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TIIE FIELD AND FIRESIDE.
Vol. I.
JhrJadtLuul .fireside.
IM’BI.ISHEI) 11Y
7. Of. CAMPBELL <Sc CO.
At One 1 toll nr a Yi'iir.
OFFICE
IN i'll E 61.1 t PRINTING Oil'll i:
Building, Powder Spring' street. Mari
etta Georgia.
W. VI. KEMNION*.
Attorney at Law,
MA RI ETTA. GA.
OFFICE, north side hi' I*il>li* Square
in Blackwell's Building', up stairs.
Marietta. Octnlier I, 1577.
if w ri4T( hi:v,
WFsT Sl HE I*l |l< AK K.
MARIKTEf.T^OKtJIA.
lIK.AI.F.H IN
EVERY VARIETY <>!■’
Choice "Family Groceries.
MaiUttu. Sept *4, 1877. I.V
DAVID IKWiN. T. li. Iltw IN.
D. & T. B. Irwin,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Will practice in the Blue Bulge, Borne.
and Coweta ( ireuils.
r. Marietta, Mareli 13, 077. ly
VVM. T. WINN. W il t . .1. WINN.
W. T. & W. J. WINN,
.1 110 I* ii* y*si I L m ,
MAUI ETTA. GEORGIA.
Mareli ii 1,1877. ly
V> . H. HOW Ml. H. M. 11 V'lMI I 1.
POWER ft HAMMETT.
Attorneys at Law,
MARIETTA, (iA.
OFFICE IX TIIE COURT Hot sl..
A'lTlI.I. priK't ill 1 ill lilt' Courts of < dhli
W and adjacent enmities. Cnlleet
iuga specialty. •>’
J. E. MOSELY,
illornry :il Law.
VVTIT.T. alteud to all hnsines etui lid.-tl
V\ to tiilll ill Cnllli and adjacent enmi
itiv.-. OlFit K —iu Met latchev's Build
ing. up stairs. /
Marietta. Mareli 1.1. 1877. tiui
E. M. A ELEN,
Kntidriil IhiilM.
Of more than twenty years,
i 11 ABO Es It EASO X A BL E .
Ohio:—North side of Pnldie Sipiare.
Marietta, Mareli HI, 1877. ly
DR. G. TENNENT,
Practicing Pliy*ici:m.
2ST Office mi 4'assville srreer,—Resi
dence nii Cherokee street.
Marietta, March 13. 1877. ly
DR. E. J. SETZE,
Physician and burgeon,
rpKXDKRS he professional services
in lin' practice of Medicine iu all
its branches to the citizens of Marietta
.and surrounding country. OlHeeat the
Jrug Store of Wni. Boot. inch 13-lv
M. 11. Lyon,
i II E III) K E E s’l'B E ET.
FtlllliY LKOdlltll'S.
And dealer in
I'Ot’NTBY PBOIMVE.
Marietta, Mart'll 13, 1877. ly
M. T. liRINT,
(liEHOKEE ST BEET,
Uk asit Harass Makor
AND REPAIRER.
Marietta, Geo., March 13. 1877. ly
House and
Repairing.
HAS*I, BLINDS, 1 )G<lßs MNlsilEli
TO OB BEIL
Ltunher of all kinds, ami at the
lowest prices, for sale.
fTlhankful for the liheral patronage
I hitherto, the suhscriher would -rate
tltat he is fully prepared to contract for
rhe erection of Buildings, and to exe
cute the contracts in the most sat isfaeto
i ynianner. sllrtl*.-outh side I’uhlit
Sipiare.
March. 1577. LEMUEL BL U K.
CONTRACTOR
AND
khij)i:k.
rnll K undersigned eouriuues his hui
lie—of Brick Making, Stone and
Brick Building, and is prepared at any
rime rn take contrail- on the most rea—
• ■llahle terms, and liexeeute tliem in the
most satisfactory manner.
11-B. WAl.l.ls.
- M u . i
B. ft. Strong,
Successor toO. \\ . Williams,
DRUG ff GIST,
\ Nil
Apothecary.
VTTlLl.continue Imsiness at ihe 01,1
W Stand in MABIKTTA. and will
keep on hand, and for sale.
A UFNKIiII. ASSOISTMI.N 1 111
FRESH AM) GENUINE
Drugs! Cluuiiicals!
and I'niiry ti'lirlo!
