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flit ,fttM and Jfirrsidt. PUBLISHED BY 3?,. ILvd). 0-ocdlm.a.n. Ac Sons. At One l>ollnr a Tear in advance, or One Dollar and Fii'tr Ceuta it not paid in advance. IN THE OLD PRINTING OFFICE Building, Powder Springs Street, Mari etta, Georgia. JOHN O. GARTRELL, Attorney at Law, practices in Cobb and adja eentJcounties. Office in Masonic Build ing. upstairs. Marietta, Oct. 10, IS7B. WM. T. WINX. Wil 1.. .J. WINN. WT.&W.J. WINN, Attorney* • at Law. March 13,1877. lv "\\T |M.SESSIONS, Attorney'at Law, W office north side of Public Square iin Blackwell’s Building, up stairs. M arietta. October 1, 1877. lv' E. M. ALLEN, lies Unit Dentist, of more than twenty ' 'J-iULiX? {years. Charges Reasonable. (irricR —North side, of Public Square. Marietta, March 13, 1877. lv Dll. Cr. TENNENT, Practicing physician. Office on Cassville St. —Residence on Cherokee street. Marietta, March 13,1877. ly Dll. E. J. SETZE, PhytlcUin and tiara eon, 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 DA T. B. IRWIN, Attorneys at . Law Will practice in the Blue Ridge, Rome, and Coweta Circuits. Marietta, March 13, 1878. ly W. . I*OWK. H. M. IIAMMKTT. POWEII &;HAMMETr, Attor neys at Laic, Marietta, Ga. Will practice in tlie Courts of Cobh aud.adja . cent counties. Collecting a specialty, ly Phillips* crew, wholesale and retail dealers in Books Station iery, Sheet Music and Musical Instru i meats. 8 <fc 10 Mariettast. Atlanta, Ga. /\ Satzky, Merchant Taylor, under Jt\.o National Hotel, Atlanta Ga. YXT -A-. Haynes, (at Phillips & W|r Crows,) Jewelry, Atlanta Ga. Flf. llart, 30 S. Broad St. Atlan , ta, Ga. See Advertisemetin this paper. 3 jiRUIT J ARS—Pints, Quarts and : Half Gallons; .JELLY GLASSES, ivxtra Jar Caps and Rubbers, Cement (gad Sealing Wax, for sale by may 33 WILLIAM ROOT. RUEDE te QUEEN, Watchmaker Jewellers, MARIETTA, QEOROIA. 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. oct 2 NEW CARRIAGES and Buggies, Wagons and Harness on hand. All kinds of Vehicles built or repair ed. Work guaranteed. Orders solicit ed. 111)11) A(IRA M LiNG. CONTRACTOR AND ni’ILDKIi. npllE undersigned.continues hisbnsi -1 ness of Brick Making, Stone and jßriek Building, and is prepared at any time to take contracts on the most reas onable terms, and to execute them in the most satisfactory manner. 11. B. WALLIS. Marietta, Mqrch 13, 1877. ly OREER i ~RE YN 01 jI) S, Dentists. WEST RIDE OF TIIK PUBLIC SQUARE Rooms overM’Clatehey’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 ot our profession. Again we tender our .services to our friends and the public generally, confident that witii the lat est appliances and most improved in struments, with all other improvements, f fathered regardless of expense ortrou >le, we can do work as satisfactorily and efficiently as can he clone elsewhere. Marietta, Ga., March 5, 1878 MARIETTA SAVINGS BANK. .JOHN K. WINTERS, President. 11. C. BURXAP, Vice President. A. VAN WYCK, Cashier. Notes Discounted. Exchange Botight and Sold. SAGE’S CATARRH REMEDY for sale by sept ltl ‘ B. R. STRONG. •‘Appearenees are something with everyone—everything with some.” — [Bishop Berkley. 1857. 1878. Tno. W. Metcalf, respectfully in forms the citizens of Marietta and vieinity, that he is better prepared than ever to do anything in the Tailoring line, guaranteeing his patrons faithful work at moderate prices. sepl9 ly lit mvErTstirib! REDUCED PRICES! Atlanta Street, near Blacksmith Shop. Marietta, Georgia. and. SPII.MAN has just J|jEfer2sjßMLoj><-noil near Barker and £2S£jLJKSL Manning's Blacksmith Shop, a first class Livery Stable, where the public can be accommodated with fine Horses and elegant Buggies at re duced prices. Can always !*• found ready to respond to any call, in supply ing the needs of local nr transient pat rons. Parties hiring are responsible for themselves and teams. Good accom modation for Drovers. Stovk bought .and sold on commission. J. SPII.MAN. Marietta, Aug. 6, 1878. ly THE FIELD AND FIRESIDE. Vol. ll.] B. R. Strong, (Bu(‘c*of9Bor toll. W. ’Williams,) BffSST, AND Apothecary. WILL continue business at the 01(1 Stand in MARIETTA, and will keep on hand, and for sale, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OE FRESH AND GENUINE Drugs! Chemicals! Toilet and i'aiicy Article"! Paints and Oils! Fine Perfumery, etc. All which will be SOLD LOW FOR CASH. Prescriptions carefully com pounded by an experienced Ajiotheca rV, AS HERETO 1-ORE- B. R, STRONG. Books and Stationery. School Books and Stationary 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. 2fl, 1878. FINK CIGARS, best smoking ami chewing Tobacco, at sept 15) B. R. STRONG’S. /Y AHKETT’S SCOTCH SNI FF V X for sale by sept 11) B. R. STRONG. Pure Cider Vinegar— Received at the Drug Store of B. R. Strong. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Tropical Vanilla (warranted good), Le mon, Rose, Peach, and other Flavor ing Extracts, at june27 B. R. STRONG. HIKD SEED.—Canary, Rape ami Ilemp Seed, for sale at the Drug Store of julie 27 B. R. STRONG. JAYNE’S HAIR TONIC’, Ayer’s Hair Vigor, I.yon’s Kathairon, Bar ry’s Tricoplieroim, Vaseline Homier, and various other Hair Dressings, also Hair Dyes, for salt; by june27 B. It. STRONG. j. B. O’Neill & Cos. HAVE REMOVED THE I It STOCK OF General Merchandise To Gus Barrett’s old stand, East side of Public Square, Marietta, Georgia. \t here they will keepa full line of choice Family (Irocries STAPLE DRY GOODS, /attorn tons, Botions, Boots and Shoes, &c. All of which will be sold low for cash. 11. D. McCutcueon 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 dr CO. Marietta, April 25, 1878. ly itm pianos, f&n TUNING AND REPAIRING. r pHK undersigned respectfully tcn- JL tiers liis services to the citizens of Marietta and vicinity as tuner and re pairer of Pianos. Warranto Ids work in every respect, and will doit as cheap or cheaper than one. Postal cards dropped in the l’o'-ollicc, will secure prompt attention. Will sell Pianos or Organs at the lowest figures, and upon as accommodating terms, cash, or oil time, to good and reliable parties. july 11-tf .JOHN HEALS. Removed! Removed! 11l AVE 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! Huts! Crockery! Clothing! AND Boots mill Slums! And every thing else kept in a Dry Goods business. B3SP N. B.—Would call the attention of all who are indebted to me, to come at once for settlement, and save cost. JOSEPH ELSAS. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly Marietta, (Georgia,) Thursday, January 23, 1879. J. M. Wilson, MANUFACTURER OF TIN & SHEET IRON AND Woodc ui W ares. AND 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, Arc. also. Syrup Mills, Of a Superior Make. 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, 1877. ly The White HS— THE EASIEST SELLING, THE BEST SATISFYING SeviiMaclii Its Introduction and World-renowned reputation was the death-blow to high priced machines. THERE ARE NO SECOND-HAND WHITE MACHINES IN THE MARKET. This Is a very important matter, as It Is a well known and undisputed lad that many ot the so called first-class machines which are offerod so cheap now-a-days are those that hava been re possessed (that Is. taken back from customers aftor 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 OF THE SINGER, HOWE AND WEED MAKE, IT COSTS MORE TO MANUFACTURE THAN EITHER OF THE AFORESAID MACHINES. ITS CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE, POSITIVE AND DURABLE. ITS WORKMANSHIP IS UNSURPASSED. Do not Buy any other before try ing the WHITE. Prices and Terms Made Satisfactory. AGENTS WANTED I J? kite Sewing Machine Cos., CLEVELAND, 0. Liberal Inducement* oflered to cash buyers. May, 2(1, 1878. J. D. & T. F. SMITH, General Agents, No. 50, S. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga. WESTERN & ATLANTIC Kail Road. TIME OF DEPARTURE ~ FROTI MARIETTA. No. 1, night passenger, north 2.15 p. in, No. 2, night passenger, south 9.52 p. m. No. 3, day passenger, north 0.45a. in. No. 4, day passenger, south 12.0 H a. in. No. 5, day freight, north 0.47 a. in. No. 0, day freight, south 4.12 p. in. No. 7, night fr’gt, ace. north 0.20 p. in. No. 9, way fr’gt, day, north 8.30 a. m. No. 10, way fr’gt, day, south 2.15 p. m. No. 12, aceoin. freight, south 5.00 a. in. CST'AII freight trains carry passen gers, provided they have tickets. .lime 20,1878. VV. MoRAE, Nup’t. LIVERPOOL l LOMIO\ 4 GLOBE I.ASI KA HUE UO.fl I*A \V. I'. S. Branch Assets $3,959,901 IK) Liabilities 2,191,709 49 Surplus over all liabilities $1,708,131 51 Total income of 1877 $2, 713,059 32 “ expenditures of 1877 1,003,910 79 Surplus income of 1877 $1,10ft,142 53 Aggregate of losses paid by the < 'oinpany over $79,000,000 Risks taken at. reduced rates of Premi ums. Apply to, Wm. KING, Agent. Mariutta, Ga. Oct. 31, 1878. l y Subscribe to Kidd and Fireside at one dollar. [communicated.] Gen. Toombs reiterates the as- j sertion that Georgia lias been i growing poorer and poorer every year since the war, and he ought t® add that our tuxes have steadi ly grown higher and higher. Now let us reform our governments, counts and state, reduce their ex penses tewst basis of rigid econo my—hq,;e them administered, not for the benefit of office holders, but for the good of the people, and then we.may consider the causes, otherwise, of our growing poverty. Chief among these causes is the fact that while the products of Georgia are as valuable as before the war, they cost more to pro duce them. Labor is more cost ly, and to that extent more waste ful. Look at the matter closely. Mr. pjckHoji