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Newspaper Page TextTHE FIELD AND FIRESIDE. Vol. I. (The/if Id and /beside. I*l bi,i>iiki> n\ J. O. CAMPBELL Jc CO. At One 1 a Year. OFFICE I \ NIK OLD IMJIXTI N* i olTlt K Building, l'ou dcr spring' siivh. Mari t-tra Georgia. w. n. Attorney at Law, MARIETTA, (lA. OFFICK, norlli side of i- Square ill Blackwell's Building. ii|> -tail‘d. Marietta. Oetnher 1. 1877. ly v, went side debug sip aim:. MAI{IK IT.;Ai EoUtiIA. KF.AI.KR IN K\i:nr vahiety <>r Choice Family Groceries. Marietta. Sept. I, 1*77. L v llAVII) IRWIN. W. A. R. M’cl Vt'CHl-.Y. I. R. IRWIN. Irwin. McClatchey &. Irwin. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. AV ill practice ill till' Blue Kidg'e. Koine, and Coweta <'iivuii*. Mal'iella. March 111,1877. ly WH, I . WINN. wil 1.. .1. W INN. W. T. & \V. .1. WINN. 41 (o rit<* y * a 1 I' am , MAIM KIT A. liKoKi.l \. Muieli lit. 1877. I> \V. t. PO44KR, Attorney at Law, MARIETTA, CA. 1, T if.!; pt.i i" {i i "■* il. i 111’ 1 Oil It s (A ' Till ill W and adjacent enmities. Cnlleci iug a specialty. Office w itli •! ridge A. N. Simpson, northwest conieror I’lddic Square. 1 > .1. K. MOSEIA, Allomet :it attend mail hiisitie cunlided W to him int nhh anil ad jacem conn lies. Oifick — in Met lalcliey' Build ing', up stairs. Marietta. March 1:1. 1877. ( 'in K. M. ALLEN, Ktaitlflll llfiilisl. Of more than twenty years. < H A RtiKS JJ K \Stl \ A I*. I. K. limes-North side of Pithlic Sipiare. Marietta, March 171,1877. ly DR. G. TEN NEXT. Pi'iirtiiiiii; on ( 'assvillr -li *i*t. — ilpiu'p on < lM*rok*i* si Marietta. Mmvli Lf, ly DR. E. .). SETZE, Physician and Snrsroii. rpEXIiKRS hi.- profc-sional .civil e. I in the practice of Medicine in all its branches to Ihe citizens of Marietta and surroundingcniinl'ry. Office at the Drug Store of Win. Boot. inch la—l y M. K. Lyon, i ll EIJO K K E ST If E KT . FAHIIiI uko<i:kiix A ml ilcnli'i' iii nirS’TRV I'RolU I E. Marietta, March 13, 1N77. ly M. t. <7rikt, ( II E{| KEE STREET. Saddle and Harness Maker AM) REPAIR Kit. Marietta, <<*,>., Maivli 13, 1 s>77. ly House Huildini* and Repairing. SAMI, 111.INDS. DOOlis I t Visit El> j TO nItDER. Lumber of till kinds, ;uul at tin* lowest prices, lor sale. rrMtankful for the lilierul )>:<l miiage 1 hitherto, the suli-i-rilier would ealt* that he i> fully |>ri*|tan*il in coni rai l for the erection of Huilitiug-. and lo exe t, uie the contracts in lhe tnosi -aii-fai-io i v manner. Sllol’,-onili i*l* I'nhln .Suiiarc. March, 1577. LEMEEI. ISI.Ai K. CONTRACTOR \ Vl ■CI I lilM'.IS. rpllt tiiidei 'isncd coniilines hi -hn-i --1 ne?s of Brick Making, Stniic and Brick Builtling, and i- pi-i-piueil at any time to take contract- on lie* mo-t reas onable term-, and to execute them in ilo'* uio-t -ati-factoi \ manner. 11. B. \V A 1.1 is. Marietta, March 13, 1877,0 jj £T PRINTING, ot alliind-. neatly and cheaply done at this otiiee. At)ri tn 11 ut a L The Money Value of Thought. ltV CON|iAll WILSON. The practical lesi ol‘ good farm ing is success, anti ho method or system is juslilied by anything short of ihis. There is a right way to do everything, and there are also other ways that are more or less wrong. Bill t lit* highest success is never t he outcome of a wrong method. There is also a dilTerence in mew as well as in methods. There are some Tann ers who always go the right way to work as a matter of course, while others seldom get right ev en by accident. ll' lew men should plant each an acre ol potatoes in adjoining fields, the results would all lie dif ferent. Even though the soil, the seed ami oilier conditions were similar, vet the difference in the men w ould show'itself in the pro ducts. Now, wherein does the most successful man in litis case differ from the other nine i Evi tlenfly. lh< difference is in brain power. Not that lit* is more libo rally endowed by nature than tlie others, hilt he hits acquired tin* habit of using his faculties. Sup posing these men to have been horn with mental endowments en tirely equal, yet