•.~ the "D~e Frammer., gaa.rd can be e ein, even now {!.ug. 18, 193e} •. big batrel the liorwegi3.na c&ll ''Kjer". T'hia- was m&I16to store tiLeir gre.1n. It holda &bout twelTe barre13. ~e "St&bur" or siore house was built to house it and wu bull t' around it, beC&WJ8 t.o.e "kJer" is 'too he •.TY to lift. -'his. "kJer" waa made gy the "H1rdeman" ~ legend s~ys that he whittled it out, ~ith hil "tolle kniT" (•. Uo,rwegian knife). ~nose wh~ haTe seen this ~jer" ~it is •. wonderfu.l ~iece of workma.ns.up. It is 8~ill zno..n as ItIUra.em~ta Xjeret". 'lhi.s Sxendw..l liir<ieraanci., also orqllE,:llt' trom IlIOlT,e 'Briere a large ato,ne slab and. placed, it on me :3 ~)ot in th\ ~e Qilurch Cerne~ery wnere he 8%J,'lected to be buried. ~t no one ~ws where he lie. buried. for goTernment otticlala Ulne one day to take nam awa.y. He invited them to come in, and w~t. while he went down into the celle.r to get wine for them to, drink. !rom the cellar he had •. lecret pa.sea.ge ~ the mountains just back of the hO'use, 1'h.rough this he ~e ~is escape. Wnen he had gotten far up;n the mountain he o•.lled to his fauHy to look under "S'larte HedIaa.". Hia descendant", are still se '.rching for the "STarte \-ec.lsa:', ~'-- ~' ,OJ ":~ irk he had hidden some of his wealth there. ~.r ha.vi~c; said tIde he disappeared on the other s5.il. of the mounta.1n and was never heard from 'a:ny more. 'lb.e slab that was pl:ced in the oemetery .till known !!I.S th. "lIlrdemand's Hedle.a. flied'la mesns a lr.l'~ .tone)l~ !he Rlrdemand'. oldeet son vms buried there and the oldes11 son of the families tfn" genentlons back have been buried undez the "Hlrdem&1d's Hid-Ian in u&kke Church c.metery~ Once in a. saTere storm a.~out se!.jJnty fi"le years /::.gCthe spire 9t the. el1urCh »>law down on the slab snd .plitFt open so that now lo'eks lilte &t1.. en book. Amd ln88berg'. grand ta\her-and her oldest bro,.ther are buried. un e the Us-b. ba •. letter that 1Iflf !~'th.er got fr~m llhortly bdor. he died, I ~I 'Ib~ readln6 that t•. brother'in l.aw-mi Uilille' I.taale..aad dl~ in 19'1S and ••.• buried UDder this "I1edJ..a~. hU.U'S 8~ster lIA.rt.b.e lived all,her life &1'1er her marrl~.to Sh.e.le-&t the "Der J'ruune" gu,rd. About two'lears ago the l&st desc.nd&ll~, ot ,the Hirdeman4'. tamily w••• buried Ill!der 'the slab. .A.daughter 0 f St&ale &n4 lIiar~e now 11 ve on 1iha~ gs,ard. .
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