Willmar tribune., 1908-10-28
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The double-tracking of the railway
between Stockholm and Upsala has
been completed.
The government is going to estab-
lish bakeries for the benefit of the
soldiers even in the rural districts.
Count w. Won Hallwyl has decided
to donate his famous palace with it's
collections Of art objects to the city
OF Stockholm. The property faces
Berzelii Park and is valued at $4O0,-
900.
"Grangesberg'' is the title of book
written by w. A. Grebst. The first
edition contained 5000 copies, and
three other editions had to be pub.
lished within four weeks. A fifth, or
even sixth edition will be out by
the time this paper reaches it's read
ers.
A company of gypsies who arrived
at Sundsvall from FINLAND looked as
tho they might harbor millions OF
cholera bacilli, and to their consterna-
tion everything that they had was
fumigated. Among their effects were
found cash and securities amounting
to more than $4,000.
There is very limited portion of
the Baltic sea the depth of which
is not known. This place is located
southeast of Stockholm. It has been
sounded to depth of 1850 feet, but
no bottom was reached at that depth
Outside of this space the depth no.
where exceeds $40 feet.
Many wells suddenly went dry in
Trelleborg. At first the owners were
unable to explain the phenomenon;
but it was finally found to be due to
excavations going on at the bottom
of the harbor, several springs rushing
into the pit which was kept dry by
means of powerful pumps running
night and day.
August Strindberg has completed
new drama entitled "Abu Casem's
Slippers" The work is built on
French legend and ARABIAN Nights"
The drama is expected to take we'll in
Sweden and Norway, but the Danes
do not enjoy it because it touches
upon the "Stockholm Massacre" in
which the Danes played an unenviable
part.
Two poachers were found by men,
bers of royal hunting party at
Bokeberg. Both of them took to
their heels, and one of them started
for the spot where the king was stand
ing. When he understood that he
could not escape he threw away his
gun and crept under a bush, where
he was picked up and placed before
the king. The king enjoyed the situa-
tion hugely and had a talk with tie
man, who was set free without any
molestation.
The strangest farmer in the kins
dom of Sweden died this fall at the
age of "a years. His name was Mick
ell Person, and he lived and died
in the Farila mountain valley, Helsing-
land. At the age of nine his lower
limbs were paralyzed, and for three
quarters of a century he moved about
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or crawling on all fours. His arms
seemed to receive the combined
strength of hands and feet, and the
cripple became a toiler of almost
superhuman endurance. To swing the
blacksmith's hammer, do carpenter
work and carve was. his delight at
spare moments. In other respects
he was prototype of Helsingland
farmer. Without legs be plowed,
and reaped his fields as ably as any of
his neighbors. In winter he fe1led
trees and hauled logs like other men.
Like worm he crawled about in
earth and water, sawed down the
trees of the forest, loaded them on
his sleds and hauled them down the
mountain slopes nothing done by
others was shirked by him. He had
to take hand everywhere, and every
thing that he touched was apt to
succeed. At his death he left large.
fertile fields which he had worked
day and night-on his knees!