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THE I leil.lt \\ll 1',,..,.,,, Vol. I. <Fhr,firliLuut/irfsidr. PIBJ.ISHEB BY X. OK At One Dollar a Year. OFFICE IN THE OLD PRISTINE OKI U E Building, Powder Springs Street. Mari etta Georgia. w. n. Attorney at Law, MA KI ETTA. GA. OFFICE, north side of Public Square in Blackwell’s Building, up stairs. Marietta. October 1, 1877. ly M A HI FTTA.t^OROIA. tiKaffii tx EYEIt Y VARIETY O E Choice Family Geoeeiies. Marietta, Sept. 1, 1877. ly DiVIJt IHWI.N. t. B.IISWIW D. & T. B. Irwin, attorneys at law. IVIM |>iitetiee in the Blue Ridge, Rome, * and Coweta Circuits. Marietta, March 111, 1877. ly \YM. T. WINN. WIU.. .t. WINN. NV. T. & W. J. WINN, I lloriiryt* al Ia w , M ARIETTA, GEORGIA. March 1.1; 1877. G W . h. eOWKK. H. M. HAMMKTT. power # mm, Attorneys at Law, M.ytIETTA, < i A. tin UK IN TitK rill KT HOfSK. w a t'l E I. practice. in the Courts of Cobb W ind adjacent counties. Collect ing a specialty. lv j. E. MOSELY, Allot' as . . .and M WTTILI, attend toall husines tcoulided V V to him in < 'obh and adjacent entin lies. Onicii —in MeClaieliev’s Build ing, up stairs. Marietta,..March 1.1, 1N77. dm E. M. ALLEN, Kckmlphl llpnlil. Of more than twenty years. CHARGES REA S O X ABI. E . *ls* On li t —North side of Public Square. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly I)H. <L TKNNENT. Frat'tiriiij; m. fc#* Ofliee on t 'assville street*.—Besi deuce on Cherokee street. Marietta, March l.'t. 1877. lv DR. E. J. SETZE, Pliy*i‘ian amt Kiir^roii, rpKXDEBS his [ii-ofcs-ional sfsmct*- I in the practice of Medicine in all iti hraiK-lieslo the citizens of Marietta and 'Ui'ro4iidinj<eoiinlry. Office at the Drug Store W'Win. Root. mch IWy M. J M. 11. (you, < it LR< >K T. R sT RKK TANARUS, liVtlliV (;KO(CKIIX And dealer ill < OI'XTHY RROIHf E. Marietta, March Id, 1K77. ly n. T. f.Kivr. < IIKROKEK STREET, *}j|ji)]i! yd fluigjg M^lmr AND REPAIRER. Marietta, Gen., March l.‘l, 1877. lv House Building and Repairing. *A<H, BI.IXDS, DOORS FINISHED W ORDER. Lumber of all kinds, and a1 the lowest prices, for sale. rtXliankful for the liberal patronage 1. hitherto, the-ith-i-riber would state chat he i.-. fully prepared to contract for the erection of Buildings, and to exe cute the contracts in th' iiio-t -ali-fueto ry manner. SIIOI’, south -ide. I’ublii Square. Mafcli, 1877. LEMPER BI.At K. CONTRACTOR A N D BIiMIKK. rixilE undersigned continue- lii.- husi 1. lie.-- of Brick Making. Stone and Brick Hnildin •r. i- ■ --red Ht any tsioe to take i.. ■ ost rea— enable terms, and i-• ■ them in the mo-t -ai isfactorv manner. 11. B W AI.LIs. Marietta, March Id. fs77. ly B. R. Strong, Successor to<. VV. W illiams. \M* Apothecary. YCTl Li.continue business at the Old fV stand ill MARIETTA, and will keep on hand, and for sale, A GKNKKAI, ASSOIM.MKM 111- KREKII AND GENUINE Drugs! (-heiniciils! ioilcl hiiil I’.aiicy irliclrk! Paints and Oils! l-’iiM* IVi'ibiiiri't. He. All which will he SUED LOW FOR CASH. Prescriptions carefully corn pounded by an experienced Apotheca ry, AS HKRKTOMIKK. B. R. STRONG. Books and Stationery. School Books and Stationery of all kinds. Also, Musical Note Books for Sunday Schools and Singing Classes. Any hook not in stock, either Literary, •Scientific or Educational, or any piece of Sheet Music, will he ordered and de livered in Marietta at publisher’s pri ces. • B. R. STRONG. Marietta, Fell. Jll, 1878. Onion Sets. White and Yellow Onion Sets, for sale at the Drug Store of feh 2d B. R. STRONG. The Del roil Tree ■•res*. This popular weekly is received regu larly, and for sale at live cents per copy, at tile Drug and Stationery Store of _ tVh 2d B. R~. STRONG. Harden f. Field Seeds. I HAVE a full supply of Vegetable , and Flower Seeds. Also, a stock of Clover,Timothy, Red Top, Orchard and Blue Grass, all whic>, will be sold low for CASH. B. R. STRONG. Marietta, Ga., Feh. It), 1878. n. a. nrrmiKK, Iron Founder l MacM MAM I'ACTI RKU ol Btea in En gi ncs, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, Improved ttorgliiim Mill-. GRIST MILL MACHINERY, OI'N’XIMI Gear for Water Wheel-, XAi of every size and deserijitlou ; Plans and S|K-citicalion> fur Mill Work furn ished free of charge. Also, Manufactu re r of Gold Mining Machinery ol lan-si improvements. Prices lo soil the times. All work first class, ANIJ Ot'AKINTKMi. And having just built new building.-, and having as good machinery a- could lie had North, I feel confident' that lean defy all competition as to quality of work and cheapness of price. Being a practical mechanic of thirty live year experience, I am not afraid ol in v abili ty to ive satisfaction to all w lin may feel disposed to patronize me. Marietta, March IS, 1*77. .1. 