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THE EIEJJ) AND FfMSIBE.
Vol. I.
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Jhf/itldiuiil/irfsidr.
ITRLIsHEII by
7. O. CAIkIPEELL&CO.
,4f‘Oiie Rollur a War.
OFFICE
I \ 111 K--IH.H PRTVfI VG ol FHi
Building', Pom (U*r Spring Street, M j ii
a tu Georgia.
W. ML
Attorney at Law,
* MARITA, GA.
OFF l< E, north side of t'ublir Nt|ii:ire
ilt. BliKkw ell-?.' Building, up -raiiM
Msrc-tia. fTiinber 1, 1877. ly
D. F. nd.A H HIA .
WF."JCPIE IM'Bl.H' SQFARK.
ftmiMKTTA. GEORGIA.
ihMi: in
A" rUi&rimRIET Y "I-
Choice Family Groceries.
Marietta,
lOVIIi lIOVIN. T. 11. IKW IX.
D. & T. B. Irwin,
$ API’OKNKY|S AT LAW.
Vtitl priAtfve in 1 lie P.lite liidye Koine,
and <'oweta < ireuil -.
.Marietta, March Id. 1877. ly
WM. I. VMVX. Wil 1.. ,i. vvtxx.
W. T. & W. .1. WINN,
411 ui*itr tv at Luii ,
M VRIF.TT A. GF.ORG I
March Id. 1877. ly
•w . H. KiIU.K. H. VI. It A >IXI r. 11.
power i mmi
Attorneys at Law,
• • MARIE'ITA. i;.\.
ofi Kip in Tin: cm mt inn si:.
W * ILL ti>i'act ice in the l 'onris of t obit
\\ ~*a 4j* •rut eoiiniies. ( ollecr
ing * ly
•I. K. MOiSELY,
Allornrt :t( I,av.
ITT 11.1. attend to all Itii'iin'- : eoniided
\\ to him in < ohh and adjaceni eonn
•ti *-. Oi iTci:— in Met ‘hitcliev G Build
ing, up -nijr*-. j
M:iriti?f7 .'tercli Id. 1877. inn
H. Al. ALLKX,
tlritlrnl lleiiiiol.
Of more than twenty year.-.
•* H ABO ES BE A SON A BI.K.
* iiiwt —North side of Puldic Square.
Marietta, March Id, 1877. ly
o|t. 8. TENNENT,
PmiiriaiS Plipician.
..it#* Ofitce on ('assville street.- Uesi
dteuce oil l h'-rokee street.
.March Id, 18;;. 1\
DK: K .1. SKTZE,
Pl*M*rjaaii anil surgeon,
r i ll: NOK Bn IfJU professional services
A. in the jiractiee of .Medicine in all
It- hraioMtes co the elifecij. of Marietta
and -orwi|iiHng eotintry. <Blice at the
I 'nisi s(o|'of fin. Ri*oi. meh Id ly
— M f--
,iI.K. Lvon,
< HEBOKEE STBEET,
FAMILY (jRIHHHIIX
A ml dealer in
COUNTRY I'ROIM'rK.
Marietta, Man'll 1.1, 1*77. |y
'Aw t 11-4- --A r
* 1 It. T. 6KhT,
SiMk y hmm Maber
HIM HMI ITIMItIVi
AND UtiPAlKKli.
'Vlhi'iefia, Miirrh I*s, 1*77. I v
House Building and
Repairing.
-AMI, Ki.IVU*. Itoous FIMSHKII
TO ORDER.
J.molifr of all kind*, and ai ihe
lowest prices, (t)f suie.
for th* I literal patronage
liiltiftllo, I lie 'ulwiil>i'f would -lair
thill hr i- full) prepared In contrail for
fit* emdionof Bniiding*, and locvr
• titr the roni r;o|- in |hr nio‘l *alisfucto
ivatnnier. S|t*< *l\-ottlh -ide i'nhlii
Square,
March. 1877. I.EMI El, K.
( ONTItAf TOll
A XI
buili:r.
THE uiuler-ijsned continue-hi-htt>i-
Brick Making. Stour and
ttri'-k Building. and is prepared ai am
time to take contract* on tlir 1110*1 rea--
I. liable term-, and toexrciite them in the
most wtl-facforv manner.
if K. WaLLIs.
iiyittt*, Jiarcf) J3, WiT. l i’
B. R. Strong,
successor lot;. \\ . Williams,
i lit If BIST,
i
\ M*
Apothecary.
