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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18

Shall you be dining out to.mor- row." asked the girl.
 'I-oh, no! I have none to dine
 with. know no one here."
 And this evening. Shall you be
 going anywhere?"
 "T-oh, no! l have nowhere whitA CT to go."
 So we parted, and I ascended to my room. made up the fire, and sat down and reread the newspaper. There was much in 1t about the ap- preaching feast. had the illustrated papers. They had issued Christmas supplements. with pictures of happy family gatherings, of Old Father Christmas. of waits and carol singers. I might perhaps hear the waits and singers. should certainly hear the Christmas bells. That would be an,
 had done with my papers. [ sat before the fire in a brown study, and my spirits sank lower and ever low CT, recalled the old Christmsses I had spent at home with my parents. l remembered how I had looked into my stockings on the morning to sec if Old Father Christmas had visited me in the night and had left there some presents for the Good Boy. 2 Alas, No Father Chrixtmas would visit me now. All that was of the past-the utterly and irrsvocsbly past.
 ] I did not light my candles. could read no more. I needed no light for my thoughts, they were too dark. to be illumined thus.
 As I stood thus musing, 1 heard . tap at my door, and shouted: Come in!" There ensued delay, and called again: Come ini"
 Then the door opened and l saw some little heads outside. with golden curls and flushed cheeks. and chfldS voice said: Please. Mir. Whatsyour- name, will you come to our tree down istairsZ'
 TIT" ...t
 As I hesitated. the child said: "Please-Annie told us to ask you
 And then I saw the tall girl whom I had assisted draw back into the dark behind them.
 Most certainly I will. as you arc 30 kind as to invite me- So descended. and there were my landlord and iandiady. radiant with happiness. and the Ave children danced before me and said: He Is come: is it not nice,- Behind. pres- .entiy. entered Annie. somewhat shy iy. and pretending she had come from the Kitchen I vas witness of the dellgs. of the little ones over their presents-the voolly lamb. a sman cArs. . cannon. . dou-the father over a pair of warm stockings of Anzle's knitting. the mother over q shawl. also of her rork: and I stood smiling and happy. when up sprang one of the children and plucked from the tree the silver match bor-
 This.- said the child. sfs for Nr. Whzts-his-nane. Sister Annie said ! t vas for hin"
 I vas moved more than I can say. so-sone had been thinking of ne. though I vas only . lodger-
 Look here. sir.- said the sashe-,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18
ANCIENT EMBALMIN0.
Not Only People but Animals Were
 MummiAed In Egypt.

Not Only People but Animals Were
 MummiAed In Egypt.
 Myrrh, which was fabulously sup posed to be the tears of Myrrha, who was turned into shrub, was a plant of handsome appearance, with spread ing. fernlike foliage and large umbels of white flowers. It was found princi- pally in Arabia and Abyssinia. In early times the perfume distilled from it was greatly in requisition for en- balming.
 Herodotus gives detailed account of the ancient mode of embalming, which is perhaps more instructive than pleasing. After the body had under gone much preparation, which, to spare your feelings. will not be described, it was filled with powdered myrrh, cassia and other perfumes. It was then steep ed in natron, strong solution of soda, for seventy days. After this 1t was wrapped In bands of fine pcrfumed linen. smeared with aromatic gums.
 Not only people were. thus embalm- ed. but the crocodiles of Lake Moeris. which, after their mummification. wefe decorated with ornaments and jewels and laid in one of the subterranean passages of the great labyrinth with much pomp and display. The sacred cat. ichneumon and other cherished an- finals devoutIy worshiped by the Egyp- tians were embalmed with scrupulous and fanatical care. On days special to the memory of the dead the mummies we're newly sprinkled with perfume. incense was offered before them and their heads anointed with fresh oil--in the same spirit as we lay new blooms upon the graves of our dead.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18

Is there-can there be-a man more
 lonely than one returned from a far
 country. who has been out of his home land for 20 years, and comes back
 whom his parents are dead, his old friends dispersed. and the old nest has passed to other occupants? And can his loneliness be more emphasized than when his return syncronizes with Christmas? "
 That was rny condition when I re-
 visited the mother country. With a
 beating heart and strsining eyes had
 looked for the first sight of dear old America after having lefr it as a lad, hardly a man, some 20 years age.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18

I had done veil in the other land hnd had returned. not a rich man. but vith a competence.
 IL had been my wish. my ambition. 'to settle in the village about which lc1arg all ny sweetest and holiest thoughts. to buy there a little land. to tread the old paths. ran5le in the .sGne vooss. look upon the same .sosnes dwell among the same people. sHOske . home in the same place. sBye nov-, Gould H be,
 Al walked bach to ny lodgings. tAfozsk ths street sss sy the uarke: phcs. foik vere kzrryfng h all direc- .tsnA sone vfth szncAss Of holly n r0Br ha.6s. . s1rI or two with . sprix ~ Z1nAsQs s,yE hid ia her mai, .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18
[ Saw the Tall Girl.

