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THE EIEJJ) AND FfMSIBE. Vol. I. -- y y*■ -*• 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 ■ i ‘ " 11 1> I . i!,.1 I:I\ ,| e 1 "I G'OUnfl^HV^H;^;! I Hack Sea. ii A2BB anada 'j^pTmjipHH Sl.lle- S'. ■ be. La . M ten m -I'l.i n.jp-’.. , ‘ I ■ -: \’ iH - -.- vn’‘afa ivt - i | tj /.V ''• 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