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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07
Agricultural.
HOW TO RA1sn COTTON.

David Dickson, Of Sparta, Geor'
gia. who took the premium at the
State fair il Georgia. 10 1863, tor
eighteen bales Of cotton 90 six acres,
who before The war made S50O,OOO
10 fifteen years by farming, having
begun with capital of only s25,~
coo, and vas equally successfnl after
the war. thus laid down before bis
friends he rule, by which he was
governed in he cultivation OF cot
ton
Lsy off rows four feet apart with
shovel plough, double furrow, and
put ia fsrtilizing eight inches deep
Ridge with a long scooter, five
inches vide. Make the best with a
turning plough, and subsoi the turn
plough burrows; split out the middle
with a shovel plough. Plant with
cotton seed sower, and cover with
board or harrow First blowing
run twenty two inches sweep with
right wing turned down ; hoe out to
two or three s'slks every niue inch
es ten days after ploughing Sec
ond ploughing use the same sweep
the right wing turned up 8 little
more. Third pIoughing, same wayi
run a third furrcw in the middle to
level. :,
Cotton standing thick in the drill
will be much more forward in matur-
ing.
Cotton only requires distance one
way.
Do level land run the rows north
and south
A cotton plant to stand two weeks
drou,h must have four inches soil
and the same subsoil three weeks
six inches soil and the same sub.
coil four weeks eight inches soil
and the same suhsoil.
To improve the cotton plant, Sc
lect seed every yesc after the first
picking, up to the middle OF Octo'
Der, taking the beat stalks and best
boIls on the stalks,
From the 10Th to 10Th OF April Is
the best time to plant cotton.
Plough every three weeks and lot
the hoes come ten days behind,
cleaning the cotton perfectly.
Continue ploughing till the 10Th
or Goth of August. Once or twice
during the season, shove out the
middle with furroS, to keep the
lard level.
The pIoughng of cotton requires
one and fourth days per acre.
Cotton plants commence when
small to take on and mature bolls
and continue until they exhaust the
soluble matter or reach the full ca
pacity of the lard. Two AIS will
do that much sooner than one, and
will 90 avoid late drouth, cater
pillar, etc.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07

Good milk requires that COWS
should be we'll fed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07
RuINous POLICY

THE man isn't living who can get
rich raising cotton at ten cents per
pound, if he buys all his provisions
from the West The farmer who
buys his meat, corn, rice, flour, suN
gar and syrup, may accidentally
have little treasure laid up IN
Heaven but il is simple nonsense
for him to expect to grow well of in
this worlds goods as the result OF
such management The exclusive
raising Of cotton at prevailing prices
will never bridge the chasm between
poverty and fortune Cotton may
still be kirg. II 80. it is natural
that il should be hardeel on those
who render it the most uureasouing
devotion The people need rot
make II themselves servants to the
West. in order to cnthrone despos.
They need to declare their indepen-
dence of the old order events. They
should make their farms more near
" self sustaining. There is no wis
dom in buying anything that can be
made better at home. Before the
war the farmers of the South dld not
keep their hocks and herds end
granaries 10 the West; and though
cotton brought lower prices then
than now, industrious farmers grew
rich The man who has corn, wheat
aud meat # his own, can stand cat
erpillars, boil worms or low prices
Sparta lshmaelite.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07

Mrs. Homespun threw down the
paper and pulled off her spec'aclos
with a vicious jerk. "lt's perfectly
scsndalous y she exclaimed "For
my part, can't see how any respects
able woman could ever wear such a
thing as that. When | vas . gal,
we used to wear low necks aad short
sleeves; but mercy = And here
she cast witberiog glance at the
paper ia hsr lap before tlinging it
on the floor. "Why what's the mat
ter. auut 7" asked CiseIy, taking up
the paper. matter Matter enough.
should say y cried the excited old
lady. Just look at that fashion plate
there. If you are not ashamed to look
at it. It is perfectly scaadslons, |
do say + "Why, snut !" said Cise-
ly, her eyes Drumming with fun,
that is only a liver pad picture y
~ don't care what kind of new fan
gled name they give to it, it's scan
daious and dsersceiul, and TO wo
man that's got a spark of modesty
about her wouid ever be seen in one
of them |" Aud the old lady sighed
long and heavily.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07

