The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-08
Henry Bond Sends Interest
ing Letter Concerning
Stay in Norway
TRAVELLED ON ICE
AND MADE SNOWBALLS
lie and Mrs. Bond Made Trip Through
FJords Where Cliffs Rise 5000 Feet
Rode Down Mountain Path at
Edge of High Precipice.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bond of Tyler
street apparently are enjoying their
European trip. Mr.. Bond gives some
interesting details in a letter to Frank
I Harmon OF Bratt!eboro, dated Chris
tIahla, Norway, July 20 The letter is
as follows:
can hardly realize that il is over
SIX weeks since we left home because
our time has been 50 fully occupied
We are both well and have been All Of
the time; Mrs. Bond is standing the
trip splendidly. We did not remain in
IfoodhJem as long as we planned be
cause It was so cold, it was so far
north We saw the sun set after 10 y.
m. and when we went to he'd about
l2.30, midnight, it was getting red in
the East for sunrise could read fine
print out of doors ut any hour OF the
night. II does not get dark. but IN
stead there is the beautiful yellow
Norwegian night.
Where we have been ar Troudhiem
the nights are now between two ana
three hours long; in June they are less
than one-half hour long In December
there Is daylight for only a few hours
each day. When we were there the
snow was vet on the mountains. Dur
ing this last week have more than
once been walking on snow. and Zee and
making snow balls.
During the last ten DAYS we have
been on trip through the Fiords Of
norway. we We're on a steamer that
stopped for the party to visit places Of
special interest on the land The boat
Went up the different Fiords, and the
scenery was some of the finest and
&fahdest we ever saw. At some places
the water would not bc more than one
eighth of a mile wide aud the cliffs
rise almost perpendicular from the wa
ter, and some of them are 1000 feet.
aooo feet and some 60O0 feet hioh
Numerous streams. some Of them quite
large. come down these mountain sides
lfom the melting SHOWS and made wa
terfalls that were often many hundreds
Of feet high without a break.
When we landed to visit poiptS Of
interest we travelled in two-wbeeled
cart, called here 'Stolkiaerre. : that
IS drawn by a small Norwegian pony
that Is almost always ucksllin in color.
They Will come down the mountain very
fast; they are sure footed and pooi
hatnred. The Stolkiaerre has one seat
ana that Is wide enough for only two.
ana the driver, often boy rides on a
small seat behind When we come
down the mountain the wheel often
comes near the edge The roads are
narrow, and from the edge it is some
times hundreds of feet down The
roads are zig gag the only way they
can build road up these mountains.
and some of the turns are very sharp.
but the ponies keep on their feet. |
90 back to Stockholm this week to AT
tend the European Baptist convention;
then we shall sail for England atl
spend some time there and in Scotland.
We have enjoyed Sweden and Nor
way exceedingly even more than we
expected. We are especially pleased
with Sweden and the Swedish people.
We heartily enjoyed the time we were
at Bengtsfors, which is the town near
the homes of Annie and Elsa. We
hope everything is going all right at
home, and that YOU are all well. Mrs.
Bond Joins me in wishing to be remem-
bered to your family and to Annie and
Elsa
Yours sincerely.
'HENRI BOND =