The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-03-29
LETTER TRoH oRisG GROVE.


aud cold spring ourtruek farmers wi
not allow early shipments u beans
potatoes, &c, 10 fall much behind %.
reenri Of other seasons. They plant
FL as early a. usual, aHi By thorough
difeaiHg aud the application Of suci
fertilizers a. are calculated 10 keel
The ground warm aud loose, good
stands have been secured, and plant.
pushed 10 rapid growth. Plant
ing, especially as 10 Irish potatoes, ha-
been largely increased over last year,
and oar farmers, having profiteI by
their short experience in this new tine
81 farming, shipping will be doubled
over 1855. Mr.. W J. Parker led If
very early by planting City barrels Of
TIE peerless variety, AID We under
stand that our friend, Ar. Arthur
Smith, across the river, Eho ships
from ibis station, has planted abOu, as
many, while nearly all The growers OF
fruits and y. getables have increased
the acreage ot, not only pststDes but
other products for early shipping.
This Advancement j. steady and con-
unuOus, and 1t does not rsquire cx-
traortlinarY foresight 10 zee that i'm
less lime iHahmany years every &C re
Of orr tillabie IaHd will b. im strong
demand, and our people will he
brought TO a realization Of the value
OF their possessions, and the worth OF
thi- small but especially favored cnr-
ner Of The STATE.
Messrs. lloWIand, Brewer and Bar
her, recently Of Minnesota, who
bought places a little west of this STA
tlOn, unlike -Ome OF our Northern
brethren, who come ''Souih To show
The people how 10 farm" and who
plunge heels over head into their ac-
customed systems of planting and
and in less time than il
takes TO tell IL, "spile the horn" and
return home thoroughly soured on
our land and people. l say, unlike
hat unfortunately constituted class.
tine gentlemen referred ID are imaru-
wing and beaItifvihg their homes,
planting fruit trees aud farming 10
the best advantage, at the same lime
experimenting on a quiet aud safe
plan. They will succeed admirably,
and every BODY will be glad Of it.
Messrs. Moore and Patfer and their
estimablc wives are temporarily resi-
ding at their Scamp" situated near
their extensive oyster beds, and a
most delightful place 10 live. as your
CORES pendent aud wife can testify,
parsken Of the hGspitalilie.
these good people at their tramp"
DAYS. They viii return 10
heir Northern homes about the first
Of April, expecting 10 become pcrma-
settled here next autumn
Success to their new Iterprise, which
promises to be quite extensive, they
already planted about twenty-
i've thousand barrels OF oysters. all
# which seem 10 be in finc growing
condition.
Mr.. Editor, | never fully appreci-
ted tins climate with its healihful-
!ess until a few DAYS ago. A strange.
yell-dressvd, aud fihc lonking gcalle-
nan alightcd from his buggy aud sa-
uted the postmaster with the dignity
nd %poliieness becoming his profess
III tthAAC NV ~ llH bAislIfNA 4
" producing some neat designs of
Dmb-stOnes, with some seHsible Ie-
marks as TO their durability, beauty
nd chcapness, aud asked what fhr I
were for affecting some sales /
our town. The station agent, who 1,
laEifestcd considerable interest M .
he tOmb-stOn; agents behalf, set nnl :
n a line of general information -.
aid he: "NOw sir, we will take the !
ImIlies IN order. and begin 1n this
dc Of the railroad. Right down
icre (pnIniing) is what is we call
'ankee Row. II e comparatively a :
Nv settlement, and OF course, NOME ,
them have kindred buried here. :
1 the head Of Yankee Row" lives
ar bachelor friend, Mr.. StrOck. lie
as lived here many years, but has h
D one buried here. The next place
owned by Mr.. Snow, another bach
or, aud one Of The first settlers, who
rs many relations here, but l do not
ink that any Of them have departed :
lie life at Orange Grove. Over in ]
Iat point are several fainilIes-Chas. :
lnes, who il an old bachelor, aud
IN hIs brother, who has a very in
family, but though they
I've been here for many years they s.
no need Of a tombstone. Then =
mes Bill COwart who has raised a Il
mily Of tea Or twelve children and
had a doctor in the house in
teen years. A little higher up and
ar the river, Nr. Clements lives Ii
old bachelor, who has no one
It himself, but some prospects ahead.
bOve him is DIR. Maybe Is another
and has lived here for years, =.
i no u buried. Now, we will ns
oss the road, aud take Mr.. Weldon, as
no. by the way, Is another bachelor. G,
"W-w-well, say, my friend, h-h-hOw va
any bachelors have you g-g-got Al
re 2" broke IN The tombstone agent, n
no stammers slightly.
II think before Judge Starr left
ere were-let me See"
81 W-w-w-well, I guess III get into
Y b-b-buggy and try the next town,
-
And he went, aud I, having thought
over the matter, could not @.
member OF but two natural deaths -
the natives since l came to this
Dntry. OKAssE Blossom.
Gov. LOWRY has cheated the