The Adair County news., 1912-09-04


q. Norway. o- g., least IA certain
parts Of +. ..a.e is a Wen known
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ef,., ;.-..--.- ...1.l -' '@'''' PEI
sons. b. #.... .-.-. arrival &C par
U..... place. most frequently t-elr
s-a home. s. announced beforehand
a. DISTINCTIVE, sound s.. such ms are
usually CD naturally made lv the per-
son A.. ..ass-.
u Is .r-- . limited number o. per
son. g. WHOM dis property Is attach
- -.. shave % rs-Lowr," as the
phrase e. and "a. preloui.ory sounds
are ao5 always heard nor Boy Ill per
sons. Very often it is only members
Of fIa family OF near relatives who no
tice them at al. Much more rarely
the person is seen instead Of being
heard some time before his or her ar
rival. It is TO be particularly noted
that rhc idea OF the vardogr is not one
which is confined TO the uneducated
classes. 1t is equally recognized and
its reality admitted by persons Of edu-
cation and culture.
The following interesting account
was given bv Miss T.. a schoolteacher
in the town of Drammen:
IF is nothing unusual TO find people
in Norway who have a yardogr-that is
to say. that one can hear or see them
before they really come in person.
Such cases are found in nearly every
family, but in some more frequently
than in others. In the cases of nv
father and eldest brother it happens so
often that we do not think it in the
least remarkable. / remember one par
ticuIar instance which l shall relate.
I'VE expected my father home from
a long voyage and got word that he
had arrived at a little harbor in the
firth. but at the same time there came
q message saving that unfortunately
he could not get home for several days,
as the ice prevented him from COM
ing I'D We were very much disap-
pointed, because we were Just then
about to have a family gathering.
When we had assembled in the even
ing we talked about how delightful it
would have been if father could have
come Nv mother then took a book
and read aloud. while we children
worked. when we all heard the kitchen
door open and fathers well known
step come in. He put down a box
which he was CARRYING. and we heard
him speak to the servant who sat in
a side. room.
"'Oh. there is papar shouted three
or four of us together and rushed out
to the kitchen to be the first to well
come him. But there was no one
there. We ran in to the servant. but
she had heard nothing. We thought
that perhaps he had gone out again.
but no-there was no one. So distinct
" had we all heard him. however, that
my youngest sister, who was rather
nervous. burst into tears, thinking it
must be a warning that something
had happened to him. 1t was the first
time she had heard his vardogr, but
my mother. who was well accustomed
TO it, said very calmly:
Go to bed, children. 1t was only
papa's vardogr, and now we know for
certain that he will be home for to-
morrow
"Sure enough, an hour afterward we
had him safely home. Now, since he
has got older, and especially since he
gave up going to sea, we hear him
much more seldom. But in his youth
his mother heard him constantly and
sometimes even heard him knock on
her window and call her by name.
Sometimes it woke her by night, and
she would rise and go to open the
door, but there was no one there the
first time. An hour later he would
actually come. That happened partic-
ularly when he was expected home
from sea"
Another lady, Miss R., gave the fol-
lowing account. which shows that the
vardogr does not merely announce
,-bot r,;o,+ DofuraIJv no aynactpd hut