tells us that his hands average in products about one hundred and fifty dollars. In this, the “banner” county, good hands may produce, say two hun dred dollars. This includes a good hand, a good mule, iiuple incuts, and twenty acres of land, the capital invested in which, a part from the land, is nearly e quivalent, in cost, to the product, so that it is next to impossible, with hired labor, to make farm ing pay. With land of his own, mules, implements, stock, etc., a farmer, by doing his own work, may make a comfortable living, and hard work to do that. Yet, to this complexion it- must come at last. The thrifty farmer may make his few acres fertile—• may bring them up to the highest productive capacity of the soil—- may have luxuriant grass lots, choice stock, and if he attends himself to all the operations of his farm, he will not grow poorer. But not so with the man who runs a farm with hired labor, in Geor gia, never more, while his expen ses for the year are confronted with prices for corn at fifty cents, bacon at six, and cotton at seven cents. Lucky will he be, if he finds enough left to pay his taxes. Most of our farmers have adop ted the tenent system, as Mr. Dickson has (lone, and won’t grow richer that way. With good man agement, individuals may, in some eases, succeed ; but even in these instances, they will find, in summing up the damages to land, stock and implements of the farm, that, in the course of time, they are not gainers. The evil is not understood—the difficulty is not appreciated. No farming will pay under the tenent system, or that of hired labor, where the la bor is not skilled and the land is not brought up to the highest state of fertility. It pays in Eu rope, in England, and in some states of th<! North and West, but : it cannot pay here where the cost j of raising a bushel of corn, a i pound of bacon or cotton, is more j than its value. What, is the remedy? Culti vate only as much land as vom can improve, and improvei is ( ||s rapidly as possible, as you most see that if you double its product there is no increaae in the cost of labor. If you employ teneuts, let them be skilled, and be sure that they improve the land; if you employ labor, let it be when it is indespensible. Sncli is the only road to independence; and in this you may fail, if you do not avoid “store debts,” or compel your public otlicials to live on salaries not much in excess of the earnings of your own labor. Wojikkh. Subscribe to Eield and Fireside [communicated.] Gold is king, and throughout the world is worshipped with more than Eastern idolatry. The science, so-called, of political economy explains the principles which control its production,con- sumption and an d all know how it is consumed/oV B dr tion which i..... jf at I'* 1 '* V fi^ c it etnplo" yin tlfljj m.—,iJudes of transportiß manufactures, for ed neat' poses, and the supporrof - ment. This is all right, profits upon investment and the salaries of officials do not exceed the profits upon the labor of pro duction. Commerce is the great distributor of productive' wealth. We see cities—ulcers, as Jeffer son called them, on the body poli- tic—springing up, and the pro ductive wealth of the country pours into them until the produ cers are depleted of all save a bare subsistence.- Now, when the cities of a country not only count their millions, but individuals in them often accumulate enough to buy a dozen counties, it is time to enquire whether the produc tive wealth of the country is pro perly distributed. Why is it, for instance, that the productive la bor of the country around Atlan ta does not advance in value, while the trade of Atlanta—the exchanging of these products—is creating millions of wealth? Is it not the mere substitution of the trader for the Sigueur of the Castle, to which the productive wealth of all the fiefs were drawn under the Feudal system ? When laws or customs, which are merely conventional, and founded alone upon the consent of the people, have for-a time pre vailed, they are not readily chan ged. We might have supposed that even the Hebrews would have continued, from the mere force of habit, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Egyptians. But we are living in an age of higher mental develop ment., and with higher hopes for humanity, and though other and noble efforts are now employed to enlighten it, the demand of the producer for a fAir share of j the wealth produCed'is the spirit | at work which will place society | upon its proper basis. The Gran gers have assailed transportation monopolies and the excesses of middle men, and the time will soon come when the excessive ap propriation of the wealth of the country will not go to transpor tation and speculators, and when a man cannot make as much on ♦he purchase and