11. O’NEILL * CO. Kant Side of the Pilbl!<■ Sfjtnt /e, MARIETTA, GEORGI IIKAI.r.RS IN ALL KJXDS Of ruarttoM t tttmr rcetra, Marietta, Sept. I. 1X77. 1\ K. \. IRWIN. a . ■*•. |.% V. IRWIN A ( LAV, Attorneys sit l.att. Will attend to the practice of law in Cobb and adjacent eoimrie.-, All collections entrusted to them will lw met w ith prompt attention. Ofli. e over M’< lao-hy -tore, vve-t -ide Pub lic Square. Marietta. August 7. 1*77. ly. MARIETTA. GEORGIA. MARCH 26, 1878. Atirinilttir.il. Points About Ploughing. Good ploughing is ol' (ho first importance in the art of tillage, but the time or season for plough ing is ;t question about which every farmer or cultivator tf the* soil should be able to lorm an in telligenl opinion for himself as to what he ought to know, the re quiremeuts of his own soil and >il nation. Many good fanners advocate fall or winter ploughing. Very likely with them it may prove the time,‘but take some other location and individual and it might prove far otherwise. For instance, take land which is unprotected by snow and exposed to sweeping winds or flowing wtjter, as is of ten found tlie ease in some locali ties, and fall ploughing will be found a work of supererogation, and often worse, for instead ot a benefit it results in a loss and damage; for where land is expos ed to high winds much fertility is blown away, or if subject to wash ing rains or flowing water much soil is washed away, or, if not car ried away, the soil is so compact ed that it requires more teams and labor to work it the following spring than it wopld not to have had it fall ploughed. Deep freez ing of an unprotected soil is not that which most benefits as the results of frost in the soil. Let the ground become well and deeply frozen, and (lion a good covering of snow coining and lying on all winter and the full benefits of frost in the soil result, and the continous covering of snow pro tects from further freezing and al so assists the internal heat of the earth in thawing out what frost is in the ground already, and, in stead of compacting the effect is to leave a loose and a porous fine soil. For subduing many kinds of growth fall ploughing is the poorest time to effect the purpose for if often results in making ex tra labor above spring ploughing; and it often happens that warms and insects, instead of being de stroyed by fall ploughing, Ac., work very much more destruction than where the ground is left for spring ploughing. Take ('arc of tlic Plow Stock. Jt lias been said (hat the eye wf ••the master is worth-botli of his hands." In ho pari of farm management is this more I .me than in the care of slock. The carelessness ami neglect ww-li which work slock are fed, curried, and geared, on many farms, amounts to cruelly. Corn is sometimes thrown into a trough already half full of cobs, and fodder, djy and harsh, and perhaps mold/finder the lie, is thrown in with the ties uncut., -o that much of it is wasted by the animal while endeavoring to di vide the bundles. Coughs tire often contracted by eating dry ami niold v fodder. The mold is a vegetable fungus, which should not be taken either into the stomach or lungs. Wet from the day's labor, the poor lieast is turned out “to wal low," and, without further atten tion, admitted to his evening meal, and then to his night’s rest. At daylight, or before, lie is a roused to take his breakfast, which he is not allowed to eat in peace, but must submit, while eating, to a rough scratching o ver with a cruelly rough curry comb. In his excitement under the operation, he gulps down his food half masticated. His repast, over, no matter how cold the morning, a cruelly cold bit is thrust into his mouth by the thoughtless hostler. If any one doubts the cruelty of the cold bit, let him inform himself by placing his own tongue upon iron or steel that has been exposed to the cold night air. Gearing is often so badly ar ranged as to cause great diseom fort lo the animal, and not unfre (juonlly to occa-iou -.evious phy* ieal injury. Haines are often so 100-el.y lied at the top that the hook- hang down over the point -of the -hould ers, -o that, when fhe trace is stretched, the halites, instead of pressing uniformly against the -lope* of the -boulder, press en lirelv on it - point, and result in producing sore shoulder. The trace, when stretched, should he at right angles to the slope of the shoulder. This en ables the beast to do his work in comfort, and with greater effici ency. The back band is intended on ly to hold up the trace, and thus keep it from under the animal's feet, and not to regulate the set of the plow. Sore hacks result from the ini proper use of the hack hand. The skillful driver, in order to lighten the draft, gears his horse as close to the buggy as possible and yet, how common is it in our fields to see plowmen lengthen their traces in] order to “let the plow into the ground." Short check reins should not he used in heavy drafts, as they pre vent the animal irom availing himself of the aid which his weight may afford if allowed to lean a little forward. Rubbing dry before the animal is put up at night is of prime ini pertance to the comfort and health of work animals. The legs and feet of work ani mals should receive especial at tent ion, as, unless they are sound, the animal is comparatively wort Id ess.