The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-06-06
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hoii abd bfeali trees. Along tbe beach
extends . vile grayelied bahg1ette, Sind
81 with double rows olive oaks and The
very lafgs leat mulberry. With ireq1en,
rustic seats aud music stands overh,nging
The water, itst Inside tho binatet'e, q
we'll kept shell road, running up and
1ovu the beach for sis or eight miles.
There aro few visitors here - yet, bot
I am told that ~ times In tbs summer
months, several thousands escape the
heat and dust Of the city and seek rocrca.
ton In this
LITTLE EDEN.
There arc several hundred cottages
scattered along the shore, which belong
TO New Orleans fam lies, and are as yet
still closed. There are o large number Of
others kept for rent, and these, with the
hotels, | am tod, are all o~v,rnowing
during the hot m1uths. These cottages
are all substantial lily built, many OF thom
With large aud beautiful flower gardens
attached. They rent for from $50 to
. $500 for the surpner season. Board at the
hotels ring & from $40 to $50 a month.
The principal amusements are boating,
fl hing, and bathing. The bsth-houses
are located from shore, approached by
narrow wharves, and the bathing is TX
c llent, The best and oldest of the hotels
here is the Crescent, 10 Gated about
the centre Of the town.
PASS CHRISTIAN,
located on the opposite point, ocross the
bay, about three and a half miles from
Buy st. Louis, is also a very popular re-
sort for New Orleans and Mobile people.
1t is not SO large a place as The one-I
write from, yet has all its advantages in
the way Of boating, fishing and driving Il
is more American than the by. The
The latter is the resort of French popula-
ton of New Orleans the Pass OF the
English speaking. Colt and other
Islands and the shell banks are equally
accessible from two places, Fish and
oysters IRE in the greatest abundance,
and can be had With little trouble and less
money. ! mat a party of three boys inst
after dark last evening, who had in All
hours time taken tbirty-two ~''hounders"
aud about a dozen soft shell crabs The
founders would average n weight Of two
pounds. There are several other delight
full watering plac s along the coast
Mississippi City. Ocean 81 rings, Biloxi,
aud L .st Pascagoula-and it is wonderful
that more of the hundreds of people who
leave your city every summer do not find
their way here. / fancy they find few
places that are 30 pleasant, enjoyable,
and easy of access. Three passenger
trains each way pass daily from New Or
leans to Mobile. over the Mobile. New
Orleans and Texas r iilroId. A large
part of
IN LUNBER LANDS,
Of which l wrote you a few days ego, lie
in this-Hancock-and adjoining counties.
About ton miles west of this Pearl river
debouches into the Sonnd, and the Jordan
and Wolf rivers, which drain a large tract
of the richest lumber lands in the State,
empty into Biy St. Louis. The town of
Bay St. Lonis is generally known as
Shieldsboro, and is here the customhouse
is located. Without wishing to enter into
the controversy, unless better Informed.
as to where the custom-house should prop
erly be located, it seems to me that it ought
to be at Pascsgoula. Not only is the Pasc,-
goula harbor larger and deeper, but the
records show that three-fourths of the
vessels departing from this district
clear from that place. A few years ago
these coast counties engaged almost en-
tirely in
CATTLE RAISING.
but of late years the trade is falling of
considerably, though it is still quite large.
especially in the interior. The grazing is
excellent, aud the lands, after the timber
has been cut from them, are valuble for
pasturage.
SHEEP RAISING
is on the increase and large Aoeks eau be
seen all along the road. I cav a dealer
yesterday purchasing a lot of 6000pounds
which had been sheared in this county.
He paid for it thirty cents a pounds.
1t is q rare thing to find a farm in this
section Of country. Now and then You see
a small field OF corn or potatoes-never
any cotton. The land is too poor to
make agriculture profitable. Some of the
lands on the rivers produce very well, and
are nndaF pnItIuQfinn notion many fina