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Swedish Immigrants Prosper in United States
The great adaptability of the Swedes to the circumstances and customs
of a new country is acknowledged on all sides. Whenever and wherever they
have transplanted themselves, whether in England in the eighth and ninth
centuries, in Normandy in the tenth, in Cicily in the eleventh, or in America
in the seventeenth and
nineteenth, the same pro-
gress of transformation
has taken place. No other
people in all history have
such a record. In the
United States they have
eagerly learned English.
Their passion for the pos-
session of land and for
the independence that
goes with it has character-
ized them from the earliest
times, and it is that which
has made them so valu-
able as citizens of the great
Northwest, in which they
have settled so largely.
Of course they are not
all land owners. Thou-
sands of them have made a
record as able and skilled
mechanics in our manu-
facturing establishments,
and in every city and town
in the Northwest we find
them engaged in com-
mercial enterprises and
the professions with
marked success, but the
great majority are farmers.
It is an old saying
that the apple falls not far
from the tree. For more
HANS ANDERSON
The sole survivor of the fighting crew of the Monitor, in its memor-
able battle with the Merrimac. Born in Sweden, 1823, came to America
in 184.7, sailed *n American merchant ships until 1834, when he joined
the navy. Served on board the frigates Falmouth and Congress until he
joined the volunteer crew of the Monitorjust before Christmas, iS6r. He
was one ofthe gunners in the revolving tower (the cheesebox) ofthe Moni-
tor, that loaded and fired the guns that disabled the Merrimac. He is
yet living, a Hale and hearty old veteran pensioner of the United States,
in his home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
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