— Kn terpi'iae. Fertilizers. A farmer discussing the merits of a fertilizer judiciously used, says: “Some farmers tell me that four dollars in reliable commer cial fertilizers bring as good re sults for tlie wheat crop and clo ver following, as fifteen loads of barnyard manure worth at least one dollar per load. He who ran do this need not trouble himself about what he had better do. Suppose his barnyard manure will only fertilize ten acres a year on a hundred acre farm. This is more than the average of manure made yearly on most such farms. On this ten acres all the profits have hitherto been made; A c. the remainder of the farm barely pays the cost of working. Then an investment of forty dollars per year—-the interest on nearly six hundred dollars at 7 per cent, will double the farm profits. An investment of eighty dollars a year will treble profits, Ac. Is it not clear that under almost any circumstances there will lie profit in this operation? Added to the obvious cash advantages in hav ing double or treble profits from the farm, will he an equal if not greater benefit in the fc constant increase in its fertility. Save all The bones for home made fertilizers Take a tight barrel, box or hogshead, cover the bottom with four or five inches of unleached ashes; then another layer of bones, and alternate lay ers of ashes and bones until the box or barrel is filled. Four in a couple of pailfnlls of water, or place the vessel in the yard,where it will get sufficient moisture from occasional • showers. In a few months it will be touud that the bones are dissolved. A French agricultural journal, the Basse ( 'our, describes the re sult of some experiments i>i pota to growing recently conducted by scientific men in Germany, in which it is demonstrated that the “eyes” at the top of the potato produce a much more vigorous offspring than those in the lower part, and the consequence is that those agriculturists who cut their potatoes in half before planting them are well advised in cut I ing them vertically, but should al ways divide them horizontieally, plant ing the upper half and using the other as food for cattle. But the best plan of all is to plant the tuber whole, cutting out, nev erthless, all the “eyes” except I hose in the top part. Pertinent (Questions Of all the crops raised,probably none is of such vast importance to the farmers as the corn crop, and on no account should it be neglected. Did you ever know any farmer to fail, whose cribs were well tilled with corn? Did you ever know a man to emigrate w4io.se cribs were well filled with corn Did von-know a man to corn plain of hard tinies who-so cribs are filled with corn t Did you ever know a man -old out by ihe -heriff whose crib* were tilled with corn ? Did you ever know a ma : whoso bouses and fences were all in good order, and that all such other prosperity crowned him, whose cribs YVcre not tilled with corn ? Did you ever know a planter proud of himself and loved by his neighbors and happy in his family, whose cribs wore not till ed with corn ? Did yol ever know a man who for the eultivaton had -I He^^p^gg|j|gg ever know a unß planted cotton to the corn, who had any money ? V Did you ever know to make money by fon when lie had to buy his corn? Kiiral Brevities. There are ten stockmen in Tex as who own together l,25!0,000 head of cattle. The great hulk of the cotton crop is now grown by white la bor and upon small farms. The market contains very few apples suitable for the table or for selling on the street. Georgia and her ugrieultural and other products will he well represented at the Faris Exposi (ion. Canadian horses are being transported t® England in large numbers, where they are sold at fair prices. It is estimated that 12,000,000 acres of forest have been rut down in the United States in ten years past. There are more than 150 nam ed varieties of wheat, hut in ma ny cases thw distinctions bo tween them are very slight. Ex-Secretary Chandler’s Mich igan farm consists of 51,160 acres. It has cost him about SIOO,OOO, and is just beginning to pay ex penses. The number of sheep decreases every year