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FIELD & FIRESIDE. From Ho' Kuiml Cniftllnlan. Plait In iion I'conoiny. If liixity of habit ever was (lie (ire vailing characteristic us any people, it ceitainly mu->t have been, and in \et, of Son dor II planters, and especial ly that claws known as cotton planters With little systein and less method, we set not in January to make a crop, and struggle on through a twelve rnonlli, encountering this obstacle and survive that disaster, repaying an abundant harvest here, and incurring heavy losses there, until finally tli crop is housed and perhaps sold, and not one in a hundred ol the proprie tors call give even an approximate es timate of what it cost him. Indeed, such a thing us opening an account current with the plantation or farm, and treating oach field as a debtor or creditor, is sehh to, if over, hoard of Who amongst our planting readers can answer promptly the inquiry: What irf tlio atm tint of your agri cultural investment? And how many less can, by calculation and refleetted, ncein utely assert what it c>: t them to grow a hale of cotton, or a bushel of corn, or to raise a cow, or a hog? And above all, who cun say what the wear and tear of his plantation is? forest lauds are deprived of rail timber, and no estimate made whether the land iH injured or benefited de preciated or enhanced in value, by clearing. The hauling is done, and no Hpcciliu cost attached to the time and labor. The fence is built around tin field, regardless of shape of field or of worm, of value of land occupied by the fence, and that is asked is that the crop lie enclos' and. Apart from these minor items of ex penses of the farm, what have out planters to say concerning the weigh tier matters, such aH the subsistence of the family, and rearing and educat ing their children? Os such an ex pense absolutely no uccount is over kept. If one buys u mule he well knows the amount of money spent, and no questions are asked as to the profit or loss to the drover. If the same planter sells a bale ol cotton, he seems, in this instance, as regardless as in the other of his own profit and less in the growing and selling, provided be gets the market price. There is, how ever, a vital difference between these two transactions. T o drover, if a , breeder, sets a price upon his stock, In cause ho knows from longjexperiiiuce, if not from individual calculation, what it cost to grow a mule for mar ket; if a purchaser, and not a breeder, lie is a mule broker, and has added a liberal percentage, and hence, knows his profits; his price is demanded and received. In the other transaction the planter enters the market, and instead of demanding a price, asks “What are you paying for cotton? and thus allows others to price his t wn wares. The merchant, too, looks over his invoice, learns what each article costs him, adds a percentage for profit, j always leaving n margin to cover un salable stock, and marks the price he j intends leceiving. Did the cotton planter know exactly what it cost him to plant, cultivate and harvest his crop, he would, like the drover or merchant, set his own price and not allow outsiders to sit it for him. If then, it cost him more than he could get for it, he would cer titinly cease planting cotton, and cast about for another more remunerative urtide of produce. It was speculation that sel the pi ice upon cotton in 1807, and this same vumpiro will always appropriate to itself to the net earnings of a cotton crop, until the planter educates him- ! self sufficiently in book-keeping to know exactly what it cost him to raise j a bale of cotton. We frequently see estimates on pa- j per of the comparative net profits of; Northern ami Southern farming, and ns often calculated the comparison is j made quite a contrast is favor of the Northern Farmer. While 1 think this result questionable, it must be admit ted that the Northern farmer is so much more systematic than the South ern, that ho can much more accurately report annually whether there is a profit in his agricultural investment. Hut few Northern farmers make net money by growing crops. Investing j in land, their first endeaor is to en hance its value annually. This system enables them to accumulate vast quan tities of manure; their proverbial fru gality induces them to save every- j thing; their industry and tact assists them in improving the soil as the pro- j misses. And thus, while they