I returned to my room upstairs. made up the Ire. and seated myself before 1t. I had spent a very pleassnt day, and a pleasant evening beebrs that. I did not now feel ss discour- aged. SO hopeless. That was . nice family. very friendly and eonssaerate. And 1 began to build in the Ire. I no longer saw only ruins. I sav. n it were. e pleasant home rise out of the cosls. and . pleading face looked up a. me out of them-very much like that of Annie. An. If the old home was gone. might I not build one that would be new. I need ID longer live in the past. but look to the future. and next Christmas. please ood-I would not be alone. that is if Annie-but I cannot say-will consent to put an end 10 my loneliness and help tn b,ilding up a future.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18

you're . strlnger in the country, and at such a time e this there must be no strangers. You must really sup with us. and dine also with us to- morrow. I can promise you good dinner, for 1t is of Annie's making"
 All was changed. I was a stranger and they took me in; I was lonely and they made of nc friend.
 Christmas day, 1o:30 ?. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18
W.Ii p,id aritish yiceroy.

The best paid British governor. with the single exception Of the lord lieu tenant of Ireland. is the earl of Minto. vho as vioeroy of India receives sal ary of sse.0oe . year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18

When some people drop a hint it sounds like a ton of coal going down the chute.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18

Heaven vill probably make some people % dizzy that they will vant to jump 0f-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-18

Ty a Democrat want
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

them, .Eillustrate how valuable and
useful the lives of. great people en-
dowed with rare intelligence, sympathy,
and talent can become. They are
among their people and they enjoy it..
Breton knew the peasants he put on his
canvases.' .2.E ..-
Bring Immense Price. :"
Breton IS canvases have sold for more
than that Of any modern, painter. He
was at one time under contract with.
Boussod Valladon,s Partisan art deal
er, who was to take all he produced as
fast as produced, Of the ordinary sized
canvas, as $4,000. Breton sold his can
vases this way until he could finally af-
ford to withdraw. Troyon was under
a similar contract with Roye Brothers,
and for canVases larger than Breton,s
received only $780, Those same pic
lures are valued now at $25,000, and it
is: almost impossible to get them. At
the same time, Mr.. Walker tried to
get the original sketch of . Hamlet, in
F1nistere, - which later was sold to Mr.,
Mitchell of Milwaukee for $4,000. s'The
Communic icants' brought later $48, 900,
painter; tho, in 1889 he refused to fix a
price planning, then to keep it so: it
might go into the Louvre :; after his
death. *,,> W.. :. >-....<4. - ~ .4..&
=1sstHer, Man Is on the eSa, '=sby Bre-
toms daughter the government tried to
buy for the Lu,seSlburg,< but Breton
advised his daughter to keep it for an
exhibition piece during her life, and
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
81 s. 81 E|TlI|VQRNANNBIHBlYBD 81 ||El|[|

