Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28
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heard our first concert, as all the
streets adjoining the garden were
packed for blocks with people who
became soaked to the skin that
they might catch even the faintest
echo of the music as it shattered
the rain laden atmosphere. At the
conclusion of the prog ram we at
tempted to form in marching order,
but gave it up, and were literally
picked up and carried to our stop
ping place. The police admitted
that not even the entrance of the
newly chosen king and queen into
the city had brought out a more
numerous or enthusiastic multi
tudc. The papers were lavish in
their praises, and if we were not
carried away by our social and ar
tistic triumphs it was because all
of us were possessed in fair de-
gree of the American saving grace
of common sense To be feted and
feasted and treated like personali-
ties of great consequence was a
novel experience for a lot of young
men who for the most part had
never before commencing their mo-
mentous journey, been farther away
from home than the school at
Mortified, and never attended any
social function of greater impor-
lance than the spelling bee in their
home district school house or a pub
lie ball in their village hall.
In Kristianie, as elsewhere, our
Students caps, which we wore
when not on duty, admitted us free
of charge to everything
cars, museums, excursion boats,
amusement places, etc.
On July 5th, we were taken for
a trip to Eidswold, Norway's
most historic spot, where in 1914
on the 18th of May the declara-
ton of independence was signed.
The old building is still standing
and the room and even the benches
upon which the sturdy old Morse
men sat while in council. After
viewing all the points of interest
here we gave a concert in the
open air which was listened to by
several thousand peasants who had
gathered from far and near. At the
close of the concert a delig htful
luncheon was served to us, at
which the WI tier had for part
ner clever young miss who was
home on her summer vacation and
who took a keen delight in speak
ing Cockney English, not Amer ican,
with the most bewitching accent
imaginable. London English is
taught in all the public schools of
Norway, as is German and French,
and when, as sometimes happened,
we were at loss to express our
selves in Norwegian, we generally
could make ourselves understood in
English.
On the evening of the 9th we
made another successful appearance
at the Tivoli Garden.
On the 9TH we embarked on the
cars for Gjovik, pretty little town
of about 5000 where over 1900
people attempted to crowd into 8
hall holding ordinarily 1900. The
hospitable residents and visitors re-
fused to let us retire, and as there
was at this time no perceptible
night in Norway, we were royalty
entertained in the gardens surround
ing the Victoria Hotel until five
O'Clock in the morning, when we
boarded a boat for a ride on the
Mjosen, an inland sea of consider
able size and incompatible beauty
landing at Lillehammar, prosper
Gus little city, at about ten O'Clock.
AT this place, DIR. Sandvig, Z
noted and wealthy dentist, has
brought and is still bringing to-
gether, a collection of the old
fashioned peasant farmhouses, some
of which date from the 10th anc
18th centuries. These structure:
are all of wood, and their remark
able state of preservation is a sourct
of great wonder to the tourist
Columns might be written upor
this historic group of building:
and their contents, than which
there is no more remarkable IL
the world today. Only about hal
the band took advantage of this op
portunity to familiarize themsclvc
with the intimate personal life o
the old time jewellers of the lanC
of their parents; thesother half sue
cumbing to the memorable comman'
of nature, stretched themselves up
on the yielding grass, and like
company of exhausted soldiers, wer
soon fast asleep. They were no
permitted to slumber long, however
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