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6 The Kennesaw Gazette, PUBLISHED EVERY MONTH. Devoted to the Material Interests and Attractions for Tourists in the Mountainous Region of Northern and Northwest Georgia, REACHED BY THE GREAT KENNESAW ROUTE: Western and Atlantic Railroad: Under the auspices of the Passenger Department, BY THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY. A. L. HARRIS, MANAGING EDITOR. -A.tla.nta., Ga,., August) 1886, SUBSCRIPTION: S 1 a year ; six months, 50 cts. A limited number of acceptable adver tisements will be inserted in The Kennesaw Gazette, which publishes a very large edi tion every month, and it is safe to say that it is read by more people than anv other paper in the South. Great numbers are distributed in Atlanta, to citizens and travelers, by the publishers and officials of the Western and Atlantic Railroad; and at other points where The Great Kennesaw Route is represented. For space and terms ad dress ®ljr Bennesnm ©turtle. Box 57 Atlanta, Ga., and you will receive a prompt response. Our New Dress. The Great Kennesaw Route Ga zette has been so much more success ful and has attracted so much more attention in all sections of the country than we had dared to anticipate, that we have decided to widen its scope, and, instead of limiting it merely to being the exponent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, to make it, rather a publication which will be devoted to the material interests and to the at tractions for tourists which can be found in the mountainous region of northern and northwest Georgia. Accordingly, with this number, we relegate to past pleasant memories the title, “The Great Kennesaw Route Gazette,” and appear under that of “The Kennesaw Gazette.” By this name you will in future know us, and we trust that not only the railroad agents and the American tourists, but also capitalists and immigrants will find The Kennesaw Gazette a source of information and of profit to them. One of the prettiest locations in Georgia for a continuous chain of beau tiful residences is that which extends directly along the line of the Western A Atlantic railroad from Smyrna to Marietta. Here are numerous pretty groves, and the surface is just rolling enough to drain itself. The Marietta Accommodation train stops at any point when flagged, and parties thus have practically street car advantages. We predict that within ten years this will be a very popular region with those desirous of having suburban homes near Atlanta. The scenery in the valleys just east and west of this plateau is said to be very attractive. From Dalton, it is an easy trip to several mineral springs; the most not ed being Gordon Springs, Cherokee Springs, Catoosa Springs, Cohutta Springs and the Mineral Springs at the foot of Rocky Face Mountain. THE GREAT KENNESAW ROUTE GAZETTE. August. This is the summer vacation month. How every school boy and school girl looks forward to the month of August, when the books will be thrown aside and the school master’s voice, or ring ing of school bells will be dispensed with tor a month. Then out into the woods, fishing, riding horses, gathering berries, or rev elling in scores of other occupations which their youthful minds will nat urally lead them to. All these come back to us in our own experience and are before our eyes with the rising gen eration. This is the month, too, when the cares of business are laid aside by all with whom this is possible. Off to the country with one’s family, or off to the springs to make the acquaintance of beauxs or belles, as the case may be, with the hope that it may extend to more lasting relationships and the for mation of life-long ties. While the dust is thick, the sun beats fiercely on the stone pavements or brick walls, now is the time to seek the pure atmosphere and water of the coun try, and to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains. The Western A Atlantic railroad offers you enough of a] I these to make you happy. Whether you go to Ma rietta, Big Shanty, Acworth, Carters ville, Dalton, or Cherokee Springs; or whether you go via the Marietta A North Georgia railroad up into the midst of the mountains which line this railroad almost its entire length, you will find the choicest attractions which nature can afford, as well as the society of scores or hundreds of others who have gone with or before you. “ The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia.” The above publication, which was issued by the passenger department of the Western A Atlantic Railroad Com pany, last January, and which has run through a second edition, has met with the most remarkable success of any railway publication we have ever seen. Beautiful as a work of art, concise and impartial, in so far as the text is concerned, it has received the endorse ment of not only nearly all of the sur viving Confederate and Federal Gen erals who took part in the Atlanta cam paign ; but it has also had a circula tion which has been large and widely distributed. We were shown, for instance, a few days ago, a letter written from Lor ing, Alaska, asking for a couple of copies of the work. Letters have also been received from England and from Switzerland making the same request. Mr. Joseph M. Brown, the author of the book, and his road, cannot be too highly congratulated upon the re markable success of this splendid pub lication. Magnificent scenery is viewed from the summits of Kennesaw, Allatoona and Rocky Face Mountains, directly on the line of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and all along the line of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad. Answers