The chronicle-star., 1920-12-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
MEMORIES OF
OLD PAscAGoULA.
BY UNCLE MARTIN.

The Star of April 4, 1874, has the
following: "a Local Chat-Our cit
liens generally, and of Moss Point
particularly, are indebted to Mr. B. II
Pickett for most excellent road
from Scranton on to that place. AS
road overseer he discharged his duty
thoroughly. We prophesy that the day
! is not far distant when the trave
between the two localities will demand
horse railroad and Moss Point thus
be brought within half an hours ride
of the depot. And il one existed now
from the depot to the seashore We
would find that Pascagoula as a sum
mer resort would be much more ex
tensively patronized. Our visitors
complain of the hot, dirty ride they
/ now have to take. And by the bye we
have heard river road broached; a
shell road running from the depot
along the bank of the river and thence
out the bay road, would make pleas
IGnt drive which you'd prove an at
NrGction to persons getting off the cars
bound for "the coast" besides being
pleasant drive for home folks; and
as it would much enhance the value
of the property along the river, the
real-estate owners there should start
the ball in motion. We know one of
them who will give one hundred dol
lars Who say another hundred?'
The Star of April 4, 1874 contains
this note: "On a train Of the New
Orleans and Mobile r. r. last week
we saw a sight which would have in
duced some of our up country, hunt
ing, friends to jump overboard-if they
had his gun. Seemingly black
cloud rested upon the waters of bay
we were passing over, and as the train
approached it rose and proved to be
ducks, as thick as they could sit to-
gether, and about the size-the flock
of a ten acre lot
The Star of December II, 1874,
makes note of "Some Turnips.-Mr.
Krebs sends us turnip weighing q
lbs and measuring 20 inches around it,
raised by Mr.. b. H, Toomer on his
Bayou Casotte place, and says that he
had one of same lot weighing IA IL.
with top, measuring "a inches. Mr..
Toomer has about IA OF an acre or
such turnips as these.
On November 2Sth, 1874, the Star
prints this item: "All the girls are
becoming vegetarians. They wear
turn-up hats. and reddish noses and
cherry lips
About sunflowers, the Star OF oc'
tober 10. 1874, mas the, following ac-
count: "Sunflowers are rich in honey,
and consequently good neighbors for
bees. Oil, hardly to be distinguished
from olive oil by any one but an eX-
pert, may be extracted from the seeds,
in the proportion of one gallon to one
bushel. One acre will produce some
thing like fifty bushels of seeds. The
seeds, too, make food not unpalatable
for human beings and very good for
animals and poultry. The Portuguese
and American Indians make a kind OF
bread from them, and roasted they may
be ground and used as a substitute FOR
coffee. The stalks may be used as
| bean poles while growing. Dry, they
make passable roofs for sheds and the
fike, and burn rapidly on the hearth.
/ The ashes are very rich in potash
Altogether il is a very useful plant
and. to crown all, it has reputation
which the scientists have never dls
arroyed. for absorbing malaria, ana
acting as an effectual screen agains'
that scourge of low-lying districts
fever and ague.
The Star of November q, 1874, says;
"a man cannot expect half loaf whel
he loafs all the time" Again 1t says
"Where to go when short of money
Go to Work
On December II, 1874, the Sta
acknowledges a gift: Our friend MRS
Walter Denny will please accept on
thanks for large basket OF delicious
| ly sweet oranges.