Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-10-07
FAYETTEVILLE TENN: THURSDAY, OCTOBER I, BN
Salt Lake and Hot Springs,

Odil LaAc anu IlOt springs
! From the Utah correspondence (
, the Daily Times We clip the followin
references to Salt Lake and the He
Springs:
| Among the natura! curiosities Q
this region, great Salt Lake is PR
eminent. 1t has already been so ful
ly described that I can add nothin,
new. A party Of US visited it da.
or two ago, and tested its saline viz
tue, floating like logs upon its sur
face, and strangling desperatel,
when drop or two Of the brine sue
ceeded in penetrating our mouths o.
nostrils. This inland sea certainly is
among the most remarkable facts in
the geography of the world. If ]
remember Alright, Captain STAINS.
bdry's soundings make it only thirty
five feet deep in its deepest part.
Three rivers--the Weber, the Bear,
and the Jordan-all empty into it.pour-
ing large bodies Of fresh water into
the basin continually; nevertheless,
although it has no visible outlet, the
water of the Lake maintains its char
acter of strongest brine unimpaired.
Standing upon the jutting point Of
Black Rock, distant Is miles from the
city, and looking thence down upon
the water, it seems Of blush white
color in body, though quite clear
when taken up in glass. The salt
boilers upon the banks state that four
buckets of water will usually make
one of salt, and a clearer, purer arti.
Gle could not be desired. | tried a
bath, and found it impossible to sink,
wading out far enough to bring the
water up to ones arm pits, it becomes
impossible to keep ones feet upon
the sandy bottom, so buoyant is
the water. Lay upon your back:
double up your limbs, and lock your
arms around your knees and you bob
round in the ceasless swell of the lake
like a stray cork. The water is so
excessively salt as to be bitter. A
drop in ones eye is painful as would
be the same amount Of tobacco juice,
and the greatest care is necessary to
prevent strangulation if the swimmer
"ships' the smallest mouthful. l
must say q word of the hot and warm
Springs. The former boil up out of
the valley at the foot oe the noun.
tain three miles above the city: they
are sulphurous, and of so high tenn
perature as to be unendurable. In
deed there can be little doubt that
they would cook an egg, although !
had no opportunity to try the expe-
riment. A story is told Of big Mis-
sourian, an emigrant to California.
who, passing these springs in 1880
stripped for bath. He had been as
sured that the Mormons bathed here;
and so when cautioned against trying
the experiment, he swore that he'd be
id if he couldn't stand any thing
that the Mormons could. With this
declaration he plunged into the seeth'
ing pool. A yell Of pain brought the
by-standers to his aid. They drag.
ged him out.-for he was helpless to
aid himself-and carried him to town,
where be lay for weeks before he was
able to proceed on his journey. The
Warm Springs are just outside the
city wall upon the north. Their tenn
perature is lower than that Of the hot
Spring, afording an exceedingly a
greeable bath. There is bath-houst
within the walls, supplied from the
spring. but, like all else here at thi:
time, it has been broken up and left
in ruins. Some of the Gentiles mol
long since went in, as the house was
open, fixed up a bathing tub, and ar
ranged it so that it could be used
but this was too much of luxury
for Gentle brethren, and some goot
Mormon brethren accordingly cut OF
the water and destroyed our plans o
comfort. Fortunately they can
choke the springs themselves, whicl
we'll up out of the ground, forming
two or three natural basins. from
twelve to eighteen inches deep, il
! which we roll and plunge ad hbitun1
The water is both sulphurous and sa
line, very clear, and possessing cleans
ing qualities which cannot bat D.