The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-08-28

men look as IL they would prefer hot
be disturbed by n customer. The dull
ness Is intense The absence of AMI
nation is alarming to man OF weak
lungs. Mobile appears to be living on
the grandeur of her past; but II she
succeeds in getting channel cut
through the Bay to deep water, her
glory will revive if the population can
be aroused from their long sleep. Con-
sidering the totality of the lifelessness
of the place, Mobile is n beautiful city.
Nowhere are finer streets or more ele-
CANT residences, OF II more genuinely
hospitable people. 1t is, perhaps, after
all, the clinging to old-time hospital
ity after the revenues ceased, which
has tended to impoversh and discour-
age Mobile. In her palmy days wealth
and princely incomes abounded among
many of her merchants and citizens,
and they knew how to entertain better
than any other people. The war left
the eXtravagant habits and tastes, but
swept away the means of gratifying
them. Still they had to be surren-
dered by degrecs-only as stern neces-
sity demanded.
At $3.50 o'clock Friday evening, re-
ntorced by few Mobile friends, we
boarded the little steamer "Annie"
bound for
POINT CLEAR.
Here we found Oscar Hickle installed
as manager of the Grand Hotel. 1T
may as well be acknowledged here as
elsewhere that the desire to see Oscar,
and spend few days in his genial So
ciety was the chief motive which
prompted the General and the chron-
iclcr to seek this famous resort. Hickle
is a man who takes Il strong grip on
his friends, and holds on to them.
Nature and education have made him
model hotel manager. When man
STAYS with him week or two he is
certain to go back there if he ever has
another chance.
Grand Hotel is Il fine house, and
splendidly kept. 1t can accommodate
five hundred guests comfortably, but
its capacity has not been filled during
the present season. In fact the fear
of yellow fever and cheap railroad
rates have kept people away from the
coast this year, and none OF the fash
ionable resorts have proved remuncr"
ativc. The hotel at Point Clear is
long building extending out to the
edge of the "point," with wide
double CALLER, on the south side, anda
boundlcss cXpanse of water in every
direction except Il narrow strip of land
Oh the east. Point Clear has quite Il
number of summer residences, built
and occupied by the citizens of Mobile.
1T is situated in Baldwin county, Ala,
some thirty miles from Mobile, and is
reached by small steamboats, once a
day at cost of three hours in time
and % cents in stamps. The land ex-
tends out into the bay until it narrows
itself into point sure enough, look
ing at low tide somewhat like Il sharp
needle sticking out into the sea.
The bathing at Point Clear is its
great attraction. No where in the
South, East or West, can superior
bathing be found. Within fifty yards
of your sleeping apartment you step
into nice bathing house, and down
into clear salt water, waist deep, your
foot resting on solid sand bottom. If
you are a swimmer, a few lunges out
will carry you to water where the bot
tom cannot be touched without diving.
lGbG.y tAHerr1fotfs,;H NEITHER TOO 1GoId nor
too hot, and is not 50 subject to
changes in temperature rs the shall
low water on our own coast of Missis-
sippi.
Point Clear is the place where Sanco |
Panza's blessed benefactOr lived when |
he favored mankind with his soothing
of sleep. A man sleeps
here from the necessity of the situa-
ton. He can't help it. 1t is the
place to go to for rest and sleep. If
you have any work to do, or if you
want to read or write, you must not
go to Point Clear. There appears to
De an evenness of climate all day and
I'll night. You do not need covering
lor fans. You are perfectly comforta-
Die all day and all night, without
either. AS soon as the sun begins to
lour down his rays oppressively the
gentle gulf breeZes rise to neutralize
he heat. And as the sun grows
warmer, the breezes increase in
ctivity and counterfeit the effects.
The seductive tanning of the breezes
rings sleep and ease and forgetfulnes.
man will take up Il newspaper and {
al to sleep on the second paragraph. {
'he General slept during the entire
week we renamed OH the Point He ,
1as temporarily aroused three times a i
ay, for meals and bathing, and me- {
disposed of half a dozen g
foakers at each sitting, but dropped i
fl Immediately after each perform l
nee. He did not fully wake until I
lie second day after his return home. \
ut he is wide awake now
Among the chiefattractions at Point n
lear is a weekly regatta 10y the yachts II
Mobile and the coast. The proprie- 4
II of the Grand Hotel, Capt. Johnson, il
fers list of small prizes which b
avs out lively race every Sunday. n
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