The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-11-24
ESCATAWPA ITE Ms.
BY SCRIBUS.

Showery weather prevailing and is
most welcome.
The NJ. 2. l.. Co.'S mills started up
Monday morning.
Mr.. 0. c. Dodge is on a visit to Bayou
Coden.
Some of the young people attended the
ball at Randall hotel, Moss Point.
Mr.. John Lacore is out again, after his
seige of i~ndisposition, as spry as he was
at the tackey party.
Rev. w. J. Dawson is at home again,
after his visit to churches above, and
holding protracted services there.
Somebody has been fooling with the
street sign boards. A word to the wise
is sufficient.
There will be Thanksgiving services
ut Zion church or Thanksgiving even
ing, conducted by the pastor.
Mr.. Horace Nelson's home and place
of business is improved u hundred per
cent. by moving the store building to its
present site. He is n of the promi-
nent merchants On Broadway.
Mr.. Ed Ranger has just completed a
fine drove well at his residence on
Broadway. At a depth of over seventy
feet he has a fine supply of water.
The presiding elder, Rev. w. w. Sim
mons will hold quarterly meeting at
Zion church on Saturday night. Ser
vices also On Sunday.
Under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid
Society there will be a candy-making at
the home of Mrs. Maria Wyatt on Friday
evening. Also a quilting at the parson-
age on Wednesday, Nov. 18th.
On Thanksgiving day afternoon, the
public school will have an entertain
ment in the way of patriotic songs,
spelling-match, rotations, etc. All are
invited to attend.
The box that is to be sent to the Meth
odist orphan Asylum at Crystal Springs
is being filled with donations at Mrs.
Laura Prices. AS it is desired to send
it off very soon, all who will add to it
are urged to do so at once. Anything is
acceptable that will be useful to orphan
children in the way Of goods, clothing,
books, shoes, stockings, presents, etc.
Miss Lily White, Miss Rose Pink and
Miss True Blue were talking very earn,
estly. "What do you think is the mat
ter with our old bachelor this morningl
He looks aged and sour" "Why
haven't you heard. A little bird told me
that he split his hair-dye in his backing
and they didn't mix we'll; so he couldn''
dye his hair nor shine his No. ll's! Yes
and the cat stepped in his flap-jack bat
ter, and he had to eat scraps for break
fast! Oh! we are all so sorry for GU
old bachelor"
One of Il very incest young mel
went up a few miles recently to see hi
girl. Well, they had a delightful tim
in each others company, and he prom
ised to come back again very soon, an
po ch YIN . vi, diiu tlcl ucpuT teu u
: his way back home. AS he was jaunt
J ing along in his buggy, absent minded
thinking of the girl he left behind hin
All of a sudden "whackw Now what
| Our young man was out on the grount
spilled entirely. The horse had run tn
+ buggy over an ugly stump and there Il
was. Being near the home of some oil
err young ladies and their mammas the
y all came running out with bandage
liniment, courtplaster, strengthenin
cordials, etc, but there was really II
. need of their good services, for o,
young man in his usual nice way, say
81 have only my nose skinned, goc
friends" SO he had. To make a Ion
Ie story short, he will be more careful
the future, for a lick like that on u
~ nose spoils q boys beauty.