on comparing their work, if we find that one has gathered one hundred hush els from his acre, another tine hundred and thirty, and so on up to four hundred ami fifty, what would we consider these figures lo represents Not certainly a difference of soil, or of seed, for these were assumed to lie o|ii;il at l hi* si art. Clearly I lien tin* development of menial force is (In* variable factor here indicated. The mi fold in of the tniml by Ihe ltahil of using ii is lhe thing measured hy the above figures. Tim brain power-lamis hi the ease of one man at 100; in iliat of another who is more accustomed lo think al IdO, while in lhe one who has achieved lhe highest result it reaches 450. The successful man lias more Ilian quadrupled lhe re suit obtained by lhe laggard, and if we assume that I lie potatoes in this case are worth 50 cents per bushel, it gives $175 per acre to represent lhe money value of sii perior intelligence. This difference is exemplified constantly and everywhere in ca -es llial actually occur, and I ho’ the principle is true in every call ing* in which mew are engaged, vet there is no business n* voca tion in which thinking* is turned to hotter account than in luisban dry. ll i- lie re that mental force asserts ils supreme value hy crowning labor with ils highest rewards, hv introducing method ihito agriculture, by conquering prejudice* and convincing inert* dulity itself that the true way to make farming profitable is to make it systematic ; llial the most perfect husbandry is that in which fact and theory are harmoniously blendid, and that Hie strong right arm on which the farmer confi dently relies works out its host results when il executes the in telligent plan- of a reasoning* mind. Seasona hie Suggest ions. i Jriiainewlal grounds should now receive, if they have not already done so. tin* last iouches of the season. Shrubs ought to be now trimmed and lied up. and tender plants surrounded with straw or other protection. A good top dressing of line and well rotted manure spread over the lawn and all ornamental grass will com pern safe for lhe trouble and expense attending in the spring. The grass should he rolled either before or after this dressing u* keep il linn during the winter, and to avoid tin* danger of being t brown up by lhe spring frosts, l ive- recently planted should be securely stall ed to prevent them being blown about by the w inds. When the ground i- frozen, il is advisable to have I he dry leaves raked up so as nol in keep Hie y ards littered with t heir blow ing about. If enough have already been gathered from the wood-and stored fur bedding for stock, mix those now collected with the com post heap, or better -till, ii there i- a pit or hole oil the place, dump MARIETTA. GEORGIA. JANUARY 22,, 1878. them in this, and moisten them with a mixture of salt and lime. By spring litis will he converted into tirst class mould for potting and general greenhouse uses. High-Priced Boult ry. liV T. It. MINKit. ' Alter many years experience with fancy poultry, as the high priced breeds are generally call ed, I advise farmers not to pay high prices for any breed, think ing th;il the ‘strain* bred by A or Band sold at S2O, or more, a pair, will he more profitable than ordi nary fowls, as there is a great deal of humhuggerv in the fancy poul try business. If a man wants to breed pure Brahmas, or any oth er breed, to sell to tit her breeders, he way safely pay a good price for a pair of fowls, or a setting of eggs; Imt as regards the profits in selling early chickens, dressed fowls and eggs, one can make more money on ti cross of Asiatic fowls of some smaller breed, as a Brahma cock or Dorking pullets, than on the pure breed of either. And the same rule applies to all of the very largo breeds. Sup pose wc are at a lair, we set* stunt* splendid specimens of Brahmas and Cochins, pullets weighing from ten l twelve pounds, and we ask the price. “s.