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THE FIELD AMD FIRESIDE.
Vol. I.
if lie .field and .fireside.
PUBLISHED BY
J. G. CAMPBELL 6c CO.
-\t s Oue Dollar a Year.
OFFICE
I N Til K OLD PRINTING OFFH’E
Builtling, IXtXx if'rSprlr%s Street. M;m
ettn Georgia.
W. .’ll. M
attorney, at Law,
MARIKTIM, GA.
OFFICE, northsi<l<* of Public Square
in Blackwell’s Building, up stairs.
Marietta,iDtUybef 1, 187JL iv
WEST SIDE rift.ic square,
M A KIE Tlok ,%EO liG lA.
DKAI.KR IX
E VER F VARIETY OF
Choice Family Groceries.
Marietta, Sept. 4, 1377. ly
DAVID HtwlX. T. B. IRWIX.
D. & T. B. Irwin,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
WiU4i|itU| jn the Blue Ridge, Rome,
* tih<r Pirtveta Uircnits.
Marietta, March 13, 187?. ly
wm. t. wixx. W 11.1.. j. wtxx.
W. T. & W. J. WINN,
Altorury k :tl La w ,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA.
March 13^1877.. If
W. it. HHVti. }|. M. if AMMETT.
POWES $ HAMMETT.
Attorneys at Law,
MARIETTA, GA.
•OFFICK IN THE COURT HOUSE.
Wl LL practice in the ('ourts of < 'obh
ipul adjaeent xamutiw. Collect
ing a sficttjMt|.j ly
J. E. MOSELY
Attorney at Law.
Wl i.I. attend to all husinet* t confided
to him in Cold) and adjacent coiiii
tict. OiiiCK- jn .Me< iatehey’: Build
ing, tip stairs.
Marietta, Mnrcjt 13, 1877. fill)
E. M. ALLEN,
,
ilcoilliill
Of more than twenty years.
CHARGES REASON A BLE.
tli'KfcE —Xorth side of Public Square.
Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly
Dll. G. TENNENT,
Practicing Physician.
ESP Otlice on Cassville street. —Resi-
deuue on Cherokee street.
Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly
DR. E. J. SEIZE,
Physician and .Surgeon,
TENDERS his professional services
in the practice of Medicine in all
its branches to the citizens of Marietta
and sum^tijlingcountry. * Office at the
Drug StoW m |Vf). Roof. no h 13-1 y
ifllli
cHft-Rt rK E 'K ST R EE T ANARUS,
FAMILY G ICt if LIE ILS,
And dealer in
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Marietta, March 13,1877. ly
V. T. GRIST,
CHEROKEE STREET,
2# asi Im Maker
repairer.
Marietta, Geo., March 13, 1877. ly
House Building and
Repairing.
SASH. BLINDS, DOORS FINISHED
TO ORDER.
Lumber of all kinds, and at the
lowest prices, for sale.
Thankful for the liberal patronage
hitherto, the subscriber would state
that lie is fully prepared to contract for
the erection of Buildings, and to exe
cute the contracts in the most satisfaeto
ry manner. SHOP, south side Puhlii
Square. >
March, 1877. ‘ LEMUEL BLACK.
CONTRACTOR
f
AM)
BUILDER.
rpHE undersigned continues his hnsi-
A ness of Brick Making, Stone and
Brick Building, and i- prepared at any
time to take contracts on the most reas
onable terms, and toexecute them in the
most satisfactory manner.
H. B. WALLIS.
Marfetta, 1877. ly
B. B. Strong,
(Successor toG. W. W illiams,
AND
Apothecary.
T irl LL continue business at the Obi
\\ Stand in MARIETTA, mid will
keep on hand, and for sale,
A OKXKKAt. ASSOK'i 111-. KI OK
FRESH AND GENUINE
Drugs! Chemicals!
Toilet and Fancy ArtielcN!
Paints and Oils!