are an nually growing i ie.lu r, because tlieii j investment is gradually being enlia.no ' id in value V work, adapted to the new order of things at the Sourh, is now needed I 1 1 should contain a simple ana cotnpre j (tensive compendium of general farm Infoi ination; an inventory with pi ices attached of all the land, implements, stock, anil any article of value on the j (aim; a cash account with the labor- . era and the plantation; time table foi every day in the year; memoranda for current remarks, and other sugges tions, by means of which the plant- i can know accurately whether lie is annually making 01 losing by his sys tem of planting. Investment in such a book is money well spent. 1). W \ vrr Aiken. A n.uim.KK in literature and the fine aits, who prided himself on his langu age, came upon a youngster sitting ' upon the bank of the river, angling ' tor gudgeons, and thus addressed him* ■ '‘Andolcscence, ail thou not endeavor ing to entice the tinny tribe to ingulph into their denticulated months a barb ed hook, upon whose point is affixed a dainty, allurement ?” “No," said the boy. “ I’m a Cubin'. i Hook Farmin';.- —There was a fanner once whe hesitated not to hurl all manner of invectives against book farming, and those who consult'd hooks lor advice. By long experience and practical observation he had be ■erne quite successful in die cultiiie iof grapes and trees llis fields Were. '•lean and (air, and highly productive. I His trees were vig; rous, well adjusted | and | rofitable. In Conversation with a friend he n • ) luted his exp< rience, entering into din minutest details, sometimes becoming | quite eloquent when describing his i victories over the enemies which infest them. “My knowledge,” he said, “ was 1 gained by dint of application, by actu jal experience and hard labor. It was ■ none of your book knowledge, written ! by men who know lushing about lann ! iM g.” j “ Well,” said his fr i> ml, “if all his i valiilile information, gained by assidu j oils labor and ohsci vation of so many j years, anil which you have so clrat ly described; were written out.and pub lished, which would . have a young and inexperienced man do, take this as he finds it from your pen, or go through tlm same tedious process that you have gone through, including all the vexations and losses?”. The question puzzled him, arid he was oblig' and to confess, after all, there was much that, wan valuable in pooka, because combining and relating the results and experience of practical cultivators. Do not condemn hook (arming. 7 on may criliiiiso certain books very se verely, because' written by ignorant theoretical hands; hut there is always good wheat as well as chafi. So there are many good hooks as well as poor ones. The lime may come when a single hint from a book or paper may save your farm or orchard; or add to your wealth, by telling you how to in crease your crops. Frcan i’iiom Sweet Potatoes. —The agricultural journals begin Lo talk of anew industry the manufacture of sugar from sweet potatoes. The aver age product of a bushel of potatoes die yam potatoes being preferred—is said to he over 2 gallons, and tlm aver age yield per aeie on poor, sandy soil is from a hundred and eighty bushels, It follows that the product will he from 1500 lo till) gallons of syrup. This syrup, moreover, is said to surpass Unit, of die beet, and that of tlm sor ghum, in delicacy of flavor and in near ly all the other qualifies which should commend it for the use at the table. - The residnm, after the juice is extract ed, is pronounced a valuable article for either man or beast. In the South ern States, whero yams grow spon taneously, the manufacture of potato syrup may he v- rv profitable carried on.—Knoxville I’res. Keei'lx’o Irish Potatoes.—Dig morn ing and evenings or on cloudy days, so as to avoid the injurious iullucucc effected by tlio Run in this climate; spread on the dry ground under the North side of a house where they may he Cool, have a free circulation ol air and lie protected from moisture. Here they will remain sound. Or they may he kept on a floor of slats in a barn or other convenient house, having abun dant openings for currents of air, and not too near the south side of the roof where they would become too warm In any case they must, not be in heaps, tmt a single layer. I keep them in this way the whole summer and tall, even on a close Hour, but with good ventilation and they never rot. (il.l'K WHICH WIU. UNITS EVEN i’ol.ISlIM) Steel.