The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-02-23
NUMBER 40
Our Mobile Letter.


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DEAR DEMocRAr-srAR:
For long time l promised you a
letter, and As l am in bad humor to
day, and have to stay at home nurs-
ing a condemned bad cold q never
heard of good one), and by my
crossness have driven everybody
from the room, and have no one to.
growl at, and after hunting round
my room for something to read Z
came across copy Of your paper
which reminded me of my promise
and so here goes and if the letter
runs you out Of your offise, why l
can't help il, for my word will have
been kept, and you cured of asking
for letters:
During the season just passed our
city was full and running over, and
everybody appeared pleased and
happy. 1t was a great treat to the
country people to see the large ships
lying ut the wharfs as well as to
many town folks who had never seen
these monsters Of the deep, all OF
which Indicate that Mobiles future
is to be better than her past. In
another letter l may give you my
ideas of her future, but have no feel
ing of glorification to day, but. will
only say that her merchants have
to wake up to the fact that they
must advertise In the country papers
and offer inducements for trade that
her great rival does, or she will be
far behind hand in the race despite
her natural advantages. People
who were here during the carnival
went home well pleased with the
show made on the streets, espe-
cially at night, the day parade be-
ing very poor. Since the days of the
"Mardi-Gras Pilgrims there has.
been no society to take their place.
or to fill the vacancy they left. Their
field was "burlesquen and so per
fectly was it carried out that to this
day great regret is expressed that
they quit. But It's the fault OF the
merchants themselves. The Pill
grims were composed of working
men, and in those days Of small sala-
ries they will not deprive their fami-
lies OF necessaries to make an at
tractive show for which they receive
no benefit, and the merchants who
do will contribute nothing towards
it. We shall never look upon their
like again.
The 90. M'smade a grand night
peagent worthy of their former repu.
tation, but the |. Ms did not reach
their former beauty of either design
or representation Let us hope for
better things next year. There is.
nothing of interest 10 tell you of q
public nature here that the Register
does not give yoA Watch our
board of commissioners in their
treatment of the Sunday law, Tis
the old story of the school boys fight.
One is afraid, the other dare not.
The recorder took an oath toadmin-
lister the laws Of the city or port,
and he finds a law he fears to eu-
force, and appeals to the board
who seem to fear either to enforce
the law or to repeal it. "Great is
politics, and policy is his prophet"
It seems strange that city the size
of Mobile supports but one daily
paper, and that not first-class. Per-
haps tits as good as its support, for
it has not the support that a first
classpaper should have. By-the-vay,
it has q wonderful correspondent,
"Clip.u Many have been the specu-
lations as to who Clip was, but re-
cent edition Of the paper gave his
carte-de-uisite, and Its infantile imbe-
cility of expression accounts fully
| for his wonderful letters to his s9Dear
Boss" Please don't hang my 'Apic-
tur" up in your paper, and | will
call you "Dear Boss" or anything
else. But we have another paper
here, the Item, little Sunday
morning breakfast pare-. Its So
ciety notes are simply immense.
How q true woman must enjoy see
ing herself written up in that style.
And occasionally, it takes slap at
the old Lady" as it calls the Regis
ter, but as yet l do not remember
to have seen its name mentioned In
return. You know the old fable of
the fly and the OK. 1t may get to
buzzing too near the ox's eye, and
| it will closets winker over Il. ssVide
chronicle" My wife has just come
in to enquire il am in a better hu-
NOR than l was, and come to think
of it, | believe 1 am, and SO stop.
Fondly thine own, Cora.
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