in the. United States. Georgia had 512,018 in 1800, 419,305 in 1875, and 319,323 in 1877. Mr. Harper, a Missouri farmer, recently took a carload of 16 three-year old grade short horn steers to St. Louis that averaged 2.000 pounds and sold for $0.50 per hundred. Practical shepherds assert that crossing the common sheep with the merino will double the weight of fleece, and add fully 10 per cent, to the market value. Regular and generous feeding of sheep is necessary to develop a good supply of yolk, without which the wool lacks the elasti city, strength and softness so es sential to the liner qualities. Teabody branching corn is be ing advertised in the South. One and two good ears on a stalk of the ordinary varieties will do for Northern men. This branch ing corn was ‘run into the ground’ years ago. There is promise of a European demand for American broom corn, which lias not hitherto been among our articles of export. A prominent firm of Gincinhali has tilled a large order from for eign market. An Arkansas paper says: “Do not neglect your garden patch, if you desire any comforts. A very little care and attention now, even to occupy your leisure hours, will amply reward you for the expenditlire.” Frog cult ure is the late-l Wes tern industry, and is being sys tematically carried on im Min nesota. It is a simple process, consisting chiefly in the protec tion of eggs and tadpoles from birds and other enemies by means of wire screens. A farmer in Concord, Mass., grew 800 bushels of onions on ail acre last season, well-manured with stable manure, with a. top dressing of 100 pounds per acre of the sulphate of potash! He Mowed 9 pounds of onion seed per acre. In the interior counties of i’enu syl Vania and in New Jersey women perform an important part of the Übor of sowing and harvesting. In the Stale ol New i oik 'there be 2,130 ‘lift ,-uu-k >f tij, Uuni-irjMHpiers, 53 V/wWlg Gninjfl 'SarUenoW* 111 Ill'11. II serviceable giganl plough. mA >ent nL|g ded by turn men ipffturns iWK huge ridge and aj ,I’iJj three feel deep half feel wide at flic is the deepest sub soil phifflHj we have any account of. mi Seed— not, in too deeply. seeds oHj® to V N> ,sV'A x '' cnjttflf ' \ ' /G „v" v arl<ejjjß@i •Miniate and s nil proper depth is tfffir half to three inches- Where lamU^^H lie'll - II i* I't ■ t ■; 10 : lemld lie apply and imi ally, a i! lifl., !" m!, 1.1 i I e l gn - ■. - ! B I li'-iii 1 ■I" till A I- _T|v; i and ashes on this a lit I le snH if straw only is usoTl way a convenient hollow is cB tainod that prevents the egg rolling out from under the set ting lien. In cool weather tU eggs are thus kept at a mill more equable temperature lIJ in nests made simply of lonfl straw. " Farmers and people generally in this section, are better oft’ at this lime than at any time since the war. Many planters are able to hold their cotton and wait for ail advavee in prices. Resides this there is fifty per cent., more .pro visions in the hands of the cou , sinners than lias been since war. jAll of this is home raised! and consequently much .h'<Mtefl than Western produce. If bur farming community now will on ly “keep near the shore,” make I heir farms scll-snppnh an era of prosperity and dawn that will make a bright for the country. Will they do it/ Walton County Vidette. A gentleman from 11 an* county informs the Hainilton| Journal that he has never seen as much clearing up and bring ing old fields into cultivation as the farmers of his county are do ing this season. Nearly every pine thicket shows the effect of the axe, and the bright new vails lie scattered ever a hundred hills.; It is also said that IkfllQprc deal j ing very generally iu guano, and! every preparation is made for >ll large colfoij. crop. The Journal ■suggests t hat they make at leidS corn enough to do them. * * Col Baßorsby at t he X. ers Club, says he had lived in Ire i land when it had a population oit 8,000,000. Most, wf the peopldj lived upon potatoes. They fe<B and sold their pigs to Knglaim ami ate potatoes instead of inerH The pigs are fed on potatoes boiled and mashed. The poor! man’s pig was fed upon the re-J fuse of the table,namely They made good pork, and bacon was especially noted flfl its sweet flavor, partly becainH smoked with turf. He in potatoes. Most of •if Ireland, of all ed on potatoes. It may be cause Ireland produces the best potatoes grown in the world. The speaker concluded (in an* wer to questions) by asserting that the Irish were superior to] other nations in both mental mill physical strength and uttrihute<l| the fact to good potatoes. i Professor Dunn suggested that if t he 8,000,000 people of Ireland , had lived &n beef iustead of pota J tgiek they would not nor.<v where 1