Fine PcrAimert, Hr,
All which will be SOLD LOW FOR
CASH. Prescriptions carefully coin
pollnded by an experienced A]mthcea
ry, AS TtKIIKTOFOUK
B. R. STRONG.
Books and Stationery.
School Books and Stationery of all
kinds. Also, Musical Note Books for
Sunday Schools and Singing Classes.
Any book not in stock, cither Literary,
Scientific or Educational, or any piece
of Sheet Music, w ill be ordered and de
livered in Marietta at publisher's pri
ces. B. R. STRONG.
Marietta, Feb. 3(i, 1878.
Onion Sets.
White and Yellow Onion Sets, for
sale at the Drug Store of
fell ip ‘ B. R. STRONG.
Tilt* Detroit Free l*iv*s.
This popular weekly is received regu
larly, and for sale at live cents per copy,
at the Drug and Stationery Store of
leh 26 ' B. It! STRONG.
Garden if 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 wliiek will lie sold low
for CASH.
B. E. STRONG.
Marietta, Ga., Feb. 19, 1878.
E. A. WITHERS,
Iron Folk 2 Machinist.
MAN Cl At TURK II OF
SteainE ii g in vs,
GIKC ULAR SAW MILLS,
Improved Koi’gliiim ’ll ill*,
GRIST MILL MACHINERY,
Running Gear for Water Wl Is,
of every size and descript ion ; Plans
and Specifications for Mill Work furn
ished free of charge. Also, Manufactu
rer of Gold Mining Machinery of latest
improvements.
Prices to suit the times.
All work first class,
AND Ot’ARAXTKKI).
And having just built new buildings,
and having as good machinery as could
be had North, I feel confident that I can
defy all competition as to quality of
work and cheapness of price. Beiin' a
practical mechanic of thirty live years
experience, I am not afraid of my abili
ty to give satisfaction to all who may
feel disposed to patronize me.
Marietta. March 13, 1877.
J. 15. O'NEILL & CO.
host Side of the Public Square,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA,
DEALERS IX
All. h i YDS OF
FAUL? GKOCEKIES k COUKT&T MCE.
Marietta, Sept. 4, 1877. ly
K. A. IKW IX. A. S. CI.aY.
IRWIN A CLAY,
Attorney* at Law.
Will attend to the practice of law in
Cobh and adjacent counties,
All collections entrusted to them will
be met w ith prompt attention. Office
over M’Oatchy’s -toie, west side Pub
lic Square.
Marietta, August 7, 1877. ly.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 9, 1878.
Afivinittuviil.
Tin* Agricultural Outlook.
Notwithstanding the pveditions
of the chronic croakers tivho per
sistently asserted that March
would prove so unfavorable and
inclement as to more than com
pensate for the remarkable
warmth of winter, the month is
gone, and nothing alarming has
happened. On the contrary,
spring seems to he here in earn
est—the season of swelling tmds
and opening blossoms, of singing
birds and humming hoes, of the
breaking of fallow ground and
the scattering of seed-and glad
t idings reach us from almost eve
rv quarter. With tin* exception
of a great storm iu the far West,
which left the show* many feet
deep, blockading the Pacific Rail
road and impeding travel, the
month lias been a favorable one
throughout the country. Out re
ports from correspondents and ex
changes are far more cheering
than usual at this period of the
year, and certainly very encour
aging to the agricultural interest.
Indeed the great storm alluded
to will prove a benefit rather than
a disadvantage, as it is said to
have allayed all fears entertain
ed bv miners and mill men of a
scarcity of water during the pre
sent season, and it w ill of course,
promote the growth of farm pro
ducts iu the same wide region.
