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Show NORWAY lfel) 0F GREEN VALLEYS AND DEEP RAVINES LIKE VENICEiON STILTS IS NEW YORK SETTLEMENT Correspoth; at Describes the Villages of the "Land of the Mitii ht Sa" as Closely Resembling Those Customs That Have Long of New Efi .IguJ-Qu- aint a Quaint Creekaide Settlement of Jamaica Bay, and Its Folks Good Fellowship and Contentment Mark the Dwellers Therein. Rambiersville, en snd even children go calling In boats, of which - there sre several fleets of big and little crowding both banks of the creek. Wbst Is more, the women hsndle the boats them selves. Pushing off from the banks of Ihe creek, they bend to the oars Even little chilIlka professionals. dren become experts In handling a host, and as everybody at Ramblert-vtilran swim, at high tide the narrow creek Is alive with a happy crowd of women and children. They roll out of their homes right Into the fresh salt water and splash about until the tide begins to fall. A drowning accident along ihe creek has yet to he recorded. Spanning . the creek at a narrow point la a home-maddrawbridge, which la swung to and fro In opening something like a door. Thli bridge, which la built of driftwood. Is about four feet wide and will just admit of the passage of two persona, not over stout, going in opposite directions. Ernest Gert linger, an aged German and a veteran of several wars., la tha bridge-tendeHe known as the and his Mayor of Rambleravllle, word on matters pertaining to navigation of the creek and bridge etiquette la law. Mayor Gertllnger la one of the attractions and fixtures of Ramblers-vill- a By way of collecting toll he has a cash box posted on the bridge and passengers going to and fro make whatever contribution they desire. On opening hfs box following a busy Sunday last summer the mayor found that somebody bad perpetrated a joke by placing several Brooklyn bridge tickets In the box. The mayor considered this a slight on his bridge and gave the colony fair warning the next Sunday that if any attempt has made to repeat the alight he would maroon the crowd on the opposite shore at train e e 1 r. The Bridge ef tight." fourteen years In building and getting together. Oscar Rust was the pioneer. He planted a amatl flahlngsta-tloon the creek, and now the name of the station appears on the railroad time table and trains atop at the little platform station on their' way to and from Long Island City. Years ago the community .grew up to the railroad 'irack, where It waa baited. Now the place can only grow one way and that is down the creek toward the hay, and the tail end of the village is now being lengthened by the erection of a dozen or more new bouses.' ; Building regulations are unknown along the creek and no regular style architecture was attempted. In- ,jPf - stead, the conglomeration of fishing clubs and summer In happy homes are thrown ' confusion. Viewed together from a distance It seems as If the entire three hundred houses were thrown out along either aid of the creek In bit or miss fash- Ion. But ail the boues are bulit for i comfort They are watertight, will weather the showers of summer and the bleak storms of winter. Every place is equipped with a camping outfit of bed cooking ntenatls and otbe necessary articles, so that when the season opens hundred of women and children take up their abodes in tha apparently rickety buildings, contented and happy, and settle down to spend tha summer. Many of the houses are owned by two or more fam- (lies and they either taka turns week bout of staying at Ramblersvllle or they all find accommodations within the narrow Itmtta. It speaks well tor tha community that' tha families thus bunking together are Just as good friends at tht vising as they were at the opening tf fne season. In the fail they leave their aummer home with regret and eagerly look forward to a reunion in the coming year. Just now Ramblersvllle la undergoing the usual aprlng overhauling. Moat of this work la done on Sunday by the owners, who are occupied with n - - i X " NO DELAY. X V Jamaica bay. oa the road are free from intrusion, at least by to Rockaway, New York, there ta a land. On the water It Is different Womroriouf settlement of about three hun- d - Endured Down by dred bouses which stand high and dry on stilts on either side of the banks of Haw Tree creek. The creek serves as a highway, speedway and boutevard to the aquatic population, who each year join the colleave, tne noisy city-anony. Known as Ramblersvllle and with a summer population of about one thousand, which Is augmented on Sundays by another thousand, this little colony is without government, politics, police, churches or regulations of any tort save good will to each otbpr. And It la probably one of the happiest and most harmonious communities In ihe greater city. This novel community has been THERES o (Special Correspondence.) Norway Is chiefly renjsrkabk in the thresholds are raised above tbe floor minds ot most Americans as fl land as an aid In keeping cut the winter whence ships sail northward to see cold. Tbe room walls are painted, and the sun shine at midnight across the If done In tbe old Norwegian style, the Arctic oean, but it is bkvd by colors sre