The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-15
ICEBOUND IN SALT LAKE.
An Unexpected Happening in Water
That Never Freezes.
From the San FRANCISCO Chronicle.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The large percentage of salt in the
Great Salt lake prevents It's waters ever
freezing over, and yet curious incident
was related to me of how a small pleas
IRE steamer got icebound a dozen years
ago off the east end Of Antelope Island.
My informant was the captain Of the cat
tie boat that makes irregular trips back
and forth to carry stock to and from this
largest of the Salt lake islands. will
give the story as nearly as possible in his
own words:
ut was a curious thing that one hap
pened to me an Cap'n Dahls," he began
with a preliminary undoing of the knot Of
his soiled handkerchief. II want mucn
used to sailoring at the time, an the
cap'n often took me with him on shorr
trips he made with his small steamer. the
Susie. One day he got word that a boat
was becalmed off North Antelope We
bound for Darlington island. There was
three men aboard an 200 sheep, an they'd
ben out ten days an he'd no, food an
scarcely any water left We give EN- a
fair divide Of the grub aboard the Siam
err, an takin 'em i'm tow, made our way
out IN the main body of the lake, where
getting late when we started back, an
just opsi Bear River bay we found our
selves in stream Of ice which had come
down from the swollen rivers that empty
into the lake hereabout At first it was
only provoking to be hindered by the
broken sheets of ice, but fin'ly II got so
we couldn't make no Roadway. The capn
said he'd sailed around the world four
times, and never was icebound before
an that, too, in lake that's too salt
ever TO freeze. He was actin as engineer,
and at last got so mad that he cussed an
swore an complained o. my steering.
AT last we had TO give #. up till morn
ing, an then IL want no better. There
KEEP closing bout us till we could see
nauthing but 1t on all sides. The capn's
temper got worse when the bread and
bacon was all gone, an he growled out:
ketch me ever going to sea again with
a green hand fer crew. / was pretty
riled, an said something back bout a
fool cap'n who thought himself at the
North Pole. Wed always ben good
friends but after that neither of us spoke
more'n Yves 'bliged to all that day an the
next night When the second morning
came an we saw II was still calm, we
got reckless an piled in the wood till we
Ice at a great rate We saw the CLASSY
sheets give way to right an left an,
finly we was clear of it, so we could go
right ahead. 1t was Sunday morning, an
the sea an mountains looked so bright
an peaceful that l saw the pucker IN
the capn for'ed smooth out, an he COM
menced to whistle soft an ole hymn tune
we both knowed. / struck in where the
line repeats, an when we'd ended up he
said Say, Duffy, you don't mind my
havin' ben sharp with you in that blamed
ice, do yer / up an slapped him on the
back, an answered, hearty like: 'Capn
Dahls, / never served under a better
cap'n than yourself
We shook hands, an his big voice was
bit husky when he blurted OUT
" Say nautRinE bout it, my boy. I'm
certain sure i never he'd more able sea-
man than you've showed to be-