WJ I LI. rout inue at the Oltl
AY St anti in MARIETTA, and will
] keep on hand, and for -ale,
Ol-XKIt.U assok r*i i \ i <o
I KKsii aMi glmin i;
iigs! (Jliemieals!
Toilet anil I'niift %I‘liclc*!
i
Paints ami < )ils!
I'inr iVrfii liter*, etc.
All vvlii. li will in- sol.l l I.OW FOB
< Asll. Pivsrri(ti iti> t aivfnllv I*olll
- pomnl**<| By an e\'perieneel Af m! 1 1 *• :t
--; ry. Art Hit.hklotoiit..
1L IL
Books ami Stationery.
School Books and Staiioicry of all
kinds. Also, Musical .Yofc Books for
j Sunday Schools and Singing Glasses.
! Any hook not in stock, either Literary,
Scientific or Educational, or any piece
of Sheet Mii-ic, w ill tic ordered and de
livered in Marietta at publisher's pri
ce,. B. If. STRONG.
Marietta. Feb. tili, 1878.
Onion Sets.
While and Yellow Onion Sets, for
sale at the )>rug Store of
fen _Hi B. If. STRONG.
The Detroit Free
This popular weekly is received regu
larly, and for sale at live cents per copy,
at the Orng and Stationery Store oi
feh 26 B. K. STftQXVG
Garden Field
Seeds.
11l A ! K a lull Rti|t|ily ut \' •••*;*-1 :i Il*
and Flower Seeds. Also, a sleek of
Clover, Timothy, lied Top, Orelutrd and
Blue Grass. all wliiel*. will he sold low
for CASH.
li. 11. STROXO.
Marietta, ta., Fel>. 111. IS7S.
K. %• WITHERS
111 Founder & Machinist.
M A VFFAf TFRKR <>►
Si oil in Kit g i lies,
UJ Her LA It SAW MILLS,
I||||l’os‘|| flills.
GRIST AMU. M V HI X I’.RV,
r) Ix x I Xll Hear for VVaier Wheels.
of every si/e and deseriplion : |*lan
and speeilleations for Mill Work furn
isheikfreeofcharge. Also. Manufactu
rer of Hold Mining Alaeliinerv of late-r
iinprovenienis.
Prices In suit tin* limes.
All ark lirsi rlu
|.Nf> .i ik ami ii.
And having just tniili new hiiililiugs,
and having as good iiiaeiiinerv as enuld
Be hail Xorth, I feel i-onlideni that lean
defy all competition as lo qiuilirv <d
work and elieapness of jiriee, Heine- a
practical mechanic of thirty live years
experience, I am not afraid of m\ abili
ty to give satisfaction to all who ma\
leel disposed fo patronize me.
Marietta, March Id, 1*77.
J. !, O'NKIIJ. 00,
huxt Shit' OJ' t/u< l*itbVir Stjmtrf^
\l Ait I KTT.\, CFORi, | \
nr.a i.kkh t\
.ii.i. hixii* or
mu ttom i mm mite:.
Marietta. Sept. t. 1577. l v
L . A . IH WI \ . A . *, 4 I. AV .
11* WIN A (LAV.
Illttrneya at Law.
AATill attend to the praetiee of law in
Vt Cobli and adjacent eonutie-.
All collect iny- entrusted to itiem ill
lie iiici with prompt attention. Office
over M'Clatehy's Store, west side Pull
lie Square.
Marietta, A.ugnt J, 177, ly,
MARIETTA. GEORGIA, APRIL 2. 1878.
-Agricultural.
Comparative Vsi hie of ('Alton.
A hale oi' coll cut was never mi
valuable as it is now. it would
never buy so many of the articles
of pure necessity as il w ill buy to
day. In short, a baleOd cotton
never represented sy much wealth
as does right nof. The "decline
in prices has carried nearly every
staple article down lo ante helium
low water mark, and many of
them below it ; Iml cotton siill
stands away above the old figures,
and seems in have determined to
come no lower.
j |Lot us look at ihe comparative
value ol a hah" ol cotton accord
iug to the present figures. A
bale of eol ion w ill buy 533 pounds
of bacon, w hen il would formerly
huv 800. il will buy 1,000 yard's
of calico, when il would formerly
buy 300 lo 100 yards. Il will buy
500 pounds of sugar, when it.
would iormerly bring 150 pounds.
