Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-06-13
NORWAY.

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II is reported that Capt. Roald
AmundSen. the dlscoverer of the South
pole, is going to give the name Bessy
to the new ship which is being built
for carrying him to the regions of the
North pole. Inc explanation sounds
like fable. Betty is the name Of his
Old nurSe-for even the indomitable
discoverer of the South pole was real
ly under the sway of a nurse during a
certain period of his life Half cen
fury ago she came on board the state
ly tea clipper, Constantin, which yes
sci was commanded by Amundseas ia
Their. This event took place in Gothen-
burg, Sweden. Amundsen's parents
were at that time enjoying their hon
eymoon, and Betty Andersen girdled
the globe in company with them, go
ing by way of China and Ceylon. she
witnessed a mutiny on board the ship.
Chinaman proposed TO her, and she
was exposed TO sundry other dangers
during the trip. Finally she was con-
sidered hardy enough to keep n watch
ON four boisterous little Amundsens,
who made the whole neighborhood un-
safe when the snow was more or less
damp. Roald became Betty's particu-
lar favOrite, If there is anything that
she is proud of telling it Is, that she
once saved him from drowning. 1t
must be admitted that the water was
only one foot deep--he had tumbled
into fountain in the garden. But he
was only between one and two years
old. so that his life must have been
in danger. She pulled him out of the
water and rolled him on the lawn until
he came to again. Betty has stayed
with Amundsen ever since his mother
died. Now she is living In a little cot
tage which he has put up for her on
his property at Bundefjord. When the
news came that AmuBdsen had reach
ed the South pole someone said to her
that now she too would become IA
nous, to which she answered that she
would not like TO become famous by
any manner of means. But she cannot
help it, poor thing
Herring is such an important article
of food in Norway that the Norwe-
gians might be expected to study that
fish more closely than any other ma
ton. During the year 1915-1916 about
1000 herring were subjected to care
| full scientific investigations. Everyone
was weighed and measured. the sexual
development and the percentage of fat
were determined, etc. and finally the
age was found by counting the annu-
lars on the scales. OF the so-called
big herring" abOAt one-half were u
/ years old. They had been Matched in
| 1904 The crop of that year was an
! extraordinary one. For years past her
ring Matched in that year have fur
nished very large percentage of the
! herring caught in Norwegian waters.
Herring Matched in 1910 have also
| been favOrites, representing about 10
per cent of the materials that have
| been investigated The youngest big
| herring" were only three years old,
while the oldest had the respectable
| age OF eighteen years. Samples of
these extremes@were very few among
the II. 900 treated. The "big herring"
are so regular that the student can es-
tabllsh general facts with regard TO
them. Not so the "spring herring"
which is so irregular that It is almost
impossible TO establish general rules
with regard to Its habits, occurrence,
etc.
| More than one hundred NOrwes ian
steamers have been torpedoed by Ger
| man submarines since the beginning
of the new campaign OF ruthlessness,
| with loss of many Norwegian lives,
1 and only few days ago Norwegian
ship was seized hy German subma-
rine within Norwegian territorial wa
! ters and taken TO IA German port, in
spite of the protest of the commander
of Norwegian warship which could
not fire on the Germans because Of
lack of ball shells.
In Norway the anti-German senu-
ment has increased tremendously dur
ing the last week and the Norwegian
press Is already discussing the posi-
bllity Of breaking off diplomatic rela-
/ lions with Germany.