At no corresponding period for
many years has the condition of
that great staple, the wheat crop,
been so favorable as now, accord
ing to accounts from all parts of
the land. The favorable reports
seems to come from all sections
of i he Middle, Western and South
ern Slates, where wheat is gen
erally grown, and as lie acreage
sown last fall was larger Ilian e
ver before known, there is a pros
peet of an immense aggregate
yield. The universal testimony,
is that the crop never looked lieu
ter. Of course it is yet liable to
be seriously injured in some sec
tions?: by unfavorable climatic
changes and Hie ravages of in
sects, but the enemy most feared
is the Hessian lly, which is again
making its appearance in many
wheat growing localities of the
States and Canada. In some parts
intelligent farmers propesy the
destruction of the crop from this
cause unless the threatened at
tack is averted in some manner;
yet with so large a breadth sown
the production of wheat in the
whole country can hardly fail to
be immense.
From some of Ihe cotton grow
ing States the reports are not as
encouraging as last year, yet tak
ing the whole South into account,
the prospects are as favorable as
the average of former seasons. In
Georgia and Texas the sprng work
is far advanced, and the crops es
peeially wheat, give tine promise.
In Missouri, Illinois and other
States in the Southwest and west,
much ploughing and wheat sow
ing w'ere done the first week of
Ibis month, and the farmers are
now busily preparing for corn
planting. The reports are almost
universally of tlie most encourag
ing character in regard to the
agricultural prospects of both the
Northwest and Southwest. In the
States where cotton has so long
been king, and almost Ihe only
crop grown, more attention is
wisely being given to mixed Inn
bandry—the production of wheat,
corn, grass, pork, ele., in addition
to cotton—instead of the plant
ers depending upon cotton to
purchase bread-stuffs, meat and
other provissions which they can
produce abundantly. This change
which lots been going on for sev
eral years, must render Ihe peo
pie of the South more prosperous
and independent.
The great stock-breeding, graz
ing and dairying branches ol agri
culture are likewise in a favors
hie condition. The open winter
has enabled stock owners to keep
their flocks and herds at much
iess expense than usual, and,
while the live stock comes out in
good condition, a large amount of
hay is left over. In many sec
tions of the cotin try where it ha
been necessary to feed stock for
several mouths every year but
little hay or fodder has been re
quired during the past winter,
and this, of course must have
proyed a great saving. As an in
stance in point, a subscriber to
the World in Greenbrier County,
West Virginia (a line grazing and
slock growing region), writing
under date of the 22d inst., says :
“This is more than an average
early spring, and feeding stock
has ceased,lhe grass alone sustain
mg and improving our flocks and
herds. In fact, hut little feed
ing has been necessary during
the entire winter. To sheep we
scitcely ever feed any grain. I
miclose you sample blades of blue
grass, about the average of
growth to this date where not
cropped otf by grazing.” The
twenty or more blades of mass
sent by our correspondent aver
age full eight inches in length,
and must furnish good pasturage
indeed far the 22d of March. The
breeders of stock and producers
of meat, butter, cheese and milk
cl>]*t;iuily enter upon the spring
under favorable circumstances in
most sections of the country.
As regards the prospects of the
fruit crop,the indications are very
favorable in most regions where
fruit is a staple, but it is, of course
100 early in the season to confi
dently affirm its safety in many
localities. The reports however,
are 'unusually favorable up to this
date, from both near and distant
fruit .growing sections, though
the; critical period for many ten
dej- varieties is by no means pas
sed. It is hoped that the promise
of a large and remunerative crop
wil) be fulfilled-—and moreover,
Ilia* thousands, of aye, tens of
thnnmds, of farmers will this
spiJR plant out f'riTit trees who
never did before, while those who
have started orchards will add to
the number of trees and bestow
more care and attention to render
them thrifty and productive. For
iholr encouragement we will add
that good applcs-iire now selling
at Ilom $5 to $lO per ‘ barrel at
wholesale in New York.
