The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-05-20
BAY. ST. LOUIS
THE CITY BY THE SEA.
A Healthful ResOrt--A Shell
Road Extending Nine
Miles.
Fine Bathing, Pure Water and a
Beautiful Beach, Delightful
Sea Breezes.
No Resort Has More Advantages,
Pleasures and Comforts Than
Bay st. Louis.
Located on the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad, Only Forty
Miles From New Orleans.
Good Hotel Facilities, Private
Boarding or Pleasant Cot
tages at Your Command.
Good Schools and Fine Churches.
The Place for Health, Wealth
and Comfort.
Fruits Grow in Abundance, Oys-
ters, Fish and Crabs Abound
in the Gulf.
A Brief Review Of Our Citizens
and Town by an Old q a
Hawkeye Editor.
Good Schools and Fine Churches.
The Place for Health, Wealth
and Comfort.
Fruits Grow in Abundance, Oys-
ters, Fish and Crabs Abound
in the Gulf.
A Brief Review Of Our Citizens
and Town by an Old Z Il
Hawkeye Editor.

Bay St. Louis is one Of natures chosen snots
for rest and recreation. and It is a most desira-
BILE place for Northern visitors to escape the
rigors OF hard winter, while the Southern res
idents find 1t equally delightful to soiourn
through the heated term. and people come by
hundreds to enjoy our fish and oysters and salt
water bathing from June until September.
The town is built around the Bay, extending
to the Gulf, for miles along the beach. half hid
den by stateliest pines and shadiest oaks sur.
rounding splendid residences. The shell road
the pride Of our citizens, follows the waters
edge for eight miles, making a drive unsur-
i passed on this side Of Rome, and it is "a thing
0f beauty and Joy forever" -,
Many OF Oilr, people who have lived here all
their lives underestimate the many natural ad-
vantages Of tAe place, but others who have
roamed the world over tell us that its tempera-
ture and quiet beauty are only eq,laled in South
ern France. The waters OF the Gulf and Bay
and their tributaries yield Continually harvest
OF the finest varieties OF food, and the salt sea
air Is freghted with health and exhilaration, SO
that half the ills arising from indigestion are
literally unknown in this charming nook
The water Is as pure as any that m0thrnearth
yields to quench the thirst OF her child Band
Its mineral composition has proven to Be OF re-
markable quality. The water is as clear as
crystal, cool and refreshing, with a pleasant
taste OF combined iron and sulphur, but without
-odor. 1t has attracted great deal Of attention
by its vigorous and remarkable sanitary action,
and Will command great deal more as soon as
its effects are generally known. Persons who
use 1t Will be the best advertisers Of tsyaluable
curative properties In cases OF dyspepsia, liver
trouble, malaral poisoning, rheumatism, gout,
diseases OF kidneys, bladder or the blood. In
deed those using this water have been surprised
at the relief afforded by its use. M
The delightful breezes that are always felt
mere also tend to equalize the temperature, and
come from what direction 1t may 1t must come
over clear, pure and healthful area. If it
blows from the east, south or southwest 1t comes
from tine Gulf. From the west 1t comes from
the great Lake Pontchartrain. through vast
Tesinous pine forest, and from the north 1t blows
from the not far distant highlands
FIhere IS always balmy fragrance In the air
ana the sound OF the waves dashing on the
beach Is sootning TO weary nerves. Refreshing
sleep comes to the most exhausted victim Of in
somhia, ana tne enect OF the air tonic dis
pels languor and lassitude and banishes that
tired feeling 50 common to persons suffering
from the efrects OF cold and malarial climate
bay 81. Louis Is a perfect flower garden the
year round, as plants and shrubs bloom In the
open an az all seasons, such as 1aponicas, mag
noiias. PAINS, orange trees, 1essamines, Olean-
oers ana tne most delicate species OF roses.
Iioplcai ana suD-troplcal fruits and vines -four
ism without protection, and throughout the en-
ure WINTER garden vegetables are growing to
Periecton.
Inc place ior nealth IS the one where no dis
ease originates, and IN map recently issued by
sne unired STATES marine hospital service at
washington this Gmf Coast OF Mississippi
STANDS out prominent and alone the only region