sale of cotton or any other product as the man who toiled to make it, and when a man cannot buy shoddy or re fuse goods at auction sales in the large cities, and, like A. T. Stew art, sell them to the producing class and receive two hundred per cent, above their cost or value in hard money. That’s the way the money goes. Lot the producer have an eye upon all other classes interested in its appropriation, in the distribution of the wealth they create, and then your farms and workshops will llourish. Toiluk. Salt for Wheat. The Rural New Yorker replies to a correspondent in this way : “ It is the strong belief of many farmers, at a distance from the seashore especially, that salt is a valuable fertilizer for wheat. It appears to decidedly stiffen the straw ami increase the yield. The quantity applied is from two to six bushels to the acre. The lat ter quantity will do no harm, but two or three bushels are enough. Fine salt should be used, and care must be taken to sow it evenly. It must be uruf#r " a f: jj will in no wise take I. a proper preparation 11 11 suitable fertilize" well put in. Bum? a considerable he, ,** applied to winter a the spring, and A . . MSI spring wheat aft ->- ‘ in and rolled, l/iltie J ’V£| lions, tin* average es "i aV Xlj| in the non Wf’! is from i-.vouammd toH abbers. [No. 24. care.' said .nought it \v ou 1 djp -*!!!* 4K 0 A* learn V’mW i here \ oil' AIU c o 11! u■ s e _ t S?f! v ! I to nd -V haft- ■ ilic\ ~,- ,M. 11 i .^wS^SS^sSSm^mMSssm piriaHßaiifi m the gipiulMill to inc! , square space 12 feet by 12 r M the tops level'and mi teet from the lour ot the 2x4 pie<-es nailing on the hoards posts, leaving ono where the ice is tobepil the remaining 2x4 pie'c J| ridge pole, and nail ojj?*eJsB rooting with battens.nve flMfl ting hole six inche.nts iindjJS should he made in l , • sor excltnnfl Bel ore packijv lj( . squ nrlg about live cords tan bark, or if these vi'iiientlv obtained, iAruSBEBj straw or bog hay ' cut about an inch loi location is not well dra'.^T^^S it. Rack a foot of dry straw w‘ll beaten dow4®;. ground before storing- iJHHN then place the blocks of teen inches from the walls of tfl building, and fill in bet ween Ufl blocks with snow or chips qgßj and around them to the the cut-straw or sawdust, covemj up tlie packing material willuu until it is full. Then coverfS top of the whole with eiglilH inches of chaff* and tread it well. If this is watched evd week and the packing careful! x r crammed down around the iccr and renewed, if necessary, it will keep well all the summer; but, if neglected, will melt away very rapidly, for when tlie ice settle* in melting it will leave cracks in the packing which -will admit warm air, and if not filled imme diately will cause waste of ice. If this building can be placed in the shade of a tree near the back door it will be better, as the heat of the sun will not strike the boards, or the whole may ho covered from view by some quick growing climbing vine for a simi lar reason. The ico house described will hold about five hundred cubic feet of ice, or lull two cubic feet a day for the warm Reason, after making liberal allowance for waste. If there is at hand an ice company,that makes a business cutting ice, it will bo found very convenient to buy enough t® fill the house of them while they are entting; they are generally will ing to Roll it at the pond for a bout a dollar per cord, which in much loss than the cost of cutting it by hand -American Cultivator. Coal Ashes on Sand.—A coi respondent of the American Cul tivator Rays that three years ago, lie commenced putting on coal ashes, and has put them on every spring since. The result is sur prising. This spot, which throe years ago was as hare and dry as. the highway, is now covered witll white clover, which has been out once this year, and is now, under a July sun, as fresh and green as in the spring. No ot her fertilizer has been used on this land, and the effect must he due to the use of coal ashes. In some spots the aslu*< were two inches thick,while there the effect is most marked. He has also used coal ashes in a compost with stable manure, and applied them to potatoes in the hill. lie found on digging them, the smoothest potatoes where there were the most ashes. From sunflower sood is expres sod a palatable, clear and flavor less oil, the demand for which in Russia is very great. It is export ed from St. Petersburg at about fifty t wo dollars per gross ton, and is said to bo extensively used like cotton seed oil, after purifying, for adulterating olive or salad oil. A considerable quantity is grown in Russia for oil pressing; (lie plant being largely cultivated in Kiels and Podulia, alsD eastward on the black soil lands, the stalks being used for fuel. mi mil- i 11e .an to tiilk t:> them WSIISI