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Newspaper Page TextPUBLISHED BY Crccd.sn.3,2s. <Sc Scaa's. At One Dollar a Year in advance, or One Dollar andFiftv Rents if not paid in advance. IN THE OLD PRINTING OFFICE Building, Powder Springs Street. Mari etta, Georgia. JOHN O. GABTRELL, Attorn*!/ at Law, practices in Cobb and adj t eent'eounties. Office in Masonic Build ing,"up stairs. Marietta, Oct. 10, 1878. WM. T. WINN. * WILL. J. WINN. WT. &W. J. WINN, Attorneys • at Law. March 13,1877. ly W:M. SESSIONS, Attorney'at Law. office north side of Public Square In Blackwell’s Building, up stairs. M arietta. October 1, 1877. ly E. M. ALLEN, Resident flnj&EggL Dentist, of more than twenty jydftrs. Charges Reasonable. Office —North side of Public Square. Marietta, March 13,1877. ly DU. G. TENNENT, Practician Physician. Office on Cassville St. —Evidence on Cherokee street. Marietta, March 13,1877. lv DK. E. J. SETZE, Physician o<l Surgeon, tenders his professional services in the practice of Medicine inall its branches to the citizens of Marietta and surrounding country. Office at the Drug Store of Win. Root. inch 13—ly TN &T. B. IRWIN, Attorneys at I f. Law Will practice in the Blue Ridge, Rome, and Coweta Circuits. Marietta, March 13, 1878. ly W. R. POWER. H. M. HAMMETT. POWER & HAMMETT, Attor neys at Law, Marietta, Ga. Will practice in the Courts of Cobb nnd'adja eent counties. Collecting a specialty, ly Phillips & crew, wholesale and retail, dealers in Books Station ery, Sheet Music and Musical Instru inents. 8& 10 Mariettast. Atlanta, Ga. ASatzky, Merchant Taylor, under • National Hotel, Atlanta Ga. WA. Haynes, (at Phillips <!t • Crews,) Jewelry, Atlanta Ga. FW. Hart, 30 S. Broad St. Atlan • ta, Ga. See Advertisemet in this paper. FRUIT JARS—Pints, Quarts and Half Gallons; JELLY GLASSES, extra Jar Caps and Rubbers, Cement and Sealing .Wax, for sale bv may 23 AVI LLI AM ROOT. RUEDE & GREEN, Watchmaker Jewellers, MARIETTA, GEORGIA. ALSO, dealer in Clocks of every de scription. Repairing of Watches, Clocks, etc. a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sign of Big Watch, west side Public Square. oet 2 . FAV CARRIAGES amT~Buggics, Wagons and Harness on hand. All kinds of Vehicles built or repair ed. Work guaranteed. Orders solicit ed. REID & GRAMLING. CONTRACTOR AND builder. rpHE undersigned continues hisbusi- I ness of Brick Making, Stone and Brick Building, and is prepared at any lime to take contracts on the most reas onable terms, and to execute them in the most satisfactory manner. 11. B. WALLIS. Marietta,- March 13, 1877. ly GREER f REYNOLDS, Dentists. WEST SIDE OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE Rooms over M’Clatdhey’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 ol our profession. Again #’e tender our services to our friends and the public generally, confident that with the lat est appliances and most improved in struments, with all other improvements, Sathered regardless of expense ortrou }e, weegp do work as satisfactorily *qd efficiently a* euq lie due elsewhere. Marietta, Ga., March 6, 1878 MARIETTA SAVINGS BANK. JOHN R. WINTERS. President. G. C. BURNAP, Vice President. A. VAN WYCK, Cashier. Notes Discounted. Exchange Bought and Sold. SAGE’S CA TARRH REMEDY for sa}e by jjejjtl* B. R. STRONG. ~ bAppearenees are something with everyone—-everything with some."— [Bishop Berkley. 1857. 1878. Tno. W. Metcalf, respectfully in forms the citizens of Marietta and vicinity, that he is better prepared than ever to do anything In the Tailoring jiVis. gi>iuiM®ingnlj pqtiiqiii faithful qt iiioderateprices, oplii ly NEW LIVEHV STABLE! REDUCED PRICES! Atlanta Street, near Blacksmith Shop. Marietta, Georgia. ... tm J- SPILMAN has just pened near Barker and £j2£Z3LflC3BManning’s Blacksmith j^f|P i 4 first c|ass Livery Stable, where V<l JjuLliu can "he acepnnnqdHted with lie IforseS Slid elegant Buggies at re duced prices. Can always l>e found ready to respond to any call, in supply ing the needs of local or transient pat rons. Parties hiring are responsible