II will bring S] barrels of Hour,
where it would formerly bring a
bout six barrels. Il will bring
35 sacks of sail, where il former
ly brought about 20 sacks, fl
brings 150 gallons of syrup, 250
pounds of eollVe, 025 pounds of
lard, 1,250 pounds of iron. 100
pounds of col (on bagging. Any
farmer whe looks over iliese fig
tires will see very readily I hat
the purchasing power of a bale of
colton is from one third to one
half greater now than it was be
fore tlu war. Shoes, hats, all
cotton manufactured goods and
woolen goods have gone down
from one fourth to one half in
price, while cotton still ranges a
bout one fourth higher than he
fore the war.
The moral of these figures is
plain. It islhb: Cotton is and
will remain the king staple of the
country. It is ihe best and most
lucrative staple crop that the
southern farmer can raise. Iy
saving this, we do not mean to
say that the farmer should not di
versify his crops. We believe
that he can profitably raise on
the farm all that he needs to ear
ry liis family, his laborers and bis
slock through the year. While he
may not be able to raise it as
cheaply as he could buy it, he
w ill be certain of having il fresh,
palatable and always on hand.
He will not have logo in dehf to
gel it, and will have to pay no
ruinous percentage of interest.
Rut, when lie raided enough
corn and bacon and bay to supply
his home necessities, he should
put his surplus crop into cotton.
It is the best money crop lie can
raise and the most certain. The
south cannot all'ord to enter into
competition with the west in the
production of corn and bacon for
the general market. A fanner
•am raise a bale of cotton with
just the same expense and trouble
that he can raise thirty bushels of
corn, and can buy twice as much
with ii. The inlrodnetion of cot
ton as money crop in North Geor
gia, has elevated the farmers of
that sect ion, and gone very far to
wards enriching them. The me
eessliil formula for farming in Ihe
south, it appears, would he, lirsl,
to raise on the farm all needed
farm applies; second, to pul all
the surplus energies into cotton
as a money crop; and third, l
carefully husband all the mall
resources of Ihe farm. This la l
item is a very important oik*, ami
one that the -outhero farmer ha
seldom regarded. It means the
saving of fruit and berry crop, al
tention if) the poultry walks, the
farm yard, the sheep fold, the a
pi ary and the 1 ruck garden. With
these points carefully unaided
>ueeess i> certain, and a compe
tency assured. It must be re
me in bored, though—ami years of
experience only emphasize this
truth --that, on all the farms from
Maryland to Texas, cotton rear
its white and kingly bead, mon
arch by concurring rights, and all
other industries are grouped a
round il as accessories ami im-i
dcilts. - ( '<>nxtltnttun.
About Asparagus.
Every farmer and family having
a garden should have an aspnra
gu- bed. and here are some time
ly hint-- from the Germantown
Tilegtuijih on the subject: ""From
I he 2<llli of March op l<> the l>t of
April the a paragim beds should
have the coarse part of the ma
nure with which they have been
covered during the winter taken
oil, and, as soon as dry enough,
the rest carefully forked in, all
clods removed and the top-soil
nicely pulverized with a rake. A
dressing of coarse salt—fish salt
will answer—should be applied
the first week in April. The
ground should lie well covered
with the salt. Imt care must be
taken that it does not come in
contact with box edging, plants
and small trees, as it is fatal to
them. In setting out new aspar
agus beds, if roots one or Iwo
years old are planted let them be
about one fool apart each way.
the crowns of the roots being
from three to lour inches in be
low ’.lie surface. The soil should
be at least eighteen inches in
depth, and made as rich as it can
be. Apply no sail until after
the plants produce a crop, which
will be the third year. W hen an
asparagus bed is once establish
<*d, and regularly covered in the
winter with a good coating of
rich manure and salted in the
spring, if will last without oilier
trouble or expense, from twenty
live to thirlv vears.
The Italian Bees the Best.
Sr'/-: In The World of March 1
i.' an article from tin* pen of T. li.
Miner, on Italian bees, w hich I
think should not pass without no
lice. He says that after many
years close observation he finds
the Italian bees have no essen
tial qualities over the blacks, ami
carries the idea that their only
redeemingqualily is thut they sol 1
better than the blacks ; or that,
bv lios told by those who cultivate
the Italian for sale, they have
been sold all over the country. I
have no bees or queens to sell,
nor do I intend to -ell any, but I
have been engaged in bee-keep
ini in conned ion with farming
lbr over twenty-live years, and
have kepi t hem for hex-honey a
lone. The first twelve years all
my bees were black. I found it
took more time to care for them
than it dnes for the Italians.