- tin the w hole, our reports from
>*•*'* East and WHMitMoiTki.aud-
SouMi, arc such as to give promise
of a full average yield of the lead
ing agricultural productions of
the country. Of course a year so
generally and abundantly pro
ductive as the last can hardly he
expected, for that was remarka
ble and almost unprecedented on
this continent. And yet the a
gricultural outlook during these
closing days of March is certainly
most encouraging for both pro
duccrs and consumers, and with
favorable periods for ihe promis
ed seed I ime and harvest, the far
mors of the land may confidently
anticipate at least the usual re
ward for (lie labor and skill de
voted to cultivation and manage
meat,— Mew lo rk World
The Housekeeper.
“Oh, any fool can keep house!”
we once neard a housekeeper say.
We mere very young at the time,
and had scarcely made our tirsl
essay in that direction, so we lis
tened to the w'ise speech with a
certain sense of encouragement.
We have since had a varied ex
perience, and, observing the ways
of many housekeepers, w r e have
come to the conclusion that when
Solomon we believe it was Sol
onion- described the good woman
“who looked well to the ways of
her household, eating not the
bread of idleness,” lie should have
supplemented the remark by say
ing that the woman who does
this, and does it with the great
est economy of her own physical
force, is to lie most admired. No
doubt Solomon in his wisdom
would have said this if only he
had thought of it, for surely it is
not always the smartest, or most
energetic woman who accomplish
the most.
We make no reference lo those
who have competent servants to
do their work ; hut where the
mistress of a house is obliged to
furnish the brain to plan and the
hands to execute, she has need,
certainly, of every one of the
cardinal virtues; she must have
ever as her object the comfort of
her family-—and this pleasant
word comfort surely means every
thing iu the way of health and
enjoyment for her family and her
guesls. ••Well,” one woman will
say, “we can’t think much about
enjoyment, for there’s the work"
that must he done, and it isn’t
worth while to be 100 much a
fraid to work, either.” Rut why
not work in the way most easy -
saving labor to yourself where
you can, and by order and method
making the whole far less fatigue
ing f One of the neatest, hard
est-working women we ever knew
wore many wrinkles into her own
brow' while still young and made
her home anything hut a heaven
upon earth. She was not ill tern-,
pered; hut .yb.e said she v jdflj
• -1
lu-lp her ;
niPknow how to save
she had not learned how to rP^v
If she sat down a minute for ihe
purpose, instead of her
muscles hv thinking of her pleas
ant home, of her good husband
ami children, she threw herself in
to a chair with the remark ; “Oh
dear! the ironing isn’t half done;
the starched clothes are not
touched at all ;il will drag this
week, just as it did last ; then
there’s the parlor to sweep, and
the dinner to get.” She spent
perhaps live minutes iu her chair,
supposing she w r as gel ting a little
rest, hut actually continuing her
toil through her imagination ; her
muscles had not relaxed an in
slant, as they might have done by
forgetting her work iu a few
pleasant thoughts. When will
people learn the great science of
resting by the relaxation of the
muscles '< Mirthful people do it
by instinct : others need to study
it as a physical advantage.
Rut our housekeeper has found
out much if she has learned to
save her own strength; il'slio can
on ironing day, for instance, when
other work is pressing, take her
sheets, her pillowcases, her tow
els, and folding them smoothly
while a little damp place l}iem
on the table with a hoard on top
of them and the fiat irons for a
weight, and feel that it is hotter
to dispense with the labor of iron
ing them, and to get a little rest
for herself. We once saw a man
do this when his wife w as Dell ing
over her “dreadful ironing.” lie
seated her in a clmir and com
menced his folding performance
with an indescribably comical air,
hut finished by remarking, in a
serious tone. “No, I had rather
have ten thousand wrinkles in
the house linen than a shadow of
one on my wife’s brow !” Rut
how few women would save
themselves in this respect, and
liow few who would pick up a few
threads or brush up a lew crumbs
letting the broom rest till il
is really needed. Now any pad
dywhaek can “put iu” and do
work, hut the skill of the good
housekeeper comes in play in
knowing how to save it. Mrs. If
Particular places become dear
to the heart of man more general
ly by associations attached to
them, than by their beauty, con
venience or fertility. Nor is this
Ihe case only as affecting individ
mils, for attachment founded on
memories or traditions hinds
tribes and nations likewise to eer
tain spots; and this in carried so
far, occasionally, that the more
name of a distant country will
call from the bosom feelings of
affection and devotion, joy, pride
aud hope.
