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Newspaper Page TextJ.'O. CAMPBKI.t, K. B. GOODMAN. flu'/idd and JHrrsiilc. PUBLISHED BY T. Or. C^.3sxEE S BEr J I- 1 tSs CO. At One Dollar a Year in advance, or One Dollar anclFil'tv Cents if not paid in advance. IX THE OLD PRINTING OFFICE Building, Powder Springs street, Mari etta,Georgia. JOHN O. GAIITRELL, Attorney at Law, practices in Cobb and adjii cent'counties. Office in Masonic Build 'ag/apstairs. Marietta, Oct. 10, 1378. •JVM. T. WINN. WILL. J. WINN. W T. &W. .1. WINN, Attor'w* .at Law. March 13, lv W M.SESSIONS, AttoriMat Law , . office north side of Public Square iiußlaekwell’s Building, up stairs. *M arietta. October 1,1877. _ ‘ly! E. M. ALLEN, Resident #6fi(|jgL Dentist, of more than twenty fyears. Charges Reasonable. OrncK—North side of Public Square. Marietta, March 13, 1877. 1 y DU. G. TENNENT, Practicing Physician. Office on Cassville St. —Residence on Cherokee street. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly DR. E. J. SETZE, Physician and Surgeon, tenders his professional services in the practice of Medicine inall its branches to the citizens of Marietta Mild surrounding country. Office at the Drug Store of Win. Root. inch 13-ly D& T. li. IRWIN, Attorneys at • Law Will practice in the Blue Ridge, Rome, and Coweta Circuits. Marietta, March 13,1878. ly W. K. POWER. H. M. HAMMETT. DOWER X HAMMETT, Attor t neys at Laic, Marietta, Ga. Will practice in tlie Courts of Cobb an djudja cent counties. Collecting a specialty. ] y Phillips* crew, wholesale and retail dealers in Books Station ery, Sheet Music and Musical Instru ments. 8 &10 Mariettast. Atlanta, Ga. ASatzky, Merchant Taylor, under • National Hotel, Atlanta Ga. WA. Haynes, (at Phillips & Crews,) Jewelry, Atlanta Ga. FW. Hart, 30 S. Broad St. Athm- ta, Ga. See Advertiseniet in this paper. FRUIT JARS —Pints, Quarts and Half Gallons; JELLY GLASSES, extra Jar Caps and Rubbers, Cement and Sealing Wax, for sale by may 23 WILLIAM ROOT. RUEDE & GREEN, Watchmaker Jewellers, MARIETTA. J&mH GEORGIA. \ LSO, dealer in Clocks of every de _l V seription. Repairing of Watches, Clocks, etc. a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sign of Big Watch, west side Public Square. oct 2 Still at the Old Stand. ROSWELL STREET. IT9ai*ir<t:i, . . . Georgia. NEW CARRIAGES and Buggies, Wagons and Harness on hand. All kinds of Vehicles built or repair ed. Work guaranteed. Orders solicit- REID & GRAM LING. CONTRACTOR AND BUIIiDESt. rpHE undersigned continues hisbusi ness of Brick Making, Stone and Brick Building, and is prepared at any time to take contracts on the jQost reas onable terms, and to execute them in the most satisfactory manner. H. B. WALLIS. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly GREER | REYNOLDS^ Dentists. WEST SIDE OF TIIE PUBLIC SQUARE Rooms over M’Clatchey ’s Store. IT gives us pleasure to inform our friends that we have returned from our Philadelphia trip where we have been working solely in the interest of our profession. Again we tender our services to our friends and tiie public generally, confident that with the lat est appliances and most improved in struments, with all other improvements, gathered regardless of expense or trou ble, we can do work as satisfactorily and efficiently as can be done elsewhere. Marietta, Ga., March 5, 1878 MARIETTA SAVINGS BANK. JOHN R. WINTERS, President. G. C. BUR NAP, Vice President. A. VAX YVYCK; Cashier. Notes Discounted. Exchange Bought and Sold. AGE’S CA TARRH REMEDY for sale by sept 19 B. R. STRONG. T7X ATKINSON, EAST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE, MARIETTA, GEO. DKALKK IN C'HOICK Family Groceries. COUNTRY PRODUCE TAKKN ON THF. MOST 1.18 KB AI- TJSRM . IV T up. Marietta Paper Manufactur ing Company manufactures the best of News and Wrapping paper, at lowc.-t prices. S. A Andkrson. Agent. PERFUMERY. —TV flow's supe rior Extracts for tiie bankerebief, equal to anv made, on hand at tiie Drug Store of " (juiie 27) B. R. STRONG. THE FIELD SID FIRESIDE. Vol. ll.] Ik R. Strong, (Successor toG. W. Williams,) DRUG ® GIST, AND Apothecary. "VirlLL continue business at the Old W Stand in MARIETTA, and will keep on band, and for sale, a general assortment ok FRESH AND GENUINE Drugs! Chemicals! Toilet and Fancy Article*! Paints and Oils! Fine Fet'fiimery, etc*. All which will be SOLD LOW FOR CASH. Prescriptions carefully com pounded by an experienced Apotheca ry, AS HERETOFORE. 