‘o a trio," acock and two pullets may lie tin* reply. Well, 1 would not re ceive such fow ls a< a gilt if I had to breed from (Item, as these pul lets as breeders would lx* a nuis anct* on a place, breaking hall lhe eggs laid, by their great weight, and when setting making perfect, dest ru*i ion under them. Such great fowls do not lay much over half the. eggs lint! smaller ones do. "W hat are they good for t" you ask. 'They are good toexbib il at fairs to win premiums and to sell at high prices to those who do not know any better than buy them. I want no Brahma or Cos chin hens un my premises that weigh alive over six or seven lbs. But if I were in the fancy poultry business, with an eye t<> making money only, I should “go in" lor large specimens of all breeds; and il I could product'* cocks of twenty and pullets of fifteen lbs. I should exjipcl to luitke a lorlune out of people ignorant of their value as breeding fowls, andw il ling to pay enormous prices Ibr them. None of the specimens of fowls at lairs of great size will produce their like, as they are raised by extraordinary means; and when one buys eleven pound pullets, anil sixteen pound roos ters, and finds that their progeny is much smaller, and perhaps ill shaped and scrawny comparalivc ly speaking, lit* begins lo -ox* how il is himself. Agricultural Kxhihil tit Paris. ['Torn I he arrangements making for the purpose, it is evident llial the I'wited Stales will have a large and creditable display of farm products at Hie approaching Paris Exhibition. The Commis inissioner of Agricult lire has the matter in charge, and has made such progress that it is safe to make an enumeration of many ar lieles Iliat will he included in the exhibit of the **l niversal Yankee Nation” at an exposition which is to receive contributions from the mo-1, if not all. civilized conn tries. For example, it is already announced I hat, in forestry, cut tings of every useful variety will Ik* so prepareiktliul each cutting will show as far as practicable a section of the wood with the hark and tin* grain, and also the finish which il is capable of receiving. The fruits and seeds of the same will also he exhibited. Special product s of the forest w ill also he shown, including Hie Southern moss, which is used in upholstery. Hit* pal loci to and ol her woods. I In* (Hires of which are used in the manufacture of paper. 'Tin* li-l of exhibits likewise comprise- Hie dairy prod nils of the North, with a model ol a .New England dairy ; honey, illustrating tin* improved methods of bee culture: tobacco in all il- varieties, with illmdra lions of iu culture, curing* ami method' of preparation for ue ; maple -itgar. w ith Ihe -ap and lhe syrup; -amples of all lln* varie ties of --ential oil manufactured in the I nitedSlates ; nut-of eve ry kind, imligeiiioiis. as well a the e which, having been brought ibr.u.i. 11.i . ihriw- in our -oil.- Fruits and their profit abound in the display —mil I" the common kinds grown in abundance. Inn al- rap oranges, ciirows, raisins, an> 'minions, with the most methods of drying, preserving and canning both fruitsand vege tables, a matter in which our peo pie are far in advance of (hose of other countries. That “this is a great country for corn" will he demonstrated by tin* exhibition of India#* corn in all its features, from I Inf variety of the West and Sou)h, with stalks ten to twelve feet high, to the Nor)hern spe cies„ which attains a height of on ly three or lour feet, together w ith samples of* all corn pro ducts. Lot usvhope, therefore, that the proposed display of our A uteri can products al Baris will prove both creditable and beneficial, elevating the hailed States in the es.imation of other nations, and opening new avenues and causing a greater demand for t hose staples which wo can supply in abund ance. But to secure this result, lltc appropriation of $250.00(1 by out < iovernment should lie used for its legitimate purposes only, and not a dollar of it spew! by tlu* ('ontmissioners in junketing amid the brilliant scene' of Ihe gayest of European capitals. A Remarkable Season. I’ln* winter has, until l In* last few day s, been one of remarka bly warm temperature over a large extent of country. In this city roses and ol her Mowers were picked in open, unproteeled gar dens a- late as the 201 h of Dccem her, and the first snow fell on the till ins|. And we read of dande lions being plucked on Rost on i 'oniinoH at < 'hristmas lime; a'pan sy in full bloom in lhe open air on < 'hrist mas - eve at Rodney, |*a,; the (railing arbrulns in bloom on Christmas al I’ortsmoulh, \. 