The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-10
on THE ROAD.
From Our Travelling Agent and
Correspondent.


vANcLEAvE, Miss, Aug. 6, 1888.
Editor Democrat. Star:
Since my last | stopped over a
day at Handsboro and shook hands
with the big-hearied people Of that
little "city of sawdust.' met the
proiessor.elect of the Gulf Coast
College, Prof. l. A. Hatlestad, who
is a gentleman of pleasing appear
ance from the State of Iowa. The
College will open sometime in Sep
TENDER under the new professor
ship, and no doubt will get a good
patronage. An art department
will be added this term. Our cold
girl" tells US that the ladies of the
Presbyterian Church will give a
garden party at the home OF Mrs.
W. q. Henderson, in the near fu-
ture, and invited us, and everybody
else TO come.
After adding considerable coin 10
the treasury of The DEMoCRAT-STAR,
we next take IN Gulfport, and are
somewhat "took'' in by the skeleton
city there. We stayed there but a
short while, but long enough 10 see
an engine with several fiat car at
tached come snorting in from the
pine woods.
Next we come to Bay st. Louis,
where we talk more DEMoCRAT-STAR
to the people; put more coin in our
treasury box, then on to Ulman
manvllle, where we visit the ia
nous wooden mills of Mr.. A. A.,
Ulman; inspect the goods beng
made, pronounce them nice and
fine; take in the village generally,
and returning to the Bay IN the
evening we are fired out of that
town on the "cannon BALI and land
up in Pass Christian, where we
spend a day and night with more
or less success. We foundthe Pass
on the eve of her town election,
and the boys were up and doing
each tor his favorite candidate.
One hundred dollars was already
staked on the result.
From here we went to Ocean
Springs; preached the same doc
trine, and absolutely filled our
''grlp SACK with that substance
called The EDITORS delight. AS sum
mer resorts, it is hard to say which
of the towns-Bay St. Louis, Pass
Christian, Biloxi or Ocean Springs,
is the most popular. Every hotel
and boarding house along the line
seemed to be full to overlooking.
At Ocean Springs we leave the
Coast for a while, with many thanks
to the people for kindness shown.
Especially do we thank Messrs. G..
w. Davis and H. f. Russll, for ia
vors and on Monday, 10th inst.)
finds us achored at Vancleave
Postoffice, where we are telling the
told, old s%torv," and adding new
names to the DEMOCRAT STAR. Fort
Bayou and Vancleave may proper
ly be called the land of charcoal
and sweet potatoes, as these are the
chief products. Though coal is the
staple here, the people all seem to
be doing quite well, They seem to
converse very iutelligently on the
issues of the day, and to express a
desire to keep up with the times,
consequently nearly everybody
reads the DEMoCRAT-STAR. There
are several good schools, and
churches of different creeds here.
The following gentlemen are en-
gagged in the mercantile business,
and receive their supplies by boat
up Fort Bayou and Bluff Greek
H. @. Havens, J. NJ. Bleland, VIM.
Martin, George j. Smith, B. Page,
Woodman d Rubles, A. w, Ram
say, G. n. Woodcock, James Dick
son, Ellis Overstreet and Ernest
Garrett. The people are very kind
10 your correspondent, for which
we return thanks.
HFrom here we go to Gross Roads,
Americas and onward, of which
we will tell you later.
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