The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-03-23
Our Mobile Letter.
Editor DemOerat-stsr.

grateful. am led 20 this confession
by a twinge of conscience. Sunday
morning last | sent down TO the
door to get the Item TO while away
a lazy half hour in bed reading, and
absolutely abused it while reading,
for filing its columns with items
that had already been published in
the Register, some of them ten days
before, and while angrily turning
over its pages fell upon a neat COM
pliment TO "Cora, and felrmeanly
at once, and could not help but
think what a nice and very inter
esting paper the Item is, with its
spicy news and wealth of original
matter, especially its marriage cor
respondence, so full of quaint origi-
nal humor, and having said this
much, aud made the amende"
honorable, Cora doffs her plumes.
| think in my last, found some
fault with the dear sex, for some
times showing a lack Of politeness.
Well il a woman cannot scold the
women, who can, and now l have to
hold up another side of the ques-
ton.
Mobile for the past week has
had much of interest to entertain
her people, the most prominent of
which was the burial Of the Roman
bishop. of the diocese. The bishop
was q man revered and beloved by
all who knew him, and by none more
than those who knew him most init.
mately, and his death brought for
ward most prominently those love
able tiaiis of character, and Ro-
manist and Protestant alike showed
their appreciation OF his loss. His
body lay in state Immediately in
front of the altar at the head oil the
central isle Of the cathedral for two
days and nights, and think would
be rather under than over the mark
when l say that twenty thousand
people passed through to get a last
look at his remaius. The floral dis.
play was perhaps the grandest ever
seen in this city, and the designs the
most difficult and beautiful. On
Tuesday he was buried, and the pro
cession that carried his remains
through the streets was perhaps the
longest ever seen in Mobile without
carriages. 1t was forty five minutes
passing q given point. He was
buried on the gallery of the cathe-
dral to the left of the central or
main entrance, and still each morn
ing and evening his devoted friends
can be seen kneeling around his
grave offering up prayers for the
repose OF his soul.
| would give you u detailed des-
cription Of the procession but am
admouished that want of space
would prevent your publishing, and
at best it would interest very few,
but / must be pardoned fer Saying
that the handsomest man in the
procession was the distinguished
proprietor of the Register. l can
safely say that for | am too old
and have been married too long to
have any designs upon him, or the
peace of bis family, although that is
not altogether the rule here. The
funeral was a gaia day for those
fine young gentlemen God save
the mark) that spend their valuable
time on the street corners impu-
IDENTIFY gazing at and making in
sulting remarks about ladies, for
getful that in many cases their poor
mothers and sisters are at home
shaving their lives away to give
them bread. Such men are a dis
grace to both sexes, Men did say,
| think nature had some refuse
garbage that she intended to form
into some kind OF beast, but by
some mistake it took mans shape
without his brains and stands about
street corners representing the
!. connecting link so long sought
for by Darwin. After all, perhaps,
they are to be pitied.
Tuesday night DeWittTaImage lee
tured at the theatre, I did not hear
him for / have no admiration for
charlatans, however smart they may
be. A man protesting to be minister
of God that goes about the country
lecturing for his private purse, aud
puts his Autographs in every bar
room to advertise himself does not
command either my admiration or
my dollar. Gods poor that we
have among us needs 1t (the dollar)
much more.
On the twenty ninth ofthis month
we are to have at the theatre the
opera of LA Mascotte,n by Mobile
amateurs, and | hope many Of your
music loving citizens will attend.
The principal character is repre-
sented by Miss George Ketchum,
and lis done with style and grace
that would do honor to an old
stager. She is o daughter Of cur
slisfincnished pl,ysieian Dr. Georpe