Paints and Oils!
Fiiu* I’erfiiinrrv, Hr.
All which will he SOJ.II LOW F|{
CASH. Prescriptions earefiilly coni
pniiinled hy an experieneeil Apntiieca
rv. is hfukiofobk.
B. It. STRONG.
Rooks and Stationery.
School Bonks and Station“ry of all
kinds. Also, Musical Note Books for
Sunday Schools and Singing Classes.
Any hook not in stock, cither Literary,
Scientific nr Educational, or any piece
of Sheet Music, will he ordered and de
livered ill Marietta at publisher's pri
ces. B.R. STRONG.
Marietta, Fell. 2(i, 1878.
Onion Sots.
H hire and Yellow Onion Sets, fur
sale at the Orilg Store of
felt gli B. R, STRONG.
The IlHroil Prcc l*i vs*.
TJiis popular weekly is received regu
larly, and for sale at five cents per copy,
at tfn> Drug and Stationery Store of
feh 20 B. B. STBONG.
Garden $ Field
Seeds.
I HAVE a full supply of Vegetable
and Flower Seeds. Also, a stock of
Clover, Timothy, Bed Top, Orchard and
Blue Grass, all wliie\ will be Sold low
for CASH.
B. B. STRONG.
Marietta, Ga.. Eeh. ii), 1878.
lb A. AVI Till*: 15 Si,
Iron Founder & Machinist.
M A NTFACTFRER (IK
S t (‘ a m En j?iii(‘s,
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS,
Improved Morgliiim Hill*,
GRIST MILL MA< HINEBY.
I>l NNING Gear for Water Wheels,
k of every size and deseript ion ; l'lans
and Specifications for Mill Work furn
ished free’nf charge. V 1 so. Mainifaclu
rer of tfold Mining Machinery oflare-i
improvenu'iits.
Prices Iu suit Hie times.
All work first class,
an It iu vit vnTt i ii.
And having just huilt new huildings,
and having as gnotl machinery a- could
he had North, i feel confident that lean
defy all competition as to <|iiality of
work and clieapness of price. Being a
practical mechanic of thirty live years
experience, I am not afraid of my abili
ty lo give -at i - fact inn to all who may
feel disposed to patronize me.
Marietta, March 13, 1577.
J. B. O’NEILL & CO.
Flint Sale of the. Fn/i/ir Sijwtre,
MARIETTA, GEORtil \.
lit tl.llS IN
. aj.i: h'txhs of
FAMILY GROCERIES l COUNTRY PRODUCE,
Marietta, L 1*77. ly
K t. IKWIN*. a. < i \\.
IRWIN A ('LAY,
A Homey* a I Law.
Vlfill attend to the practice of law in
If < ohh and adjacent counties.
All collections entrusted to them w ill
lie met w ith prompt attention. Office
over M’< laleiiy‘- -tore, west -id>- Rnh
lie SljUille.
Marietta. August 7. 1877. ly.
MARIETTA. GEORGIA, APRIL 16, 1878.
Agricultural.
Itmv to Prevent Ague.
'The President ot Ihe New York
Farmers' Club read a paper with
the above title. After alluding
lo the great development of ma
laria about New York last-'sfcasoii,
and referring to experiments to
prevent ague, whielt had failed,
the paper proceeds substantially
as follows :
’The sunflower lias been used
to ward otf malaria in the Middle
and Western States for now many
years. But its true value was not
fully appreciated nor made avail
aide from lack of Ihe proper me
thod and extent to which this
plant could lie used for this pro
teeliou. I)r. Castle', editor of the
.Yc/c ZlemeiHex, in an editorial ar
ticle, says : ‘An officer of the En
gineer Corps of the United States
army, recently informed ns that,
being station'd! during the war on
the Potomac river, in one of the
most malarious portions, he stir
rounded his quarters with a thick
cordon of sunflowers, and eseap
ed any trouble from ague.'
rtiavo read somewhere that a
Southern army post had to be a
Itandoned because of the sickness
of the soldiers and officers. A
discharged soldier and his family
were permitted lo occupy Ihe sta
tion free f charge. This man,
ha ving a good many fowls, sowed
a large plol of the grounds inun'e
diately around his residence with
sunflower seed. This proved a
perfect protect ion from ague.—
'This fact, coming to the army offi
cer he again occupied the station
with his soldiers, who also were
protected from the ague.
