The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-01-15

W give kic names hl sOHle VI INC
creeks in our favored county
| Niekaiack, Rottenwood, Soaps,
Sweetwater, Noses, Mud, Big and
Little Altoona, Proctor's. Nooaday,
Bowels, Big and Little WiIlco, and
many others. which | cannot jus,
now name, but which are blessing
and 'joy forever to the regioos
which they gladden. with their merry
masic, Aud now, as if'to give US .
blessing and beauty from which we.
could never willingly sever our.
hearts, the beneticent Being who
created and upholds the world by the.
word of his power, has given Us a
landscape cf varied and diversified
loneliness, by heaving up three
mountains, (snd iupumerablu smalleF.
hiIis) to make us regard Our section
with deeper love and reverence, as
we lock out upon the "godly land."
Kenuessw mountain, famed for
romantic beauty and for historic az
socistions; Pine mountain, crowned
and side covered with the useful, re-
sinous tree, which has given to it it's
unpoetic name; Brushy mountain,
where the grape-vines twinc among
the branches and whispers Of great
future industry; and last PAGES
mountain, which some persist in call
ing hills, and which we will compro
misc upon by calling the mighty
hiIls of the upper Chat'ahoochee
all therc lend charm to dear old
Cobb, Of 10 ordinary nature. And
now, to crown all, we have the "ban
ner county of this sunny Empire
State !" Cobb-yes, long laughed
at aud almost prosecuted Cobb, bore
off proudly, the prize offered BY the
State Agricultural and Mechanical
Association = bore it of t,Cice- once
i .iscou AID once in Atlanta. She
"commands" the respect of her sis
ter counties, and challenges the ad
mira.ion Of her Industrious and hope
full, enicrprisiug citizens. We should
not forget that nc have q Roswell, a
Concord, a Laurel Manufacturing
Co., a creditsble Paper Mill, and
many other useful and praiseworthy
enterprises in actual operation
neither should We fail to remember
that we have rich mines Of gold aud
iron are within the limits Of old Cocb
mines that are attracting the eyes
Of capitalists of this and other sec
tions, of both America and Europe,
and which may, at no distant day,
be hive of industry, such as We at
present little dream Of.
But what shalt we say in regard
to Cobb's capacity as fruit growing
region Hero feel like "holding
my peace aud saying nothing" for
anything like the simple truth would
sound to "aIien" ears like exagera>
lion. Lying, as Cobb does, just on
tho 34th degree Of north latitude,
and at an elevation of 400 feet
above the level Of the sea, her soil
and climate are most admirably
fitted, not only for the health of hui
man beings and all animal life be-
longing to the temperate zones, bat
for the healthy development of all
sorts of fruit and fruit bearing trees
and vines which are suitable to such
latitude and climate, and their
name is legion. | verify believe
that there is not single county in
the entire State of Georgia that can
successfully compete with Cobb,
when she is fully proved and deyel-
opcd in the field of fruit-growing,
for which abe is so admirably adap>
ted. Let some ircredulous man
smile at this assertion if he viii, |
firmly believe that time will prove it
to be founded 10 truth, and for its
triumphant vindication we are will
to work and wait. Marietta, our
proud and handsome little capital
city, is only 20 miles from the great
and pulsing heart of Atlanta, the
pride and boast of Georgia's inland
cities. We have the great W. &
4. Railroad running right through
our entire county-are now building
a road from Marietta by way Of Can
ton, in Cherokee Co., to the noun
tains Of North Georgia, there to con-
meet with "all the outside world"C)
have in progress the Georgia Wes-
tern, (now checked up for Al little
while by reason of the panic) and
other contemplated improvements
which will give COtJ County such a
lift, and give her SO many advanta-
ges that she will make her influence
felt and cause her name to be spoken
of with respect from one end of the
State to the other.