The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-11
The Wonderful Ice Spring Found
Near Fillmore.
AT THE INDIAN GRAVEYARD.
How Papooses and their Papas are Buried
The Wealth in Warm Springs
The "Foot-PrInts
THE ICE SPRING.

''Oh, come off ~ Kid had shouted in I'M
belief as they described what they had seen,
but piece of moss aud two pair of mutt
lated shoes were too convincing for even
our incredulous sixfooter.
well then, we will take a freezer of
cream and go down there and have a pic
ric," they all declared and decided upon
the details there and then.
He who has never ridden in a lumber
wagon filled with happy, seeking
crowd of young people will hardly be able
to appreciate our good time that day.
The day promised to be very bright and
clear aud the morning was full of delight
ful anticipation as we made ourselves
ready for the picnic.
We started off in a violent manner,
wholly due to the half broke horses which
We're hitched to the wagon, but repressed
our screams, knowing we were perfectly
safe in the hands of the two kids who
occupied the drivers seat in front. In the
next seat were mother and preacher: be-
hind them were Miss Tip and Miss Top,
WINE safe from all observing eyes in the
hindermost seat were MIR. Toby and Miss
Rosebud. Our course lay west from the
city some nine miles, and we seemed to
reach our destination in remarkably short
time.
Unhitching our horses, we tied them to
the wagon, and possessing ourselves Of
a basket, quilt, or some other needed arti-
Gle, and armed with our umbrellas, we be-
gan somewhat laborious tramp over the
not rough lava stone, which composes
what the people in this vicinity call the
clnders. After going about two hundred
yards halt was called, and we sought out
the smoothest of the surrounding rocks
upon which to spread our belongings.
Then for a look at the spring. 1t was
only small hole. about five feet deep,
which you got into by stepping from one
rock to another, and once down found your
self in a little place only capable
OF holding two persons conveniently.
by standing upright your feet were
most intentionally cold, while your
head was as unpleasantly the re-
verse with the broiling hot sun beat
ing down upon it. The ice was banked up
under the lodges as pure and clear as our
own mountain ice. Not much of it in
sight but by kneeling down the boys soon
cut out enough to freeze our cream
The girls got the table" set and there
with the hot August sun pouring down
upon US we ate the ice cream prepared
with no greater cost than twenty minutes
time aud little of Toby's hard muscle.
Afser having satisfied our appetites we
and others going on little tour of investi-
CATION. There was not much to be seen but
piles OF lava on every side, black and rag
ged-looking, scme having cooled in very
fantastic shapes. The extinct crater was
too far away for US to reach it, but great
and terrible must have been the commotion
one day IN those parts judging from the ap-
pearance of things
There was another spring not mary
yards from the first and very similar to it
though not SO deep and showing less
quantity of ice. The moss which grows
upon the Lodges just within the holes is the
only vegetation in sight.
Gathering some specimens we sat down
under the cool % shade of our umbrellas to
TO enjoy a few minutes rest, bat were
aroused by our calm content by Miss Tops
inquiry OF where are the melons," These
were brought fourth from the refrigerator
and their crimson hearts laid bare for our
enjoyment.
AS mother and preacher sat costly eating
their half of the melon they were startled
by piece of rInd striking forcibly against
their silk sun shade. WHO did that!'' they
demanded, and were all too well answered
by the grins on the faces of the two kids
IN an unbecoming spirit of revenge the
lucious piece suspended in pleasant antici-
patton on the way to the lips OF the
preacher was sacrificed as missile to an
initiate our young giant. Then everyone
catching the spirit, a warfare terrible and
mighty was waged with all that was left
of our melons. 1t continued until the last
rink had sunk between the crevices of the
rocks and buried itself from our sight. In
the little pool OF cold water in the spring
made by the melting ice, we made our tot
lets, and then, shoudering our baggage. we
made our way back TO the wagon