The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-06-07
THE SEASHORE.
Wanderers" Impressions of our Beautiful
Seashore-liye Oaks, Bathing, Etc.
EAST PASCAGoULA, June /, 1875

EAST PASCAGOULA, june !, 1878.
EDITOR DEMoCRAT-STAR-I promised to
give a friend my thoughts and impressions
of places and people, as | wandered about
this summer, and below is q schoolgirl
essay:
The seashore (! The seashore! Z! and are
the longings of my heart realized ; do
indeed walk along the snow-white beach
snuff the invigorating sea breeze aud sit
beneath the boughs Of umhrageoTs oaks
These monarchs of the coast whose dense,
green canopy, and graceful moss drapery
afford "A beautiful retreat and rest from the
glare of the %noOn-day sun and, these
trees have a history, too. just before me
stands a decapitated king whose crown
was taken Oh by the commander of a Brit
ish fleet i'll 1915, and a part OF his body
appropriated in building a magnificent
steamer. There the boaTy trunk left, is
denudcd of bark-white from the blasts
of storms aud sunshiue-tells the story of
ages. Hard by stands his queen, said to
be four hundred years old. During the late
wal tired animals and weary troops rested
beneath these shades-and strange to tell
Gen. Granger, the Federal officer, while
here with his command, permitted no
spells, and no stroke of the AK to mai the
yisagc of these bearded giants.
What are those long promenades far out,
into the water with little coop-likc
houses ut the terminus standing on stills :
o! they are the bath cots, where we 20 to
disrobe, and descend the stair, step into
the gulf and are layed by the salt sea
waves. All! this is the luxury indescrib-
able it must he felt to be appreciated.
The sight of oyster beds and clawy crabs,
intimidate women and children, but as soon
as you trust the naked feet to the sand
once IN the waterfall Gear of ugly denizens
is gone, and we dive and plunge until we
almost wish ourselves inhabitants of the
briny deep. Then you come out so ex-
hilarated, step and heart so light, that
you commence praising God for His bonn
teOus gift of sea water and sea breeze, and
wish every friend you rave would deny
themselves of Injuries often injurious to
mind and body and HE to the seashore to
revel in those which will impart new life
to their whole being. Aud here, too, are
generous hearts and kind, convincing us
that thoughtful humanity still exists.
Last evening my little girl aud myself
were h~astening to Il point to see the SPLEEN
dor Of the departing sun, when an old
gentleman in a handsome, white suit, COM
ing fast upon us as l thought to say,
- strangers, do not trespass Hron my
grounds; !" when lol he calkrd to us to come
in andtakc tea. Instantly the sItn set was
forgotten at the sight of a genial eosnte-
nance, and we turned in TO enjoy the re- !
pest, during which we foand we we're
gfests Of the daughter of the celebrated
Capt John GFsss, of Grant pass notoriety !
"A pass between tkts place and Mobile
and Warned Ter onr surprise that the old
gentlemen, though now "a years of age, is
yigoross m mind aud body, and has with
in the past few years married the second
time. His useful invention in opening
passes aud canal in various parts of the
country, are to well-known 10 admit of
mention here. After supper mine host
wslktd ms u TO the Indian mound-a