Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1883 — Bathing in Salt Lake. [ARTICLE]

Bathing in Salt Lake.

In the water of Salt Lake a bather can lie on the surface of the water without any exertion whatever, or by passing a towel under his knees and holding the two ends he can remain in any depth of water kneeling, with the head and shoulders out of water, or by shifting it under the sole of the feet he can sit on the water. The one exertion, in fact, is to keep one’s balance; none ■whatever is required to keep afloat. The only danger, therefore, arises from choking' by accidentally swallowing some of the water, for the strength of the brine is so intense that the muscles of the throat are convulsed, and strangulation ensues. All the same, I have myself dived several times into Salt Lake, and have survived. — Phil Robinson, in Harper’s. No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth— Francis Bacon,