The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-10
Friday, December 10, 1909

Il SlO1 HCAC " oIOChHOlIlI III SIZE.
, While there we called on relatives
: of Frank and Emil Uppstrom, John
, Klein, Will Johnson, Charles Peterson,
, Swan johnson, Nils johnson and John
Magnuson of Mankato and Olaf Lar
son of North Mankato. We were well
received by tine bookkeeper, the weigh
master, the superintendent, the tailor
and the professor, thanks be to them
ALL
Guthenburg, like Stockholm, is a
well built city with broad and well
paved streets. The canal passing
through the streets lends a pleasing
aspect to the city, which mas some
times been called Little London" but
perhaps 1t may be more ftly described
as the Liverpool of Sweden, being the
actual center of shipping and com
merce
We left Gothenburg by the way of
the "Gotha and Trollhatte canal route"
on the steamer Ceris. On this route
between Gothenburg and Stockholm are
seventy-tive locks and sixty four
bridges to pass through. We started
: at six O'Clock in the morning and about
9 a. m. we came to the first locks
at Lila Edet. At noon we came to
Trollhattan and there we left the
steamer to see the new and the old
locks. On both sides of the canal stood
squads of guards, who through flag
signals gave us permission to pass
along the river to see the different
falls and caves. During the strike no
one had been allowed to pass that
way. But the 9th day of September
was the first day of work at Troll
haitian after the strike and we were
there the 10th of September. 1t took
the steamer two hours to pass through
the twelve locks, and at p. m. we
went ON board the steamer at the
hotel above the falls. In the evening
we came to Vennersborg, city at the
southwest end of Lake Venern, the
largest inland lake of Sweden. We
had passed very beautiful scenery dur
ing the day. In the morning we came
to the village of Toreboda and there
we took the train to Gotened, by the
way of Mariestad. Coming to Gotened
we drove five miles to Kinnekulle, IA
very fertile plateau, where we visited
G. klason, brother OF Klason and
Mrs. +. Widell of MankatO. Klason
Is wealthy, prosperous farmer and
cheesemaker.
In his company we visited relatives
and friends of Sixtus and General G.
Widell of Mankato; called on the
Baron Carl klingspar of Robecl, who
showed us his castle, park and orchard
himself. We met also Graf Hammel-
ton; visited five churches of when
Husaby is the most historical At
Husaby spring, near the church Olof
Skotkonung, the first Christian king
of Sweden was baptized in the year
1000 a. d. We drank out of the
spring. The old ruins by the church
stand yet.
From Kinnekulle Mrs. Tuleen and
son went home to Wimmerby and L
went to Stockholm for the third time,
arriving at Wimmerby few days
later.
The CHIEF industries of the southern
part of Sweden are farming and dairy
ing, that of the central part farming,
dalrylng and manufacturing, and that
of the northern part lumber and min
ing. The wages vary from l:50 to
. krons per day lone kron is 2!
cents. The cheapest meal we could
get cost one kron, consisting of plain
steak. bread, butter and water The
regular meals cost from two to five
krons. Lodgings, the cheapest room
| heard of, for one person, was two
krons.
The wages and the cost of living
do not harmonic.
The End and 3rd of October we had
farewell party at the home of my
parents and on the 4th of October
we started for Mankato, Mimi, WIS.,
iting on our way Malmo, Copenhagen,
Esbjerg, Parkeston, New Castle, York,
Edinburgh, Glasgow, New York, James
town, Niagara Falls, Chicago, Tampico,
Rock Island and Davenport, arriving
at Mankato in the evening of Nov 5.
The trip as a whole, was a very
pleasant one and we were well treated
wherever we came. Myself and fam
lily enjoyed the best of health during
the whole Journey