Mr. Martin read an interesting
account of his experiments iu pro
venting malarial diseases by the
sowing of sunflower seed before
the Sociele Therapeutic of France
many years ago, which induced
the Sanitary Bureau in the Do
partment of Ihe Interior in Italy,
in the worst lever stricken dis
(riels, to follow his plan with sue
cess. l)r. Goro, of N. York, says
that in tin* fever districts of Italy
even the chamomile prevents Ihe
ague during its period of flower
ing. Emigrants on their way to
the West dropped some sunflower
seeds in Omaha, which spread in
dense growths for hundreds of
miles, and nowhere in that region
do malarial ievers prevail.
This plan of sowing the sun
flower seed around our dwellings
in malarial sections is not. only a
most valuable sanitary procedure
bill ii furnishes bees the means
for producing the most excellent
honey, while the stalks make line
material for the manufacture of
paper, for making quick kindling
for fire, or most excellent manure
for the culture of this plant. 'The
seed is good food for all domestic
animals, making them sleek and
fat. 1 confidently recommend
families to plough deep a space of
ground, at least twenty feet wide,
on three sides of the dwelling,
and not more than five rods from
i(, and especially on that side of
the house towards the swamp, ri
ver or creek from which the ina
laria emanates. Even in front of
the house it is desirable In have*
it strip of the sunflower grown,
though, if objectionable icstheti
eally, it may tie removed from
five Inleii mils (li-i;ml. jiriiviiled
tut increased width of the plants
lie sown -say a strip of 30 feet.
Ashes, potash and saltpetre and
manure should be ploughed under
iso as to produce a good crop of
sunflowers, and til the same time
to keep the soil from becoming
impoverished. ’The seeds should
be gathered before frost comes,
(and when dry should lie beaten
. out with a flail. 'They make ex
t cellenl food for fow ls, and are
I more falteniiig than corn. The
white seed variety b the richest.
* and fowls feed upon them more
readily than on the Mack seed
kind. Tlti- food greatly hastens
early and greater laying qualities
of all fowls.
ll has long been a truism a
moiig observing furmer> that "il
i pays to sow the cheapest seed."
By this they mean that as soon as
a grain gets below I be cost of pro
dilution it will be neglected by
growers until a scarcity prevails,
atul that the wise man’s time to
go in i- when everybody else is
, goihg out.
The Venerable Farmer.
Mr. John Johnson, of Geneva.
New York, now past eighty years,
recently sent the following letter
to the New York (Huh.
I came here in 1821. and
bought one hundred and twelve
acres of what was called very
poor land. I did all my plowing
myself for six years. 1 endeavor
ed to sow my wheat at the same
time my neighbors did, and they
all commenced early, often in
August. 1 found my first sown
always most damaged by the
Hessian tlv. About 1829 or 1830,
I commenced to sow on the 15th
of September, and I found t hat I
had very little fly in my first sown
and none in that sown on the
181 h and after, and for many years
1 never commenced earlier than
the Isth or 20th and
had no fly. After the midge
hurt wheat so much, l sowed one
barrel of salt per acre immediate
ly after sowing the seed, 'That
made it come in ear all of live or
six days earlier, and that saved it
from tin* midge. In ISG3 when
all (hops around me, far and near
were almost ruined, mine yield
ed twenty five bushels per .acre.
Salt saved it. I never sowed
less.than one barrel per acre. If
I could only write, I would tell
you inuch more. 1 am much in
teres led in talks on deep farming
but I cannot write. Salt prevents
rust, but there has been no rust
in inanv Years.
'The Time of Putting Wheal
The proper time of cutting
wheat is when the straw below
the ear begins to turn yellow and
w hen the kernel, pressed between
I lie lingers, has the consistency
of dough—wheat left to mature
until il is dead ripe shatters con
siderably, and there is also much
loss by the breaking off of (he
heads,the straw beneath them be
ing then very brittle. The exper
iment made by Mr. Hannan, an
English farmer, some twelve or
fourteen years ago, is conclusive
as to the economy of cutting
wheat before it gets too ripe.—
lie divided a part of a grain field
into live slips all adjacent to each
other, and cut each slip its fol
lows:
No 1, cut a month before it was
fully ripe.
No 2, cul three weeks before it
was fully ripe.