very bright, blue predomthose who really know the country, inating, .and proverbs and wlsq saws because It Is an unspoiled legion of are blazoned in graceful scrolls above and fireplaces. The furniEurope in days when the wild recesses of the Alps are become byvords in ture is brightly colored, also, and the tourist's mouth. clothing Is kept in large wooden It is a lattff of gree v alleys and Chests, painted with a background of frowning ravines, St picturesque ham- red or white adorned with brilliant lets sad quaint customs, and It Is a flowers. The dragons head la carved everyclose second to Switzerland II the mawhere otf-- the gables, the furniture, jestic beauty of Its snow moan tains. The chief industry of the Norwb-glan- s .the vegetable dtthes. tbe portals of is fishing. Bergen,' tbs principal the churches. It is. believed to reprewho yet will' deport of the west coast, has sse of the sent a demon-spirit- , In the fend the house against other spirits barbs' most brightly-coloremore wICked than himself. world. The town nestles os a three The religion of the country Is Lath- tongued piece of land, and In this blue and lie haven boats, triple great and brown, from the fjuoiy fishing smack with rich red sain and the dragon prow of the eld 'likings, to graceful yacbta put in qa a cruise, and built on the latest Glasgow fine The Norwegian pontes art a famous breed for strength and endurance. They are said to trace thrir lineage from the Tartar steeds tho cam with - a the barbarian hordes into, Scandina: (via centuries ago. and wboeuld carry their wild masters all day without food or rest The ponlet are small ( and stocky and very fat, because they are fed chiefly on hay They are Flelsteun ved Bergtn. cream-colorewith a .black atrip In ran; but Sunday is not observed with the middle of , mane and tall, - The mane Is chopped Into a thick brush, Puritan strictness, for the settlements but the tall and forelock! are uncut, are small and far apart, ao that the d and they wear no blinder 4 pastor must travel miles Railways are few and of recent date, from one to another, and even in sumand the chief mode of traveling is by mer service is only held once In three means of posting, A few ludaus have week been Introduced for the take .of fasSunday begins on Saturday night, tidious traveler, but tha real con- so That Sunday evening is a time for veyance of the country lithe stolk-Jaerr- pleasure, and, wherever a squeaky musical instrument can be found, the cart or amaH It has a seat in froet which holds peasants will dance together in two persona, under which the luggage the street. The men dance together la stowed. Behind 1 a pork for the as well as with the women, grasping each other's shoulders and whirling postboy, who drives belwee tbe round apd round like dizzy human with cords for rein The pony Is attached to the ends of tops. A wedding Is a festivity for the peothe shafts by .the slighted possible for miles around. It U celebratand he ple goa. away tugging harness, church, and up hill and dashing down dale at' a ed at' the nearest village rate which promises destrsctlon, but, the guepts row in - enormously long boat across tbe fjord, wearing nevertheless, accident are rare, dresses. Tbe bride end brideA Norwegian village beam a striking reserablanceto a Nei; England groom bring to tbe ceremony the silthe-deor- We tlwtys kad your tems promptly. Load them with COAL, of course, for thsfi our stock in trade. 'SrTWasatch a t Mine ... t You wQ find constantly the best COAL and as for prices, note the -- Lt4 & hard-worke- - LUMP STOVE 02.26 1.SO Patrcsize a Gone Icdsstry. WEBER COAL CO. Do You Want Some? , -- d Wham Tam ate ta DRY GOODS AND er boat-house- s, GROCERIES Oa ta thi gay-colore- d CASH BARGAIN STORE COALVILLE," UTAH1 Just a Sunday Outing Party. time by keeping his bridge open. 81ncs then no further tricks hare been attempted on hts honor. Fanciful names are painted on difThe Alhambra Is a ferent house structure. Then modest there la the Silver King, Falrmount, Rambleravllle. Frolics and the home of the Ikey Boat Builders. , Pop's Home"- Is where the mayor resides, and he is surrounded by the Trilby Boat club, the Meadow View, the Ten-n- y Boat club, Live Oak, Richmond, Fuchs-Bau- , Jack's House, iolanthe, the Lone Star Boat club. Jolly Boys, Live Oak, Viola, Savoy, Atlas, Uncle 8am and Uncle Tom's Cabin. The principal families which make up the colony are residents of Brooklyn, although not a few come from Manhattan. Recently, through a decision of the courts, the greater city came Into possession. ot the. entire section of Jamaica bay formerly owned by the old town of Jamaica. This section has an Immense water front, fine waterways and small Islands. By proper dredging within a few years the greater city authorities can build lit the bay a Venice frhtch will prove one of the wonders of New York, At present there are many fishing colonies scattered In and along the bay, but for qualntnesa and -- real- outdoor -- enjoy ment Ramblersvllle leads them all.