he followed at times all thru his long
life, and which was Of great value to
him in founding new settlements in
America.
We learn from his few biographers,
including Professor Rasmus B. Ander-
son, that he contracted early in life
an unhappy marriage with a woman
named Catherine, who had considerable
property. He was anxious to get CON
ing in this, left her prior to 1921 and
never lived with her again. His rela-
tives and those who knew him best
did not put the blame for this desertion
or separation upon Peerson, saying that
he was man Of unusual kindness of
heart and amiability.
Came First in 1921.
In 1921 Kleng Peerson came to Amer
lea, in company with Knute Olson Eide,
for the purpose Of investigating condi-
tions here and to ascertain whether the
new world YVES a good land for his
countrymen to live in. It is believed
that he undertook this trip at the re-
quest Of a group Of Quakers in Stavan-
ger county, who were being prosecuted
by the intolerant state church of Nor
way and were therefore anxious to emf
CRATE to some other country. The peo-
pie Of Norway were then in almost to-
tai ignorance of real conditions in
America, but the prosecuted ,Quakers
of Stavanger county had heard that in
the new republic to the west there was
religious freedom; hence they thought
of emigrating thither. ~
Kleng Peerson spent three years in
America, familiarizing himself with
the social, religious and industrial con
ditions. He supported himself by work
ing and is supposed to have made sew
eral trips into different parts Of New
York and other states. He found in
New York city quite a strong and
wealthy colony of Quakers, who en-.
couraged him to bring his Norwegian
Quaker friends to America, promising
him their aid in getting them settled
When Peerson returned TO Stavange1
county in 1924, and told his Quaker
friends about what he had seen anC
learned in America, he aroused the live
suit was. that the heads of six Quaker
families sold their property and with
| the money thus obtained purchased 6
small sloep in which to sail for Ameri
ca. The leader in this enterprise, an6
the principal owner Of the sloop, wa.
/ Lars Larson, very intelligent man
who for eight years had been a wal
prisoner and resident in London, where
he had learned to speak English anl
been converted to the Quaker faith
! It was he who introduced this religioI
into Norway. on his return thither ii
i 1915 or 1916. thereby bringing a, por
i tion.of the population into conflict will
4 the. state church and making them ,ob
4 jects of religious persecution.
The sloop, called g Restaurationeni
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

HE WAS PATHFINDER FOR NOR
4: WEGIANS IN AMERICA.
Grateful Countrymen Erect a Monu-
naent TO the Man Who Brought the
First Emf grants to This Country and
Served Them and Their Followers in
Many Ways.
BY Martin w. Odland.

g 2 sF :
Special to The Journal.
Hudson, Wis, July IA movement
has been started by influential Norwe-
ument to the memory Of Kleng Peer
son. who, nearly century ago, led the
first band of Norwegian immigrants to
America and for a generation thereaf-
ter was the pathfinder among his peo-
pie. in the new world. A, committee is
about to be appointed to solicit the
funds necessary for it's erection and to
select a. site for it. Judging by the
opinions 50 far expressed, Ottawa, IL,
founded by Kleng Peerson, will be
chosen as the most appropriate place
for the memorial. : ...., 3.
This movement brings into public no.
tice a man perhaps entirely unknown
to all Americans not Of Scandinavian
extraction, and but little known to the
Scandinavians themselves. The public
will, therefore, be interested in the
story Of Kleng Peerson, a man who did
be said. than any other person Of his
time-more, perhaps, than any other
person that ever lived.
He was a very remarkable man, SEEM
ingly endowed by nature for just such
work as he undertook to do. Altho de-
MED the advantages of a higher educa-
tion in his boyhood, he learned to speak
and read the English, French and Ger
man languages, in addition to his own,
and was exceedingly quick to grasp new
ideas and situations. He also had the
faculty of setting forth his own ideas
In interesting FORM thereby winning
attentive listeners wherever he went
and enlisting recruits for his colonizing
schemes.
Kleng Peerson was born on farm
called Hesthammer, in Stavanger coun-
ty, Norway May II, 1882. As a youth
Ne learned the carpenter's trade. which
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

