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MEXICAN (JL'LF COAST ILLUBTKATED.
OCEAN SPRINGS.
Ocean Springs is situated on one of the highest points on Mississippi 'Sound. Like most of the Coast towns it stands on a pemn^ula. This strip !of land is formed by the Sound on the south, Biloxi Bay on the west, and Fort Bayou on the north. Deer Island, a narrow wooded strip of land joight miles long, is immediately in front of it. The location is a charming 'on*; the land upon which it stands is high and undulating, with numerous ;iigible sites for residences. Most of its streets and dwellings are haud-somely shaded by live oaks, magnolias, bay trees, cedars, pines and other ?vergreen trees. There are a considerable number of fine residences along the different water fronts, and on its residence streets, besides many cot-fages. There are many pleasant homes and a number of fine drives in and -j.ro 11 ml the town. The bay drive, shown in the engraving of a group of t'oast views, is one of the most charming and picturesque on the Coast. Jno of the special attractions of the place is the justly famous Rose Garden pf a gentleman and his estimable wife whose northern residence is in Chicago, but whose southern home (partiall}’ shown in the accompanying (Migraving), in the midst of large and highly improved groudds. It is not pniy a source of pleasure to the owners, but an object of delight to scores jind hundreds of visitors and tourists, as well as to* permanent- residents of Ocean Springs. At all seasons, and almost continuously throughout the rear, this charming spot is “a thing of beauty and a joy forever.” The rost-king occasionally mars its beauty for a few days only; as it quickly (■esponds to the friendly influences of a genial atmosphere and life-giving (iinsliine, and assumes its wonted garb of hundreds of lovely tints and prnis, distilling an untold wealth of fragrance. In the midst of this Eden-ike spot stands the duelling of the owners, Hon. and Mrs. T. A. E. Hol-ouib—a home of taste, culture and refinement, where hospitality is dis->ensed with a geuerous hand.
Ocean Springs, as has already been meutioned, was the initial settle-,ent made by the French on the Coast. For twenty years it was the seat f colonial power, from which explorations were carried on and other colo-ies founded. For the greater portion of two centuries it was a merehamlet fhose chief industry consisted in burning charcoal. Within a decade it has •aked ro new life and energy. Its beautiful location, healthfulness, a.nd enirtl climate have attracted the attention not only of persons of means 1 the Crescent City, but of. many others from Northern States. It has :vkeii on a new growth ; the stirring indications of progress which are seen
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and felt are a prophecy of a prosperous future for the place. Its bu.Mii*'» steadily increasing, and the country around it is improving by Iheau-tion of people seeking homes in one of the healthiest sections of the I'niti States.
RESIDENCE OF HON. AND MIIS. T. A. K. H0LC0MU, OCEAN Sl’RINCS.
The place is appropriately named. Springs abound in the corporal limits, and all around it. There are a number of large* springs along tl Bayou front, which were formerly much patronized, but latterly have falle