The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-03-02
BY THE RIPPING SEA.
The Pleasures Enjoyed by q Par
ty on a Recent Trip.

acknowledges.
"Knowest thou u land where the lemon
trees bloom,
The geld orange glows in thedeep thick
Tho wind over soft, from blue heaven
blows,
And groves of laurel. myrtle and rose ~
Such is the beautiful sea coast
country recently visited by u party
OF Senators aud Representatives
who went down to Mardi Gras at
New Orleans, aud having looked
upon the magnificent %pageantry OF
Rex aud Proteus, betOok themselves
next day TO what is perhaps the fair.
est region of tue great States OF
Mississippi.
The party was composed of the
Hon. w. T. Houston and wife, Hon.
N. A. Taylor, JAS. q. Harris, and
wife, of Tippah, JnO. Bailey and
sister, of Tallahatchie, and Miss
Shelton of jackson, and Miss Dun
lap, of Grenada. Several others
who partook too freely OF Mardi
Gras, had intended TO join the party,
but Morpheus prevented.
The party was received at Scran.
ton bv Messrs. S. S. Henry, z. X
Mayors, Chas. Il. Wood, q. 5. Mer-
riwether aud wife, b. j. Jane, the
prince of hotel men, aud others.
After "A dinner that the gods might
have envied, they discussed wines
rare enough to have been contra.
band, and then adjourned to the
| bridge across the last branch OF The
Pascagoula. After this they called
in Senator Houston, who had stray.
ed off TO the livery stable, TO hear
the arguments pro and con as to
the necessity for a draw. bridge
across the west branch. The Sena-
tor was self-cOnstituted moderator,
and the leaders in the debate were
Capt. Pickett and Capt. Thomas.
The party was then driven over to
Pascagoula, Sam driving his spank
ing grays with more skill than Ph@.
AL PaScagOula the party was join.
ed By Dir. Il. f. Griffin, Mr.. II. p.
Blalack and Mr.. Levine, tho pilot
OF the sound. They were sOon un-
der full sail across the waters of the
monster deep while listening to
tales of adventure by sea aud land,
100 wonderful to repeat. They
were anxious 10 60 to the west
branch that they might see how deep
the water looked while they were
| all at sea, but the pilot felt that
the danger of running aground
would not permit; so, after 4 sail OF
fifteen miles or less, they returned
TO drink u cobbler divinely made
| by no less a celebrity than Charley
BOster; and / care not who is Boss
at making a cObbler Charley is BOs.
ter.
A drive soon brought them again
to Scranton, where u supper that
poor mortals seldom see, aud never
forget, awaited them. But halt
their delightful trip was done when
tue car (thcir specia)sOunded the
whistle for starting, and they heard
MI. Levert CLARK, who was the dis
penser of all their pleasures, as the
almOner of that beautiful lady,
Ellen N, shouting all aboard; come
just time to make it back. to New
Orleans while yet We have a right
of way over the track, and with
many aspirations to again visit this
beautiful cline and people, more
genial than any cline can be, they
we're hurried back to the city where
but the day before Rex had reigned
aud his subjects held high carnival.
The next day they spent in New Or
leans, leaving that city at $50 p. m.
for jackson. The trip was enliven-
ed not alone by Mr.. Clark, who
came back With them, but also by a
ventriloquist, WHO under the u
pices of Mr.. Victor Barringer at
tempted to catch and kill an imag-
mary dog that barked and growl.
ed just under those seats where the
ladies sat. You should have sseu
the ladies get upon top of the backs
of their seats and carefully tuck
their skirts around their feet and
scream, lido take him away" aud
when judging from the noise the dog
made, the darkies had caught him
By the tail, aud with n dexterous
jeIk, thrown him into the wood pile
near the stove without bis being
seen. When the darkies proceeded
to kill him with a chunk, You should
have heard them beg for "tbe poor
dog aud tears were not wanting
when, at last, it was evident bsths
poor dog" was dying, so pititul was
the noise it made. When told that
the whole thing was a fraud, that
no dog had barked, been beaten or
killed, they we're 20 happy that they
shOwered their shekels upon the
darkies-nOt for fOOIng them, but
for not having killed a dog.
They got 10 Jackson about 1910
a m, Friday last, aud 80 we eau
not tell lie, never having told Que
in oar lives, we must add they were
very glad to get hack to the dear
old city again, where they can see
Booth and BsFFettOu the 8u inst.