Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-06-13

ROM New Orleans We cah.e
leisureiy to Mobile. lao miles
east and north stopping b! the
III way at Pass Christian and bi'
loxi, resorts on the gull nIIpral.
popular with the New Orleans people
and not unknown to northern tourists.
as Well who lind the tenpelate ell
mate more bracing and enjoyable than
that OF the resorts farther south
Pass Christian is nearest New Or
leafs and 81 miles distant, says cor
respondent OF the New York Evening
Post. 1t Is very old town. OF which
both France and Spain had the found
ing, and has a resident population TO-
day OF French, Spanish and English
origin. 1t was named-the legend runs
from the old Spanish explorer who
first discovered the deep pass or
channel in front OF the main shore.
Its admirers call 1t the Newport OF the
south, with this advantage over It's
northern namcsake, that 1t is equally
beautiful and desirable In both winter
and summer The drive OF IA miles
over its firm, smooth shell roads, win
the blue waters .; The gull on one
side, and stately and beautiful resi-
LcncCs on the other. Is one long to be
remembered
From Pass CHRISTIAN the railroad
skirts the gulf shore. at times cross
ing wide bays or hayous on trestle
WORK. then dashing into pine forests.
through whose !eaiy vistas one catches
the distant CLEAN OF the gull. Biloxi.
49, niles farther east. set up the claim
that it Is the oldest city on the coast.
and. indeed. in Louisiana territory.
Probably lberville and Blenville did
erect there the first fort, but Mobile
contends that two tull days before
they had landed al Dog river In Mo
bic bay. and had planted their NY
nag on the site OF the first permanent
fort. which they called Louis de la Mo-
bile
However this may be, Biloxi is pic
turesque old town. reminding one OF
the French quarter OF Few Orleans.
and with its handsome residences and
shell road along the ten mile beach
we'll repays visit. Between the two
lies Beauvoir. and short distance
from It's station is the fine old country
seat in ample grounds, to which JET
terson Davis retired after his abortive
cOnfederacy went to ruin. and in
which he lived and died. After his
d,ath the Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy asked Mrs Davis TO sell 1t to
them tor an old veterans home. to
which she consented, taking up her
abode in New York. and the old home
now shelters a number OF those who
fought for thl lost cause" OF 1876.
lour hours from New Orleans we
reach Mobile. at the head OF the bay
OF the same name, and thirty miles
from the gulf. y bright alert. pro-
gressive and pleasing city it Is. OF o.
600 inhabitants, city which, like
most of the gull ports, sees In the
opening OF the Panama canal an OPP
portunity for almost boundless com
mercial expansion, and Is pulling her.
self together to take advantage OF 1t.
Famous She'll Road.
rhe city recently has been newly
paved and severed. She has an ample
water supply OF the best quality.
Blenvile water being so pure that 1t
Is used In chemical emulsions and in
photography direct from the hydrant.
The city is lighted by electricity. has
n excellent electric street railway
system. good schools. good hotels and
Government street, flank I'd on either
side with fine residences In ample
grounds, will compare favorably with
the residence section OF any city in
the Union.
Mobile lies low on the bay. so low.
In fact. that strong southwest gale
sometimes backs up the gulf into the
bay and overfows the contiguous
streets, but the land rises rapidly in
the rear until in the suburbs one finds
high pine lands, with fine country
seats OF merchants. green vegetable
rdens and fruitful farms Spring
Hill, several miles westward and
reached by trolley. has several fine old
country mansions and estates OF the
old regime-,wo. at least. owned by
titled foreigners-where the hospital
ity of the antebellum days is dis
pensed. Here In wide, we'll kept
grounds, is the Jesuit college. founded
Is years ago
The traveller will find many excur-
sions by water OF interest. Boats ply
to Fort Morgan and little towns along
the eastern shore" OF the bay. and to
the Snapper banks out In It's blue
waters. Mobiles famous shell road.
along the caves o. the ray was par
italy wrecked ir the great hurric3ue