for themselves and teams. Good accom modation for Drovers, stouk bought and sold on commission. J. SPILMAN. Marietta, Aug. 8, 1878. ly THE HELD AND FIRESIDE. Vol. ll.] B. R. Strong, (Successor toG. W. Williams,) DRUG ff GIST, AND Apothecary. WTVILL continue business at the Old \Y Stand in MARIETTA, and will keep on hand, and for sale, A general assortment of FRESH AND GENUINE Drugs! Chemicals! Toilet anti Fancy Article*! Paints and Oils! Fine Perfumery, rtc. All which will he SOLD LOW FOR CASH. Prescriptions carefully com pounded by an experienced Apotheca ry, as heretofore. B. R. ST RONG. Books and Stationery. School Books and Stationery of all kinds. Also, Musical Note Books for Sunday Schools and Singing Classes. Any hook not in stock, either Literary, Scientific or Educational, or any piece of Sheet Music, will lie ordered and de livered in Marietta at publisher’s pri ces. B.R. STRONG. .Marietta, Feb. 26, 1878. IaINE CIGARS, best smoking ami ’ chewing Tobacco, at sept 19 B. R. STRONG’S. G 1 AItRKTT’S SCOTUH SNUFF— I for sale bv sept 19 B.R. STRONG. Pure Cider Vinegar —Received at the Drug Store of 8.. R. Strong. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Tropical Vanilla (warranted good), Le j moil, Rose, l’eacli, and other Flavor- I ing Extracts, at June 27 B. R. STRONG. BIRD SEED.—Canary, Rape and j Hemp Seed, for sale at the Driig ! Store of j june 27 B. R. STRONG. JAYNE’S HAIR TONIC, Ayer's i Ilair Vigor, Lyon’s Kathairon, Bar j ry’s Trieoplierous, Vaseline Bowder. I and various other Hair Dressings, also j Hair Dves, for sale bv | .i llll( ‘ 27 _ B. R. STRONG. T B. O’Neill & Cos. HAVE REMOVED THEIR STOCK OF General Merchandise To Gus Barrett’s old stand, East side of Public Square. Marietta, Georgia. | Where they will keep a full line of choice Family Grocries STAPLE DRY GOODS, fartorn Warns, ftotions, Boots and Shoes, &c. All of which will be sold low for cash. H. D. McCutcheon 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 & CO. Marietta, April 25,1878, ]y TUNING AND REPAIRING^ ftMIE undersigned respectfully teii -1 tiers liis services to the citizens of Marietta and vicinity as tuner and re pairer of Pianos. Warrants his work in every respect, and will doit as cheap or cheaper than any one. Postal cards dropped in the Post-office, will secure prompt attention. Will sell Pianos or ! Organs at the lowest figures, and upon as accommodating terms, cash, or on time, togood and reliable parties. July il-tf JOHN SEALS. Removed ! Removed! I HAVE changed my place of business next to Marietta Saving's Bank, and will be thankful to welcome all my old friends and patrons at my new stand. I Will Sell at Atlanta Prices. C. O. D. Dry Goods! Notions! lints ! Crockery! Clothing J 4 Ml) Boots a lid Slides! And every tiling else kept in a hry Goods business. VW N. R-—Would call the attention of all who are indebted to me, to come at once for settlement, and save cost. JOSEPH ELSAS. i Marietta,-March 13,1877 ly Marietta, (Georgia,) Thursday, January 16, 1879. J. M. Wilson, MANUFACTURER OF TIN & SHEET IRON AND Wooden Wares. AM) DEALER IN STOVES, HARDWARE, CUT LERY, HOUSE FURNISH ING GOODS AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS EMBRACING Straw and Feed Cutters. Corn Shelters, Turning Plows, Wheel Barrows, Rakes, Shovels, Hoes, Grass Scythes, Plows, Plow Stocks, Ac*. Syrup Mills, Of a Superior Mu he. POCKET & 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, ] SfJ. ly The White —IS— K - /\\ xßx Of THE EASIEST SELLING, THE BEST SATISFYING taiiittii its Introduction and World-renowned reputation was the death-blow to high priced machines. THERE ARE NO SECONDHAND WHITE MACHINES IN THE MARKET. This It a very Important matter, at It is a well known and undisputed fact that many ot the so called first-class machines which are ottered so cheap now-a-days are those that have been re possessed (that Is. taken back from customers alter use) and rebuilt end put upon the market as ntw. THE WHITE IS THE PEER OP ANY SEWING MACHINE NOW UPON THE MARKET. IT IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE FAMILY MA CHINES OF THE SINGER, HOWE AND WEED MAKE. IT COSTS MORE TO MANUFACTURE THAN EITHER OF THE AFORESAID MACHINES. ITS CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE, POSITIVE AMO DURABLE. ITS WORKMANSHIP IS UNSURPASSED Do not Buy any other before try ing the WHITE. Prices and Terns Made Satisfactory. AGENTS 'WANTED ! U kite Sewing Machine Cos., CLEVELAND, 0. Liberal Inducement* offered teanh buyers. Mav,2d,Jß7B. J. I>. & T. F. SMITH. General Agents, | No. 59, S. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga. WESTERN & ATLANTIC Rail Road. TIME OP’ DEPARTURE l6Oil IARIETTA. No. 1, night passenger, north 2.45 p. in, : No. 2, night passenger, south 9.52 p. in. No. 3, day passenger, north (i.45a. in. No. 4, day passenger, south 12.08 a. in. No. 5, day freight, north 0.47 a. in. No. 0, day freight, south 4.42 p. in. No. 7, night fr’gt, aec. north 0.20 p. in. No. 9, way fr’gt, day, north 8.30 a. in. No. 10, way fr’gt, day, south 2.15 p. in. No. 12, accom. freight, south 5.0,0 g. m. UT - All freight trains, carry passen gers, provided they have tickets. June 30,1878. W. McHAK, Sup’t. LlVeitmL & LO\IHI\ & GLOBE ; I\M K 4 \c i: coil PA \V. U. S. Branch Assets $3,959,901 00 Liabilities 2,191,709 49 Surplus over all liabilities sl,<•<*>),l3l aj Total income Of 1877 $2, 713,059 32 “ expenditures of 1877 1,003,910 79 Surplus income 0f1877 $1,109,112 53 I Aggregate of losses paid by the Company over $79,000,000 Risks taken at reduced rales of I’remi -1 urns. Apply to, Wm. KING, Agent. Marietta, Ga. Oct. 31, 187*. \y. Subscribe to Field and Fireside ! at one dollar. Jtgwultttral. Count Costs and Plan for’Proflts. BY F. I*. ROOT. But few fermers know or care to know what it costs them to produce a bushel of grain, to make a pound|of£meat, a pound of butter or cheese. They do not trouble themselves to make any estimates of of growing an acre of grain nor ]to keep an account of expenses in conduct business other than at the emtof the year, if they iO able tneet expenses think they havijjtone well, or if a few dol lars have been saved are plotted at tlieir success. Every farmer as a business man should know the cost of all his productions, that he may understand 'whether he is making or losing money in his operations. He should know what it costs to raise an aero of grain, to make a pound of meat, a pound !of butter or cheese. They do not trouble themselves any estimates of the cost of growing an acre of grain nor to keep an account of expenses in conduct ing their business other than at (he end of (lie year if they are j able to meet expenses think they have done well, or it a few dol 1 lars have been saved are pleased |at their success. Every farmer as a business man should know I the cost of all his productions, j that ho may understand whether ! he is making or losing money in | his operations. He should know ! what it costs to raise an acre of ; grain, and should know the yield I per acre, that he may tell when he markets his crop whether it pays a profit or not. It is not ; possible to determine the prolits . of farming in one year's experi ence, for seasons and prices will vary much, but in a series of j years the aggregate results will show the real profits. The farmer lof (he present day should be a I thinking business man as well as a working man ; lie ought to set tle with himself at the end of each year and know whethei his mode of farming is paying a pro fit, and if so, whether he is keep | ing his profits or spending them. Business men all over our coun t try are complaining more than i farmers, for juices are low, ami i we have not learned to bring ex penses down to correspond, or have not learned to bring our production up to pay profits on ; expenses. The cost of culivating j lands cannot be profitably reduc ed below present rates, but re turns may be largely increased at trifling expense which will make a large difference in the margin of profit. To illustrate this principle, let us look at what it now costs to grow grain in the State of New York and what it ought to cost under a wise and better system of cultivation. Grain growing, we know, is not the chief interest of our State, but as mv acquaintance with this branch of husbandry assures me of the truth of my estimate 1 choose this, and will take the cost of wheat-growing as in the past, and compare with what it may and must he in the future to re turn any degree of profit to the grower. 