New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-25
VOLUME VII-NO. lA4
AT Pass CHRISTIAN.

. an excursion was organised. limited az to
| numbers TO two. and TO Bay St. Lou. as to
| place. AID started on the New Orleans,
I Mobile anu Texas railroad. This line needs
10 pUtfery On its construction a;d manage
men:. Runuin; through regions G: swamp.
| marsh and pine. which hardly send :.
I picaTuue's worth Of produce to the city
markets. and can never have agricultural or
commercial interests sufficient 20 support the
most modest common carrier; yet no expense
| has been epared to make it one OF the best
! laid roads in the country. The trains glide,
no: rattle; the coaches ara fine and neat
too me officials are efficient. both in their
service 20 the company and their attentions
to its patrons. There are many pleasant
| places where picnic can spend a pleasant
day. be the weather what il may. But Bay
| 81. Louis was the destination OF our boarders.
I 1t was concluded to attack ths town at
the eastern end, just at the place where
thc long bridge begins, and so the main
station was passed with Indifference. But
! the train whisked US all over the bridge
| without stop, and rather than walk back
the hotel of the hospitsble Cassidy received
the party, and all this accounts for the
| heading.
The little coast towns with their bathing
houses and lack OF trade. enterprise or lie
! of any kind. are queer creations. Gail
| Hamilton, Or some one else. says Boston
| was the las: of lot of cities built by 4 con-
| tractor. who. when he had finished the
| Others, ''dabbed" the odds and ends down
| in an irregular heap. What sort OF = lazy
contractor set up such a string Of diversi-
| fed dwellings as skirt the shores of the
bays on the Cult, On one side of sunny
| she'll road they are placed one after another
| for two or three miles. Each house has an
| exaggerated centipede extending into the
| broad expanse Of swallow water, with a
head that in the twilight looks as If It were
about TO combs: the sharks and sea
| nettles. But no well educated shark ever
| comes within range only an occasional por.
poise disturbs the placid surface.
Before the dew is off the grass the popu.
iation march over the backs of these bur.
le.que.. open the head and proceed 70
paddle il the knee deep water. This is
bathing. Some of violent imaginations call
i. surf bathing. 1t is as Hat as Olive Lo-
gans ..Surt." Then comes breakfast. and
afte: that the sublime attraction for the
overworket man-nothing. If you only
know how 70 do nothing, Pass Christian is
the place TO do i: in. Initiate the natives.
There IS plenty OF shade and no excitement.
Sit still. Dream 0: what it might have
been. If yauy fair companion wants to
take sal! you have got work Gu: ou. for
yol. The whole town will passivelv devote
itsel. to preventing your success. A promise
to be on hand with a boat a: nine O'Clock
simply means tha. the able seaman viii for
sake wife and child rather than keep lis
word. You will never s6e that man again.
You abandon the idea AMI watch the ladies
play cro4ue:. As the boy said. there must
be something IN the game. for the players
cheat. Bein: found cut doesn': stop the
play-it only stimulates the other side.
Cass;dy's dinner bel. rings. and all other
things are banishei from. the mind tha:
justice MAJ be done TO the event of the day.
II you viii drive after dinner. there are
plenty o. pine wood knots for fire to start
draw the vehicle. in this country is COM
posed of material! which resists all mus.
cular applications Of the whip. Logic OF
that kind is useless. Go through the mo-
tons, if you choose. but i: will save your
temper If you simply trust in Providence.
Have no fear. TIE breechns will not break.
Don't ask any directions of small boy. with
open countenauces. a nickle wiz make
them grin. ard theu they vii! guide you
into swamp.
When at last the sun sinks to his rest,
leaving behind the memory Of gorgeous
picture. there is in your mind, if you have
tried all day to be good. a feeling OF su
premc content. You have done nothing
and shall be rewarded. Go again with the
ladies' down on the back Of a centipede and
81. in the cool breeze. On shore the chill
lren have built bonfire Of wood gathered
in the afternoon. The br;gh: light brings
on. their agile forms strongly against the
dark background Of the bank and discloses
the white caps of the waves raised by the
Increasing wind. The lighthouse lamp
twinlzies with the stars and the gentle mur-
mur of the waves on the sand ngles with
the laughter of the children On the shore.
VIII Miss c. sing! She Only has 20 be
asked to I'll, your soul with delight with
ballad after ballad unit. you fear to ask for
more. Lying on the bridge in the dim star
light. the lively scene on shore in your eyes,
sweet music in your ea,> and content in
ycur heart. you only wonder why this can
not endure always.
In the tranquil lie enjoyed at the Pass
for day or two there was hardly an Incl
dent. Only one thing marred the delight
fl! Incidence. A ccmmoton was visible
among the ladies one morning, and the ex
pianation nearly caused a panic. A very
quiet gentleman took his seat at the table.
and the rumor spread that he was the pilot
of the Carrie A. Thorn. The gentleman
who had sat next to him was immediately
sent to Coventry. His nei3hbors began to
pack I'D to leave on the next train. The
more sensible were comforted and tran.
Quilted. but some would 60, and deserted
a delightful and healthy village to plunge
into city that might 10. be. The pilot
roamed around entirely unconscious. and
seemed as healthy and pleasant gentle.
mar as ever stood at the wheel. But they
would go. Even a quarantine prociama-
ton would not have stopped them. The
whole thing was an illustration OF the utter
uselessness of the inland quarantine. Here
the gentleman who innocently caused the
absurd panic came into the town, and, sick