Telegram-herald., 1889-05-24
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On the eastern shore u Noble Bay
are several delightful s4mmer sGd
slnteE resorts. n4uch fgeqUeute'l dur
lag a. s-asoas II the year Tie ell
mate on thls shore = delightful al tue
year round. Point Clear watering
place about twenty mlies from the clty
oi N1aile Las .4gse and eleganthote!s
The Grand Inls place Ne md % oe
tie nlost oommOdiOus, finest and
most he4lthfui anywhere IA OuE travels
tnus TAR. Tie bath houses age within
forty Yards ~ the man hotel. IN the
rear II the house and east OF the taild-
lg are groves OF large, handsome
ua xa0ilas ia full bloom and a beauti-
ful ght u look at. These flowers, 80
plentiful. seem % iiil the very az with
their agreeable perfume. Here we
hai trees and flowers OF every descrlp-
ton which the soil OF the United states
IA. the power and good sense 10 pro-
duce, and the free, loving liberty u
ENJOY.
The gulf breeze, on this side OF the
bay, must De felt u be appreciated;
words nor pen, nor paint can DO Il
justice; poetry, pure song, nor music
can ever reproduce nature itself IN its
truest sense. The Atlantic coast mas
no Wind nor water that can be com
pared with 1t for soothing effect, for
health, or for agreeability. Its tenn
perature seems the same, whether II
rises into gale or blows Light enough
only TO ruiile the quiet waters OF the
bay For TINS reason Il Is allowed 10
blow day and night through the cot
tages and rooms, where the doors and
windows are left open 10 receive II, and
the lungs 10 inhale it. The atmos-
| phere about here consists of the com
pound mixture of both fresh and salt
water, the minglng of the two gufs,
Mexico and Mobile, which produce the
most soothing, yet effective, results to
the h uman mind and body. There is
no better way by which TO drive mala-
RIA from the system, and TO cure
aching or bleeding lungs, than TO go to
| these shores and breathe their healthful
atmosphere, so long as the pores of
| body or lungs have sufficient strength
TO inhale them.
The bay furnishes rare sport for fish
/ ermen. The numerous inlets of fresh
water afford all the varieties of fresh
water iish-the perch, rockhsh, brean
and trout. The gulf and the bay
abound in wild duck and every variety
of the finny tribe, such as the perch,
| bass, brean, trout, sheepshead, croker,
/ spade-tish, mullet, founder, Spanish
| mackerel, etc. just beyond its mouth
/ the reddish, "A most beautiful as well
as delicious fish, the grOuper and the
pOmpano, usually esteemed the prince
of them all. we paid so cents for a
small one fried, right here where they
are caught. Soft and hard shell crabs,
shrimps and oysters are caught in
| abundance. Thus you will see that
every variety of fresh and salt water
| fishing can be participated in within
| stones throw of the house. Friend
Rowe and the writer, with two of Ala
bama's sons, j. j. Joseph and J. ).
| Dowdell, of Montgomery, went out
early this morning and caught an equal
| number of fish each, and returned with
100; while others brought IN the crabs
and oysters fresh from the bay, and we
had them cooked for our breakfast.
Surely, ne must be hard to please who
can not find occupation for his idle
moments amid such multitude of
pastimes As we find here.
After breakfast we went out and
gathered blackberries, magnolas aud
Spanish moss.
Perhaps the growing pleasure afford
ed by this far bay, and one to which
all others form ready adJuncts for en-
loyment, Is the scope it gives for in
diligence in cruising and yachting, and
he need be no yachtsman, nor yacht
/ owner, who would taste of these pleas
ures. The bay abounds in crafts of all
kinds and sizes, ready manned, and to
be hired by the day, week, or month
on easy terms. Thus, without the least
extravaganza, any one may make ex-
tensive cruises along these fish-abound-
/ ing and interesting coasts.
In the vicinity of Daphene (Howard'sl
one sees a spanish fort, whose battered
I earthwOrks, unchanged by time, still
testify 70 the bitterness Of the contest
for ia possession, which consumed an
entire week and cost numberless lives.
At the mouth Of the bay lies Fort Nor
gan, on Mobile point. Fort Gaines, on
Dauphin Island, and Fort Powell, on a
small island at Grants pass These
witnessed the terrible conflict between
| Admirals Farragut and Buchanan.
Much about this bay IS Of historic IN
terest, and now that almost a genera
ton has passed, may be investigated
not only With interest but with in.
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