The chronicle-star., 1921-01-21
MEMORIES or
OLD PAscAcoULA.
BY UNCLE MARTIN.


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! The Star of February 9Th, 1877
moralizes for the benefit Of its patron
thus: "He who receives q fave
should never forget it; he who doe
one should never remember IT,"
According to the Star OF Februar
6, 1875, Success Means Hard Work
In 1855 young gentleman registere
his name in the largest hotel in tn
city of Louisville, Ky. He had prett
good wardrobe, such as men usual,
have, including gold watch an,
chain. He was in search of occupa
ton. AT the expiration of two week.
he took an inventory of his persona
effects. Out of work and no business
He had brief interview with the pro
prietor OF the hotel. His trunk was
left as security for his board BILL hi
hypothecated his watch for the loar
of $40, and having kissed the tip enc
of his coral fingers to a kind and
sympathetic love lost. he went diving
for the bottom. He found bottom on
Water street, where steamer was
being discharged of cotton by Dutch.
men, Negroes and Yankees. Having
purchased heavy pair of boots, blue
shirt, and overalls, he commenced roll
ing and piling cotton at the rate OF
flve cents per bale. In three weeks
he was promoted to the position
OF marker, with salary OF $45, per
month, and at the expiration OF nine
months he had right to grow mel
low over salary Of 1925 per month.
Today this gentleman is one Of the
largest business operators in Bay
street."
The Star Of March 9Th, 1876, says:
"A new vessel in the shape Of steam.
boat, the Favorite, from New Orleans
was added last week to the Pascagoula
craft. She is to be employed We be-
lieve, in lightering and towing"
The Star Of March 81. 1875, returns
thanks thus: "Mr. Arch Dees places
us under obligations for a squash Q
feet 10 inches by feet 2 inches,
weighing 81 pounds"
The Star Of March 9Th, 1875. antici-
pated the Carnival season with this
item: "Mardi Gras at Pascagoula-|
His Imperial Highness, the sublime
Sovereign Of the Empire of Joy has
loyal subjects who with true tealty
win DO honor TO Mardi Gras, even iIere1
at Pascagoula, at least SO we jMge
from the whispered consultations aad
mysterious gatherings we see and her
of. Although no official edict has b&a,
promulgated we can confidently wa, n
our citizens to be on the qui vive fd
the P. G. KS"
The Star of March 27, 1875, has this
interesting article: "The Pascagoula
and Jackson railroad is subject that
has been quietly dropped and nothing
said about it for some time. To some,
perhaps to majority of persons. the
idea Of railroad from this place to
the interior of State may seem chin.
erical, but stranger things than that
have happened, and it will happen
some Of these dys, of this we have no
doubt, at all. The matter ought to be |
agitated, and il the genetlemen who
the corporators were to hold |
. meeting perhaps something of bene-
1t may be evolved. Not very many
years ago Mr.. Baldwin of Mobile used
o button-hole every person he met in
he street and talk about a railroad
from that city, north through Ten.
lessee, and everybody thought the old
gentlemen cracked and voted him a
bore of the first grade. but the result
If his persistent talking was the Mo-
,ile and Ohio Railroad A railroad
rom Mississippis chief port north
ward, either to Jackson, or continu-
usly through the State between the
II. & o. Railroad and the New Orleans
md Jackson Railroad is for the State
necessity, and thus she can ship her
'roduce through her own port. Will
lot some Of our influential citizens who
re corporators take some action in the
natter"