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, either Literary, Scientific or Educational, or any piece of Sheet Music, will be ordered and de livered in Marietta at publisher’s pri ces. • B.R. STRONG. Marietta, Feb. 20, 1878. IjtINE CIGARS, best smoking and ’ chewing Tobacco, at sept 19 B. R. STRONG’S. Alt RETT’S SCOTCH SNUFF— YX for sale bv sept 19 B. R. STRONG. Pure Cider Vinegar —Received at tiie Drug Store of B. R. Strong. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Tropical Vanilla (warrantedgood), Le mon, Rose, Peach, and other Flavor ing Extracts, at june 27 B. R. STRONG. RIRD SEED. —Canary, Rape and Hemp Seed, for sale at tiie Drug Store of june 27 B. R. STRONG. JAYNE’S HAIR TONIC, Ayer’s Hair Vigor, Lyon’s Katliaifon, Bar ry’s Trieopherous, Vaseline Bovvder. and various other Hair Dressings, also Hair lives, for sale bv june 27 IS. R. STRONG. J.8.0W Cos. HAVE REMOVED THEIR STOCK OF General Merchandise To Gus Barrktt’s old stand, East side of Public Square, Marietta, Georgia. Where they will keep a full line of choice Family Groceries STAPLE DRY GOODS, factor]) Barns, Motions, Boots and Shoes, &c. All of which will be sold low for cash, 11. D. MoCutciieon will be pleased to wait on any, who will favor them with a call. Country Produce taken in exchange, on reasonable terms. Respectfully, J. B. O’NEILL & GO. Marietta, April 525, 1878. ly ffffi pianos, mn TUNING AND REPAIRING. rpIIE undersigned respectfully ten -L ders his services to the citizens of Marietta and vicinity as tuner and re pairer of Pianos. Warrants his work in every respect, ami will do it as cheap or cheaper than any one. Postal cards dropped in the Post-office, will secure prompt attention. AVill sell Pianos or Organs at Hie lowest figures, and upon as accommodating terms, cash, or on time, to good and reliable parties. July 11-tf JOHN SEALS. Removed! Removed! I HAVE changed my place of business _ next to Marietta Saving’s Bank, and will lie thankful to welcome all my old friends and patrons at my new stand. I Will Sell at Atlanta Prices. c. o. D. Dry Gouda! Notions! Hats Crockery! Clothing! AND Boots iiml Shoes! And every thing else kept in a Dry Goods business. E2F" N. B.—Would call the attention of all who are indebted tome, to come at Once for settlement, and save cost. JOSEPH ELSAS. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly Marietta, (Georgia,) Thursday, December 19, 1878. J. M. Wilson, MANUFACTURER OF TIN & SHEET IRON AND Wooden Wares. H ii STOVES, HARDWARE, CUT LERY. HOUSE FURNISH ING GOODS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS EMBRACING Straw and Feed Cullers, Corn Shelters, Tpruing Blows, Wheel Barrows, Rakes, Shovels, lloes, Grass Scythes, Blows, Blow Slocks. <kc. ALSO, Syrup Mills, Of (l Superior Make. BUCKET & TABLE CUTLERY AND Carpenter’s Supplies. Many Varieties of Wooden Ware. All these and many other valuable ar ticles sold on best possible terms. Marietta, July 3, 1877. ly The White THE EASIEST SELLING, THE BEST SATISFYING MilllHA Its Introduction and World-renowned reputation was the death-blow to high priced machines. THERE ARE NO SECGWD-HANO WHITE MACHINES IN THE MARKET. ThU Is a very important matter, as It Is a well known and undisputed fact that many ot the so called first-class machines which are offered so cheap now-a-days arc those that have been re possessed (that is. taken back from customers after use) and rebuilt and put upon the market as new. THE WHITE IS THE PEER OF ANY SEWING MACHINE NOW UPON THE MARKET. IT IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE FAMILY MA CHINES OP THE SINGER, HOWE AN9 WEEO MAKE. IT COSTS MORE TO MANUFACTURE THAN EITHER OF THE AFORESAID MACHINES. ITS CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE, POSITIVE AND DURABLE. IIS WORKMANSHIP IS UNSURPASSED. Do cot Buy any other before try ing the WHITE. Prices and Terms Made Satisfactory. AGENTS ‘WANTED l J kite Sewing Machine Cos,, CLEVELAND, 0, Liberal Inducements offered to cash buyers, May, 2d, 1878. J. D. & T. F. SMITH. General Agents, No. 59, 8. