The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1895-01-26
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Bay st. Louis, Miss.


Bay st. Louis is situated in the
southwest corner of Mississippi, on
the Gulf coast, and is the seat of
Hancockscounty. 1t has q magnifl-
cent water front of nine miles, along
the whole extent of which runs q
shell drive between continuous row
Of elegant homes and the beach.
The town is q clean and beautiful
one, built on q high, dry bluff and
shaded by live oaks and many tropi-
cal trees. Behind II q vast pine for
est stretches away for miles with
many a broad drive and innumerabl
meandering paths beside which
bloom the jessamine and thousands
Of other lovely wild flowers. Oran-
ges, pears, peaches, plums, pecans
and figs are grown to perfection and
a great variety Of orchards and fiow-
er gardens make the town a lovely
sight during winter and spring
months.
The Bay OF 81 Louis has been cali
ed the most charming piece of water
in America and has often been com.
pared to the Bay Of Naples. No
where can finer climate be found.
The thermometer very rarely falls to
30 degrees above zero IN the coolest
winter. As rule Sprng tempera-
ture, neither hot nor cold, prevails,
with a softly stimulating breeze from
the Gulf. Even in summer Bay st.
Louis is a po 1ular resort, thousands
Of people from the large Southern
cities making 1t their home during
the hot season and find 1t cool, exhil-
irating and healthy.
No better fish and oysters can be
had anywhere than in Bay ST. Louis,
nor are t.ey more plentiful at any
point in the world. Indeed the fish
ing is unequalled. Bass, trout,
grouper, sheep head, red fish and
red snapper are caught by the thous-
ands in these waters, while the oys-
ter beds are inexhaustible and the
supply Of crab, shrimp and other
aquactic delicacies plentiful. Sports
men find excellent quail, snlpe and
wild fowl shooting within easy dis
tances.
One Of the chief advantages Of
this town over all other Gulf coast
places is the first high, dry, selubri-
Gus location west Of New Orleans
which Is but an hour and a half dis
tant by the Louisville & Nashville
railroad.
Here from December to May fiow-
ering plants and shrubs bloom in the
open air without cover. Japonicas
the magnolia friscati. palms, orange
trees, roses Of the most delicate spe-
cies, jassamine, oleanders, Japan
plums, figs, date trees and hundreds
OF tropical and sub-Ilopical shrubs
and vines flourish without protection,
and throughout the entire winter all
kinds of garden vegetables are grown
to perfection.
Aside from our climate we have as
fine an agricultural district as can be
found anywhere in the world. One
firm by the name Of Ruger and Eg-
loft, who came here two years ago
and got their land, horse, plows, and
in fact every thing they had tick"
about $3.50 each, to-day they own
ABOUT b0 acres OF their own land,
have six or seven men working for
them all the time and have constant
demand for all the produce they can
raise. The have something like 81,
600 or $1,000 IN the bank besides.
One advantage the farmers here
have over the trick men at home
(Rich Hill) is, they can work oil the
year around. weighed some cab.
bage, Messrs Ruger and EglofI
brought to market and they weighed
i4to 10 pounds each or an everags Of