Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-12-06
SWEDEN.

fer them. After a while he found
the sheep But what did he seer A
wolf chasing them away. But the boy
was equal TO the task before him. In
stead Of thinking 0f saving himself.
he began 10 throw stones at the beast.
Now a second wolf appeared on tise
scene, But the boy kept up the fight
undismayed, and ne actually succeed
ed in keeping the sheep. One sheep
had been killed before the boy reached
the battle-ground. As soon as the
wolves were separated from the sheep
the boy drove the latter away. The
wolves proved thai they were not
afraid of staying at the same place
when the boy drove de sheep away
Nearly SG0O00 was raised on the so
called "Barnens Dag" (Children's
Day. ia StockholIs, city of less than
100000 inhabitants. The institutions
Is an annual one. started some years
ago 10 raise n fuAd to send poor chill
dren 10 the country Tor a vacation In
the summertime. Cowboys and COW
girls. in capes. somhreros and flannel
shirts rode about SAe streets bearing
contribution boxes. Boys and girls
ia fantastic costumes. hayrack loads Of
merry Young people in varied guise,
automobiles carrying popular actors
and actresses all made II their business
To see that nobody escaped without
contributing his mite. A big speetacE-
lar performance in the Stadium wound
up the proceedings and added greatly
10 the days proceeds.
At Ottio. near Str0mstad. is a linden
tree which is reck0ned 70 be one thou
sand years old It is hollow. and
seven grown persons can stand In the
cavity. A few years ago storm
hrOke the trunk In the middle. but
fresh shoots have grown out Of the
stump Generally speaking, this tree
IS about as old as Christianity in
Sweden.
On account Of the house famine the
old water tower and the old central
jail in AIalmo have been altered 50 as
to accommodate people who could find
no roofs TO cover their heads in the
city The former building now har-
bors 20. the latter 10 families. On the
first Of October there were 60 house
less families i'm the city.
Miss Karin Grenander. a young Swe-
dish lady who has been serving as
nurse in the German army. received
the medal Of the Red Cross at the
hands Of Kaiser Wilhelm At n later
date she was honored In similar man
ner by Kaiser Franz Joseph Of
Austria Hungary.
Sugar cards have been in use in all
parts ut Sweden since the first of No
vember The allowance Is two pounds
month for each individual But on
account 0i the Christmas holidays the
amount mag run up TO four pounds for
December.
An inv qtory Of the estate Of the
Iata r. .amdgren, the manager Of the
.Bukowsk art store Ia Stockholm, who
willed his property to the Seraflmer
hospital. shows that the hospital will
get shout $4,000 from this source.
The Stockholm seamen's home has
celebrated its twenty-fifth year Jubilee.
Admiral Palander made speech. The
employees Of the institution .ecefved
gifts amounting 70 mo:ah's wages.
All the present inmates also received
gifts.
AZ Tjbhhult. Hiorted parish. Skane. Is
small farm on which four genera
tons are living at the same time and
are getting along wen The oldest
couple are ainety-o1e and ninety years
old. ami they have been married sixty
eight years.
Sllansen, the world-famed open-air
museum in stool holm. has celebrated
It's twenty fifth year jubilee pr. Gus
tai Upmark p - present manager. had
pr cared memorial publication for
che occasion.
The StromStad museum has received
valuable gift from one of its pa
irons II is an album containing the
aut graphs Of all she rulers Of Swe-
den since the days Of King Erik XIV
A new railway il in process Of con
structlon between Braas and Boxhnlfa
Skane. Its eAtire Iength will be only
four miles
sixty million toas Of coal. 90 per
cent of which Is of good quality. has
been struck NJ AstOrP. SkaRe.
Al adopted dau ghter Of Esaias Teg-
ner. Ida Charpentie., died at vevlo. She
was lightweight years old
The war Is responsible for the re-
duced size Of Swedish iucifer matches
While I. Vetzell. Stockholm lawyer.
was pleading a case in court he sud
denly fell down ard died on the way to
the hospital. Heart failure was the
cause OF his death.
Diphtheria has been raging in Co
thenburg. * many as so persons
tlave been at the hospital at the same