The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-23


,nense and perfect w89ye IL i un
doubiedly most rennarAab e freak of
nature. the ing. II iits 81 mad being
ihcapa Die of con ,tru tlig anything more
perfect ana yet irr, guiar One side u
he stone may be small The opposite
.Ide vii correspond, as Il rule; but tile
dext side will be very large. here Is al
he same time the greatest confusion
and yet the most perfect harmony. The
| CauSeway runs intS the sea. and IL is
mot any very great height above, nor
| does IL run any very great distance pacK
from the edge OF the water. ana untiI
one Is up TO it, he can see nothing either
curious or remarkable about IL. 10
one unaccust Jmed to mountain scenery
the rugged character of the SURROUND
Jugs may convey sense OF majesty
eS grandeur. out not otherwise. Ihe
.CauSeway as whole is the great aitrac-
ton, thou n the guides and the rec
hunters there about have. with natural
sagrant characteristics, have marked
out special objects as being OF unusual
importance. there is 4 wishing chair, =
formed by singular arrangement OF
t. rocks. 1t is formed by nine sided
SUOue, about fourteen inches IN diane
Ter, at the back of which rise four
stones some three feet higher, while at
either side is a stone about eighteen
inches above the front stone, on which
The Giant used used to rest his arms,
and adjoining each of these latter stones
are two considerably lower than the
seat. while the ninth stone is exactly in
front and is lower than all the rest and
is used Tor deDositing ones feet while
sitting on the first, or keystone. You
are allowed to have three wishes, each
of which according to the solemn
promises of two garralous old women
who "God bless you" and offer you
trinkets to buy with persistency that
is worthy more exalted calling, are
sure to come to pass within twelve
months. l have every confidence in
the fulfillment of these promises but
would like little light thrown on the
manner in which the wish of an ancient
maid" can be fulfilled once husband
and family of children was one of the
modest wishes. "Wish for another thou
sanu yeah, my deah, for the Lord
knows we will need it if we stay heah
much longah," was the remark of one
gIass-eved individual to his better hall
as the latter dropped into the seat for
the purpose Of INDUCING IN three wishes
The remark was forcible for its truth,
too. There is also the Giants well. A
spring that rises IN the midst of the
rocks, the water of which is sweet and
fresh. An old man hobbies out of a
wooden shanty as one approaches, hav-
ing piece of board with few small
tumblers on it. He hands you drink
You take three sips, and each sip you
are allowed different wish. and all the
wishes are absolutely certain to come
true. l was poor, but speculated in a
wealth of wishes that day, and old
Croesus will fall into insignlticance with
the wealth of happiness that is to fall
to my lot within twelve months. 1t is a
good investment to take jaunt over
mere, wish and in twelve months get
what you want, especially since one can
have six wishes. In return for the use
of this glass you are expected to plant
a few coppers on the old mans wooden
tray; and as q result you will get a
"God bless YOU" Whatever else the
irish may want. they are not lacking
hereabout, III the limitlesS stock OF
"God bless YOU" Sometimes the verb
is not so pleasing, but none the less
emphatic and consists of very vigor-
Gus English word of four lettcrs-but
that depends on circumstances. There
is also keystone, but for some unac-
countable reason there is no wishing ar
rangement connected with it, This is a
disappointment to one whose great
forte-whose strong holds wishing.
There is also what is termed the
Honey Comb" but for what especial
reason one cannot conceive. 1t is a
mass of the angular rocks viewed from
a given point but is no more like a
honey comb" than "Amraican gentle
men" are like gentlemen. lin this con-
nectlon it might be well to note that the
Island of Islay is noted for the wonder
full excellence of its whisky. There is
also, The LOOM" not inapprocriately
named-a mass of pillored rocks, stand
ing almost perpendicularly but rapidly
yielding to the influences of heat and
water. The pillars support each other.
and TINS prevent grand crush, though
they are gradually falling away, and the
seams that run through and through
them showed that time, air and water
are doing their work There is also
what is called 1.-THE Gate" a passage
way through the rocks, which are piled |
high, one.on top of another, in loose but
regular piles, and in parts look as
though the work might have been done |
by. hand. Every place. or projection |
has q name, and as one sees forms and |
shapes in the fire during the dreamy
hours of night SO resemblences to other |
things are detected once in a while in |
The curious formations here. But more !