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FOURTH OF JULY AT BILOXI
1870	S'***
0• Tines - Wednesday, July 6, 1870 p 6 cols 1 to 3
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|) Vv J, > 'j j TWO DAYS IN BILOXI
T -\V '	EXCURSION	OF	MISSISSIPPI 2
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^'When on Saturday, at 3 P. H., the members of Mississippl.Fire. Company No, 2 clambered into the forvard cars of the Pdntchartrain’ train, perhaps a hotter, dustier, or more exhausted set of men could not have been seen in a valk of several squares. When on Monday att seven A. M. Mississippi 2 marched up Camp Street, ve feel convinced that a jollier, healthier, or better satisfied party of roysterers could not have been found in the entire city.
That the.time during that interim has been profitably employed, not a member of the company, nor a friend who accompanied them, entertains the remotest shaaov of doubt. In fact, vere their precious moments similarly occupied to any great extent, the chances are the organization vould acquire a perfect Bank of England of strength, and a very Treasury Department of muscle.
They have learned vhat salt air and sea. bathing are, vhat fish and crabs and oysters are, hov to spend a christening anniversary— in short hov Mr. and Mrs. E. Blessey (of Nev Orleans but temporarily residing in Biloxi) entertain.
Original Plans
It vas originally intended to start Saturday morning at 10. attend a Ball at Biloxi that night, and return the nezt day; but oving to the hour fixed for the departure of the Creole, this vas found to be impossible, and it vas then determined to devote tvo entire days, Sunday and Monday, to enjoyment.
To the soul-inspiring strains of “Shoo Fly," vhich, by the by, the band vith exasperating persistance. stuck to during the entire trip, the gathering vound itself over the glaring, dusty levee, coiled through the hollov arches of the old depot, and finally, vith a tvist of relief, broke out into Elysian Fields Street, and lake-vard.
250 to ^00 Passengers on the Creole
The lack of opposition in the vatering-place trade, has greatly improved the business of the remaining boats, if not the general comfort of passengers. The latter, being numbered among the minor details, is of course not to be considered.	•i-p
Regarding it, hovever, from a strictly business point of viev, and remembering that men vho have families spending the summer along the coast, vould visit them in a raft vere the Journey at all practicable, ve think it would pay to have more Saturday boats.