The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-03-21
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ready TUNE and places are oeing considered.
The fruit trees are blooming III all their Ia
tive loveliness and all old farmer predicts that
this will be good fruit y ear.
AN Atlanta auctioneer took stand on our
streets during the week, crying goods and roll
ing worn out wit under hi' tongue as sweet
morsel.
TaE Marietta Paper Mill is one of the best
mills in the South aud is turning out excellent
paper. 1t is conducted by competent gentle.
men.
Those enterprising mechanics and contrac
tiers, Messrs. Henderson & Dyson, are driving
ahead with their business. Their recently de-
molished engine house is being reconstructed.
WE call attention TO the medical card of Drs
Seize & Jelks, who have formed partnership
in the practice Of medicine. They are both SO
well known as able and skilled physicians, that
is il useless for lis TO recommend them to this
community where they have given such geuer-
al satisfaction.
ACCIDENTS still occur on the w. &. A.
Railroad. Last Saturday, at Alatoona, train
backed in on the side-track and before the en-
CINE could clear the main track, another train
rounded the curve and run against the engine,
precipitating it from it's eqnipoise, damaging
the locomotive with more than usual success
THIS is Court week. The Juicy corn
made several weakened fellows ground theft
arms and wres,le all night with imaginary be.
ings One "tangle-foot' subject, in tryingto ex
plain how he felt under the influence of whisky
said, "The night before he felt like he owned
Marietta, but next morning he felt like he
wouldn't have the place if it was given to him. y
TONIGHT Rev. Geo. Smith will deliver at
Nichols Hall lecture on "Old Times in Geor-
gia,'' for the benefit OF the Methodist Church
building Those who know Mr.. Smiths style.
can recommend tae lecture tonight as being
one that will fully repay those attending for the
time and money expended, to say nothing Of
the laudable object the money is 10 be devoted
to- Let there be crowded house.
"WE ask apology Of the local of the MARI.
ETA Journal, and can only say the theft
of was made in our absence from
the Office We never Intentionally fail to give
credit when it ia deserved, and will charge our
foreman who officiates in our absence TO be
be more cautions hereafter. viii this do,
Bro n. 9"-B@nesrille Patriot. We are in
clined to think, that DIR. BLACKBURN, the able
editor of the Patriot, is strictly honest and that
his splendid literary talents will ever keep him
from being plagiarist, hut in making the
amend-, as above, We presume be intended TO
"make" an apology instead Of ''askV one
Didn't you, DR..
Our young friend, George Woods Of the
Hawkinsville Dispatch, whom we knew ere he
become associated with the destiny Of
1.-TWO souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"
took his wife and bouncing baby boy" out
buggy riding the other day, in Hawkinsvile,
and made the horse runaway, which came very
near terminating disastrously to his 'bettel
half" And, now, George has the audacity tt
step forward and say that nobody ought to sus
picion him IS having premeditated plan BY
which he might become widower. Quit you
fooishness, George, and if you have made {
bad bargain stick the closer to it.
NEAL, the bright genius who presides ovel
the local department OF the MARIETTA JOUR
NAL, INDUCES in paragraph Of diluted sar
casm concerning the Rockmart Polk-easy Re.
porter. Is that the best you can get off
Neal f"-R ockmart Reporter Sometimes we
touch a tender place, which
sensitive guilt always makes applicable 10 ti
own particular case, as the above on its casual
reading would at first seem to indicate; but our
friend GIBSON has been TOO long inthe ''edito-
rial harness" to take the allusion TO his paper
any other way than good humoredly, conse-
quently, in an attempt to pay US back in our
own coin, the above is the very best his wit
could produce, which gives good evidence that
instead Of his paper being "Polk-easy" it is
quite raey.
If there Is anything in this world of sin and
that human nature willis under, it
is to look forward to pleasure or anticipate a
trip, and on the arrival OF the designated hour
for the contamination of your wishes, the vehi-
Gle or locomotive, as the case may be, fails to
arrive. Such was the case last Monday even
ing with crowd of polite gentlemen who were
each paired off with handsome ladies, who
went to the Depot with the expectation Of pay
ing Western Star Lodge of Good Templars Of
Acworth visit But, alas, to human hopes
Fate determined otherwise. The "goober''
train failed to put in an appearance, at the
proper time. but ditched herself near Chatta-
hoochee River, aud the gay party returned TO
their homes believing
This world is a fleeing show
To mans delusion given"
and that trains, like jury's verdict, is mighty
"unsartiu' ;" while Acworth was just twenty
miles in the distance.
THE Marietta people as rule are strict con-
fornists to the rules Of health. The French
man don't care 30 much for health as he does
for frogs, soups, etc, while the German will go
his full length for krout and lager beer, and
John Chinaman will skin and eat more puppies
and rats than all the Southern tan-bats will
hold Bnt the average American Of business
turn Of mind, how fast be eats and how much
TIaua,,,s ,,,,, no,;cad II We'll yp have 1T Ynn
take your seat at the table and directly in comes
man with his mouth covered over with beard
He takes bis seat just opposite you. He seems
perfectly oblivious of the fact that you are to
eat. He grabs bread with one hand and
uses the other in making an opening to his
mouth through his thick beard. He guIps
the bread down. rams in piece Of beef-steak
and pours a cup of hot coffee on top of it all
He calls the waiter for a glass Of cold water
and then yells for more coffee aud beefsteak
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