The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-01-08
COAST CORRESPONDENCE.
PaSeagouIa and Seranton-lnterestlng
keministenee.
To the Editor of the Clarion:

~ VIC IuiloI Vi tic NldiioH.
| never could understand the
difference between Scranton and
Pascasoula, as they both always
seemed 'oenfe to constitute one
town, but Pam pld there is a dl.
vidihg line and there Is IA Scranton
posloilice and u Pascagoula post
Office.
Scranton lies along the railroad
and is The home of the DEMoCRAT-
STAR, is the county seat, has three
or more fine hotels, a large num-
Der OF ship chandlery stores, inn
men>e lumber interests, and a
mos, courteous anil progressive
Sc, of inhabitants. Every hamlet
and crossroad in the State Of Miss
issippi should receive "A daily buL
le,ln for about six months cf the
lumber business done here and al
Moss Point adjoining. Then the
people may know that this sea
coast town is not only a summer
resort, but a place Of maritime i'm
porlance.
The county Court, house Is at
Scranton, and the different offices
in that bailjlins are excellently
well occupied. The collector of
The port OF Bay 81. Louis has a
deputy here, and through This
place passes annually millions of
leel of lumber to all parts of the
world.
1t is not many years ago that
the Mississippi Press Association
met at the courthouse. Hon
Ethel Barksdale was the orator Of
the OCCASION, and Gen. j. ii. Sharpe
! was president. Hon. Jellersor
Davis visited the meeting, and
made a brief address. He was the
lion OF the day, and the sensatio,
produced by his appearance was
someihing phenomenal. 1t was
then aud there that the historical
Maid of Pascagoula was brought
into the world bythe fertile brain o
Hon. J. f. II Claiborne, who sem
this poem as his proxy, as he coult
not be present i'll person.
A second edition Of the maid ap
peared from the sweet-tlpped pei
Of Mai. Geo. W. Harper, the poe
of the geographical center OF Hind
county. This poem has a history
1t was originally entitled "th'
Maid of lIandsboro," which wa
then The home of p X. Mayors
and whose guest, Maj. Harper wa
after the convention, but for rea
sons unknown, the title wa
changed by the host and the poem
went forth as the MAID of ooasca
goula, No. 2. 1t was very pretty
it described many maidens, tn
dark, the fair, the short, the tall
but she was lalrer than them all
Envious editors, knowing the poe
to have large family at home
invidioHsiy wanted to know VIII,
she was, and this poem gradual.
passed from memory.
Then came that wild braineC
child of destiny, Will Herman, wit
his version of the mad, as he say
her on the trip. The lamenleC
Fleet Cooper, whose grand SpeecI
at Mississippi City on a later day
characterized it a gem. | give tn
) poem as | remember it:
Says Paddy Dunlap of the shuquala
Ray,
"I wint with the editors down to the Ba.
On begorra met with the neatest
girls,
An me heart it got twisted all up
her curls.
Sez | "Will ye have me :" and then sll
looked queer.
AM say she "I won't have ye, bekas
) ye drink beer"
! Then ups and leaves her distressed
No place of contentment my buzzu
| cOuu Hnu,
Till IA gentleman saw me and sa,
whist me bye,
| Come help me in splitting this bottle
, rye"
: So l drank and drank till my hea
: was shwire,
9 On bedad forgot all about my swa
S girl"
The visit of tho editors boz
e some good fruit, and it is hope
e that the next convention at II
!. Pass will bear more. An immen'
S majority OF the citizens OF tt
G State believe This whole coast
+ be nothing more than a marsh or
e sand strip. and little know of VIII
e az important portion OF the Sta
:; it Is.
!, This place, to be appreciate
n should be visited, not for a da
e but for a week or more OF eas
e slow, going visiting to its varlo
il industries.
,l Among the many pleasant mi
d greeted, were Mar,in Trumbu
is who Is now connected with Il
}. d. s., and whose descriptive WI
D. ings OF the coast have been pu
5. lished broadcast, and Mr.. Cha
II Bosler, whose unique and at'rat
e I've ''cot tage by the sea" on Il
A. beach, is perfect museum OF C
rios culled from all parts of t
world and deposited here by I
ID officers of ships who put up he
" while in port.
to The enclosed card is The scale
r. silver fish, otherwise known