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga. FOR SALE! THE House and Lot in the Uity of Marietta, one block from the city square, owned and formerly occupied by I)r. IV. E. Dun woody. FARM of 130 acres 1 ).u miles from Marietta, Cobb County—has 80 acres of arable land—one small house—will he divided to suit purchasers. FARM of 80 acres \y t miles from Ma rietta,.Cobb county, on the VV, & A. It. K.—will be divided into three small farms, A FIRST CLASS Plantation of 290 acres, four miles from Marietta, iu one of the best neighborhoods in Cobb coun ty. There are on the premises about ICO acres of arable land, 70 acres of bot tom land and a fine orchard, withahun danco of wood aird water. THE PLANTATION' formerly known 1 as the Ilowell Mill Property, eontain i ing 300 acres on Xiokajaek creek, about 1 '/a miles from Concord Factory. There are on the premises a good water power formerly used, about ICO acre-; of arable land and fine tract of white oak timber ALSO PLANTATION of 100 acres, on the Roswell road l’£ mil' s from Ma rietta—7o acres cleared —30 acres in good woodland. There are on tiie prem ises a large barn and stables—an abun ; dance of good, free stone water. Terms I easy. APPLY TO A. Van Wytk, At the Marietta Savings Bank. Fine Tobacco and Cigars.— “A Xo. 1” and “Red String,” live cent ; Cigars; also, fine (.'hewing Tobacco,on 1 hand and for - lie by B. R Strono, Hgmiilturat. How I Ninety-Seven „ Bushels of Corn Per Acre Were Raised. During ill® week before last I finished gathering my crop of ten acres’of Renne’s’New White Field Corn. was 1 fs7Jjftshels of ears,"and-as- iftVreto, half of ears °ng bushel of com, iT i>7 bushelffkeyjEnpssf>i pel’s acre. XhffiPpast sjVfcvJTffer has been so dry aftJrothetWse'unfavorable to the growth of corn in this part of our State, that not meresthan a half crop of this cereal has been produced; and,Tpotw}t(istiu}djqg all this, I think I have succeeded in getting the largest ever made in Lycoming County.* The soil on which £this crop was grown"is a sandy loam,'rest ing on creek gravel. In the sum mer of 1877, three tons per acre of clover hay were cut from this ten acre field, In the autumn two and one half bushels per acre of clover-seed!" were gathered from the same. As soon as the clover-seed was removed—which was done by the last of Septem ber—l commenced hauling barn yard manure, and spread it on j the surface as fast as hauled at I the rate of ten two horse loads j per acre. No stock was allowed j to pasture on the field and poacli the life out of the soil during the ! wet autumn months. The land 1 was plowed about ten inches deep from the middle to the last of April, It was harrowed three times between the first and tenth of May ;on the 11th it was mark ed out one way, three and ono half feet apart ; and on the 14th it was marked across, the same distance apart, and two kernels — no. more and no less , according to my instructions to the drop i pers—were dropped and cover ed about one and one-half inches deep at each intersection. The corn was cultivated four times between the first and last of June. At the beginning of July it was plowed with a double corn plow, and the ground between the furrows was loosed with a 5 narrow cultivator. This was in tended to be ‘the finishing touch,’ but a few days afterwards a heavy ! rain and hail storm beat down | the soil so solid that I concluded it would be better, as soon as dry enough, to run through both ways with a cultivator and loosen the surface once more. The re suit of this operation was to pull down the furrows that had been thrown against the corn with the plow, and leave the surface near ly fiat. By this time the corn had grown nearly as high as the horse’s back, and its shade to gether with the loosened surface Qf the soil, contributed to keep I the ground in fair condition for | the growing crop, though but lit- I tie rain fell during the remain ! der of the summer. I The ears are not quite so large j this season as last, I suppose ow : ing to the unfavorable corn j weather. Last season many of ! flie ears shelled one full quart teach; three-quarters of a quart jis about the most the best will | make this year. The grains are ! ! about as deep, but the ears have | not grown so long. Many ears ' have grains three quarters of an j inch deep. Experiments in 1877 on differ ent distances apart, with one to four kernels in a hill, showed that three and one half feet each way. with I wo kernels in the hill, gave the most satisfactory re turns.