A Hartford man sent a pair of
trousers to his tailor TO be repaired
TIE tailor found $500 10 roll in his
poeses and returned 1t, receiving
the thanks Of be owner therefor
When We send a psir of trousers to
our tailor to be reconstructed, and
he finds three hundred dollars 10 the
pocket and returns it, we always tell
him to keep the trousers TO- bis hon
es,s which is the best policy
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07
NJ AI2IET A
]. A. @ .aspERsoN, Proprietor.

j. A. g saae3)ERSON, Proprietor.
TMyHE BEST OF VEHICLES, THE
q safest Of drivers and The fastest of horses
are always ready, night and day. for hire No
man or woman or child ever has given me a
call ia the past. who has been, nor shall any
ever in the future, be dissatisfied with my teams
or the men in nv employ. Everything and
everybody about me are NO. ONE
| have cheapened my chagres propartionste
to the stringency of the times. For references
IA to he truth of what say, as to the turn-onts
and charges, go to my friends, VIII Oh means
the public generally.
Parties hiring are strictly responsible for the
afety of themselves, vehicles and horses
J. A. g. ANDERSON
Dee 18th, 1874.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07
NOTICE.

will open MATTRESS SHOP in Frev
er'. Buildiug and will slso be prepared TO do
Psperiug PAN ting snd White " ashing
IRON is- L. siy- entire satisfaction I" al VIII
NAV desire anything done in this line.
V-fy Respectfully,
III 1s.AS LYMAN
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-04-07

THE neatness OF the Job Printing we
turn out al this Office, viii complre aV'fa
blv with any done in Atlanta. IN We ''aI
antee TO work as cheap. come and sc on
pecimen
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02
The New Tax Law.

~, -, .. A. 4.
mere seems 10 pe some oouo, III Ono
minus vi many inuivioua's 40 W U.o 'oop'
y, se'''on ','iru VI .ne "o0 W e1'a.N,
a''o" p"sseo a' 'ne ia.o 'eSs'Va u '"' 's'
'"''''' ms ''0''o" 10 '' 'oi''"
SECTION o. sad plank inventories Shan ",so
Snn s.n "nVn t s ,ho a v sav 81 Anrii
10 the amount Of deduction claimed; and no de.
duction shall be made In the list Of any person by
reason of debts owing by him, unless such state
ment includes the name ana place oil residence o,
oa0n poieon VI nini " wno.n "e 10 ~ ,"uoo'ou
ern nov on ., account ~ HE he,na an spdorser or
suretv for apotber, nor shall anv deduction be
allowed q taxpayer on account Of joint indebt-
edness, except to the amount which he would be
obliged to pay II all the persons jointly bound
were to pay equal parts OF the debt And from
any deduction allowed by listers on account OF
debts there shall be deducted the amount OF
United States government bonds and other nom
taxable securities owned the taxpayer claiming
such deduction, and all debts due him from SOL
vent debtors
The question IS raised, does thls section
permit the deduction oil DEBTS secured by
mortgages on real estate, provided the re-
qulrements oil the new law In relation 10 the
amount OF each debt, the name and place oil
residence OF the person to whom tax
payer Is so indebted, are compiled withr Ii
must be borne in mind that this act Is not
sweeping one, replacing all previously exist
ing laws on the subject OF listing and taxa
ton. 1t is merely supplemental act de-
signed to remove certain Inequalities In
taxation, and repeats only so much OF the
old laws as are inconsistent with the new
act Section nifty, chapter elghty-three oil
the General Statutes Is as follows;
There shall be deducted from the list OF the
personal property oil each person the amount OF
al ueo's uae rom suon perso" o,er anu HooVe 'ne
si,rars tha, anr nar.on ciairoing a abduction on
account of his debts shall answer all such interrog
atores in regard to debts due or owing from him
as shall be propounded to him by the listers, as
PROVIDED In section twenty-nine Oh this chapter'
This law IS not repealed by the new act
and is stlll the law OF deductions by winch
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02
President Garfleld's Church.