—A Turkish receipt for a ce ment used to fasten diamonds and other precious stones to metallic sur laces of polished steel, although expos ed to moisture, is as follows: “ Dissolve 5 or (1 hits of gum mastic, each of the size of a luige pea, in as much spiiits of wine as will suffice to render it li quid, in another vessel dissolve in brandy, as much isinglass, previously softened in water, as will make a 2 oz vial of strong glue adding 2 small hits of gum ammoniac, which must be rub bed until dissolved. Then mix the whole with heat. \\ hen it is to be used, set the vial in boiling water. Hoc t’lioi.Kua and its Remedy.—The (’harlotte N.C. Democrat says: a gen tinman who has been traveling in the Western part of this State fnlorms us that the disease among hogs known as " eholeia" has spread beyond the Blue Ridge and that many hogs have died with it. A farmer in Yadkin county has checked the disease by washing out the mouth and throat of the hog with a strong decoration made from persimmon bai k. tie has not long since used the remedy. A little alum added to the decoction gould improve it no doubt. Pay the small mu With the open ing of tlio year all small bills should be promptly paid. The men to whom they are due generally need the money Tim little bills are the ot.es that makes numberless gaps in the world of busi n ss. How mucli comfort to families, cheer to desponding business men and encouragement generally would, be given by the immediate discharge of all little and, perhaps, half forgotten obligations. Pay small debts, and it is a capital time to commence this very day. ■Cancer.—The following remedy for cancer is said to be iuitiihble: Take an egg and break it pour out the white, retain the yolk in the shell; put in salt and mix with the yulk as long as it will receive it; stir them to gether until the salve is formed, put a portion of it on a sticking plaster, and apply if lo the cancer twice a day. Judicial Districts and Court Calendar. REVISED OCTOBER, 1870. SUPERIOR COURT—JUDGES AND SOLICITORS. ATLANTA CIRCUIT. j John L Hopkins. Judge. I K P Howell, ......Solicitor General DeKalh Fourth Mondays in March I and September. i Clayton—First Mondays in March and | September. ! Fulton—Second Mondays in April and J October. AUGUSTA CIRCUIT. | Win, Gibson Judge H. G. Foster Solicitor General Burke—-Third Mondays in May anil ! November. Oolumbia—First Mondays in May and November. 1 MeDuflio—First Mondays in April and Octyber. I Richmond - Second Mondays in Janu • ary and J tine. BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT. ' Noel B. Nigt Judge ! James M. Bishop.. Solicitor General | Cherokee—First Mondays in March | and fourth Mondays in July. I Uohb—Third Mondays in March and first Mondays in October. | Dawson—Third Mondays in April and I second Mondays in September. I Forsyth —First Mondays in April and I fourth .Mondays in August. ! Fannin Third Mondays in May and | October. j Gilmer— Second Mondays in May and I October. ! Lumpkin—Second Mondays in April l and Ih-s-l Mdii'lftys iii September. Milton --Fourth Mondays in .March and third Mondays in August, i Piekins Fourth Mondays in April and September. Towns -Thursdays after fourth Mon days in May and October. Union—Fourth Mondays in May and October. CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT. James Johnson Judge Clary J. Thornton. . . .Solicitor General Chattahoochee Fourth Mondays in March and September. Harris-Second Moudays in April and October. Marion ■ -Third Mondays in March and September. Muscogee—Pom th Mondays in May and November. Talbot—Third Mondays in March and September. Taylor- First tnondays in April and October. CHEROKEE CIRCUIT .Josiah U. Parrott Judge Chariot! E. Broyles..Solcitor General | Bartow—Third moudays in March and I September. Catoosa--First moudays in May and September. Dade—Second moudays in May and I November. Gordon- First inoti lay in April and October. Murray-- Third ntondays in April rod October. Whitfield Fourth moudays in April and October. FLINT CIRCI IT. | James W. Green bulge j Lemuel B. Anderson... Sol. General Butt*—Second moudays in March and September, Henry—Third moudays in April and October. Monroe —Fourth mouduy in February and August. Newton —Third moudays iu March and September. Pike—First moudays in April and October. Rockdale —Second moudays in March and September. Spalding—First moudays iu February ami August. Upson- First moudays in May and Novem her. M ACON CIRCUIT. CarUon B. Cole Judge | Lze kicl W , ( rocker Sol. G.