After the Italians were intro
ducod into this country, so much
w as said in their favor that I cow
eluded to go and see Mr. Quinby
and his hoes, and judge for my
self, by what 1 could see and learn
whether I wanted them or not. I
was so well satisfied with what I
saw . and Mr. Quinhy’sdescription
of (heir peculiarities, that I
bought seven swarms cl Italians
-G'otir for myself and three lr
my neighbors. This was in the
fall of 1804. In the spring of 1865
they were set out in ihe yard with
the blacks and had the same care
as the rest of my bees. 1 gave
them boxes and allowed them tc
swarm, Ihe same as the blacks;
they all cast a swarm, and each
gave as much box honey as the
best ol the blacks, while many of
the blacks gave neither swarm
nor honey.
In regard to the superior uttali
liesol l lie Italians fiver lln* blacks
I will mention but two essential
points in their favor as I have
found them, first, they relieve
their keeper from all care of the
bee moth among his beet, for I
consider an.v swarm that is worth
cultivating is perfectly able to
defend itself against, the miller.
In large yards of bee any one
who keeps Idaek bees free from
worms must spend two or three
hour each morning killing worms
and then not do the work as well
as tin* Italian will without any
assistance. The second essentia!
point in their favor is that they
defend their hive against robbers
belter than the blacks. When
lie* Italian rob, il i- generally a
queenless stock, or a hive so re
duced in bees that there is little
or no defense set up, while with
blacks I have often seen strong
-warms stealing from each other
all over t lie yard when honey was
not to be found in the fields; and
then again they will keep up a
liltle petty stealing all alien I the
yard, which i- always annoying to
their keeper. I was so well sat
i-lied with tin* Italian the tir-t
year that at the end of Ihe honey
season, the last of duly. I cunclii
ded to Italianize all m.v be.es. and
'Vent to rearing queens, and In*
lore the |-1 of October I had rear
ed and introduced -iiccessfully
between so and 90 young Italian
queens,
As to the honey producing
onaliliap of the two races oi bees
I have found ihe Italians far a
liead of the blacks. The greatest
amount of cap-honey that I ever
got in one season from a stock of
black bees was 105 pounds, which
sold for $ 15,75; the greatest a
mount from an Italian was 175
pounds, which sold for $55,01.
The Id acks deposited their honey
in boxes holding from 20 to 50
es • Bswplyny' JAM
II ;•
Ml hR JP-L - B 1 f jf ' H
i; i \
i "‘ , "l 1 I •
Fb I" -look'- ro.dVR^HPI
queens, or queens bred frimJG-Cj'
ones, which I consider no bi-il'er.
1 want the dark ihe
queens as a rule, should lie dark
and striped, producing workers
with dark, leather colored bands
around them, and if there is anv
honey in the fields to be had ihev
will get it.
In conclusion, 1 wish to say
that I have no interest in the sale
of Italian bees, nor lias any breed
er ever asked me for an opinion
of them. Twenty years ago the
Italian bee was wot known in tin’s
country, and today seven tenths
of the most prominent bee keep
ers of this country keep them lie
cause they consider they are su
perior to the blacks. The repu
tat ion they have earned for I hem
selves is one to which, in the o
pinion of the writer, they are
just ly enlil led.
Ik a Ba iuii: it.
Re Kalb .1 unction, St. Law
renea County, -S'. Y.
Oil Ihe Fseof Fertilizers.
Would il not be a miserably
i suicidal policy for the planters
in Georgia to cease lo apply ter
tilizers to their cotton crops, by
way of bringing down the price,
when the West would reap all
i the benefit t The price would not
he materially reduced, and the
poor old hills of Georgia w ould
be abandoned for the cultivation
of cotton, because under the pre
| sent labor system it would not
pay. The truth is, in Hancock
county, where fertilizers have
been used successfully for twenty
| years, lands have advanced three
hundred per cent., and command
higher prices now Ilian in any of
(lie neighbor inn counties. Should
! fertilizers be abandoned the pric
es would recede again. Old fields
nearly exhausted will n*w bring
! more per acre than rich woodland,
j because il is cheaper lo buy fer
| lilizers and make cotton on them
| than fo clear new lands without
slave labor. Fertilizers have not
only added hundreds of thousands
of dollars lolhe real estate of the
planters of Hancock, bill put
many thousands of dollars in their
pockets. Without fertilizers we
! could not compete with the west
i making cotton and our lands
would have fo be abandoned, as
far as planting cotton is concern
! ed,and every practical man knows
j that (here is no money in grain
and stock farms in the South.
