Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
SWEDEN.

SWEDEN.
| Nils Magnus Bengtsson Of Eilestorp.
Tjarby, died at the age of seventy
eight. He was not man WHO put his
stamp on his contemporaries. But this
was due not to lack of natural gifts,
| but to unfavOrable circumstances.
| Humping and whipping, scolding
and quarreling, distress and starva-
| ton made of him an odd person"
Bengtsson was thrift personlfied. He
used to tell that In all his life he had
wasted only three ore. that is, about
/ three-quarters of one cent. That event
/ took place at Daholm on natal day,
/ when he bought a quart of lean beer.
It is further told that he once bought
/ "A secondhand pair of shoes for Sl.9O.
and he made them last for 30 years by
mailing tinplate under the sOles, and
using them only when necessary that
| Is 70 say when he went TO church or
attended some highly important func-
| ton. He went to church often, but
| he was barefooted when the weather
permitted Ii. In order to save an extra
penny he once made an agreement with
/ the farmer for whom he worked not
10 eat pork for a whole year, on con
| dition that his pay should be 1913
higher than otherwise. He had a
great reputation for taking good care
of the stock put under his charge. A
/ few years ago he gave $500 to the poor
people of the community, and on an
other occasion he gave a chandelier TO
his church.
German submarines and light war
craft. together with ZeppeIins, are con
tinuing their activities in the Gulf OF
Bothnia. Hardly day passes without
/ one or more Scandinavian vessels be-
ing sunk. The Zeppelins scout regu-
! larIy along the Swedish coast line, Oc-
casionally coming inside the territorial
| limits. A Swedish naval patrol drove
away Zeppelin TO the eastward Of
Stockholm. Recently the Swedish tor
pe,lo boat Castor rescued Denmark's
largest sailing vessel. the Per Upland,
from capture.
Both chambers of the riksdag have
Endorsed the proposition of the gov
eminent to the effect that the rule re-
ouiring the retirement Of public school
| teachers at the age OF sixty should be
enforced only in cases where the To-
! cal school authorities. find such re-
/ tirement will be n instinct benefit 10
the school work. But exceptions from
the rule shall be permitted only dur
ing this year and he next.
The government has asked for an ap-
propriation Of $2G0o.OO0 for the es-
adjustment of an asylum for POO in
sane people and 200 imbeciles whose
! low mentality precludes ordinary edu-
cation.
The city Of Stockholm is going to
buy large tract of land known as the
/ Ssarpnack property In Brannkyrka
parish. The exact price Is not known,
1 but II will run up into millions of
/ kroner
/ The national food commission has
asked the government for S675,OOO for
the purchase Of butter in Denmark.
There is chance to get 40 tons Of
Danish butter a week.
one milllo. salmon fry were set free
/ last spring IN the Lagan river at
/ Ysby.
The railway department has in
dorsed a proposition made in the sec
ond chamber of the riksdag to make
an inquiry with regard TO the merg-
ing of the private railways into the
state railway system. The question
/ Of renting private railways by the
/ government is to be considered al the
same time.
WindmilS used 10 he numer us in
Uoland. Now they are passing away
one after another The timber and
iron used in their construction are sold
Mt high prices.
/ The Swedish Mexico Steam
ship line cleared $750000 last year.
/ The company disposed of the money
by distributing a dividend of 10 per
cent and giving the stockholders one
new share for every two shares Of the
old stock.
The Nestor among the bishops OF
Sweden. Bishop Ullman Of Strengths,
was eighty years old the first of May.
The grand old man has been in the
service Of the church of Sweden for 20
years as a pastor and IS years as a
} bishop.