The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-12-15
lWONDERFUL QUERN
low THE NORWecIANs EXPLAIN
Why THE SEA IS SALT.

Magic Mill That Ground Out Riches
For the Poor Brother while Ia
Frightened the Rich One-The Sail
or Who Made Ii Grind salt.
There is an old fashioned Norwegian
ok talk that %cou in a very curious
way for the salt in the sea. According
20 the story. the waters of the ocean
we're not always salt. Blu long ago
here were w brothers living away
up in the northland. One was very
'ich. and the other was very poor. One
,rotEer had herds of cattle and hocks
L fat mountain sheep. while the poor
ne had just about nothing at all ex-
apt Il wife and ever so many children.
one Christmas eve there was nothing
the house for them to eat. and the
,Or mans wife said 10 Ler husband:
If | had u rich brother. as you have.
would Go and ask hin for something
III these l'Oor children 10 eat. Tomor-
Nv Will he Christmas day. and there
nor il crust of bread in the house"
SO lie went TO his brother AMI told
III how much tntE needed his help,
he riCh n.,n IaNp I'm Il nice ditch OF
aeon II told Kim To 20 to IN old INA
ician who lived somewhere in tn,
contains. / Go not know why he sen
lie pool ulan To the magiciau. for til
after did not bear II very good nam,
n the ne~i@hborhood. However. when
e came TO the nIagician's stronghold
Everybody about the place wanted TO
.'uy his fitch of bacon. He could not
understand why ii WAS. but he thought
f there was SO much denand for the
bacon he would at least make the best
bargain he could for il.
We'll" he said. Il ought by ri-htS to
take this bacon home To my good dam
-or our dinner tomorrow. bal since you
Ill seem TO Lave set your hearts on it J
suppose you must have it. II | sell II
however. | want Il good price for it,"
They offer. Il him Il good round sum
gu that would not do.
Il will let you have it," he said. iii
you will give me that qurrn yondpr be
hind the door"
A Quern is one OF the things that T.
would I've very hard iO find nowadays
because they have gone out OF fashion
A quern is a mill for grinding corn b,
nand. and ii consists of TWO larE"
stones. an upper and Il lower one. TIN
upper one having IA handle by which j.
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 qucrn. but
tlo Nr1,a NJ tho bacon. inSiSta.l that no
would be satisfied with nothing less
than that. so he finally got it.
When he reached his own door the
clock WAS striking - and his wife was
waiting for him. ready to sCold him for
staying SO long.
What in the world kept You SO
long," 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 III about it N especially at
The loss of the acO
''Just wait Il minute said her hus
band. before you begin to complain.
and see if | did not do right this time.
And. putting the qucrn On the table.
he told it to grind enough good things
to make a first rate dinner for twelve
hungry mouths. His wife could hardly
believe her eyes as she stood there and
watched the quern grinding out dain
ties enough to last n week.
The rich brother Glanced TO hear how
well his poor brothers family was liv-
ing. and when he came and saw what
an elegant table they kept he was on
vious and wanted To know where they
got the money to buy the things. For
il long time they kept the secret Of tn,
old quern. but somehow il got out al
last. They Were so proud OF ii that
they could not help telling all about il
and the rich brother insisted on buy
ing the quern. Finally they let him
have it for $500.
1t kept on grinding for its new own
er. but he was afraid of il. never feel
ing sure Of what il would do next. 30
he made his brother take il back III
the same price. The poor nan was
glad to get it back again. and il ground
out untold riches for himself and his
family. They had everything they de-
sired. among other things Il golden
house to live in. and the people came
from every land to see the magniti
cence Of the family that owned the
wonderful quern.
One day a stranger, an old seaman
who had been all arorph "a, ~ on
known world. came see the 1otel
and wanted it to Z nd salt. al Gro
1t is supposed that the owner 1bby
quern was rich enough by this ii orv III
he let it go for ii moderate
fearing that he might repent
sold it. the old sailor put To VINO Trans
with his prize. anxious to X e, arrived
would work. When he hat nitted to
far out that no one could rea v afterw
aid to the oueru: tho room
Grind salt and grind bot.,u :, Goes
good"
No sooner had he given " 49,
than the quern hn0an I o !. nthps
and heaps Of salt all over the deck un
til the ship was ready 10 sink TO the
hoffOm ~ tho Soa Sea rod half tn