The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-03-02
A wALK AROUND TOWN.

Your reporter having been hous.
ed up for a long tune on account oil
the Indictment weather sailed out
last Monday IT, being the first sun
ny day for a long time, for "A stroll
around town. He struck the river
at the mill of our clever and indus
triOus citizens the
MEADE BROS,
where everything was in full blast
and tue lumber being piled high, a
Il few minutes talk soon brought
out the fact that they were doing
well and the nsospects still better.
These gentlemen are model mill
men, you g no Slop work nor any
waste either about their mill or
their lumber yards, bnt everything,
even to the edgings off their boards,
IS put 10 some use. They deserve
to succeed and doubtless will, for
energy and economy will tell.
Near by but "A little lower down
the river is tho shhpyard of sold re-
liablc"
GEORGE FRENTZ,
who, as usual, has q large force at
work. OHthe ways We noticed the
schooneFs Miitrie Irwin, owned by
Capt. Alberts, and the Mills vii
liams, Capt. Bruce, Tue Minnie
irwin came in here Il perfect wreck
and is really being rebuilt. 1t would
be altogether useless to ask how
the job pleases tho owner if yOu
could look ut the broad smile that
spreads over Capt. AlbertS' face
when he looks at her and thinks how
she will carry and sail through the
and you know he is IA Judge OF
such matters. The Millie Williams
is Il large schooner and is undergo
a thorough overhauling, aud
will be on the ways for some time
to come, but when she is finished
will he a Sim dandy" without fail,
aud her owner will be as proud of
her as an old man would be of Il
young wife.
Just acros a small bayou is the
saw mill OF
SSATLACK & MYERS.
This mill is not large, but one of the
most compact and useful little mills
hat you Will meet in a long travel,
lnd you may stake your last old
len 81 it that it is in the hands of
men who know how to run it for all
t is worth. These men have labor
VI under great disadvantages since
hey came here, but they have
grabbed to the top, and are now
n a solid footing-so may they
continue.
A very short distance below is
lie shipyard OF the famous
PETER BLANCHARD,
whose reputation ia his line is al
lost world vile. At this yard / |
ee lying the U. s. Mail Packet !
waiting to get on the ways. =;
his steamer is from Amite river
nd came by New Orleans to seek :
his place where good work is al. {
certain and timber the best. :
'ince these ways were put in the ,
has had to duplicate
hem and still has TO build another -
and longer pair, such is the
.ecesSities Of the trade, and they t
ill be put in as soon as the tim :
erS a be brought down from {
loss Point, and as dull as we think d
he times are this II yard has paid I
ut during the past short season u
$4,000 dollars in wages, and that =
DO to men who spend their money II
ere at home. b
/ could not return up town until u
had paid a visit to the fish and
nd oyster houses below the rail /
bad bridge, where, as usual there c
ere large Gro Rds at work. When !
looked at those fine fish and large v
nd luscious b~ivalves l could not !"
clip Offering up a short prayer /
l don't pray oftenl that it
rs my good fortune to have my '
It cast in this favored section.
Tie only thing l saw idle was the 1
IeImas mill. Is it not a wonder |
Iat it is not turned into "a merchant :
1 am sure it would pay.
Being somewhat fatigued by my
/ turned my steps home I.