The Magnolia gazette., 1888-10-13
HANDssoRo, MISS.

climate, manners and customs Of
The people, etc. etc. Llying in
your hlIy, farm crowned country,
with only the roar of the passing
trains to disturb its quiet, or the
music of the winds as they rustic !
through some stately oak. or
murmur softly through green
Grooming pines, your inhabitants
would wonder at the difference
in our gulf-coast country and thai
locality. Here, the mighty gulf |
keeps up its constant motion,
whether lashel in angry storm
/ fury, or Iulled almost to rest by
4 sweet, south winds, and we are so /
accustomed to the sound of its
4 Imurmuring, that were it to cease
lfor even 40 hours iime, we would
| fear that the entire machinery of
! nature had ceased TO operate
Misgled with this, is the regular
iumbling Of the Il. & N. trans,
as they trlndlc along almost ia
Sight Of the sparkling guilt. On
the other side, comes the daily
/ steaming aid buzzlng music OF
the various saw mills, located
upon Bayou Bernard, the bayou
, oul town hes upon. And at these
! mills regular Whistles are blown
!, throughout the day, calliag hands
I 10 work ia the morning, to dinner
(. at midday, and dismissing them
It six . click in the evcning-and
bells at n night, ringing out every
hour. Added to this, two win
tiers ago, "The Oyster Canning
& Factory, at Mississippi City,
z lKeI5t time with onr mills, and its
Z whistle would chime ia sharply
(, with theirs. 50, what with tralns,
! mills, bodts, travel, nie chandiz-
I !, ng and'spccuntidn, our Gulf cotst
Z generally presents a lively -bdsI
= =. ness scene, not emitting oHr daily
Lime Of hicks, whicb meet every
train regularly. And during tt'
I summer these hacks are loadet
u down With passengers going IN al
y directions, aud the gulf coast i
- crowded with summer visitors Il
70 that season. Thetown of Hands
4 bJro, lite ally, - borough.
~ named after our townsman, "P
6 land, E lies Immediately upon ih
% banks Of Bayou Bernard and Q.
Y capies from two to three miles {
% It's shore; pr tty residences, sa
Emllls and small truck farms, d.
ting each side Of It's banks. Abor
is nile gulf-ward, comes the Mi
at slsslppi City depot, on the l..
In r.. r., aud Immediately
he front Of chat, the great gulf laI
u the sandy shore. Our town
Ily lhickly populated and contan
I'D some fine stores aud handson
srs DWELLINGS. The Gulf Coast Go
ID lege, established some three yea
ed ago, is a splendid institution
up learning AMI highly patronlze
&; seven OF eight churches ornamo
our town, aad pietty little pa
sonage, occupied by Elder
al, Boweu,a a worthy Baptist nlnIsie
xes Our largest and best stores a
err those of Messrs. LiddTe, Llcnhar
ues ana Airey, and an excellent dr
yer store, kept by E. b. Myers. y
Sc. have three practlcing physicia
md here, Drs. Farry, Washington A
shc Legcr, but good health IN Il
for region usually proionlnates oy
Id our doctors. Oar veteran just
at OF the Peace, H. Crawfor;, ker
If the public liberaliy supplied W
nto soJa-water an d knick-knacl
she We have large brick found
ing on the outskirts of the town, owI
and lun by ii. Lienhard. VIII
turns out thousands of brick, a
bin right near il sugar mill, owr
the by the same party. ! he town
tbe Handsboro has been literally
.rn- cowed by nature-na'ural oul
cen lug sites being found on all sd
two pretty shrubberles and fine o
the ornamenting uncultivated plac
ab- seeming only to invite accupan
tee aud good health, fine water
y Ie pure, fresh ar, seeming to md
ork emigration thither. Almost eve
odl- thing in the shape OF fruit, now
hile and vegetables, can pe raised
fur abundance, and for garden
,rk PURPOSES aud truck-farmng,
lies. locality can not be surpass
,ress True, the laad needs fertlllzl
q but the cultivation Of 1t rep
rive doubly. Besides, cverytt
and raised is marketable: We b
,pu- two weekly excursion trains :
resi- nlng from New Odeans to Mis-
iotl- sippi City, during the eatIre 81
sons mer season. which fills our t
lwith pleasant visitors ard cnli'