The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-07-04
THE PEARL RIrER COUNTRY.

/, Che western bound accommodation
train at Mississippi City and ar
rived ut English Look Out q little
after 2 O'clock. am. The Look Out
is not n very inviting place. 1t is
only IA flag station, principally fol-
the accommodation of the citizens
of the towns of Pearlington, log
Town and Gainesville in going and
coming from New Orleans. There
are two club houses at this station
owned by New Orleans men, where
fishing parties come and spend a
few days at n time during the fish.
ing season. Mr.. Il. Joyner keeps
the postoffice and makes himself
generally useful showing the fish
crmen the best places to get the
largest and rarest fish. Mosquitoes
and alligatorS abound at this place.
On my arrival at Look Out the
tidy little steam tug Henry q.
Yarmouth, II. S. Boardman, com.
mander, was lying at the wharf
waiting iorthe mail aud passengers
destined for the villages of Pearl
ington, Log Town aud Gainesville.
! Capt. Boardman is "A clever com
mander, and is universally popular
with all who travel with him. Then
there is his little man, Houston
Dorr, engineer, always at his post
and wide-awake. The Yarmouth
makes two trips a day between
Pennington and Look Out connect
ing with the trains. The mail goes
to Pennington and Gainesville
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
After an hours Il of eight
miles on the Yarmouth | was
landed right in the heart of the
town of PearlingtOn-at the large
| store of Messrs. P%oitevent, Favre
& Co., where the writer found a
warm welcome by the members of
the above frm. The day was spent
pleasantly at this hre and thriving
town of Pennington. Some Of the
patrons of the DEMOCRAT-STAR
squared up old scores, and quite a
nuuiber of new names were entered
on Jul subscription list accom-
panied with the cash. Pennington
is a democratic place, and the Pas
cag0ula DEMOCRAT.STAR has many
friends there. The town is situated
on east Pearl river, ten miles from
where it cmpties into Mississippi
Sound. The population is about
eight hundred souls. The people
are intelligent, refined and nOne
more hospitable can he found any
where. There is only II store IN
the place, and that is owned by
MesSrS. Poitevent, Favre u Co.,
who do an immense business III
connection with their saw mills, .
steamboats, and Sch0onprs. With ,
out dOubt Pennington a boast Of s
the largest, most complete and !
finest SAW mill in the United States,
and when entirely completed and
will saw daily one hundred I
thousand feet of lumber. This =
mill is owned by MeSsrs. Poitevent {
y Favre, who are the principal 1
business men of the place. This {
mill has all the modern i'm =
,rovementS. 1t has an endless =
,hain which carries the slabs away @
md dumps them into a perpetual c
re. There are other endless :
hains hauling up the logs, moving q
he saw dust, and wheels and cogs y
nd saws of all dimensions doing i
he work of many hands, and L
hereby saving much labor. The
'uilding is one hundred and ninety
tx feet long and eighty feet wide, l
nth brick foundation, heavy cy- !;
timbers and the roof covered =
18th slate. Pennington is a sober
own /; not a single bar-room in the |
lace. There are two churches l
1ethodist and Catholic-with Rev. |
}. w. Calhoun as pastor OF the !
He is an humble Christian
nan, and is beloved by all. The S
hurch membership islarge. There !
S a good school in the place with :
lr. Blackman, of New Orleans, as
Principal.
Wednesday morning, in company ,
nth one of the best men in Pearl ;
ngton, | took a seat in Mr.. T. NJ. 4
fine buggy drawn by his Il
plendid sorrel mare Nellie, and h
tarted tor Gainesville. At IL v
Clock we were quartered at the :
Whitfield hotel. Gainesville is an 9
Id town, settled about the year