to Correspondents. C. H. S. —Yes, sir, that was a very shai p move on the part of the E. T., V. & G. R. R. to ballast their road with rock for the first six miles south of Dalton. The E. T., V. &G. and | the Western & Atlantic railroads run within about twenty yards of each oth er for the first six miles after leaving Dalton, coming south. The Western & Atlantic management have not had these six miles of their road ballasted any better or in fact as well as at other points where there are reverse curves and steep grades; but passengers on the Western and Atlantic, looking at the E. T.,V. A G. R. R. beside them, see it splendidly ballasted with rock as far as they run by-the side of it; but it is a somewhat funny fact that as soon as the E. T., V. AG. diverges from the Western and Atlantic, about six miles south of Dalton, and disappears in the woods to the southwest,the rock ballast peters out most effectually, and the cross-ties find their resting place in the old crawfish clay again. However, a great many railroad companies resort to such measures as are calculated to put their nest foot forward in the eyes of the traveling public, when compared with their com petitors, and the Western and Atlant ic people merely laugh at the rock bal last for the first six miles south of Dal ton, because they know that their trains which start from Dalton at the same time their competitors do always <jet to Atlanta first. All persons in Florida desiring to go to Monteagle, the “Southern Chautau qua,” or Sewanee, Tenn., will bear in mind that the best route is via Savan nah, Atlanta and the Western A At lantic Railroad. They should take the train leaving Jacksonville at 2.00 p. m. This puts them in Savannah at 7.58 p. m., in Atlanta at 7.32 a. m. , Chattanooga 1.00 p. m., leave Chattanooga at 1.10, arrive at Cowan 3.38, making connec tion with the train leaving on the Ten nessee Coal A Iron Company’s Railroad at 3.50 p. m. for Sewanee and Mont eagle, reaching each point before sun set. Passengers taking this route pass over the historic and grand scenery on the Western A Atlantic, and Nashviile, Chattanooga A St. Louis Railroads, in daytime. Passengers leaving Jacksonville via any other route will arrive at Cowan about mid-night. These facts are very important to bear in remembrance. The watermelon business of the West ern A Atlantic railroad has been very large this season. This line transports more melons to the west than any oth er railroad in America. In addition to the several other titles which its ad mirers have given it, it has been called “The Great Fruit Line,” and well does it deserve the title. Its promptness and efficiency in handling the business have not only been a source of great benefit to shippers, but have also ex cited the admiration of railroad men | as well as the general public. Only via the Western and Atlantic railroad and Marietta you can go with in one day’s ride of Georgia’s highest mountain —Mount Enota—4,Bo2 feet high. Written for the Kennesaw Gazette. Barnyard Mishaps. BY UNCLE ’POLLO. Ole rattle snake he sot on a log A smokin’ ob his cob pipe, When close up behin’ him slipp’d Mass Jink’s hog, — Well de rattle snake crap, hit was ripe. Oh! jes’ see me run, Oh, jes’ see me jump, See me turn a summerset Ober de stump! Big turkey gobbler he strut roun’ de yard Darin’ peafowl fur ter fight, Up come de fox an’ cotch him off his guard,— Like de fisherman he got a bite. Oh ! jes’ see me run, etc. Nigger gal sot on a bar’l in de sun A wavin’ her calico tippet, Billy goat seed her, he come at a run, — De rest ob de tale,—well, I’ll skip it. Oh! jes’see me run, etc. De W. A A. Railroad,—Kennesaw Route, De “Great System” ’eluded ’twould down ’em, When dey got through de racket, W. & A. was about,— But de udder chaps,—no one could found ’em. Oh ! jes’ see me run, etc. The Marietta folder of the Western A Atlantic Railroad, is one of the hand somest and most interesting pieces of railroad literature in circulation. It is beautifully illustrated, and, like all publications gotten out by General Passenger Agent, Jos. M. Brown, fill ed with valuable information, present ed in most attractive style. Mr. Brown is building up a large traffic for the W. A A. road, and building up Marietta by his liberal presentations of its ad vantages as a resort in summer and winter. He is now getting the winter folder ready, possibly warned by the recent snow storm in the White Moun tains, and it will be a beauty, with new illustrations, maps and descriptions. When a man gets hold of a Marietta folder, he does not merely glance at it and throw it down, but he files it away in his pocket for future reference on many interesting subjects. It is the cherished dream of all rail road managers to secure such a state of affairs in business as will load the cars both ways over their rails. The Western A Atlantic has probably come nearer to this happy Utopia of railroad men than any other line in Georgia. In addition to the orange, watermelon and lumber business, besides articles of general merchadise which are for waided northward over this ever pop ular line, it is now transporting Geor gia granite to pave the streets of Cin cinnati and Columbus, O. The cars which come south loaded with Indiana oolitic limestone for building the Geor gia State capitol, go back loaded with Stone Mountain granite for the streets of Cincinnati, and with Georgia mar ble, which is used for building pur poses in the northwest. The manage ment of the Western A Atlantic road have great reason to feel thankful for the success which has attended their efforts to build up an export business fiom the State of Georgia.