Intelligence from Washington is to the
effect that the movement in the Christian
church for the construction of new edifice
for the denomination in that city, in honor
of President-elect Garfield, is advancing sat
isfactorily, so much so that instead of a
church costing $4,000, which was hoped
for when the movement began, there is now
reason to believe that the amount subscribed
will reach double that sum, if not quite
100000 Organizations have been effected
in many states. Mr.. Joseph Smith, jr., of
Chicago the head of the movement, is in
receipt of large numbers of letters from
every quarter, containing encouraging words
and voluntary subscriptions in amounts
ranging from few dollars up into the hum
dreds. Every state and territory is repre-
sented in the support rendered the enter
prise. There are now in the United States
81 900 churches of the Campbellite denom-
nation, with total membership of 57S,S21
and ministry of 1896 The church is
strongest in Illinois, where there are S9,297
communicates, and weakest in Rhode Is
land, where there is only one church, with
congregation numbering thirty souls. The
Rev. w. F. Power, pastor of the Christian
church on Vermont avenue, which is the
only church of this denomination in the Dis
trict, will undoubtedly be pastor of the new
church for three years at least. He is
popular minister, and man of great
strength Of character. Unless the subscrip-
tions for the new edifce exceed the amount
anticipated it will be erected on the site of
the present church, and, in accordance with
General Garfield's expressed wish, will be
plain, unpretentious structure.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02
Higher Education.

The annual report of President Eliot, of
Harvard University, has just been issued.
There are many interesting features in the
document. Mr.. Eliot says that there are
now scattered over the United States about
three hundred and sixty colleges or univer-
sites, exclusive of institutions which receive
only women. OF these nearly two hundred
have been organized since 1850 only twenty
of them were in existence before this CEN
fury, and only twenty-eight were in exist
ence in 1920. There are forty-three agr.
cultural and mechanical colleges (so-called)
endowed by the government, the great ma
jority of which charge no tuition fee. While
the population of the United States is prob
ally increased about five-fod in the sixty
years between 1920 and 1880, the number of
colleges and universities has been multiplied
by fourteen. All the old colleges in the
original states charged and still charge tu
ition fee; but the principal increase in the
number of colleges has been at the west
and it is there that the practice of charging
no tuition fee most obtains. The difficulty
of justly estimating the relative standing or
merit of these various institutions is very
great, particularly for an uneducated man
who tries to choose a college for his sons
The names college and university afford no
indication of the real grade of the institu-
tions to which they are applied, and the
common criterion of price-the rule that the
dearest is probably the best-also fails for
some of the institutions which charge very
low price, or none, are better than some
which charge higher fees. The tuition rates
at Harvard are $3.50 year.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

CHAPLIN AND GREELEY,--Dr. Chaplin, says
New York correspondent, was the only
preacher Horace Greeley cared to hear. Mr..
Greeley attended his church with as much
regularity as could be expected from an ac-
tive journalist, who can call neither the day
nor the night his own. He listened to
Chaplin principally on Sunday evenings 1t
used to be said though he attended pretty
regularly he did not hear the sermons at all
in fact, that he went to church to sleep
rather than listen. 1t was his habit to shut
his eyes when the sermon began, and keep
them shut till it was over. But it may have
been mistake to say that he slept. Some
men hear best, or seem to, with their eyes
closed. Perhaps they are then able to keep
their ears open all the wider. Mr., Greeley
was once taken to task for sleeping through
the sermon. He said that he had not slept a
wink. "I'll guess" said the accuser, "that
you didn't hear one word DIR. Chaplin said"
The only answer was a clear concise sum-
mary OF the sermon from beginning to end.
A smart reporter with his notebook could
not have done better. Mr.. Greeley had
heard every word, though he seemed to be
doing in his pew. His wonderful memory
stood him in good stead then, as it did on
many other occasions. He could depend on
1t for the salient points of any address or
sermon, and he often made almost verbatim
reports from memory alone. He and Chaplin
were the best of friends, and no man was
more panied by the great editors melan-
choly death than the pastor of the church OF
the Divine Paternity.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

