The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27
THE COAST OF MISSISSIPPI.
A Country That is U%nequaled
Anywhere on the Continent.
A PLACE FOR PLEASURE SEEKERS AND
LOVERS OF COHFORT-SOMETHING
ABOUT BELLEFONTiixE PARK.


Aht" -
, The coast Of the Mississippi SCUM,
forms the southern extremity of th,
r State of Mississippi, and of that por
ton of Alabama west OF the city 81
Mobile. 1t has a stretch of sea shor,
of about eighty miles frontage to TIT
former State and forty 10 the latter
The Importance of its claims as an ex
t~ensivc marginal line to the gulf %
Mexico has long been appreciated by
the inhabitants of Louisiana, Missis.
sissippi and Alabama, chiefly for it.
pastimes of pleasure.
For a score of wears, owing to the
general depression that followed the
war between the States, the commit
mites existing at short distances apart
along It's extent felt a decline IN pop
ulatiOu and interests more sensibly
than experienced IN any region at the
South possessing less advantages.
This continued until returning pros
prrily to its whilom denizens gradu-
ally turned the tide of summer and
winter health and pleasure seekers to-
wards its flaky shores.
The indentures made by rivers and
bayous, which have iurrOwed their
way to the great basin, bays, lakes,
lagoons, nurseries to the fishes of the
sea (; the marshes of waving and slcn-
der pointed reeds; the grand and
evergreen clumps Of wide spreading
oaks aud
BLOS>OMING MAGNOLIA TREES,
the hickory, um and other varieties
of loose and easy foliage; the highly
pcrfumrd stately aud singing pines;
The silent redars glislening IN the sun
light with The dews at morning, or
the CONCEALED vapnrs of the sound like
emerald cones, the tangled under
growth in neglected or inaccessible
spots; the attractive towns growing
into cities, The villages and settle
mcnts, The vessels in ports, from the
good ships, barks and schooncrs that
arrive from every quarter. domestic
aud foreign, to the high fycrs-llc
Nachts-that carry amateur crews
and invited guests III quest of the de-
lights of fun, the cat-ri9gcd sloopS
and skiflS of The fishermen. the steam
Jugs towing huge bargcs which light
on the lumber from the saw mills aud
pull immense rats of timber 10 the
fleets of vessels in the "middlc
grounds" or close behind the islands
in the utfing, and the additional al
fractions that exist, present a com
bined enjoy ment OF their reality to the
intelligent observer 10 be equaled no.
where else on the continent, Be-
tween the
LONG EXISTING TOWNS
of Bay 81. Louis, Pass Christian, Mis-
City, Biloxi, Oceans Springs,
and west OF the former
and east of the latter, new villages
growing up aud rapidly filling
the more select spaces with modern
improvements. Cult View, Wave
land, Ullmsnvillc, Long Beach, De
Eeauvoir, Camp Ground, Belle
West pascagOula, Grand
Day, ST. Elmo and other settlements
in process of development are aldi-
links of an almost unbroken
of flourishimg communities from
end to cnd of the entire sound coast.
The keen discerning eve of capital
has been attracted to It's merits, which
abound in SO many ways and offer
such ready Inducements tor invest
ment HAT the initial step has been
upon a large scale by "a Chica-
20 company TO buIld a new city be-
Iwecn Ocean Springs and Pascagoula,
10 be known as
BELLEFONTAINE PARK.
THIS tract of land TO which has
been given the name Of Bellefontaine
park is situated on The gulf of Next
20, ninety miles cast of New Orleans
and fifty miles west of Mobile.
The Louisville aud Nashville rail
road runs through tins property, thus
direct railroad connection with
parts OF the country north and
south with one of the finest ocean
beaches To be found in any land.
this beach scaward there is an
lnbrokcn view, except some islands
welve miles distant which add great
Y to the beauty of the landscape,
without interfering with the ocean
To the different localities along the
cast large numbers of health and
seekers from New Orlans
nd Mobile and the interior parishes
nj counties of the States mentioned
lock in summer 10 pass their vaca-
inaulging in the pleasures of
fishing and other available
musemcrts; rest fOr a spell from
lie cares of business and recuperate
u strength and spirits, through the
beneficial effects derived from the
Very many have their summer and
winter homes in these watering places,
oming regularly every year to enjoy
he sea bteezcs from the guilt and the
alt water bathing. A summer sea-
is of i've months duration, be-
inning on the 10th Of May and end
~ the middle of October. These re-
are now fast becoming the Ia
orito retreats in winter for persons
nd families from the Northern and
States who seek The solace of
A MILDER CLIMATE .
the cold months OF each year.,
ud whose number is steadily increas-
ne. aud many familiar faces are rec
.nized regularly every season.
The Billiards of the North and
are tempered in their
'rogress over the Southland, and by
he time one reaches the northern
'orders of the gulf of Mexico il be-
Umes simply what is termed a
'norihcr." seldom preserving the
recziag point of temperature: the
nrce Of an icy blast is checked by in