The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-03-13
A SPICY LETTER.
POWDER SPRINGS, Ga,
March 9th, 1874.

amiss IN the columns OF Yonr excel
lent and popular paper. We can
report that our village is looking
up in the amount of its business and
The number OF buildings and repairs
We have an accession of four new
residences this year; besides a hand
some two story NJ. r. Church and
Lodge room not long since compile
red. There is also first class store
room under contract, for new bus
mess firm in the grocery line. We
have in the department Of mechani-
cal industry, and all prospecting har-
rooniously, two tanneries. two boot
and shoe shops, two wood shops and
buggy and wagon manufactures. two
blacksmith shops and one harness
and saddle mandatory. This is a
good showing up for a small town,
| think. as
The producers are doing well.
We have no loafers. Apropos to
successful effort for good school, our
citizens in a temperance move have
secured by petition law abolishing
the sale of liquor in this vicinity
The bar-keepers--energetic young
men of worthy character-have
gracefully acquiesced in the move
ment, and assert their intention of
doing lively business in supplies.
Farmers are hopeful, wheat looks
well, oats are being plentifully sown.
There is in this section mighty
dropping off in the use of CONNER
cial fertilizers. The "muchly ad-
vised," like unreasoning chasers,
have ciycled until they are getting
back on the old track of homemade
food for stock and crops. The
pendulum swings back. Tidal waves
govern us, whether it be in the matt
ter of crinoline, politics or agricul-
tural economy. The health of our
people is good, save an epidemic in.
fluence to colds and toothache. -
Along with this epizootic tendency
we have marked activity iii the
social ranks-we trust not morbidly.
Cupid has been promiscuously ener-
ge.ic and has achieved solid results
during the Fall and Winter cam
paigns. We think we can safely
say that there has been more marry
ing and "mixing clothes" the past
season than was before known to the
''oldest inhabitant." This hold is
an indication of prosperity present
and to come. 1t shows that the
young recruits of the country meet
the issue fairly in the face-are not
Stalking in the caves of bachelor
hood and rowdyism, but are in props
err place and circumstance for whole
some discipline They pronounce
siugle>blessedness too thin'-a COM
pliment to their powers Of discern
ment, and TO the attractive qualities
and solid attachments of the fair sex.
1t discovers healthful confidence
among us, and sympathy wondrous
kind.
will risk charge of making in.
vidious distinction, and mention that
two of our happy benedicts most
estimable citizens--are Of three
score years and more. Having low
ed wisely and we'll in days long since
gone by, they have again wooed and
won the sympathy of auld lang |
sine; century of widowhood dotted
its weeds. We congratulate our
old friends and thank them for such
valuable example to those who fol-
low after. Their courtships we are
informed were happy ones, having
an elasticity and vitality, and an ex-
huberant spoutaniety about them
that is positively refreshing.
learn from your last issue that
there is now and then, running at
large" in your city gent from the
"rural precincts" visiting the ''pret-
test and sweetest" young ladies'
Let me say to the ladies to think
nothing Of his gift of continuance for
tits customary in the "rural pre-
cincts"-where we don't live "next |
door," for the lad,-so comfortable
physically, and sentimentally SO de-
liciously wrought up.in exquisite at
mosphere--not to be allowed to
trudge, or otherwise betake himself
through dark and lonely ways to a
desolate abode. On the contrary in
practice tits found that remaining to
partake of the inequalities of lodg-
ing works better results. 1t is more
thorough, !more comfortable and
more common sensible, and should
be etiquetical. What youth has not
sympathized with Tam O'Shanter.
If our rustic friends propinquity to
M. was not such that he was thor
oughIy etiquetical by association he
was too fiIr from home to get back
in piece Of a night. And, Mr..
Local, | think you do him an injus>
tice to snatch this slight occasion to
under punch his spare-ribs so cruel
ly. IT'S true, some hold all means
fair in looe or war, but "pistols and
coffee would have been more schiv-
alric-would have demonstrated to
the "swestest" girls, superior devo~
ton, rather than have betrayed to a
disinterested public an overweening
and suspicious anxiety about social
etiquet. In the language of Mr.