1 have made repeated estimates arid accurate accounts of the cost of an acre of winter wheat in labor, seed, &c., and i found it to average about $lO per j acre, and on the average of farms and present cost of labor it will exceed rather than fall below that figure. Then to this add the interest on the capital,which can not be less than $7 ; for the aver- i age farm worth $75 per acre, af- : ter deducting woodland, rock, fences, &c., would bring the til lage land at least the cost of cultivatii™ crop, and it. makes a capital of SIOO. Then if we allow the cost of fertiliga tion, which must be applied now j or at a fqtqre time to keep the soil good, it cannot be less than | $3 to keep good the capital in! motion. We then find the cost I of an acre of wheat to be as fob i lows : Labor and seed account. $lO Interest on capital. 7 Fertility extracted or sup plied tier prop, 3 Aggregate cost of an acre wheat. S2O The statistical reports of the yield of wheat in this State vary from eleven to sixteen or seven teen bushels per acre in different seasons. Now, if we allow six teen bushels as the yield, which is above the average for any term of years past, the cist of every bushel to the grower to be #1.25 ; or if we allow fifteen bush els to be the average yield, whiclJ is nearer the truth, it will cos* $1.33;] per not accustonJSUSpMckon on capital every - .Mftti'l (he wSNI manufacturer. set' that there is a InJHHH v era go farmer of ou eic X'i* 25 to 33 cents on evers’Wnisfllrji wheat he sells at this/ season's prices. This if continued, will make hard times still harder. But it is not so to c,’’lv“y . There is a spirit of improvement now stir ring the minds of our farmers and they will not long continue to farm their lands with no profits or gain, for capital and American skill have enabled us to excel all Europe in the excellence of agri cultural tools and labor-saving machinery, and why can we not excel also in the cultivation of the soil '( We have equal advan tages of soil and climate, and there is now a necessity resting upon us for improvement in the art of cultivation, for the old ways have failed. European agricul ture has more than doubled *its former returns by the use *of chemical fertillizers and a more tk tough system of cultivation, and it will not be many years be fore our American farmers, hav ing caught the spirit of progress, will vie with them in agriculture as we now do in art and manufac tures. The report that over five thousand bushels of wheat and considerable amounts of other crops are produced in one season on a farm of 202 acres in France looks to our farmers an extrava gant statement. When we learn that the yield was from forty to sixty bushel per acre we see it might be attainable, and we know that such yields are possible, for they have been produced in our country. Now let us look at the cost of growing wheat in our State under a better system of husban dry. We will assume that it will cost no more labor to cultivate land when rich and clean of foul stuff than it does now under our less thorough system—it would really require less labor, for fer tile soil is easier cultivated than a sterile soil. We will estimate as at the present time : F'or Inbor and seed $ 10.00 For interest on capital per acre 7.00 Then for fertilisers to keep the land good or increasing, either phos phate or compost inn nure 7.00 Total cost per acre wheat $24.00 We will estimate the returns per acre no more than many thorough farmers have harvested in years past, and occasional crops have far exceeded—that is thirty bushels per acre—which will make the grain cost 8 cents per bushel. Thus we see the dif