Every one should ask himself,
••Has guano benetitted no* as an
individual '{" not does il injure
the country. The best way to
i take care of the country is for eve
ry man to lake care of himself. I
used this year on my experiment
plat, 100 pounds of “Phosphate
('otujtound" lo the acre, costing
$.'{,72. The two lif t pickings has
paid for the guano (over and a
hove the production of the nalit
rul soil ) and $22.05 profit, being
503 per cent, on investment. The
cotton was sold a< It:, 1 cents net.
The truth i-. I have demonstrated
satisfactorily to myself that 00
our worn out lands, a man who
can afford In make cotton at all
at, the prices, however low, can
afford to buy fertilizers. If it he
true of one il is true of all who
have exhausted soils to cultivate.
K. M. PKNIII.KTON.
Mr. Hiller, of I .ancaslcr (ouniy,
Pennsylvania, staled at the last
convention of the Pennsylvania
Fruil (trowels' Society ilia I of 150
standard pears which he planted
twenty years ag* twenty per cent,
have perished by blight. Mr.
Meehan remarked ibal lie never
noticed blight where I tee,, were
white washed. Mr. Saunders
believes whitewashing an abso
lute remedy.
• Rural Brminjij
Ihe Georgia'-whdllK
growing finely.
There aiv said to h% tip
<■l apple a IF* trareabrlfl
eonnnon Cr.ufi,, P* 4,
A * 1 11 1 1 era i reft ■ tt&CT
Ie re 111 I V aiiah/rd
j per cent, water.
Tennessee is
po- ii imi -ani|>^H
.n bei iiE
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"I G'OUnfl^HV^H;^;!
I Hack Sea.
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vn’‘afa ivt - i |
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Hefiil
by reason
oi' tin* lb*s|i and the smalb!
portion of fat.
flu- comniissioner of
(tile i preparing •■atnples
agricultural product <>f I M9HHH
<>ii- Stale .uni Inrilnrii" iX||||||||
Pari- pApo-it inn. B||||l|||
Mild winters
favorable fur lln- hop \ '"es, (HH
the pa I one was ennseq
j supposed lo have bad an
oils effect oil I lie plants.
The Imlless oats humbug is ex
j ploded, ami fancy farming is j
| having a good many setbacks. Jt
liumption and experience
coming to the iront in ugricjjHß
fIH
This is a good month for
farmers to profoundly
over I bis <| liest ion. “Why
my neighbor raist* better
Ilian I. and why is mv
mot l a need and Ins not
Stanislaus is the banner graiiaßl
jirodueiitg county 'of Californiavß
and ha every prospect for the ■
best yield it lias ever had. Haiti J
fall ample. Hy means of irrjgajHf
lion all kind* of trees, shinhbeiß|f
and vegetables can lie grown irfqß
what appears to be nothing but
- clear sand.
The pig in its wild state is still
■ found in France and other parts I
of Continental Europe, in India, j
Ceylon, Zanzibar, and nearly all J
the great eastern aiyL northern M
count t ies of llo* dH
, ,k.
•Nik coll lire is being -lieeesflH
fully pro-ecuied by Mr. SamiuflHj
Lowery, near Until villi*, A I Eli
Alter three yeat experiment
be estimates the future
profits at $l5O to S2OO per acre. *1
< 'alilot ilia Inn iey will plubublvlß
not In- -n|i| in the Allantie eil
II e\leo IVely the pje ctit VeaE
1 formerly, a- met one ball 1 hflH
lice-, iu Ibe cmi I belli portion
that State are said to have
front starvation. Hj
< orn cobs are said to be an ex
cel lent absorbent I<l place
cattle ill -tables; the cob-
ii|> j -.I *-; 1 1 ileal of lii 111 id and
decay in lln* manure
din” I heir own 111 • lam . -
erea e li - lel*| iI i / ill *.* \ alllc.J
111 n.ui pul I-I llha 11
1100,000 acres nf laud w
to I In* pusscs-ion of the
menl by I lie failure of
corporations in carrying out
eonlractson which land grants fl
were made to them original!,!’.
Pill a lable-poonliil of
in 1 In- ue-i a- -won a> belts or t
keys are set. The heal of ltirSß
fowls causes the fumes of the sill ■
pltitr In penetrate every part of 1
their bodies, every louse is killed, ■
and as all nit* are hatched M
within ten days, when t lie
leave- the brood
No. aa