—l). S. in Rural N.JTorTcer. Skilled Labor. American agriculture is under going a rapid change. The capi tal invested in it is increasing more rapidly than in any other industry. The cheap lands with poor dwellings, occupied by the pioneers, have become well tilled farms with buildings costing three times as much as the origi nal value of the land. The sickle, scythe and cradle have given place to the mower and reaper. Most farm operations are done by machinery which requires some mechanical skill to manage. The evident|lendency is to work large farms, the operations of which the owner can only superintend, the labor being ulmost wholly hired. It costs less, in proportion to the work to' rim 200 than one hundred acres, lAktill less as the larm grows larger, providffi ed the labor is skillfully directed. And the more machinery, is sub stituted for hard labor,tWStrong er will the small*'4'foj®3| might, continue, insteadJMKßH being aggregated togeflMH|[ the present proprietora|KHHH| less, becoming laborers. suit cannot bo avoiclAofJ|^H machinery a plan for wmch point out in another article. But this change is strongly de manding the substitution of skill ed labor on the farm for the very unskilled labor at present oni ployed. One of the greatest im pediments to successfully carry ing on farming on a large-scale, is the fact that there are no skilled laborers in the market , Fanning has been carried on, in this coun try, so much at haphazard, and with so little order and system, that a laborer, when he can find nothing else to do or succeeds in nothing else, offers his services to the farmer. On tho farm he re gards success as certain. The consequence is that the laborers are entirely unskilled in the parts they are performing, and unless directed by unusual activity and knowledge, the work must be badly done. It requires skill eve rywhere in farming—skill to lay out a field for the plow, to put it in fine tilth for the seed, to sow the seed accurately ; skill in cut ting and curing grass, in harvest ing grain; still greater skill in raising and feeding animals; skill in milking and managing cows; skill in all the operations of the dairy. Indeed, what operation in agriculture does not require skill ? And yet a large part of all these operations is carried on by laborers new to tho business, and win*) perform them in the clumsy way of novices, at wages which in Europe are only paid to skilled mechanics. Perhaps this explains why the farmers’ profits are all gone, when he hires the labor to carry on his farm. The manufacturer never carries on business with such unskilled labor. His workmen liave served a regular apprenticeship at the various branches of his manufac ture, and he can estimate with a reasonable certainty the profit upon each workman. The Eng lish farmer stands on as favorable ground as the manufacturer, hav ing skilled laborers at his com mand, andean make a reasonably | certain calculation upon the re sult of their labor. The English I plowman serves an apprentice ! ship at this most important spe cialty from the time he is old en ough to reach the plow handles till he becomes an expert; whilst the American farm-hand thinks he can perform this skilled opera tion without any previous prac tice ! The American farm-hand makes up in assurance what he lacks in practical knowledge.