ference in the cost of growing a bushel of wheat under the new system as compared with the old. Wheat can be grown for 80 cents which now costs $1.25 0r51.33. In the above estimate I know no ac count of threshing and marketing ofjgrain nor of the value of straw, but allow the latter to be worth the former cost. 1 know that many farmers will say that a yield of thirty bushels per acre cannot be realized for a term of years. We (lo not aver that it can be on all lands, for all are not well a dapted to winter wheat, but may be equally profitable for other branches of farming ; but we do know that good wheat lands can be made to yield that amount and more under best cultivation. My own crop lias averaged about that yield tor several years past and others have exceeded it, and what has been attained by a lew may be gained by all under like cir cumstances and under like means. Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a just bilance. Expend not but ac cording to the measure of vour goods. Plou The stcai4^HH9oHflHHß sents a system practical use for years or more, has been undenK ing constant improvement gradually working itself into fa- | vor and overcoming one by onej the array of objections raised] tojts employment. Its rapidly increasing from vearJM year not only in and Ireland, but in as well. been weir - e:.' [No. 23. that thb Jarlv iW ~.. required is tfjU^eat only drawback to tliejHßnß t red net ion of steam pflHHfl absolute rei|iiirenienflHHß be absence of large large inclosiires not acres and prafqjaMHHH Whether the lint: matters n The speed ' it is i I.limed t Inn on ah |)11 1 ve and eorrespondiflHHHH| the land, when l&wMkwSS operations of and drilling are steam. --I*. This system of not, b(' rend ved v iH^^B United States so mules and catttle can tSj cheaply raised and fed as jH present time, and steam represent the present aflfl||| capital; steam in this will be generally when a machine is perfejfl|| the purpose which can lnHffig a substitute for draught at the same or l<*ss cost, out extra skilled labor to o™§ it. How long this may beV pends largely upon the progV made by inventors who are e v i year making improvements] their apparatus and lesseniag tending expenses. The Busy Bee in Ohio. 1 A correspondent writing from Williamsport, Ohio, on the bee question throws down the gaunt let to all apiarists opposing large hives, large colonies and honey extractors. He says: “Everybody should keep bees. I say every agriculturist,every horticulturist, every minister, doctor and mer chant should keep bees. Why ? Because it pays and because honey is one of the best and healthtiest sweets ever known to man. Honey can be sold at tdn cents a pound in Central Ohio and then be the most lucrative business in tin's part of the coun 1 ry. This season from the third day of June to the ninth day of July, I extracted from one colony of bees 313 pounds of honey. I have one stand that lias yielded me in the last three seasons 680 pounds of honey, or a fraction over 220 pounds each year. This, sold at 15 cents per pound, made $33.90, at a cost not exceeding $3.90 each year. But 1 did not have bee hives les than a foot square. a Talk about obtaining as pounds of honey in small can lie ply nonsen In give the bees back the (ill up, and in a good son a good colony of bees make ten pounds a day. In capH ped honey they have to the comb. It lakes from twenflP to twenty-five pounds of honey to make one pound of comb, be sides the time to manufacture. Give bees room; keep them strong and at work by taking their honey with an extractor. In the hands of an educated and in telligent man everything is in fa unr of the extractor, and than 50 per cent, profit is on the side of tiie extractor. Honey has been too high—could only be used as a rare luxury, and only then by the wealthy. Honey can be procured at a less expense than sorghum molasses. Try it. Extracted honey is the best ho ney. Cornb is indigestible, and should never be taken into the stomach. Bring honey within the reach of the masses and it will uof go begging."