THE SABBATH DAY.-The supreme court
of Wisconsin has filed an opinion of some
Importance to people who are in the habit
of doing business on Sunday. The case was
that of Frowert u.s. Decker, in which it was
held that loaning money on Sunday is trans
acting business, and is, therefore, illegal
under the statute. The fact that person
borrowing money retains it and converts it
to his own use does not raise an implied
promise on the part of the borrower that
would be binding in law upon which an &C.
ton could be maintained for the recovery of
the money. The supreme court goes step
farther, and expresses a doubt whether a
subsequent expressed promise to repay the
money borrowed on Sunday, on the part of
the borrower, would put the lender in such
shape as to recover the loan or any part
thereof in the courts.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

VRRMoNTERs IN SAN FRANCISCO. The Pacific
Coast Association Native Sons OF Vermont has
now been In existence three years, and has in
that time increased in membership from thirty to
upwards Of four hundred Meetings OF the soci-
ETY. are held monthly, at which usually about two
hundred attend, and enjoy social and literary
hour together, ending with refreshments and a
dance The third annual reunion was held Jan
uary 18th, when some Ave hundred were in at
tendance including all the noted men in law, re-
ligion trade and science resident upon the coast
Among those present were Henry l.. Dodge OF
Burlington superintendent OF the United States
mint; Luther G. Dodge, formerly mayor Of Bur-
lington; Hon. j. Mem Shafter OF Craftsbury;
Judges Cary and Edwards OF the superior court OF
California; ex-Judge George W. Tyler OF Middle
bury Hon. A. W. Scott tpresident OF the society,
a Franklin county boy, formerly of Bakersfield,
now leading merchant Rev. John Kimball,
publisher Of the Pacific, the organ OF the Congre-
gationalsts formerly of Barton; Hon. Henry Ed
gerton OF Rutland; c. Webb Howard OF Cabot,
president OF the Spring Valley water works, cap
ital eleven millions; II, n. Tilden Esq, OF Barre;
Charles J. and Otis +. Wiley OF Danvile; C. II.
Blinn OF Burlington and many others who claim
the Green Mountain state as their birthplace
Letters were read from President Hayes, Presi-
dent elect Garfield, Hon. George +. Edmunds and
other distinguished persons, expressing regret at
their inability to be present, At the close OF the
literary exercises the Vermont supper was given
full attention, and then came the toasts "The
day we celebrate" was responded to by Judge
shafter; " Remarks at home and abroad" by
Judge Tyler; "The common schools OF Yer
Han Mann wl..ta. ..l...s.
San Francisco schools and " Our adopted .tate,"
by President A. W. Scott. After the banquet,
dancing was resumed and carried on into the
" wee sma hours OF morning,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02
Methods Of Claim Agents.

The dishonest methods of certain claim
agents have been receiving exposure at the
hands of the commissioner of pensions. N.
w. Fitzgerald, a solicitor Of claims In WASH
ington, having been requested to report
progress by client, replied in substance
that since filing the claim he had been doing
all that one could do to represent the best
interests of his client before the pension Of
fee and bring his case to a successful issue ;
that he had made good progress and hoped
soon to notify him of favorable settlement,
closing as follows You are aware that
am allowed 10 collect fee of ten dollars on
pension claims, and owing to my heavy Of
fee expenses / am compelled to demand
prompt payment. You still owe me eight
dollars on your case, which hope you will
remit at once and oblige." The record of
the pension office showed that Fitzgerald
had done nothing beyond filing the case,
which justified a report of progress, and that
it had only been reached for action, that is,
to call for evidence from the war depart
ment, of which fact Fitzgerald knew moth
ing. The client made a statement of his
case to the commissioner of pensions, clos
ing as follows I" As late as last November
my attorney writes to inform me that he is
making good progress, and hopes soon to be
able to notify me of favorable settlement,
and reminds me that owe him eight dollars,
which he hopes l will remit; this, when all
the facts in the case show that he has been
doing nothing whatever in my case, but, in
fact, withholding the very evidence you
want. appeal to know whether client
should pay the attorney his fee in advance.
This is matter of Importance to others as
well as myself" The commissioner of pen
sions say the shortest way of avoiding all
these troubles is to employ no pension agent.
1t is entirely unnecessary, and does not ex-
pedite an honest case.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

