Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-08-26

ST. PAUL "
minnesota Historical socIses
sundown arrive at the city of Veners-
borg, widely built town, at the
south end Of Lake Vanern, the capital
Of Alfborgs Ian, population 5000 A
short stop was made here to let off
passengers and freight, and then our
steamer plies the then still waters of
the lake. while we remain ON deck un-
til late enjoying the mild twilight Of
this northern cline, the enchanted
scene of lake, wooded shore, here and
there villa or old castle, while
lighthouse now and then warns the
mariner of dangerous places Lake
Vanern IS the third In rank among
the large lakes Of Europe, being no
less than 1920 square miles in area
Il lies Ia feet above the level of the
sea. and its greatest depth IS about
2e0 feet Like Lake Vettern, it be-
longs TO a prehistoric arm of the sea,
which once separated Skane from the
rest OF Sweden, even after the ice pc
riooi It IS bounded on the Aorth by
the province of VarnIand. d region o.
lakes and forests, whence the great
kIaretf falls into it. Not far from
the south shore is the high hill of
kinnekulIe, which is of interest on ac-
count of its geological formation and
the richness of the vegetation cover
ings its slopes.
We retired to our berth and after a
sound nights sleep awoke TO find that
our steamer had entered the canal
that connects Lake Vanern and Lake
Vattern, and was engaged in climbing
the series of 20 locks on this section
of the canal, by which a difference i'm
height amounting to Isl feet has to
be overcome. We Were now passing
thru fine agricultural district with
numerous prosperous looking farm
homes. Crops grew almost up to the
canals edge and looked fine, although
Sweden has suffered this year from
severe drought
As I am to leave the steamer at 10
o'clock this forenoon at Torehoda,
where I board the cars for karlstad,
on the north shore of Lake Vanern,
I must before | disembark make the
reader acquainted with the captain of
the Motalastrom. c. A. Svensoa, 8
tall and handsome gentleman, very
genial and kindly. In his youth he
had made many voyages to America
and had served on the first ship that
left Charleston after the civil war,
the same having on board q cargo of
cotton. In New York one Fourth OF
July he came very near being killed.
He and some other sailors had climb
| ed a mast in order to view the eeie-
! hrasioa-oa shore, y assssss ss.l at once, a
bullet grazed his elbow and bored a
hole thru the arm of his shirt He
said it did not take him long to come
down, and to this day he is somewhat
prejudiced against the strenuous
manner IN which we celebrate our ma
tionaI holiday. The captain has {
SON in America who holds a high po-
sition in theU. S. Navy on the Pacific
coast
| A word must also be said in praise
of the meals served on this cana
steamer. The menu was fit for {
king, the service first class and tbs
price very reasonable.
/ On this trip, had the pleasure o.
becoming acquainted with Nels Ben
son, a prominent business man 9.
Drayton, N. D., and his wife, ans
4 their nephew-a wide-awake Anleri
can boy who was always hungry AM
very much interested In baseball re
membering well the time when Dray
ton played Warren. They were Wis
ftfng relatives in Sweden and wer
now on their way to Stockholm. Their
were also many other Swedish-Ane
ricaa tourists, and some from Eng
land and Germany on board
We would have liked to contlnu
our canal trip, the remaining portiol
being even more interesting, It IS SAL
than the section traversed- but W
were anxious to get to our relative
in VarnIand, hence at Toreboda w
left the steamer to have olr first rid
on a Swedish railway train.
j. P. Mattson.