Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-12-19
NORWAY.

Norway, Sweden and Denmark have
entered a new agreement TO preserve
the utmost neutrality" An official
| statement announced this result of the
| conference of the Scandinavian kings
and statesmen which took place In
Christiania few days ago. The con-
| ference, according 10 announcement,
agreed on Scandinavian harmony and
mutual confidence, regardless of the
| length of the war. each nation TO OBJ
serve the utmost neutrality and all TO
assist each other by exchange of mer-
chandise." An agreement was reach
| ed on the following points: First
BY reason of The harmony existing be-
tween the three countries, however
! long the war may last and whatever
| form ii may take, the cordial rela-
! tions and mutual confidence of the
! three kingdoms shall be maintained.
Second--In conformity with the pre-
vious declarations and policies of the
three countries, II is the full intention
| of their governments each for itself TO
observe the utmost degree of neutral
! ity toward all belligerent powers.
! Third-The desire Is expressed recip-
/ rocally to aid one another with mer-
| chandise during the present difficult
! ties. and special representatives are
/ TO meet Immediately 10 facilitate the
/ exchange of merchandise At the
meeting there was discussion In ref
| erence to legislation dealing with the
/ relations of foreigners and Scandina-
Wan subjects. An agreement also was
reached regarding the continuation of
preparatory measures toward safe
guarding the common interests OF neu-
trails during and after the war
Arne BiOrndal has been hired by the
national government TO collect old
dancing tunes and other instrumental
music. He has just finished his tour
! of Satesdalen. where he says he made
''rich harvest" Some Of the tunes
came from Telemarken. that great
StorehOuSe Of original Norwegian
tunes. but they have been modified 10
suit the taste of the people of Safes
dalen. Most of the tunes collected
( by Mr.. Biorndal, however are peculiar
1 to Satesdalen. and he was greatly sur
prised to find that so many were the
( exclusive property of SateSdalen. A
| large proportion of the tunes are
/ waltzes. II was high time that the
/ tunes were saved from oblivion. There
/ are but few fiddlers left in the valley.
/ Modern revivals have smashed the I'D
dies and muzzIed the folders. Arne
I Biorndal is the only man doing this
kind of work I'm Norway making II
/ quite impossible TO cover the field"
/ he says The music that he collects
/ is sent 10 the university library for
safe keeping. Future ages may find
something very valuable in these sim
pie sheets.
| 4 terrible scandal was avoided lust
| IN the nick Of time at the recent un.
yelling of Greig monument in Der
gen. The statue was wrapped in n
large piece of oilcIoth which was TO
be dropped at the appropriate moment.
Everything was supposed TO be in or
+ der. One of the attendants was too
/ impatient. and he pulled corner OF
I the OiIclOth aside TO look inside. Whnt
horror! There the famous composer
| seemed to be standing In his night
shirt! The statue had been covered
tee Of arrangements had forgotten to
remove it. Now the sheet was re-
moved just in time to prevent the
counterfeit Of Edward Grieg from be
ing presented to admiring thousands
In what appeared TO he a night shirt.
The construction Of large part Of
the heating stoves in use In Chris
tlania is Of such a character that much
Of the heat Is wasted To buv
new stove Of more practical con
struction nowadays Is q VERY seri-
Gus matter on account Of the abnor-
mally high price. .IOhan Skattcboe. n
Young engineer In Christianla. has
made n timely invention which he If
Fprs as q cheap way out Of the iifi
Guilty His invention consists Of cns'
iron plates which are placed in the
slaves in such q manner as n inrrfnsc
the circulation Of ihf heat ard smoke
Thorvald Fredriksen Of Porsgrund
has Invented . new kind OF shoe sole.
The new article is made Of a number
Of layers Of birch bark glue0 together