ton. the famous French painter,
Ia calls attention to the fact that
one of his masterpieces is owned in
Minneapolis. "The Evening Call
"L Appel du Soir,'' now in the Walker
art gallery, is considered by art crit
les as the cream of Breton's work;
Nine. Demont Breton, his daughter, and
her husband and his friends rank "The
Evening Call' as the best thing Bre-
ton ever did. T. B.. Walker was in Par
is in 1883, when this picture was first
exhibited at the Universal exhibition.
1t was hung several weeks later in the
room which had been reserved for the
works of the French painter.
:, Critic, Is Spellbound.
Mr.. Walker was visiting the exhibit
ton in company with Ridgeway Knight,
the great critic, who was the friend and
neighbor of Meisonner. AS they came
to the Breton room, Mr.. Knight stopped
short and stood silently regarding this
picture, which was placed in the center
picture, but he seemed spellbound by
the centerpiece. It caught his atten-
tion Immediately and held it. Mr.
Walker waited in patience for an ex-
preston Of his opinion Of the work, and
after several long moments OF SILENCE
he Sa1O' earnestly, IL Tegdlu Cn1S us Inc
finest picture / have ever seen in my
life. The room devoted to the early
painters had just been visited, where
canvases from the brushes of Corot
and Millet and others were hung, as
well as those by Troyon and others, and
the Minneapolis collector of fine paint
ings asked Mr.. Knight if he regarded
the picture as fine as those. His an
swer was that it more than compared
with any picture in the whole exhibit
tton, ancient or modern. 49,
Sees Great Painter.
It was on the same day that Mr..
Walker first saw Jules Breton, tho he
did not know it was the great painter
who attracted his attention. Four or
five times Mr.. Walker went by the lit.
tie, upright figure with it's intelligent
and attractive face, but he did not
break in upon the painters contempla-
tion Of his daughter s. work, 'EHer Man
Is On the Sea- - From the intensity of
his study Mr.. Walker thought he was
perhaps another buyer, and he was
somewhat disturbed at the prospective
rivalry. The father and daughter are
united in their artistic ideals, and g
bond of singular sympathy exists be
tween them. Breton himself, was most
cordial in his, manner, thoughtful an6
considerate.. Both he and his daughter
are well-known by, the peasantry, where
they go In the summer and where .thei1
coming is eagerly looked for. Nine
Demont- Breton could not be greater
loved were she their queen. "Thest
two,"e said Mr.. Walker in speaking o:
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

and was there married a Second time TO
woman named Charlotte Marie;s his
first wife in Norway having died. 1t
it related that he had to borrow a hat
for the wedding from friend, his own
being too weatherbeaten for such fes-
tive occasion. Unfortunately, Kleng's
second marriage wss no happier than
his first, and in less than a year he had
left Charlotte Marie forever, vowing
that he would never again trust himself
On the matrimonial sea.
From 1850 till his death in 1865,
Kleng Peerson lived in Texas, which he
acquired considerable land there. whlch
he gave to friend on condition that
he should care for him until he died.
He passed away Dec. 16, 1865, and was
buried in a Lutheran cemetery near
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

thousand acres Of landg during his life.
time, besides seonsid erab1e money, which
he earned by carpenter work. If he
had no money Of his own to give to the
needy, he begged money from the rich
and gave to the poor. Thus it came
about that very large number Of Nor
wegian immigrants got their start on
The road to prosperity from Kleng
Peerson, and their descendants will now
doubtless rejoice in the opportunity to
contribute money toward erecting a
monument to his memory,
Having givenathe Fox river settle
explorations for5Tich new land suitable
for his people, and in 1887 founded a
third settlementSdf Norwegians in Shell
by county. MISSOURI. To hasten the
growth of this colony, he made trip
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

at her death let it 20 into, the Louvre.
Mr.. Walker was not dismayed, how
ever, and finally persuaded her to sell
it. AS she made the sale she said her
reasons were that she understood his !:
and she liked to have 11Her Man Is OF,
the Sea- in the same collection with>
her fathers "The Evening Call. -
"Angelus Bells,' a larger. sized and
more beautiful and immeasurably finer
than Millet's "Angelus,,' is in the
Chicago Art Institute, tho it was
brought to this country for Mr.. Walk
er. But he was unable to make the
purchase owing to an impending panic
in the financial world. -. ,.@
+ Professor French, director Of the in
stitute, and Mr. Mccormick, president
of the association, both consider "The
Evening Call' the better of the two,
and the best in this country. -.
4: .- :. knights Opinion. - 81. WV !.
stNo painter ever succeeded in putting
as much beauty and refinement of col.
r,15poetry and real impressionismz as
has Breton in this canvas. Millet put
feeling and impressionism, but r. sad;
weary, depressing scenes, giving the
sad and helpless side Of life, nothing
inspiring, as Breton's higher form of
peaSdHG Liz, Uetut1Iul anu IHteIcSC-4
ing arrayed in finest colors ever put
on canvas. Turner, Claude. Lorraine, ),
Lerolle Harpeignies, Cain, Richard
Wilson, mot one has ever produced
as many of the refined points ofzart as:
those found in the works Of Jules Bre->
! ton. [ regard him as not only the finest
| of modern painters, but the greatest
/ of all landscape painters in the world.
fsThe colors on the Breton canvases
are. not changing as those of Turner Is
are even now. They were honestly
?; painted, Led ], and their pigments DO, do not
James j Hill owns another Breton:
canvas, The Cleaners. '''sisa $50
::sx:. All Are Enraptured. =, :. III
IN Mr. Walker Is gallery all SORTS Of
! people congregate, children, the simple
4 lovers of art, connoisseurs, teachers,
artists and business men, but Mr.. Walk
er. says there are no pictures in tic
whole collection which make the III.
stant appeal that these two of Breton y
and his daughter s do. They strike all
alike with their beauty. It is ne: won
/ der that they have: this great powe:
! for Breton undertook a not inlpossibl
task, as did ~Millet, who wanted TO pic
ture the sound of the Angelus. Breton,
# gifted as a thinker and scholar and q
! poet Of ability; desired to paint in each
Y picture&a' little poem, beautiful and up
i iftine. And: each canvas, G"tIhe. Even
ing Call'D pre- -eminently, succeeds in
embodyingS and giving expression to
that most potent poetical appeal which
El$has* ever distinguished Breton.SS ~ \
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
Sunday, July g.. 1905.