THOUSANDS of people declare that they
would favor the enactment of strict pro-
hibitory law if the masses were educated up
to that point and would sustain it, but they
do not believe in putting laws upon the
statute books that the public sentiment will
not uphold. The obvious thing for those
people to do is to manufacture sentiment
that will uphold a prohibitory law. In Con-
necticut there is movement to do that very
thing. A bill has been introduced in the
legislature directing the governor to appoint
a commission of three to prepare small
book for use in the public schools, showing
such facts as science and experience have
verified with regard to the effect of alcoholic
liquors on the body and brain, and the rela-
ton of alcoholic drinks to personal estate
and public well-being. This would be com
mencing to educate the public at just the
right place. Impress upon the school chill
dren that alcohol impairs body and brain,
dulls moral perceptions, is the cause of four
fifths of the crime committed, and the next
generation will sustain prohibitory law.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02
Notes and Notions.

The legislature of Nebraska is spoken Of
as "tbe boy legislature" Only eleven mem
bers of the body are more than fifty years
old, and forty are less than thirty.fve
years old.
HOWELL L. JACKSON, state credit demo.
crat, was elected senator from Tennessee on
Wednesday on the thirtieth ballot, which
stood jackson, seventy; Maynard, twenty.
FIVE; Rose, one
GENERAL WEAVER predicts that there
will be no democratic candidate for the pres
idency in 1884. "There will be only two
candidates in the field" he says, "the re.
publican, or strong government candidate,
and the greenback candidate" And he ex-
poets the greenbacker to win.
LUDLOW street jail, New York city, has
one prisoner who has been in Jail for debt
five years, another for four years, and num-
Der who have been imprisoned over year.
New York can scarsely claim to be civ
ilized state while its legislature takes no
steps to wipe out this disgrace
CINCINNATI Gazette "If General Garfield
attempts to conciliate all interests and to
satisfy all great leaders, nevertheless, we ap-
prehend he will not go to such an extent in
that direction as to dissatisfy himself. He
is one who, avowedly, deems it essential to
have the approval of his own Judgment"
GOVERNOR CORNELL Of New York. in
welcoming General Grant the other day,
said that he, "more than Washington, was
first in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen." The Charleston
News and Courier says that General Lee
was greater than Washington. The race is
not degenerating, it seems.
SECRETARY EvARTs, declining an invita-.
ton to attend the banquet of the Vermont
residents of Chicago, wrote; al shall soon
be again the master of my own time and en-
gagements, and one of the pleasures of my
expected emancipation will be an opportu.
nifty to see something of men and things in
the great west and the new south"
The Charleston Netcs (democratic), dis
cussing General Garfield's recent speech to
colored citizens, says General Garfield
will give peace and union to the whole
country if he acts up to the high level of his
utterances at Mentor. The southern whites
will cooperate with him in whatever meas
ures are proposed looking to the elevation
and improvement of the colored people, with
view to qualifying them as rapidly as
practicable to make their numerical strength
effective in promoting honest government
and unfolding equal rights. The first step
must be to send the rascals to the rear"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

WELL sAID.-President Haygood of the
Emory Georgia. college recently said "The
mass of our people were never so comfora-
BILE in their lives Or in the lives of their
fathers. There are not perhaps as many
rich men there are hundreds of thousands
OF comfortable middle-class people. There
are fewer mansions on the plantations, there
are many more slightly and pleasant cottages
on the farms The people, the great mass
of the people of Georgia, were never SO well
fed, 80 well clothed, 80 well housed as now.
They are increasing in substantial wealth,
What is important, they are improving
in all good things, as in the spirit of polit-
ical and social federation, in hearty support
of law, in intelligence and morals"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-02-02

THE Rutland county dispsnsary has organized
by the election Of board OF nine trustees, as fol-
lows: DIR. NJ Goldsmith, Hon. ira G. Allen, John
J, Myers, j, NJ. Haven, W. Y W. Ripley, George
R. Bottum +. p Gibson, Hon. Redfeld Proctor,
Hon. John W. Stewart DIR. M. Goldsmith was
chosen president, Hon. Ira c. Allen vice-presi-
dent, and George r, Bottum secretary and treas
urer, and the following were elected finance
committee, J, Haven, John j. Myers, George
R. Bottum The object OF the society and OF the
donor Dr. Goldsmith is to provide dispensary
where medical advice and medicine can be given
to the poor who apply, and where the poor may
DO treated for all diseases.