The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-09-03
MYSTERIOUS MUSIC.
THE INDIAN TRADITION OF
P~ASCAGOULA.
Scranton and Its Business Inter
ests-H History of PascagOula-
Its Present Condition.
From New Orleans States.

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From New Orleans States.
SCRANTON, Mss, Aug. "a. 1886.
i This lourishiug little village, sit
uated upon tue east bank of Pasca
goula river, some two miles from III
q mouth, is "A place of considerable
commercial Importance, and ranks
among the first lumber ports OF
t the Cult. Extensive sawmills are
; located here, and 1T Moss Point,
! some four miles up the river, which,
together with other manufacturing
industries, give employment to a
|, vast number of men. Horn Island,
ten miles southwark, forms "a bar
rier to the tempestuonS pillows OF
the Gulf, and protects the more
placid bosom of Mississippi Sound,
while it affords an ample harbOr
aud sufficient depth of water for
Large vessels engaged in the carry
ing trade from all quarters of the
world. The vast pine forests lying
aloug the PascagOnla and its tri6u-
taries furnish annually millions of
logs; which are hoated down stream
to be converted into lumber of the
finest quality, and finds a ready
market IN IA European, South aud
and Central American as well us
domestic ports.
SCRANTON is LOCATED
OH the line of the l.. 81 n. Il. r.,
which crosses the river at this point
OH substantial iron bridges, aud is
distant from New Orleans 100 miles.
Two miles west of here, at West
PascdgOula, IS located the large
creoSote works Of the railroad,
where all the piling OF the road to
be used in salt water is %impregna-
ted by steam pressure with creOSote
to prevent Tie inroadSr OF that de.
structive little sea worm known us
the tOTedO. 1t is TO guard against
the attacks OF this pest that ships
ale cOppered, but wood charged
with creOsOte has been found rs
good IL preventive, and much less
expensive.
Old PaScagOula; once Il famous
watering place OF the coast, is some
two miles from Scranton, and now
but little visited. It's once pretty
residences aud seaside cottages all
bear tue marks of neglect, aud
u NY OF them are in Il tumble down
condition. The railroad opened mp
aud furnished nearer and more pop.
ular resorts, and this once favOrite
retreat now sits by the sea- and lis.
to the wild waves moaning at
her sad desoIatiOn. Ii is true, the
is just as salt, its bathing and
is just as good, and the live
)ak shade just MS friendly us III the
OF yOrc; aml Il few families
here, while others spend
summers here, but The wealth
nd fashion OF other days have
departed, and with them the glory
II Pascdguula.
PASCAGOULA is AN AGED PLACE,
been settled in 1900 by the
French under Bieuville, as a part
# the louisiana colony, though the
Spanish land claim to il as a portion
If their west Florida possessions,
nd perhaps justly so, baSiug their
lain upon discovery aud prior ex-
'lUrationS. However, we find that ,
II 17l7, John Law, the director A.,
general vi The "WeStern Company"
PascdgOula Bay, with its
urrOunding territory, to Madame
ClIamOnt; upOu condition that
'Ilhin Il certain time sue Introduce
certain number OF migrants upon
t.. History also informs us Ot The
allure of this company after Il few
OF ex!ravagant existence, and
he revocation of its grants aud
heir subsequent return 10 the
yet many of the migrants
emained, and their pOSterlty are
mOng the present inhabitants OF 4,
he land. The view from Old Pas. {
idgoula is n of beauty. Looking I
the southwark across the sound,
horn and Petit Bots islands stretch 4,
heir loug sandy beaches to the 1
light aud lett. leaving "a wide gap ,
'etween them through which ships /,
inter from the sea. A little to the I
light, and scarcely four miles away, /
Round Island rises from the waves,
ND seems a sylvan paradise, SC |
'erfect ~ form, 50 insulated aud 50 {
INVITING is her live oak grove with I
ivergreen foliage, in striking cOn-
rast with the dazzling wliteness a
# her beach aud stately lighthouse, I
hat II naturally longs, especially j
II drowsy summer; to seek her love +
y shade aud abide forever. 4
PascagOuIa Bay has been famous !
ince its first discovery for a Ger. j
ain a
MYSTERIOUS MUSIC i
iten heard upon its waters, while
many and various causes are at. {
ributed to it. d
By some it is said that a certain d
sh, peculiar to the waters of the d
ay, produce the strange music, r
lille Others repudiate this theory Il
n the ground that no fish are found r
ere that are not common all along L
be coast. SoHe chain the peculiar d
)rmatiOn Of the bay; aud the ac- Il
of the wind and tide are the il
auses, while others say it il the o
ctiOn of the water over coral s.
eds on the bottom, but as no q