11., and paw'icsalaiulclions,daises Ac, found in bloom on the same day at Newport, I!. I. Throughout lln* Middle and New England Stales, December was the most mild and pleasant experienced during a half century or more, il the testimony f iliat veritable personage, ••lhe oldest ittbahi taut,” is to In* relied upon. In ilo* West, also, I lie season has ihus far been extranrdinary. In -lead of snow, mud abounds in Illinois, lowa. A*i*. to such an ex tent as lo cause an almost total suspension of farm labor, and lo pul an embargo ou trade goner ally. A Chicago exchange of a week ago, says ; “The first -now hi wee Thanksgiving* Day fell ia Chicago on Monday of this week, the last day of December. I.•?st year at this dale we had in ihis vicinity nearly forty days of sleighing." <)f course I his “el lie real mildness" i- pronounced 100 mudi of a good thing, and grum bled about accordingly* ; bat, al though snow and sleighing would he beneficial in many sections, tin* “Open season" and mild wea then-mist have proved highly ad vantageon-in others. And other and noteworthy* benelits may a rise from Ihis singular season. It may . for instance, lie the precur sor or beginning of a change in climatology, which will enable Cencral leDiic.ol the Agriciillu ral Department, lo succeed iu lln* introduction of tea culture in tin* I'nited Stales, and 11ms inaugur ate a foretaste of lhe inilleniimi! t ides- JVovidence thus conies to liisaid.it i- feared the (ieneral will not win renown in attempl ing what was thoroughly tried and failed some thirty year- ago in South Carolina, and more re cent I v in < 'alifornia. .lute I Tilt ui*4*. I Ml'ollT.V XT I.MTDKNTAI. AdVVX tai.es. There are important inci denial advantages in connection with the cult i Vid ion of j ulc which Dr. Heath, of New York, thinks should nol be overlooked. The vigorous ,-unl luxurious growth ol lhe plant almost exterminates weeds from the soil in which il i sow*n. while the bitterness of il jii ice repels the attack- of in seel s. A cotton field surrounded by a bell wf jiii •* i- ctlVct ii a1 ty prolee ted from the destructive eulcrpil hr -a much dreaded. Ihis crop should come in rotation w ith oth •i- 'i .Hid .•^B^sSBSBSSk iff d-cAfesj-vd ■' * .vCi lad lire I In* loll) " In paiicd i 111" 111 111 a 1 111 1'.o • 100- l Ut-jAjff 111 1 '"Jrii' .. jl *0 ~■ 11.• 11 11 of i'lYGl’Vaple. I lie piiyod :VMjH ad eri'l ii - ' u| i In' -oil in <:t.fltflHß thrive' with an almost nriance upon llic highlaiJjo Invial bottom*. Il wi 11 gn'.s mi cninparal ivcly dry uplaid fIH in Hooded valh'ys, but il p a high, moist, sandy loam. In I rade, jute but Is are sect ion' i twelve to lilTecn inches in length of Ihe lower end of the plant.— These coarser portions are made into heavy baling and bagging. The fibre is the long silk yarn which is woven into lint* fabrics, and iht* rejections art* parts of ii lire, w hich, in consequence of In* ing stained, tangled unlit for delicate iiiamil'a flu* rejections art* genera ked up wil h I In* Inti Is. Till rior eheapnes- and durahililyj® jufe are rapidly displacing and licmp for many our markels, jule hags ardasj \>A from one fourth lo one hall a cojfl [ier yard mote than (lax hags. pecially for bagging and corn )| haling is jolt* fast superseding the use of other fibres. I! lira I brevities. Remember I lull had sail spoils good blitter. St raw is more valuable as a food tban as a manure. France, a ft era, long iiidiUcrence to Indian corn, is now awakening lo ils value a*> (bad for horses. Eighty per rent, of Ilo* grain crop of Ireland i- oals, ten per cent, is barley, and live per cent, is wheat. Ncvv York i- lln* largest eulli val or of Iniek w heal, ru i-ing .