to Norway to talk emigration to Ameri-
ca among his old Stayanger neighbors,
and he succeeded in getting many fami-
lies and unmarried men to remove to
Missouri. In Shelby county he also pur-
chased land for himself, to be given
away later. W
In 1910 Kleng was in Lee county,
Iowa, founding Norwegian settle
nient that was destined to flourish. The
first settlers here were men from the
Missouri colony, who did not like to
live in that state, because of their ha-
tired Of slavery. feeling common to
all Norwegians in America before the
civil war. a
Another Unhappy Marriage.
In 1847 Peerson was In the Bishop
Hill colony in Henry caunty, Illinois,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
All Are Enraptured.

vanger" july 4, 1925, and after a ! try
ing vcf'age Of fourteen weeks arrived
safely in New York. There were fifty
two persons on board when Che vessel
sailed and ffty-three when it landed |
born during the voyage to Mr. and
Mrs. Larson. The child thus born still
lives and is now Mrs. Margaret A.
Atwater of Western Springs, Cook |
county, ILL.,, refined and well-to:do
Kleng Peerson did not return to
Aen 3 IN the Of sGoR a0d but but
waiting for his friends in New. York
when they landed there. He had pur.
chased for them, with the help Of New
York Quakers, tract Of land in Ken
dali township, Orleans county, New
York, and thither he led them in the
fall of 1925. There he founded the
first Norwegian settlement in America,
years. He did not take any land, how
ever. His disposition: was that Of
wanderer, and it: seemed impossible for
him to stay very long at any one place.
Game West and Had ia Dream. '''>
He was doubtless the first Norwegian
to visit the country west Of the Great
He passed thru Chicago, or what be-
came Chicago, and tramped over the
level prairies to the west and south
| west. There something strange hap
| pened to him, if we are to believe
story he told his friends, a story which
has been handed down to the present
| time by their descendants:
While walking all alone over the level
expanse which later became La Sale
county, Illinois, he was seized by in
tense fatigue, and sinking down upon
the rich grass, fell into a deep, re-
freshing sleep. While in Sunderland,
he had a vision that seemed providen-
tial. He saw the fertile land around
him suddenly transformed from will
derness into thickly settled country,
peopled by his own countrymen. The
villages, cities and farms all gave evil
dence Of remarkable. prosperity and
contentment.
When Kleng awoke, he felt that God
had revealed to him the future home Of
his people. He thought Of Moses and
the promised land, and knew that, like
him, he had been divinely commits
stoned to lead his people from bondage
/ to a land of freedom and plenty. Great
| ly refreshed and strengthened, he
walked back to the cast and immedi-
/. ately began to interest the Norwegians
Of the Kendall settlement in the prom
1884, he led small party Of iNorwe-
gians to Illinois. and founded the fa-
nous Fox river settlement in La Sale
I county, which grew rapidly, spreading
into adjoining counties and becoming
one of the largest and most prosper
Gus Norwegian colonies in America.
3. Aided Many Norwegians.
Kleng bought considerable land here
4 for himself and his, relatives and
friends. His own land he later gave
4 away to- others who needed it more
u than he did. That was his practice-to
d give of his own to others i'm greater
~, ~ Il "a cEs yyay.S = - = -
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
Aided Many Norwegians.

Kleng bought considerable land here
for himself and his relatives and
friends. His own land he later gave
than he did. That was his ctice---to
give Of his own to others in greater
need. He must have aiyen sway over =
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