The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-08-13

afr Editor Having very recently
taken trip to the beautiful liitlc village
Of Powder Springs, and thinking that
pc,iaps il would interest some of your
readers 70 know what we heard, thought
land saw, We would send you this short
and kasty sketch for publication (if you
sec fly in your excellent paper
A circumstance which lent consider
able interest to the occasion was that
tho District Conference Of the Marietta
4 District. NJ. +. G. S., was then in ses-
sion at that place and we expected to
hear that great Apostle of Southern
Methodism Bishop Pierce.
We started early Sunday morning
finding Zephyrus rather turbulent, his
blasts being extremely keen and strong,
but these soon ceased to be offensive and
we occupied ourselfin looking over the
various fields of corn, cotton, &C., which
lined the road. The first thing which
drew our attention particularly was cot
ton. We found the plant generally
looking finely and tolerably well cover
ed with squares and bolls. The cotton
crop of this county will doubtless be
greater this year than ever before. AT
one place We saw large field Of cotton
on only tolerably good ground which
was on average about three feet high,
the best large field of cotton that we saw
on the whole trip. Not a weed was to
be seen nor bush and the ground bore
evidences of its having been kept so all
the season. In field contiguous to this
We found matters reversed The soil
was of more than ordinary fertility, it
was in fact what most people woald call
very rich ground. The weeds grew
luxurian;ly and showed by the size to
which they had attained that their days
had been many and long, while the poor
cotton was in the most pitia6lc plight
imaginable, the very tallcst scarcely cx-
cecdng one and half to two feet in
height. And what will be the conse-
oucncc ? While the first field will yield
a bountifuI crop of excellent cotton, the
yield Of the latter will be limited IN
quantity and of an inferior quality
The fact is that the people of Cobb arc
in the habit of ovcr-cropping themselves;
they must quit this or farming will not
pay. The age of old Fogyism is fast
passing away and we are now entering
new agricultural era. We must learn to
farm practically and scientifically or not
at all.
But VIC have digrcssed, for which we
beg pardon. Corn we found even moro
promising than cotton. Indeed we
think VIC hazard nothing in saying that
if it had not been for the drought, the
Weld would have been greater taking
/ into consideration the amount of land
pIantctD than there has been for several
years before. Notwithstanding the
heavy fruit crop last year, the crop this
year is excellent. The trees are really
breaking down under enormous loads of
fruit. TO make long matter short we
will simply state that crops of all kinds
are very promising.
We arrived at the little village of
Powder Springs very early and passed
through to the springs which we found
situated at the western extremity OF the
place. As we raised a glass of the wa
ter to our lips VIC could not but admire
it's clearncss. The brilliancy OF its
sparkle seemed to illuminate somewhat
even the broad light of day. 1t spark
led as a diamond, in the early sunlight
We found the water considerably im'
prcgnated with saltpetre. This renders
It unpalatablc to some, but it is said tt
BE- very healthy.
Love Feast at 81 o'clock and ther
came a sermon from the lips of Bishop
Pierce such as few have ever uttered
The house was crowded and hundred
had to content themselves outside. Afte
the sermon we turned our backs on Pow
der Springs and soon found ourselves a
home with the settled conviction tina
Cobb is very good county to live i
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