-ucral | Bibb Fourth moudays in April ami I October. i Crawford—Second tnondays in April | und October. j Dooly—First tnondays in April and | October. j Houston Fourth tnondays in May and j Second ruonday iu Decs tuber, j Twiggs—Third moudays in April and j October. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. j Garnett Andrews Judge | John M. Mathews. Sol. General Elbert— Second tnondays in March and September. Hancock Second moudays in April and October. Hurt—Third uiondays in March and September. Lincoln—Fourth tnondays in April and October. i Madison First mondrys in March and | September. i Oglethorpe—Third tnondays in April and October. j Taljft'iro—Second moudays iu May and November. I Warren- First tnondays in April and i October. | Wilkes First tnondays in May and ami November. OCMUI.GEE CIRCUIT Philip B. Robinson Judge ! Flemming Jordan Sol. General ( Baldwin Fourth tnondays in February and August. i Greene—Second moudays iu March ami September. Jasper—Fourth moudays in April and ; October. ' Jones—Third moudays in April and October. i Morgan—First moudays in March and ; September. . Putnam—Third moudays in March and September. Wilkinson —First moudays iu April and Octobei. ROME CIRCUIT. 1 liobt. D. Harvey Judge C D. ForsyU). Sol. General Chattooga First mondays in March and September. Floyd—Third' mondnys in January and July. Folk —Second rnondays in February and August. Paulding—First rnondays in February and August. i Haralson—4th rnondays in March and September. Walker—Fast mondays in February’ I and August. Koraierrs’ hri-cit. 1 John It. Alexander Judge Win. 15. Bnrmott Sol. General 1 Berrien—3d rnondays in Marcli and September. Brook* —3d and 4th rnondays in May and November. Colquitt—'Wednesdays after Ist mon days in May and November. Dodge—Fridays after 2nd rnondays in April and October. li■win—Fridays after 2nd rnondays in March and September. Laurens—2nd rnondays in April and i October.. : Pulaski—3d rnondays in April and Oc tober. i Telfair—4th rnondays in April and Oc tober. j Thomas—lst and 2nd rnondays in j Juno and December. Wilcox—2nd rnondays in March and September. souther# circuit. James M Clark Judge Tlios P Lloyed Solicitor General Lee 4th rnondays in March k Sept. Macon— Ist rnondays irs December and 3d rnonday in May. Scldey -Second mondaps in April and October. Sumter—Second rnondays in March Ns September. Webster—Second rnondays in Marcli and September. TAI.I.APOOSA CIRCUIT. W F Wright .Judge Wui A Adams Solicitor General Campbell—Second rnondays in April and October. Coweta—-First rnondays in March and September. Douglass—Third rnondays April and October. Heard—3d mondays March and Sept Troup- 3d mondays in May and Nov. Fayette—4th rnondays iu April k Oct Meriwether--3d mondays in February and August. Oorroll— Ist mondays iu April and Got WESTERN CIRCUIT. ('buries D Davis . fudge William L Mailer... .Solicitor General Banks Ist mondays in April and Oct Clark—lst mondays in February and second uiomlay iu August. Franklin- -2d mondays in April k Oct Cwinnett—First rnonday in March and second rnonday iu September. Habersham—3d mondays in April and October. Hall 3d mondays in March and Sept I Jackson—4th mondays in February aid August. Dublin Ist mondays in April and Oct Wjilton 3d rnondays in February and August. White—Monday after the fourth Mon day in April and October. SILVER AND PLATED WARE! DIHIXT IMPOHTATION 0 F Five Hundred Crates Crockery. table and pocket o XJ T Xji e; XX Y , TE 4 TK AYS, ASSORTED GHATES, W IN DOW G LASS, LOOKING GLASS PLATES. We offer assorted Crates for SBO. — Send for List. TO HOUSEKEEPERS , • --. We offer the Cheapest and Best line of House- Keepers' Goods in the of Atlanta. Cutlery, Spoons, Forks, Knives, W aiters, Castors. \ ases and Toilet Sets. In fact, anything needed in a well kept house. Call with the cash, apt! 1-12 mMe 15HIDE fc CO. THE FAIR BURN SENTINEL, k> #i jtti 'alii s ,i» ! - ir. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY .< ;* ■U: , .. S A M 1 FI, .1 . JOII NST oN . THE ONLY PAPER PRINTED IN CAMPBELL COUNTY. GEORGIA. • : ! !ii» ■ : . THEREFORE, EVERY FAMILY IN THE COUNTY OUGHT TO TAKE IT. SUSTAIN HOME ENTERPRISE BY SUBSCRIBING TO THE FAIRBERN SENTINEL. A F A M 1 E Y N E NY S P A P E R POR TWO DOLIiARS A YEAR Try it for One Year ox* Eongor