The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-12-21

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Horn island, off Pascagoula, brokeSome
OF her machinery. and is now awaiting
repairs in order to prosecute the work,
which, in all probability, will be sue
cessftl.
1t is q conceded fact that in buying
musical instruments the best are the
cheapest. Daniel F. Beatty, Esq, OF
Washington, New Jersey, has gained a
reputation equal to any, for both Pianos
and Organs, and all are recommended
to write to him before buying. See ad-
vertiseufsh.
Capt. Polls new t~wo.story residence
on The river near his ship yard, will
soon be completed. It contains thirteen
rooms. halls. ETC., and will be n Of
the most handsome residences in the
county when it is finished. r. D. Davis
is the architect and builder, aud is a
workman OF no mean ability.
Turkeys are retailed at nine cents
per pound in Reading, Pa.," says an
exchange. Our devil pulled the tail out
of his fathers CT ristmas turkey, the
other day, and he offered five dollars to
have it re-tailed, but without success.
He says. however. that he is going to
have a shoemaker half sole the seat of
his pahts.
Capt. Thompson's new toat, the
Telephone, is now %ofloat, and is a beau
tiiul craft. She is 80 feet long, IL feet
four inches beam and three and a holf
feet hold. She was built by Capt.
Thompson for the purpose of plying
between his ship chsndlery and the
shipping, and is Iiust the boat for his
business.
1t is strange how inquisitive some
people are %vhAhthcy come into the COM
posing room of a printing Office. For
instance, a man came in the other day
and, looking around, asked: "Wbas is
that black-looking thing standing mp in
that corner ?" Our devil coolly replied:
"Why. that is the towel. We always
stand it up in the corner"
A boyiiust from college was asked
by his father what he learned at school,
to which the son replied: 1--WE never
learn anything; they don't let us see the
papers," We think the same applies to
q nsisnber OF people down our way. If
they would subscribe for the STAR they
might learn something. We wonder If
anybody will take the hint?
Dr.. Griffin, superintendent Of the
Methodist Sunday-school at Moss Point,
informs us thai they are not going to
have q Christmas tree or other enter
tainment. We made the statement
week before last that this school would
have a Christmas..tr ee upoa the author
ity of a gentleman who seemed to know
and ought to have been well posted.
One subscriber has sent us a key OF
syrup, and another two bnshe s OF pota-
toes. In payment for their subscription,
and now if some one would send us q
barrel of four and O few hundred
pounds of bacon we would be placed on
n firm basis for q few more months.
Who'll respond =? Don't be afraid OF
embarrassing u /; We are not bashfnl III
the presence of such things.
Here is something for our young
readers ID solve during the Christmas
holidays: A farmer was driving geese to
and met anotherlan who said:
GOOD morning, sir; where are you
going with yonr hundred geese?" The
farmer replied: II have not got a hun
dred. but if I had as many more, half as
many more and two and a half, l would
then have d hundred" Now how many
geese did he have?
Seeing in a st. Louis exchange that
a little boy had his legs poisoned by
wearing striped stockings, we started
to write up an article with the intention
warning our young ladies OF the m
pending danger Of using such commod-
tiles, when our devil stepped up and,
with a twinkle 10 in his eye, remarked
that the ''young ladies around here
don't wear striped hosiery" but how
he found ont we don't know, nor could
we persuade him to tell.
The Daily Clarion will be resumed
the assembling of the Legislature,
at jackson. Those who wish to keep
posted with regard to the doings OF our
State legislature, can find no better
medium than through the Clarion, as it
will be Issued every morning except
Monday, and sent out on the early
90 as to reach subscribers by the
first mail. Terms are one dollar per
Send in your orders early to
Power & Barksdale, Jackson, Miss.
One Of the most ingenious inven'
lions of the day is Mason's music charts.
by the use Of which any one, it is
claimed, even a child, ssn learn to play
on piano or organ, in tolerable style, in
one day, and nc previous knowledge of
music is necessary. 1t is being intro
duced in the South by A. O. Morton, OF
Atlanta. Read his advertisement in
this issue, and il you doubt the claims,