The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-21
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g0irs his entire time ~ pleasure seeking
and Sightseeing and wip II hf ruin
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altogether diitHni Wteet indn The man
~ small mfans who lnoks NJ II With ~
eye ~ business and wbo nn lualness will
stiil unless II promises enough immediate
returns 10 support himself and family
Hut The higgpai lies rufne FROM the land
spernlaiofa. Much ~ the land IN Fl0h
da has lWen luught ~ by mpitAliatH, aud
they seldom stick W any wh0ppef that
will help them ~ sell u hi NJ q pfOllt.
One NJ bisatnn'a agents represents The
lands In this locality ~ entirely free from
ffuats, nj least his adv uisementa DO 10,
yet this winter the frost has Killed nearly
all the tomato and elephants In the
country, aud In some places this occurred
twice, A few that we're specially pro.
tcctcd survived, aud their products are
sometimes cited as evidence that this
locality Is entirely free from %irosta." II
Is my opinion that there are enough adj.
ynntager truly belonging to this section
NJ the State ~ render II attractive, with.
out resofting to nntruth. What have
10 say rrfcrs only To the country border.
Ing on the " .ers " Clear Water Bay.
It Il on the western side Of the Peninsula,
eighty miles south Of Cedar Keys The
Bay, sometimes laid down on the map as
s. Joscpb's Bay, Is some thirty Of forty
miles long, Il don't exactly know It's pro.
portions, and is separated from the Gulf
by a chain of low.lying islands, called
keys. | don't know where the name
cIme from unless from the Spanish word,
edyo, meaning an island. The bay is
widest and deepest ut its northern end,
where II is something over two miles in
width. The keys gradually approach
the main land NJ YOU 20 south, till, ! am
told. they are less than a mile from II at
the southern end. Between those keys
on the west and the Peninsula on the
cas-, lies Clear Water Bay, and II Is the
l%ovlicst sheet Of water my eyes eyer be-
held. II varies much in depth, being in
some places only Q lew inches deep, and
many feet in others, and the bottom is in
some places a snOw-white sand and in
Others is covered with Il brown sea-weed,
called turtle grass. A the sun shines on
the water at varying angles this varied
bottom causes il TO reflect different colors
On the surface, giving il the stripes and
colors Of an immense rainbow. | have
looked ut II when there were visible u
rich light pea green, then a stripe OF
amber brown, then a band of the intens-
est deep blue, then u pale light blue, and
last a broad streak Of light yellow, all in
the same panorama. The passing OF q
cloud or the shifting OF the breeze would
change all these hues with chameleon
like facility. A lady, who has spent a
winter in Naples, assures me that the
waters Of that celebrated bay are rot
more lovely b are these, though OF
course Tie mlrfortd mountains are lack
ing here. Along the shore of the main
land the aspect is not 81 inviting. The
cos'ntry was hrst settled ny the ordinary
yeomanry. That constitute Inc pioneer
element OF most new States. They could
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see IN this beautiful bay only. a good
place TO catch iish, and In the high dry
banks they recognized only the poverty
oil the SOL. Further inland there was
better land That was easter to clear, 40
therc lhey Dullt tlelr homes, anu there
thcy SIN remain. within the last lew
years people with some means and with
an eye lof the beautiful, saw that this
desplscd beach was the natural site Tor
eauuiu homes, ana the price mas Jump
ed IRON twenty-five cents TO from TWEEN
ty-hve to a hundred dollars an acre.
New settlements and new houses arc
sIringing up all along the shore, and
Internal places ma u dillicult 10 secure
purchasers. IL Is amusing to hear the
old settlers derihe the ldea oil the beach
lrohts being the most desirable lots.
Ihey see Their mistake now, and try. TO
console themselves by turning up their
noses nj the lucky posscssors OF front
iands. Inc character OF The SOIL is rs
general rue intensely poor. There are Y
lew spots OF what Is called hammock
anu along the shore that are very fertile
Dut they an all occupied u most =
uieni are adorned Win peautiui groves
Inc rest oil the u Is OF the sandies'
sol, Oh SAM. How y manages 10 produc,
such q natural growth oil scrub oak and
paln,e'to without any FERTILIZER isa mys,
tsty 10 me. ~ IN very haru 10 clear
ION mink II can be properly cleared
Tor less than twenty-five dollars an acre
rel ready Tor the pillow the next thini
IN 10 pu, something ON II Tor inc susie
nance OF what you sre going to plant
y LOOKS IKE an u~niavoraDle showing
ont u Is not u all exaggerated. On the
other nan u Is about all The evil one
ean nnu % say apout the country I'M