The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-04-27

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At ti.c season sf the year the
Lake ADORE is ut iss loveliest. One
may lie upon ths white sands aud
listen to the gently monotonous
swish, swlsa OF gray waves wash.
ing the beach, and realize to the
fullss., most luxurio0s sense, the
beauty OF he spring-time on the
lake shore. The waters are spread
like . skite sandkerchief dropped
by nature, and the talntest wind
crumples them into motion.
At ones back lies the cool, green
woods; trees inhabited by mocklng
birds, S.ippoorwills and larks;
wide stretches Of pasture land star.
red with "A flower closely akin to
the daisy. with the greenest fiy.
cxtchess aud the yellow pitcher
plants. Ii is late for the dogwood,
but the wild honeysuokle and pale
parple wild wistera are in full
bloom, aud the sweet woods are
throbbing with color aud the rym.
thic murmur vi bird voices. One
sweet sunshiny afternoon went TO
church with my hostess. 1t was o
protracted meeting. Service was
held at 4 o'clock, and before that
hour the alto note of a sweet voiced
bell had been calling through the
trees. 1t was very pleasant to go
to afternoon church of that soft
April day. The church quantity
pretty Que, sat embowered in far
reaching oaks, and the long green
needles of the pines rustled aud
musically knit together overhead.
During service the officiating min
listers groaned and wept. One
rocked his body to and fro, aud sob.
bed in an apparent agony. l look
ed on stolidly. The sweet sun lay
along the church floor-just outside
the bent branches OF the trees form.
ell tremulous and murmurous shade,
and birds caroled in the branches.
Did God intend that we should weep
and sigh aud groin at this season
OF annual resurrection WAS the
thought | could not drown, and
then with quavering voice the min,
lister gave out the old tune, "There
is n land that is fiirer than this.'
Well, perhaps therc'is; but there
are plenty of us still alive who have
not begun to estimate the beauties
OF this glad sSecu earth. The coun-
try people who live year in aud
year out along the lake shore, aud
who have it within their power to
administer to many of the wants OF
the summer visitors, are, ii the
statement will bc forgiven, Il thrif. /.
less people.
The night l went over tho lake
the train was crowded with gentle
men who have already removed
their families thither for the sum.
mer. Every one of these gentle.
men carried his market basket. ln
New Orleans they had bought beef,
mutton aud chickens for the Sun.
day dinner. The people living in
the country near the lake coast ap
pareutly have not the enterprise to
cater to the wants Of the summer
visitors.
In fact this class of semi farmers
do not even raise enough early veg
etables to supply their own tables.
The country residents around Mo-
bile supply the Northern markets
with early vegetables to the amount
annually of nearly one million dol
lars, but the lakeshore farmers do
not begin to do even this much.
| talked with Mr.. Louis Fairchild
who has summer home at Bay
st. Louis. He has small fruit
and early vegetable farm a short
distance back from the Bay, aud be
tells me that small fruits, particu.
larly strawberries, and such fine
vegetables as French artichokes,
ETC., grow luxuriantly on his place,
thus proving beyond a doubt that
over the-lake market gardening
may become immensely profitable
if only the gardeners so willed it.
The building OF the tine hotel al
Pass Christian has been u benefit
to the whole Lake coast. At Pass
Christian, although SO early in the
season, the boarding house keepers
are engaged three months
There il scarcely house to be. had
at the Pass. As for the boarding
house keepers, since they ask first
class prices ii is to be hoped they
will give In return first class board,
1t must be confessed that all along
the Lake shore the boarding-hous,
keepers are inclined to set a strictly
fish and crab table, which, in thu
COuIco VI ftW WOChc, 10 opb ~
crow nonotonous. The prices
charged Tor houses are rather high
| A house that contains four pin,
] bedstends, superannuated cook
| stove and q set Of iron knives ant
| forks is popularity supposed to b
furnished aud will rent for a season
OF five months for $50 Q mouth
This is too much In all conscieuce
The Lake shove natives, II ma.
10 permitted the term, cauuot learI
too soon that the quicker they as
'slmilate with the summer vlsito
the better for them--flnancially
1t Is not a wise thing 4
systematically +" gougea at a visl
tors pocket book. In time he ma
grow weary OF the liberty, aud i
selt.defense betake himself to othe