Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-19
NORWAY.

ran out on the Randsfiord, but soon
fell down on the slippery ice and could
not rise again. The dog was called
away, and some men went out to help
the animal to get on his legs again.
They did not succeed in this, though
the moose had sense enough TO per
NIT himself to be handled as though
he had been tame all his life. Then
the men got a horse and sled and
managed to take the moose to the
shore. The men expected that as soon
as he felt safe and sure ground under
his feet he would run away. But he
did not. He remained standing antil
the sheriff. who was Just coming to the
place, had time to give him a friendly
tap as If to say goodby, and then the
moose stalked away into the woods.
The price of building material is so
high that those who are interested in
the building trades appointed com
mittee to propose some remedy. Be
fore taking any steps, the committee
turned to the government for advice.
On account OF abnormally large eX-
ports. there is not enough lumber for
rebuilding the burned cities Bergen
and Mode, and brick will cost loo per
cent more than last year. il 1t ca be
had at all,
The battered Norwegian ship Sya-
land, dismasted February 20 in a gale
OF Sable Island, was brought into port
by the United States coast guard cut
ter Seneca after an exciting tow of 400
miles. Only the foremost and the
stump of the lower fore-topmast OF
the big ship were standing. Five of
her crew were slightly injured by
falling spars. She was bound in bal
last from Liverpool for New York.
Most of the stone and brick walls
left standing in the burned district of
Bergen have been torn down, and 1t
is said that all of them will have to
go in the course of time, though tenn
porary quarters have been prepared
in some of them. About $40 barracks
have been put up in the burned district,
the smallest being thirteen feet square
and the largest twenty-six feet square.
Mrs. Kristine Andersen of Tiste-
dalen was one hundred and three
years old the 18th OF March. She
looks remarkably well for her age, but
her hearing and eyesight are poor. and
she stays in bed most Of the time. Her
memory is good, and her mind is wide
awake. She has had thirteen children,
and the number OF her grandchildren
and eat-grandchildren is very large.
Gilbert Murray, an Englishman, was
not permitted to give a public lecture
on the war in Stockholm: but Murray
and Germans and Frenchmen are per-
mitted to talk war or anything in the
Norwegian capital
Mr.. Syrstad, a matchmaker at
Stenkier. has made an alarm clock
for the wireless station at Stavanger.
which may serve in so many different
rooms.
An organ grinder who died at the
Drammen hospital was supposed TO
be without means. But after his death
IL was found that he had left fortune
of $4,000 A number of people have
suddenly bobbed up. claiming TO be ms
heirs.
Even Norway has a mild type OF
"hyphenates They are the descen-
dants of people who have immigrated
into the country within the past two
or three hundred years II. the poll
tics of the day they will be found on
the side of those who wiz to ret:In
the state church, the Norvegian-Dan-
ish book language, and the liquor traf-
fc
The government is ready to propose
the liberalization OF the Drammen
railway. The power is to be obtained
from the Hagalid falls. in Hallingdal.
Nlnety-six Norwegian ships have
been lost during the war through sub
marines or mines, according to a
newspaper statement published here.
II has been established. says the state
ment, that 20 Norwegian steamers
have been destroyed by German sub
marines. II Norwegian subjects there
by losing their lives.
At vingan Trogstad, Is COW that
has given birth TO twins seven times
in succession. making fourteen calves
in less than seven years. This COW ia
supposed to hold the worlds record