Yeast without Yeast.— Roil
three ounces of heps in two quarts
of water ten minutes in tin, gran
ite or iron ; add two coffee cups
of sugar and two of flour wel in
enough water to get out all Ihe
lumps: add three tahlespoofuls of
salt and three of ginger: strain in
a jar and let it stand Ihrue days
in a warm place: stir very often:
then add two pounds of boiled
potatoes and wuit one more day,
and you will have yeast that is i
good and will keep a long time. |
Use one teacupful for six loaves ;
of bread.
Tinned Ware.—And now the
Scientific American warns the
public against tinned ware, the
tin used in its manufacture now a
days being largely adulterated
with lead, in consequence of
which the “tinned” ware loses its
original brightness,while the lead
larks round in the systems of
those who use it, hiding its time
for the work of death.
The Japanese use neither but
ter, bread nor cheese, hut their
rice is most nutritious
Itiiral Brevities.
Georgia and her imlusk
her agriculftirii prodqjfctj
well represented
position. 1
A Peoria (111) man h*
farm stocked with 80,00<)i
nia salmon and
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prop-.
New York ll
containing 2. r >,i
two thirds ofJ
as improvedfl
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Corn
Texas, and (lie wheat lieldSnj
presenting a grand appearam
(Jooil reports from the growi,
wheat come from all
heard from.
James 11. Booker, a Geo]
farmer, is mentioned by thel
pers as having raised last year!
largest crops produced by m
one man sinCe the war. He raisi
ed (id bales of cotton, 1,200 bush
els of corn, 000 of potatoes, 1,000
each ot oats and wheat, besides
fat teiiinic 'At\ lipgs.
file hog cholera is said to have
disappeared Irom the northern
part of India.
It is said that Maryland real
izes more from her oyster crap
than from her grain crop.
The King of Denmark has late
ly sent an order to Kentucky for
a quantity of blue grass seed. *~-
Clover seed is lower at the pres
ent time than it has been for
many yogis, selling at $4 to $5 a
bushel of 00 pounds, all over the
West.
There is a pleasant prospect far
good crops this year. If we have
them, and our people continue to
practice the lessons of econorrty,
we shall have exchange in our
lavor, and glide into specie pay
ments without, a jar. Hail Co
lumbia. ( h nctnnit i Cos min er
rap.
A French
f'orte, cooks food by
On a layer of cut straw lie
one of pulped potatoes, and so
on,according to the supply requir
ed. After sixty hours the heap is
said to lie admirably cooked for
pigs and poultry.
General W. S. Rosencranz, Gen
eral Gillmore. Judg Fullerton and
others have organized a company
with $1,000,000 capital, to settle
lands in the Smith west, with
Northern people. A large tract
of timber land in Missouri lias
already l^aMuTiircd.
famous seientif
if gimlner WiWgland, estimates
that til teen hundred sheep folded
on an acre of land for twent\j|
four hours, or one hundred shoo]
for fifteen days, would inaHWj^l
the soil sufficiently to cfl
through a lour year's rota
Kindness to animals is a great
characteristic of the Japanese.
No linl is ever shot in Japan no
animal ever beaten, ami on
highways are stones, erected
furies ago, directing men to wa
ter their horses here. The Japs
ought to send missionaries to A
meriea.
Jefferson in a letter to John
Jay ninety years ago said: '‘Cul
tivators of the earth are the most
valuable citizens. They are the
most indepeii
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