— Hut assurance, however impor tant in desperate enterprises, will never lay a straight and even fur row. The American farmer is, no doubt, saved from even great er losses thiough unskilled labor, because a large per centage of his labor is done by machinery,which works more perfectly than the unskilled hand. But the cost of wear and tear of machines opera ted by unskilled hands, is much greater than if they were run by experts. It is evident that the changed condition of our agriculture must soon compel the employment of skilled hands, and these skilled hands must be educated before they can bo employed. Agricul tural laborers are composed too largely of a floating, unsettled class, and this must be changed before amendment in the degree of skill can be expected. They must be composed of a class with settled and definite ends and aims who are educated to the business as earnestly as mechanics. With such assistance agriculture will attract capital, and afford it a safe investment. Skilled labor is the immediate demand of the future I in agriculture.— N. Y Rural New Yorker. Purchasing Herses. Few persons who purchase and use horses are able to make a sej lection of an animal with a sutjß cient knowleojte of what buying. It is bought cs-g'pt unomfcßHgEHß 1 ;ill " 1 A Bp /. 11 lAxT jjJfion i 1 11*** M I:. i 1 \V 11 • ■wiFlM [No. 20. for 7 gapow, whefiflSJMßp&t a hoi Jviiether tiie aniiTHSXA sounjtt not. Blemishes speak for m selves, but unsoundness reqil a close inspection and ledge, for its detection. Vlnal are the most usual. soundness in work I)o|kJ| (hi’ general careleH|flH ing for horses and tnS|| manner of using large proportion of in the fee*. But (fisaflji feet is easily detecteaWP there may be no apparS ness. An intending JR should liavo the out before him, and waj animal as he stands at r< the owner is continually strffting the horse into motion and urginj| him to show oft’, something niR be suspected; because it iswl|H the horse is at perfect rest his weak points are divulgetHßß the horse is sound, he will stKgg squarely on his limbs,’"‘w.jß, -i moving any of them, the I'octvß ing placed fiat upon the grnujHfi and all the legs plumb and na*R rally posed. If one foot is throwil forward with tho toe pointing to tho ground and the heel raised, or if tho foot is lifted from the’ ground and tho weight taken from it, disease of the navicular bone may be suspected, or at least ten derness, which is a precursor of disease. If the foot is thrown out, ihe toe raised and tiie heel brought down, the horse has suf fered from lamnitis—founder—or the back sinews have been sprain ed, and he is of little future val ue. When the feet are all drawn together beneath the horse, if there has been no disease, there is a misplacement of the limbs at least, and a weak disposition of the muscles. If the horse stands with his feet spread apart, or straddles with the hind legs, there is weakness of tho loins and the kidneys are disordered. When the knees are bent and the legs totter and tremble, the beast has been ruined by heavy pulling and will never be right again, what ever rest and treatment he may have. Contracted or ill-formed hoofs speak for themselves. If the eyes are of a blueish or milky cast, they constitutionally tend to opthalmia, and there will be certain trouble there. If the ears are thrown backwards, the temper is bad; if they aro thrown forward and tho horse starts ner vously at every movement or sound, he will probably be a shi er and unsafe to drive. If the hind legs are scarred, ho has been] a kicker. If the knees are hlaiß ishcd, he is apt to the skin is rough and harsh aIH does not move easily and smootir ly to the touch, the horse is a heavy eater and has poor diges tion. When these peculiarities are absent and there is nothing to cause suspicion in any other way, the horse may be taken to be all right so far as soundness of foot, ! limb and digestive organs are ! concerned. Disease or imperfoc | tion of the respiratory organs may bo discovered by pinching or holding the throat, by observ ing the behavior of the horse when lie is speeded r or by placing the ear at the side of the chest, when any sound heard other than a clear, resonant one, is indica five of trouble. Mr. Templin thinks there is as much in pedigree in corn us in horses or cattle. Ask yourself: “What can 1 do now that would otherwise have ito le done in the spring when ! time is twice as valuable,” and i do it. 1 Subscribe to Field and Fireside