No 3, cut two weeks Indore il
was fully ripe,
No 4, cut two days before it
was fully ripe.
No 5, cut when ripe.
The result in the yield of flour
was as follows :
No; Flour. Seconds. Bran.
1 751 Its. 7 libs. 17lbs.
2 70“ 7“ 10“
8 80 “ 6 “ 13 “
4 77 “ 7“ 14“
5 71“ 11“ 15 “
We see by this experiinent that
the grain which was cut two
weeks before it was fully ripe,
(No 3) gave an increase of flour
over the ripe wheat (No. 5) of 01
lbs., and a gain of 15 percent, on
the flour of an equal measure of
grain. What more complete ex
position of the advantages of cut
t ing early can be required ?
Milk Instead of Soup.
A lady, writing to Ihe Now
York ‘‘Times,” says:
Without giving any recipes for
making soup, I wish to toll all the
hard worked farmers’ wives how
much labor they may wive by us
ing siieh vast q mint it ies of t his ar
ticle. For nearly five years, I
have used soap only for washing
clothes. In all that time, I have
not used one pound of soap for
washing dishes and other kitchen
purposes. My family has ranged
from three to I wenty-five. I have
used cistern water, limstone wa
ter, as hard as possible, and hard
water composed of .some other
ingredients besides lime, and I
find, with all these, my plan works
equally well. It is this: have
your water quite hot, and add a
very little milk to if. This soft
ens the water, gives the dishes a
fine gloss,and preserves the hands;
it removes the grease, even that
from beef, and yet no grease is
found floating on the water as
when soap is used. The stone ves
sel I always set on the stove with
a little water in them when tin*
victuals are taken from them:
thu they are hot when lam ready
to wash them, ami the grease is
easily removed. I find that my
tinware keeps bright longer,
when cleaned in this way, than
by using soap or by scouring.
Will our lady readers try this
and report !
Practical Ideas.
Keep stock off pastures while
they are soft. 'The poaching will
cost tenfold by summer what the
stock may get out of the very
early grass. There is nothing to
gain, but lose, eveiiiJ
only the past'‘r m %®(u<'ei“ig|*|
The, I’ycid will
ed’R'krow a little loi. 1
-- correspondent of tn.
Farmer writes: Years ago I w.
told by a young Scotchman that
if I would feed my sows nlenly
of sulphur Tor several dn\% pre
vious to farrow ing time, as well as
occasionally afterwards, I would
have no trouble. Iu an experi
ence of fifteen years 1 have found
it to work to a charm.
If you want to keep hogs, cat
tle, sheep and horses healt-hy,
give them sail regularly. There
is ho better vermifuge than salt.
Much of the so called hog elude
ru is duo to intestinal worms.— j
Plenty of salt would prevent the !
accumulation of these worms. All
animals desire salt, showing that
it is a want of their nature, and
undoubtedly for wise purposes.
Horses which have not done
much work through the winter
are often injured by being crowd
ed too hard at the beginning of
spring work. A little caution on
the start may prevent them from
being galled about Ihe shoulders.
With the sudden increase of work
the feed is as suddenly increased
and the appetite of the horses is
often cloyed. A more gradual in
crease of work and Iced w ill lie
lon Mil wise.
It is said that the hesl garden
seeds for planting arc those that
are raised from seed sown late,
after the weather has become
warm. Hbr reason of this is said
to be that plants which are sown
late come to maturity more rapid
ly than those which are sown ear
ly and before the ground is warm
ed bv the sun ; also, that the seed
of such plants will develop itself
sooner than that of others. 'This
is an important fact to those who
wish to have garden vegetables
early.
The apiary will require a little
attention now. The hives should
be cleaned off all mouldy comb,
and the bottom board be scraped
clean of all tillli and dead Ices.
Weak swarms may be fed, to slim
ulate them. A watch should also
be kept to see that strong swarms
do not rob weak ones. Place rye
or wheat (lour in some sheltered
spot for the bees to carry into
their hives. A strong swarm now
will be of more value than two
weak ones when (lie honey sea
son begins.
