Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-05-26
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINes IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF interest to the seandlnavlans
In America.
SWEDEN.


OF new warship. the Sverige, King
Gustaf warned the people that the
danger that Sweden may be drawn
into the war has by no means d.
minished.
$50 far we have been able to keep
out of the struggle" he said. 1T is
my sincere hope that with the aid of
the Almighty we may remain at peace
with all nations, but the danger that
We may be drawn in il no less now
than at the outbreak OF the war"
The king expressed confidence that
all factions would unite to defend
Sweden II her liberty was threatened
by an sggressor. His speech was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm.
A drs~ry life came to an end when
a woman at Vaby. Vessige parish,
Skane. died the other day. At the
age af twenty-three she had to take
% bed. and there she remained until
she died at the age OF sixty-six. The
| strangest feature of this strange life
/ was that until the last year OF her
life she was sound both physically
| and mentally. She was never trou-
bled with anything that could be prop
| eriy called paralysis. II was general
| iy supposed that some nervous shake
/ up at the age Of twenty-three made her
believe that she could not leave her
! bed. and when she had remained in
bed Tor a few years she could not have
| left her bed even If she made seri-
GUS efforts to do so. Such abnormal
cases are known. but they are very
rare.
A Swedish Birgitta nun. Sister Ma
ria Elizabeth Miss Maria Elizabeth
/ Hesselblad OF Falunl, has distin-
/ guished herself in Rome. Sha is
! known as mater Elizabeth for she
! has charge Of four novices who are
soon expected to take the VOW as
nuns and don the black veil of -.
/ Birgitta. BY means Of prayer and
/ work they endeavor to make their
/ fellow men happier After the last
earthquake in Italy they took care Of
/ several children. Their everyday
work is to make Yadstena neckties.
In their prayers they always remem-
Der the country and the people OF st.
| Birgitta. their patron saint
The men employed in the quarries
I OF sweden find it difficult to make
/ q living since the war stopped the
expectation Of their products to Ger
l r-,rv T,. Cnu{afsa+fa r,arn hare af
/ the riksdag have asked the govern
/ ment TO come to the relief OF the men
| by ordering work for the government
or by loaning money to the quarrymen
7 SO that they may go on with their
1 work, with the understanding that
they viii be able TO sell their products
/ at the close Of the war.
The northern cemetery Of Lund is
I simply overrun with rabbits and hares
4 They dev0ur not only the tender
/ plants put into the earth by the ten
I der hands Of the Inourners, but occa-
( sionaily even saynpIe the wreaths
hich are placed on the graves Sew
{ sral persons have been granted hunt
ing licenses for the pufaose Of exter-
Elinating the animals. but the hunting
season is so short that the pest re-
mains almost undated.
The military authorities are inter
ested in finding out how much a man
grows after the age OF twenty-oue
years. Strange as it may seem, this
point has not been covered by the
medical profession, and now 1t Is pro-
posed that the military authorities u
Sweden make arrangements for meas
uring 5000 young recruits at certain
times so as to have data for statistical
calculations.
A farmer at Kulla had horse which
sas old but we'll fed and fire. A Ger
man agent offered 5000 for the ami
NAL But when the farmer under
stood that the horse was wanted for
the war he answered that he would
not sell it for $4,000 Shortly after
wards the farmer proved that he
meant just what he said By selling the
horse to his butcher for $50.
Shipment OF all kinds of war ma
terial across Swedish territory has
been forbidden, according to a state
ment OF the royal board Of trade. CON-
municated to the legation in Wash
ington
The standard Of the tourist hotel at
SGtansborg. Rattvik, is to be improved
so that # viii be in a position to com.
/ pete with the best tourist hotels In
other parts OF the world. The
changes win be made chiefly in the
bin of fare.
The Bakers union win hold con-
vention TO discuss the question OF
producing a cheap kind OF family
bread. The minister of agriculture
has also urged the bakers OF the coun.
try to make experiments for the same
purpose.
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: Sewing Broken Hearts.
A Russian surgeon named Zeldler