-- 1 New York Sun. ' Temper Sign Board Is fixed a .wooden frame filled In with nail When a man Is vexed wlttratfyone. Instead of going to harm the person he pays the priest a cei&altt sum of money for a hall and drives It tnto the framer In this way he relieves hts ' Typical Architecture t dm per without doing much harm. It their business or work during the would be a good Idea to have similar week, families are already beginning frames fixed up In , places here, so A to take up their abode la the deserted that when little boys and girls were inhouses and the creek ta resounding clined to be a trifle naughty they with the soft voices of women and could take some nails and hammer shoo ta of childish laughter. them Into these frames till all the bad High tide from'lh? hay sweeps the Temper disappeared. alt meadows on which this .quaint Cluster of houses stands. Waters Must Use Home Product - eurpe back and forth under the floors, Issued Instructions preRecently rethe When tide the. lapping ptlesr In the garrison kitchens scribe that. cede It leave a field of wet meadow and canteens of the German army, grass and soft oor.e so that at low Jde all communication from one bouse home produce only shall be. to for at American lard and fat to another Is either by boat or the possible, used. be-es ten.' The use of forn si row. raised footwalks that zigzag are r.or Ter from the rear of one house to another. eign jams and conserves Is forbidden. This Isolation Is one of the charms of f the place. Instead of . lo- -l Ing their " ,Ut for Isaac Butt's House. One cf Dublin's lareest house for door to cut off rotnmuni'atton wUh a next-doo- r neighbor aiirhat Is neces- years the town 'residence cf Isaac P., has been of Jhe houses Butt, the famous sary Is for the occu-su- ts to take In , the rid'aclS. Then they bought for sn a serf i.Vrrcn's retreat. . si -- Ts, : v. ' ' - a; . 1 A r i , , v. v , , s vX 1 v'r--- ' vs ' jf. ,.- aV'V i 'J- lo Vry one-stor- In a Japanese temple there Good Job Work..... Vf t i 5 whut people went and at S6 Times office U fust.the place where you can get it at prices that will suit ever one. 'v i ...All " I Lerfosaen. vr spoons whicty were presented to them when tbef were christened; these are then jinked together by a silver chain, and are hung up in the new borne, to be an heirloom for coming generations I It i$ at church that the national costume is best seen. ' in the north the women wear short, dark gowns, tied bewith fringed handkerchiefs comingly over their curly fair hair, black ones for the matrons and white for the maldehs. In the south the old Norwegian dress is often worn. It consists of a short dark petticoat, with a stripe o bright colors a" full white blouse and a red bodlde Heavily embroidered. while on Sundays a quantity of silver pins and chains are added. varies according to The head-dres- s the occasion and the wearer's social condition. The girls wear jaunty red caps, the married women a coif made of many folds of starched white linen, plaited over a wooded' frame, and a bride wears a high metal crown, curiously chased and set with jewel In the winter everybody ia wrapped in tors who can get them. The winter la a powerful factor in Norwegian life,' for not only must the cold be reckoned with, but also the darkness It easts lu shadow upon the sunniest summer day, for at Intervals along tha aide of the posting roads lie wooden skees tied to snowplow. telllng silent story of the struggle which but a little while ago was . ended, and which a few weeks will surety bring Fantoft Kirks. j again. serves for dining, and the beds are They are a simple, kindly peopl built "into oupboards, snd have doors and hospitable In the true sense.. Nawhich conceal them in the daytime. ture treats them far more grudgingly Where there sre maty children the than others of her thlldren. and they have constantly to wrestle for her beds are lu a double tier. Houses of the better oi t arc roofed blessing, hnt nevertheless they, are with slate and built upon the straight j ready at a minute' foHce to give the lines common to Dryland. Only i bc:-- t tfce.t they have to the passing hotels rite above twqg;;rie.t in height. stranger, and scoot dicy to their abll-Th- e w Outward. .The j Ity to speed him r Jil . , lows rw'i ay. one, especially as It Is usually com-manded by a whits church with a pointed steeple. Tha houses are all wooden, even in the el ties, and oa this account fire ia a Norwegian greatest dread, for again ani f again whole town have been nearly swept away. There are' knotted ropes at every bedroom window, and warnings In four languages sre posted la all hotel cor- - -t ridors. The , The very poor live fai log hut roof is made of strips of birch bark held down with a sort of clay. Most collects, and the winds drop seeds upon It, so that, after one season, it is covered with hick growth of soft grass, mingled with wild ladles delight. and often a nail tree grows up straight from the green leave Inside la usually kut one' room, though occasionally there are two. ' A large table with wooden benches , GRASS CREEK COAL AT GRASS CREEIl MINES at V Work Promptly Executed $ I We have the very best Coal there on the market for domestic or steam purposes. to Co T7e3 Screened Domestic, ; Lump snd Store Mixed , $1.75 wen TON. There to no shoveling or waiting, as we have a SPECIAL CHUTE TEAMS- .- FOR LOADING ii GRASS CREEK COAL CO. 8 o sejswsMjawssc |