Bk Liiikrai,.— When it comes to
making gardens, some farmers are
apt to be stingy, not only in the
time spent in preparing the soil,
but iu the allowance of seed plan
led. Some tanners, with large
families, sow one pint package of
peas, one paper of radish, and one
each of beets, parsnips, Ac., to
supply their tables. Better put
in more than enough, and give
every one in tin* family all they
can eat. Vegetables are cheaper
than meat,and should form a large
portion of the food upon every
farmer’s table, al least during the
summer, 70
Good wheat ought lo furnish up
least 74 per cent, of line Hutch j
The best, samples often lurni'sh V*<
lo SO per cent, and in a few rare
instances as much as 80 per cent,
of flour has been obtained, lute
rior varieties seldom produce as
much as 08 per cent, and iu in
stances only .VI to 50 per cent. of
flour lias been obtained from bad
samples. On ail average, wheat
may be said to yield 75 percent,
of fine flour and 25 per cent, of
bran and middlings.
Make up your mind what you
intend to do. Hit down and count
the cost. Do not undertake more
than you can perform. It is tin
wise to commence work that yon
are unable to finish in due season.
Many a fanner loses more by get
ting behindhand with his spring
work than would buy another
team, and lias, at any rate, been
mure iban would pay jH
of a man for the year.
nut found it.-so?
A California -toC* '
been investigating ilie <f
1 he'death of hl£
ting the dVceasedfMiogs™
found that they had been
by worms, then he cut til
through Rights an
<-a^^^H|daiiicil
and lie
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HjgVto
.'a'Tjpt an
How alfa Ifa JjflMl
ifwrwia is seen 5v tens it<M
the Mural
I age of iVjjjlj
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l JH j
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tjUmir
on
the elemell.. sto ckmen ill
to make green iss.oJptfW.'il
t his greenness of fodder w h
parts I lie yellow color.
Kuril I brevities.
Tin- Karlv i'i hi ill y <d.,VH|
lllill lll'' peach i■ t'i|
section promises lu In- iilQ'ijHliii
I his year.
Tin* (hive Spring (da.)
prise says dial the liogs in y
seel ion are dying with cholera.
The bumpkin ((la.)
deni estimates llial il will t a
over a thousand hales of eofctoU
to pay for the guano used in
son county 1 his year.
(lovernor l'illsbiiry, of MlirSH
sola, is si ill Inlying wheat aWRB
Irihnl ing il lo 1 he sufferers ifraH
ravages of Ihe grasshopper*. * ",
A disease uiueh resembling t ■
epizootin is allliefingliorsiAiu 1
rions seel ions of rfie:st ales of* -:A
diiina and Michigan,. jfl
(Irated horae-chestnuts, liiixtß
with ten times their hulk of wM
tor, will expel worms from JF
soil in pots. ' ■ -mj^m
A sweel potatee in a glass
water in the sun, top left about
quarter out of I he water, will send
oul beautiful green vines.” i
At Washington market, in Neß
York, strawberries from dharleß
lon and I 1 loridii- 1, >4e heensellijß
al +llo .+ 1.50 i r > aere'V JH
!*■ !'• Kiigg, < P a ‘ho^B
inont, lost 1,000 ewes in hree JH
valued id +20; 000, during llt B
ceul great snow storm al
enne, Wy.
From ils start, the wheal
of 1577l 5 77 s has had a rcuinri^fMß
growth in inn I pal Inf 1 In- i HB|
try, and bids fair to contii
the ripening of the grain.
t ceiling chopped union
i- -iiid lo
chickens Hircc
l.ru.'irv. ! -? t. it I In' - |>riiig^H\?V^
S. end ~ , ~f rt"i"-r arc nJJBBB
■’i ri.'ti lid. uf \
■ "in!, -ul'i i ... i,i . ■ Yi4!!3S£sH
.1 1 | < 11 11 ii a net iuii. I'm
I.lined 12.515
avi ra '■ uf ni'eighed 1.-IU^H
Slice)! ) 7 ■ I
dcrniauv In I'll i'jla iid .0 iHHBB
111 alintll lucnly t 111 Ml
W lien Anl*• iI • - 111 1.111, 11 ■ I
to i;i i c line in nII oi - oc l,i*t
foreign Iradc will cohect^B|j
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< uni in i inner Killehr. t
I ll.lt I lie wlical Clllp l.f
i :0 pre dii looking very^iM Vv ,
There i an unusually largtlHHß
age nun. and should llt’ a ,lijfl' v
bef.i 11 I lie crop.
•h 'll la I" net I.C II pw .il **,„
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