Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-26
Letter from DIR. Wendt.
Or The Rhine, July 10. 1907

On The Rhine, July 10, 1907.
Editor Leader: Believing that MANY
friends might be pleased to hear from
us before returning home, | avail
myself of a lull in the whirling beau
ties of the Rhine to drop you a few
lines SO that home friends may not
think we have forgotten them.
| wish to write especially of our
most pleasant part Of our trip, and
the country we most desired to see in
our trip abroad.
A pleasant trip across the ocean
found us glad to see Old..Norway and
after a formal transfer of our effects
to the good city Of Christiania, we be-
gan to see the sights, and finally be-
gan to visit the Christiania hospitals
and the eminent professors of medi-
cine. l was treated with great cour-
tesy and shown everything Of interest
and cannot say enough to express
my appreciation OF the generous recep-
tion extended me. Nearly all the
professors spoke good English which
was much enjoyed by a western yam
kee so far from home. l studied their
hospital work carefully and found
much to admire in the perfect system.
We left CEristiania for Fagerncss
and expected an ordinary trip but
soon discovered the beauty and charm
of the wonderful valleys of southern
Norway.
We arrived at Fagerness in the
evening and was met at the station
by Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Sexe and their
cousin Ole Strand, a former resident
of Lincoln county. The town is sur
rounded by mountains about 1000 feet
high. n'the evening about 8 o'clock
we all went fishing. The previous
evening Mr.. Sexe and Mr.. Strand
caught sixty fish but l told them they
because / was a hoodoo, and sure
en- ough we got no fish and not ven a
bite. 1t was just awful.
There is no railroad between Eager
ness and Bergen so we started ouJ
overland with Mrs. Sexes two cousins
driving. Our party consisted of Mr..
and Mrs. Sexe, Will Tank, Judge
Forrest and myself. 1t was a trip
never to be forgotten, and l believe
Judge Forrest described it in full in a
recent letter to the LEADER, but l
can't help saying that the scenery
was magnificent and l can't believe
there is anything more beautifully
grand in the whole world.
One of the pleasant features of the
overland trip was Mrs. Sexes famili-
arity with the country and the people.
She pointed out the former homes of
many who are residents of good old
Lincoln now.
At Lardahl we found a fair and a
dance in full bloom, and both were
interesting. We sailed On Sogn Fjord
for a day and we visited a sister of
Mr.. Ringheim, senior, of Canton.
We landed safely in Bergen after
passing through a great many tunnels
on the railroad. We spent two days
at Bergen where I took a snapshot of
Ole BULBS famous violin which is in a
museum there. From Bergen we
went by boat to Trondhjem, where
we found daylight all night. We
at 2 am. and pulled the blinds M
did the best we could to think it was
night and time to sleep.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sexe left us at Bergen
to go to Hardanger.
At TrOndhjem there were so many
signs with the name of Dahl, that we
felt sure that our friend Nels Dahl
must have came from this place.
There is over 300 Dahl's in the city
directory.
From Trondhjem we returned to
ChriStlania, then TO copenhagen and
to Kiel where we saw AZ German Wal
vessels.
From Kiel we journeyed to Ham
burg where Mr.. Tank left us t visit
with his mother, two sisters and a
brother.
From Hamburg we went to
Berlin where ] spent a very
profitable week with Prof. Maggie,
father of Herman Maggie of Canton,
one of the most eminent physicians
in the German capital.
I visited the hospitals and the sick
with Prof. Maggie and he kept us busy
for a. whole week. Iran out to Schie-
der to visit nv fathers two brothers,
then back to Cologne to see the great
Cathedral and now we are on the dear
old Rhine bound for Paris. After a
few days there we 60 to Brussels,
then to Amsterdam, London and
Liverpool where we take a steamer
back to America and dear old Canton.
We shall return by the ST. Lawrence
river via Montreal, Quebec and Chi
cagO.
We expect to leave Liverpool on
July 26 and reach Canton on or about