The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-28
DOWN IN OLD BILOXI.
Mr.. HALL TELLS OF TIE FUN
HE Is HAVING.
BREEZY LETTER FROM SOUTH
How Nathan Allen and Mrs. T. L. Moore
Took the Cake.-Biloxis Climate,
Resources and Advantages.
Social Role ofTwo Weeks.
Editorial Correspondence !

lEQ1UOf1a1 correspondence
The natural attractions of the north
gulf coast have been described so often
in prose and verse that the story is al
most an old one, and it hardly becomes
one who, in spending few short days,
seeing so little of it, to attempt a por-
trayal of this region, it's people, their
habits, the advantages or disadvantages
of a visit to or a residence in this sec
ton.
| With climate unsurpassed, if
equalled in the United States, the Won
der is not that the people of the south
seek this coast in the summer for COM
fort or that the northern people court
it's friendly temperature and escape the
rigors and discomforts of long, tedi-
Gus winter, but that there are not a
dozen of capacious hotels with modern
conveniences and appointments de-
manded by eXacting guests. Does one
desire to lay off the harness for few
weeks or months, where with boating,
fishing, bathing and riding he may re-
cuperate his jaded energies, here is the
place to accomplish that end, but the
| fact remains that better hotel service is
required for the comfort and satisfac
ton of patrons. These are significant
suggestions. Perhaps some enterpris-
ing hotel man or woman reading these
lines may take the hint and put money
in their purses by investments which
cannot fail to yield large returns.
[ have now been in Biloxi nine days.
Last Monday morning was the coolest
since our arrival, the thermometer reg
istering 42o at s o'clock a. m. This
! "wednesday morning at the same
hour the mercury denoted 720. But
there is nothing remarkable about this.
We expected it. 1t goes without say
ing that the temperature of this gulf
coast during March and April is almost
perfect. And so it is, but, asks the
farmer, what of the soil I? it's products
and the opportunity for betterment
of condition by possible change
from KenOsha county? | must
frankly admit that [ don't know
about it. / can form no idea
from observation, and although have
inquired of half dozen of the inhabi-
tants, they do not seem to be able to
give the desired information. Perhaps
the most reliable knowledge upon this
subject | obtained from Hon. j. III.
Pitcairn, state auditor OF Alabama. |
made his acquaintance on the train,
and from him gathered quite fund OF
general knowledge in reference to this
section. He told me that farming in
the south is not now paying, but he
added northern capital and northern
energy is needed. Cotton is now sell
ing at five cents a pound, and it cannot
be grown profitably at that price.
What is needed is farmers who conduct
their business as do Samuel Hous-
ton, Ethe Blackmans, Mr.. TOrrey and
dozens of others of KenOsha county,
whom | might name. The farmers as
class are unspeakably lazy, and it
would be unfair to the natural soil Of
the south to make comparisons with
the productive acres of KenOSha county.
One may buy land all through this
section at from so cents to Sc an acre,
so trial would not prove very eXpen-
sive, and if | were a farmer seeking a
change from our cold winters should
at least investigate the claims set forth
by this great section of the south.
Right here | wish to add again that
were / laboring man, toiling from
morning till night at $l.25 day, with
a family to support, making q bare liv-
ing, should certainly make desper-
ate attempt to reach this genial cline,
where one may work out doors every
day in the year, gather fuel for the
asking, take fish and oysters enough to
keep family, and feel that even if
worse came to worst, one could neither
freeze nor starve.
Having passed more than week in
Biloxi, | have become somewhat ac-
quainted with the town and its environ
ments. 1t is located on peninsula,
bounded by Mississippi sound on the
south and the Back bay on the north,
and has population of 1000 during
the winter and double that number
during the summer. / have it on the
authority of Captain Martin Green, the
oracle of this town, and one of the best
sailors along the gulf coast that
g Biloxi, being interpreted from the
Indian, means broken jar, but it
may mean "dead broke for ought
know. 1t is an old, old town, dating
its settlement from the year 1899. 1t is
beautifully located, the streets lined
with spreading live oaks, stately pines,
cedars and other evergreen trees and
many of the private grounds, notably
] Mr.. Truesdelrs, display wealth
TOT 1uxuriant ornamental shrub