Show LONE FISHERMAN NO2 The Owner ofthe Mysterious Craft Appears Sunday morning THE HERALD contained con-tained a notice of the capture of a 1 mysterious boat evidently equipped and provisioned for a long voyage that had appeared on the Great Salt Lake seven or eight miles out from Lake Park towards the Island and since that time speculation has been rife as to the probable fate of the owner as to his whereabouts his destination etc etc All this and considerable more THE HERALD can present to its readers this morning Mr Beckhart who has charge of the land and water sports at Lake Park was the gentleman who towed or rather rowed the boat to shore and he is the authority for the statement that when the craft was first discovered it did not appear to be much larger than a seagull The landing of the boat created a huge breeze of excitement among the Lake Park denizens and the conjectures as to where it hailed from were as amusing as they were varied A huge chest that fitted snugly in the bottom of the boat was broken open and found to contain a full set of carpenters tools that had seen considerable use but yet gave evidence of careful and artistic handling The huge pair of wooden shoes found In the boatlarge enough for the foot of Mt Nebo gave every evidence that the outfit was the property of a foreignereither Danish Swedish or Dutchand the idea most generally accepted by those who had seen the craft was the one advanced by THE HERALD that the owner would prove to be one of those sturdy farmers who are wont to frequent the Bear River in search of fish The idea was strengthened strength-ened by the discovery of a fine fishing outfit net hooks lines and a bag of salt which had evidently been taken along with a design to cure the fish as fast as they were caught However it was a little singular why if be had intended in-tended to cruise only in the Bear River such extensive preparations should have been made and yet as the boat was minus both sail and rudder it did not appear that he had intended to make a long or hazardous tripFor For sometime the boat lay on the beach and speculations flew about thick and fast Later in the day however the mystery was solved by the appearance appear-ance at Lake Park of an old gentleman whose every appearance gait and gesture ges-ture suggested to ones mind the famous Lone Fisherman of Evangeline memory mem-ory inquired eagerly for the boat and on being told that it was safe and sound and the contents uninjured he was so overjoyed that the tears could not be restrained and they coursed I down his cheeks as hen gazed lovingly upon tne craii tie was shown every kindness by the attaches of Lake Park and to them warmed up by a good dinner and a generous allowance of grog he told them his story He reiterated it to a HERALD reporter who saw him on Sunday He is over the average height and is tanned as brown as an Indian His head is bald save for a fringe of hair circling around his head from ear to ear His face proper is close shaven while from ear to ear and under tho chin is a beard of the regulation sailor cut His name he gives as Lars J Jesperson is 72 years of age and was born in Denmark where for many years he followed fishing for a livelihood He came to Utah in 18SG and settled in Goshen He afterwards moved to Huntsville where he now resides and where he made the boat during last winter and spring He had the boat conveyed from Huntsville to Hooper by wagon At this latter point he launched it and alone without rudder or sail started out for Utah Lake via the Jordan Rivera River-a distance of at least 80 miles He eft Hooper on Tuesday and progressed very well until Thursday when a heavy storm drove him towards tho island J and prevented him from making shore He arrived at a point nearly opposite Centreyille on Friday but owing to the shallow water on the mud flats he was unable to find the mouth of the Jordan He left his boat as he supposed sup-posed thoroughly fastened while he made a visit to the settlement and when he returned the vessel had disappeared disap-peared He started out along the shore northward with the above result He will be kept at Lake Park for a day or two when the boys will load his boat on a flat car awl ship it to Lehi the old mans destination After he has caught enough fish to satisfy him he will endeavor to return via the Jordan Jor-dan and Great Salt Lake to Hooper and thence home to Huntsville |