According
to the story. the waters Of the oceu n
were not always salt But long ago
there were two brothers Twin. AWAY
up in the northIHnd one WAS very
rich, and the other WIS very poor. One
brother had herds OF cattr and ilocEs
of fat mountain sheep. WGllp the poor
one had just about nothlu. at AL ex.
cept wife and ever so many children.
One Christmas eve fhprp WuS unthing
in the house for them to ear. and the
poor mans wife said to hpr husband
''If had Il rich brother. rs you hive.
would go and ask aim fox something
for these poor children to eat louor-
row will he Christmas dag. ana tiere
is not a crust Of bread IL tla louise
SO he went 60 his brothas anil told
him how much Grey nepas ais IIap
ihe rich nlan give him q fs5e ditch u
bacon and told lam fo go 10 "a ala Hla=
gician wAo lived Somewhere Ia tlfn
mountains do nst know w'lx liz scat
the poor man to the ila@5rIaH. far tH.
latter did not bear a velY good nai.5p
in the nei2hboihoo1l. However, V5esl
he came to the na@iciau'S stronghold
everybody about the place WdH5el 10
buy his fitch OF bacon He could not
understand why it was. but he thought
if there WAS SO much demand for the
y
bargain he could fer it.
"Well," he said, Il ought by rights to
take this bacon home to my good dame
for our dinner tomorrow, but since you
all seem to have set your hearts on it
suppose you must have it. II | sell 1t,
however, l want IL good price for it."
They offered him a good round sum.
but that would not do.
II will let you have it." he said. "if
you will give me that ouern yonder be-
hind the door,"
quern is one Of the things that II
would be very hard to find nowadays.
because they have gone out Of fashion.
A Quern Is q mill for grinding corn by
hand, and It consists Of two large
stones. an upper aud lower one. the
upper one having a handle by which it
may be turned around on the lower
stone, grinding the corn or grain be-
tween them.
The old magician at first laughed out
right at the idea Of any one thinking
that he would part with his qnern. but
the owner Of the bacon insisted that be
would be satisfied with nothing less
than that, 10 he finally got it.
When he reached his own door the
clock was striking II and his wife was
waiting for him. ready to scold him for
staying 50 long.
"What in the world kept you so
iong2" she asked. And what are we
going to DO with that old quern when
we have no corn to grind?"
Then he told her Of his trading the
bacon for the Quern. She was dread
fully put out about 1t and especially at
the loss Of the bacon.
Just wait u minute" said her hus
band. before you begin to complain.
and see il did not do right this time"
And, putting the qnern OH the table.
he told it to grind enough good things
to make first rate dinner for twelve
hungry mouths. HiS wife could hardly
believe her eyes as she stood there and
watched the quern grinding out daiD.
ties enough to last a week.
The rich brother chanced to hear how
we'll his poor brothers family was liv.
ing, and when be came and saw what
an elegant table they kept he was en-
vious and wanted to know where they
got the money to buy the things. For
long time they kept the secret of the
old quern, but somehow 1t got out at
last. They were so proud Of 1t that
they could not help telling all about it.
and the rich brother insisted on buy
Ing the quern. Finally they let him
have 1t for $500.
1t kept on grinding for its new OWL
err. but he was afraid OF it. never feel
ing sure Of what it would do next. no
he made his brother take it back at