‘I,!MI |. ll.'tll bushels ol a 10l a I of'.l.sg | ,7'J I bushels. Tobacco leaves.imintcm! ionally given with I heir Imy, arc said to have lately killed three Kentucky cows. In I sf 2, Texas moved li-t,115- bales of rollon. During Ilo* lasi commercial year il moved 50(i, ft.**s hales. If the farmer w ill bring all In's -kill, intelligence aJid induslrv in to lh t* work, his vocation i- a safe and sure one. Fight farmers in the township f llronsoN, liraneh county*, Mich igan. have lesl over nine hundred hogs by tile cholera. Many Col-wold and Leicester sheep arc being* bought in the west era port ion of < 'a*uadu to l ake to Indiana. lowa and Colorado. Tlu* man who owns a $20,000 cow can drink milk costing him Hi cents a quart. That's all the adv antage be has over the rest of ii-. ('alifornia produces the larges) barley crop, or 5,75;{,490 out of a total of 29,7ft1,;*05 bushel . and also nine t enl h- of our nal i vc si Ik cocoons. William A mlorson, of < )aklaud, Michigan, ha- (lira-lied out 2,100 bushels of wheat of the Deilil, Treadwell and Clawson varieties from 05 acres of land. Sheep require a plenty of fresh air. Their warm coal protects them from the cold, and if they have a drv yard they are better out of doors in line weather than in a close shed. At a recent farmers' meeting in .Massachusetts a speaker gave a recipe for making farming pay, as follows; Have bul one busi uesa, and get up in the morning and see to it yourself. Separate -lock into diHereril grades.or feed these at diH’crcnf 1 ime- if separate yard- arc not provided. Strife and worry at feeding tiuies -hoiild be prevent ed by tlre-e or some ot her means. The Commissioner ol Agiicul ture ha return, indicating that li ■ *o a I ' O - ■ 1 1 >'7g'iVvsvr'? :vA D' m ni * ' s< mu ' ' , -j; it.-it lo 111 111 I cig fo tew people diiriiiD°rlie packi^ lo ImnW son. ’ “ far] >k<| Hard, dry walks leading frorj tin* house to the barn and otht |J( j oul bnildiwgs are a great eouve n uiciice. 'They are particularly ap (M) t predated in the moist weather c,ju w iiilerjiir spring, and houses uw ( ,ji thus connected with the fai’ )■ buildings are deprived of impo. o|| laid conveniences. K&; ♦ ail vos and yearlings, and cow’Q and oxen as well, when infested " ith lice, should lie,freed at once* by rubbing tin* skin w ith a mix ,fi lore o| sweet oil and kerosene in equal parts. During the win 11 for, you tig animals should be kept growing by means, of nutritious Hi loud, good 'belter and cleanli """- '... J Texas made last year 700,000 bales of cotton, from which will be obtained 810,000,000 pounds ol seed. This -ceil, converted i*-^ 10 oil. would bring over #14,00#: 000. |he total exports of cotton from the port of Oalvestou dur ing the season last closed was 1 05. 5 1 I bales, of which 250,92 b went to foreign and 250.928 to do mestic ports. There is no business panning out bet ler i hose hard times than running. I here is one good thing about farming a man can always raise enough to eat, if he is of any* ureniint. lie ran raise lus pot*# lues, cabbage-, onions, turnips'' beets. An*. lln can grow the straw berries, gooseberries, raspberries.' grapes, apples ami other fruits to satisfy lln* wants of liis family 11c can have poultry* ami eggs thik year round, lie can produce hi # ow n pork and make bacon amP lard to last a year, lie can liavol veal and mutton and beef. T)* l * people iu tin* city, if they these article-, must earn the ns**'* ney and save il to buy them/ 1 *! This is a lug ilem m favor of tllf, Tanner. ofj| 11 a coat or lwo of paint is ded on the house or other bv so, . u l mgs, now is a good time to ? . 11 done. I’aimljwill form a h s, j ,( ( U '. and more durable surface KiT 0 pul on in cool weather than i.‘‘ the heal of summer. Whitewash, lln* cellar walls thaL^al \ - * in. ’ *: SxxJZ&BfcjeA * *'' ..Jlc ’ .T'l