The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-09
MR.. NOLAN ON UTAH.
The Young Irish Orator on
the Beauties of Zion.
HE TELLS VERY PRETTY TALE
His Lively Description of q Bath
in Great Salt Lake-Our Lovely
Women.

in Great Salt Lake-Our Lovely
Women.
SALT LAKE CITY, August 22-[Corre-
spondence Sherman County Times, II
know you will wonder why it is that l
have not communicated with you ere
this. But this is easily explained, how
ever, because, although I have not been
here over q month, outside of my regu-
lar business, my time has been abb
sorbed in one continuous round of
pleasure and business combined. There
is so much of the delightful in nature
here that one hardly knows where to go.
1t is enjoyment everywhere. The eli
mate is unexcelled in any part of the
world. The atmosphere seems to
have the absolute effect of pro
ducing ennui. 1t is so i'm
measurably pleasing on the senses that
such a thing as being troubled with
dull care" seems impossible. The
says are not oppressively warm, and
t ,e nights exceed wen what the poets
d -ean ed of in the Wales Of Alham-
b a." so cool, refreshing and inVlgorat-
LIZ are they to the senses during sleep.
| Tn, whole ! Opulation seem to imbibe
| tn sc happ y Influences and during this
season or tue year all throw themselves
into the festivities which everlastingly
| p 'esent themselves to you, with all the
vim an6 vieor of new born infant. If
Ryder Haggard or the celebrated novel
Is, ot-> eh on, were 10 spend season
here ike the one am enjoying at pre-
sent, would not be responsible for the
wierd fancies and delightful pic
lures that would be drawn from
their wonderful imagination. Just
as l am writing the soft streams of
music fall upon my ear announcing to
the stranger, as well as the citizen,
that the buss, the carriage, the cab. and
an unlimited number of private con-
veyances are ready TO take lovers of
healthfuI recreation to Lake Park. ,1ar-
field Beach, or the Hot Springs. When
once there, everything is forgotten, each
party (for we generally go In parties)
HE themselves to the small bath houses
and are soon immersed in the boayant
waters of Great Salt Lake.
And oh, what sensation The beach
is soft and sandy, and after you have
waded in to a depth above your waist
your first impulses are to dive into the
bright, blue and exhileratiug waters,
but you are warned before entering
from lndulging in this natural propen-
sity. Should you not obey the admon-
ition and swallow any of the
water, your chances for escape
from drowning would be small indeed.
So you will readily understand how
few accidents occur. All are aware of
this, the only danger anticipated here,
and hence provide against it by keep
ing closed mouth. A moment after
wards men. women and children are all
comminel1Dg in the extravagant pleas
ures found only in these astonishing
wa ers. You have simply to lay down
in them on your back, as if you were
going to take an afternoon nap, elevate
yJur head and feet above the surface of
the waters and you float as easily and
as naturally as a cork. And sensation.
How delightful it is. The power and
strength of the water is so great that
you IN without any effort whatever,
walk in it.
And this is where the great fun be
gins. Ysu G and t:mid ladies as well
as strong and vigorous men, unaccus-
lmed to life by tie seashore, dispoIt
and cajnle in these waters with all the
ease and grace of Colphins.
1t is utterly impossible for one to
describe the pleasure derived, and none
can know the effect on the feelings,
the general health and the hilarious
ness of human nature these beneicient |
waters have until they cast themselves |
in. The gentleness of the beautiful |
waves waits one hither and thither
with grace only tr. nsmitted from the
calm seas gentle bosom. Should you |
be carr ed too far out into deep water
the slightest motion of the hands or
feet will drive you back rapidly to
more shallow places and SO you are
again cut OF all danger.
l would like to write more OF these
lovely and soul-inspiring sensations.
a I'd will in future letter, but to day
am hastily transmitting my first i'm
pressions of this lovely climate. coun-
try and its varied attractions, and as
there are few places on the continent
where people visit for pleasures sake, |
| unhesItatinely aad Enthusiastically as
sert there IS no such water IN the world,
no, such grand opportunities to enjoy |
ali the pleasurable sen stations found in |
surf amusement as here in the bosom |
Of this health giving, catarrh-curing
and beautiful Salt Lake.
The different points of interest, from
the unfinished columns of the Great |
Temple to mines in the surrounding
country. will be touched upon in |
another letter. As to the hotei accom-
modations and the obliging nature of |
their proprietors, too much cannot be
said in their praise. l am domiciled at |
the Cullen House. Mr.. s. G. Ewing, |
proprietor, and l can say that it is one |
of the handsomest, best arranged, |
highly furnished aid as pleasurably |
situated as any of its magnitude in the |
whole country.
Here the leading business men of the
territory congregate daily and from my |
intercourse with them find them to be |
clear-headed, QUICK, enterprisiug and |
generous class of people. They dress
well and live well. In politics, fnd |
the most of them lean strongly towards
the Republican candidates, Harrison |
and Morton, and I have no hesitancy |
IN stating that If the people had vote
here large majority would be cast 10, |
the men who repres, ntsd protection to