Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-21
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT ZAP.
PENINes IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest 20 the seandInavlans
In America.
SWEDEN.

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have been engaged in establishing a
gendarmerie in Persia are now re.
turning from their mission which has
made them known practically through.
out the whole world. The first ones to
return wefe Maj. II. Anden OF the Hell
| SINCE regiment. and his wife, who ac-
companied aim; Capt. V. Zettergren OF
| the lSlfsborg regiment and Capt. N. A.
| OsterAerg Cf the Vasternorrland regi.
ment. The Swedes left Persia in three
different groups. General Hjalmarson
Is the only one who is not going to re-
turn to Sweden. He is to accompany
the others to Petrograd. where he pro-
poses to take leave of his comrades
and proceed to China for which coun-
| try he has been requested to organize
/ gendarmene. Before making any
| definite arrangement with the Chinese
! government he wants to take some
| time to make himself familiar with the
| circumstances.
The provincial government of Vas
ternorrland has reported to the ma
/ uonal government on the so-called
missionary work carried on by Peter
| Gustaf Lindberg Fernelius and Nils A.
Hansen, American citizens, and Har-
ale Valdemar Jankowsky, a Danish
| citizen. According to the report the
work Of these men in Sundsvall had
been carefully watched. At one meet
/ ing Jankowsky read letter which told
| about the conditions in Utah, and then
he said. There. you see that it is not
so dangerous to go to Utah as some
people claim in their letters" The
entire agitation of Jankowsky was ia
ken to be covert endeavor to induce
people to emigrate TO Utah. Lindberg-
| Fernelius had given lessons in English
to young women who had Joined the
Mormons, which was evidently done
for the purpose of preparing them for
going to Utah at some future date.
King Gustaf has given two valuable
weapons to the Swedish armory as an
illustration of the art of making fire.
arms In Sweden. One of the gifts is a
musket with flintlock by Nussbaum,
Drottningholm. Stockholm, in the eight
eenth century Among the rich orna-
ments of the barrel of the gun are the
letters "F. A." which indicate hiatt
| the piece was made for Duke Fredrik
| Adolf The other is a saber made at
Abo in 1898. The gilt silver ornaments
/ % al MI or
velous skill. The saber is supposed
to have been made for Gustav Nv
Adolf
A fox with a bell tied to his neck has
seen seen time and again in the woods
of Hultsjo parish. Smaland. He is so
| tame that he will people come
within three yards of Am, but just as
| they are about to catch him he jumps
out of reach II is plain that he is a
captive who has managed to get away
from his owner 1t is hard to see how
he can catch enough game to exc out
a living as long as his bell warns
every living thing of his coming.
The perch in Kingston. a lake in
| the southernmost part of Sweden,
seem to have gone on most success
| full strike At the proper season OF
| the year So fishermen went out on
! the ice to haul in the fish as usual.
But not a single one of them noticed
! a single nibble. They are naturally
wondering what is the matter. The
strike is a very serious matter to the
fishermen, for they depend on the
winter catch nj perch for part of their
living.
Very large quantities os Goldfish have
ben caught OF Trelleborg this spring.
A small boat often fetched over two
hundred pounds of fine fish in day. II
is easy to sell the fish at five or six
cents a pound. The fishermen had
poor luck earlier in the season, and as
il to even up the consumption the
| people of the neighborhood now con
sumo such large quantities that there
is not much left for shipping to other
localities.
No more dancing after midnight in
Stockholm. The stakeholder of Stock
holm has commenced to interfere with
the public balls. He used to be quite
liberal in granting permission to run q
ball with all its enjoyments way down
into the small hours. Now he is get
ting to be more strict. Time and again
he has decreed that balls and serving
of drinks must close at midnight.
Maj Boris Moller of the Hallant
-egiment has again been the object Of
special attention on the part Of the
government of Persia, having been ap
pointed an officer of public instruction
first class, just before leaving Teherar
for his native land.
julius Car Caspar. d. LII. Swedish
consul at Hanover. who is serving il
the battlefield in the west, has beer
appointed to the position of captain o
the horse by General Won Bulow, and
has also been decorated with the iroI
cross.