The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-06-20
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marietta and its Environs


Marietta and its Environs,
The ancient inhabitants of Athens We're proud
Of their native city. Rome, the city OF the
seven hills, with lis thousand spires, bathed in
the radiant beams of the rising SUM- presented
a spectacle glorious to lis inhabitants The citi-
zens of Thebes were even vain of the proverb
ial architectural beauty of their native home
And why not we be delighted with our own
beautiful little city, nesting in its green foliage,
at the base of the grand old Kennesaw9
Though we have not the countless thousands
of eut-throats of Rome, nor the thousands OF
ignorant vassals of Athens and TRebes, yet we
have advantages around lis that we should APP
preciate much above the mere numbers OF an
ignorant mgliitude. and the fading splendors
of an exterior glory. This il Gne ct those love-
ly spots of earth, that will attract the lovers OF
health and happiness from any cline, when its
thousands of resources and many advantages
are once known to the world. Our proximity
to the western mountains moderates the severi-
ty of the summers heat, and those same lofty
peaks break off the chilling blasts of winters
storm. Our high eley alton PLACES us above the
lower strata of air, loaded as it is, with stag
nant vapors and exhaling fumes from the
parching earth and drying lakes. Hence, we
are free from that dreaded foe to health-mias-
matte efluvia that stealthy invader, that
wa!keth by night and Rasteth 81 pppnaay Fzz
Who that has felt the cold grip Of this deadly
enemy, as he sent the warm blood from the
sartace to the center, with the never-o be-for-
gotten thrill through the whole body-tne chill,
whiah day after day, with the precision of
sun dial, repeats It's work Of horrar you'd
wish to leave those hills and wales of old Cobb,
and return to the messy swamps of the burning
South; where disease, like haunting ghost,
or angry demon, embitters life with its unnum-
bered pangs and its many aches Who would
leave these cool springs of pure, sweet water,
gushing frqm roeky-dell and mountain cliff, to-
drink that dirty liquid, filled with insects and
filthy slime2 Who would exchange those gem
tie zephyrs untaiuted by the foul breath OF fe-
yer, for that hot and stagnant air, that bears
upon It's bosom the deadly fume Of swamp and
lake, that annually houses in the tomb its hun.
dreds and thousands? / had rather stay
among the green hills and smiling valleys Of
old Cobb, than to breathe the hot air and drink
the flthy fluid of even the orange groves Of the
sunny South
Though our soil is not so well adapted to the
cultivation of cotton, yet, it yields we'll when
fertlized for that staple and its adaptation for
the grains and grasses more than couuterbal-
ances Its deficiency In the yield Of cotton
Here we may produce our supply of grain,
raise our beef, mutton, and hogs, and, also, our
mules and horses, and thus live independent of
the northwest. Our county is now manutac-
turing largely, and there are fine shoals yet to
be occupied with manufactures as soon as en-
terprising capitalists find out the opening
And there are thousands Of acres Of fine woods
land lying waste, waiting for the axe of the
industrious agriculturists. This wilno be the
case long. Our fine soil, healtlful climate and
pure, good water, will soon invite the pale
faced invalids from the alligator marshes and
moss covered swamps of the South and the
hardy sons of the northern aud northwestern
farmers from the snow-clad hills OF their native
homes. TO settle in this most desirable portion
of the western hemisphere where they may
richly enjoy the bounties of a munificent provi-
dence.
The invalid If the burning South, will thus
avoid his dreaded pest--the fever; and the set
tiers from the ice-bound regions Of the north
and northwest. will escape their dreaded foe
consumption. Many have already settled here,
both from the iev,l infested ponds and marshes
of the South, and from the frost-covered regions
of the north and west, and Thousands more
advantages Laboipfs are needed here to cul-
tyate those thousand of acres of surplus land,
and thus develop the sleeping treasures OF these
green hills and smiling wales. We do not need
the idle drones in the hive of life, hunting for
ease and pleasure, but the ever industrious
worker, to reduce the green wales to fertile
fields of waving grain.
Those advantages above named, and many
more that we could urge. invite the industrious
husbandnan from any and all sections, to set
tie in our midst, and adopt this as his home
This country certainly presents every induce
ment to the lovers Of health and happiness, to
settle here Our society cannot be excelled
anywhere in this State, if in any other State
We have churches, If various orders, scattered
all over the country. Our schools are fine, in
town and III the country. The Marietta Fe-
male College is headed by the best Of teachers,
both male and female, and the health Of our
city presents one OF Tie high inducements to
parents to send their daughters here to be edu
Gated and the taste. refinement, and religious
caste of our city. and its vicinity, presents also
a very high inducenent to them. There is
scarcely city in Grorgia, that has high |
school or o college, but what has more or less
sickness Of an epidemic character, but Marietta |
is free from that objection. We have no sick |
ness, but that which results from natural causes.
Almost all towns and cities have great deal Of |
dissipation in IL en- but ours is as free from it |
as any town in Georgia. Thus it will plainly |
appear, that no county in Georgia, presents
more advantages and fewer Disadvantages to
those who love the real enjoyments Of life, than
ours. ]. ]. H. Goss.
The Gallows.
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