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VOLUME TV. ROME STOVE AND HOLLOW-WARE WORKS !! A WRITTEN GUARANTEE WITH EVERY STOVE SOLD. IE ANY I'IECE BREAKS FROM HEAT. OR ANYTHING IS THE MAT TER WITH YOUR STOVE, BRING IT BACK AND WE WILL FIX IT IN TWO HOURS OR GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE. EVERY ARTICLE WARIIANED. POTS, OVENS, SAILLETS AND LIDT OF ALL SORTS, .1 <>ll IN .1. SEAY, Proprietor. OHire an<l Salesroom 30 Itroml St., Roiiif, CJeorgai. KOI NDKV COllNElt KIiANKUN STItKBT AM) HAII KOAD. Copper, Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware. TIN ItOOHMi. tiUTTEKIN’U AND JOH AVOUK I*KOMI*TI.Y ATTI* Dl l) TO TIN AVAUE SOI.; Vl.ltV CUKAT. apro 6m. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE! THE SUM M Ell Vi LLE GAZETTE WILL HE FURNISHED TO SUBSCRIBERS, postage prepaid, AT THE FOLLOWING RATES: ONE i EAR - ----- 01-T5 SIX MONTHS IDO THREE MONTHS - - 50 These rates, considering the amount of matter furnished, make The Gazette The Cheapest Weekly Paper In North Georgia. In order to enable every one to become a subscriber and sup porter of a g >od, substantial home paper, the price has been reduced to these low figures. Therefore, you are expected to give us your aid- Take it yourself, and see that all your neighbors take it.“'(b>B You need I Your Family Needs It! Your aVei>'lil>oi*!S Need It! the GAZETTE has endeavored to keep all the promises made by its proprie tors upon its introduction to tlic public. This is a guarantee of good faith on their pari, when they assert that it will hereafter not only maintain the high standard of its past career, but will be constantly improved, as experience suggests and ability enables. The wish and purpose of its management is to make the MOST USEFUL AHB READABLE JOURNAL That its income will afford, with self-denial, constant off >rt, available talent and high pride in their calling, upon the part of its publishers and editor. Asa lArEK FsiK THE I-’AMILY It will be welcomed for.the purity and variety of its miscellany carefully selected I'rom the best foreign and American literature and for its educational influence in furnishing the current News of the Day in Brief. THE GAZETTE being of True Democratic principles will countenance nothing but Truth, Justice, and fair dealing to all, and exposing all Ring- Llifiuos, Frauds, and everything that is calculated to injure or defraud the public. The Manufacturing Interests of Northwest Georgia and Surrounding country, will receive constant attention, and every measure calculated to promote them, especially the development of the various industries of'this region, will find in Ihe Gazette hearty support Thanking the public for the favor shown the paper in the past, we invite renewed and enlarged support for the future, of our efforts in assisting to make the S.-utli the peer, in industrial prosperity, educational facilities and political liberality, of any other section of the American Union. Address all communications to JAM ES A. C CKM. 12 XT, Editor and Prt.s>ricior, Sis j ircrvillc, Chattooga Cos., Georgia. SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, JUNE 11, 1877. The Funniest of Marriages. A good story is told of how Buffalo Bill performed the ceremony of marriage while he was Justice of the Peace. It was his lir.-i attempt, and the applicants were of the true western type. They called upon Cody in the log cabin where he held lus justice office. Rill had a book of forms, which lie took down and studied attentively to get some idea of how he should tie the knot, There were forms for nearly every transaction of life, but he failed to find what he was looking for, and finally slammed the book down and observed to the parties: “You two lbllers join bauds,” and the “two tellers” did so. Then he said to the groom: “Are you willing to lake, this woman to bo your lawful wedded wife, to love her, honor her, and obey her?” “You betyonr but ex," was the response of the bashful hair-lifter. “And you, Miss, are you willing to take this here man to be your wedded bus band, to love him, honor him, and sup port him?” She giggled and nodded in the affirm ative; but this didn’t suit Rill, who said: “See here, Miss, we’ve got to have this tiling on a dead square, and we can’t marry folks by halves in this country. We are bound to go the whole hog. 11 you want this here man for a husband you must speak out and say so, as though you meant it sure. I’ll ask you again. Will you take this here man to be your lawful wedded husband, to love him, honor him and support him?” This time the lady responded bravely, “Yes, sir, I will.” This satisfied his honor, and he re marked: “'1 hut settles it. Now look here you two; you are man and wife, and whoever Bill (Jody and God Almighty have joined together, lot no man put. asunder.” “And now,” added Bill, “let’s take another sip of tarantula juice, and drink to the happiness ol the happy couple,” which everybody with true western una nimity proceeded to do. At a lccont meeting of the Scottish Society of Art", Dr. Maeca lain read a paper oft buttcrine from oxen, in which lie claimed that it was quite as pure as butler. He said the original or raw material now used was the best ox suet, which was taken in a thoroughly fresh state, and the membranous parts being cut away, was gently heated in a steam pan until the liner and purer parts of the fat was liquefied. This was thou run off, and w hile still warm, was skimmed re peatedly, and thereafter allowed to cook. The semi-solid fat thus obtained was pressed through bags for further purifica tion, after which it was churned with some milk, and kneaded and salted in the usual way. In chemical properties, the buttcrine which was tiius obtained, was almost identical with ordinary butter, the o!y difference being a few per cent of volatile fatty acids forming buttcrine in the true butter. Fully 90 per cent of both butterand buttcrine consisted of the more liquid fats, which were common to both; in fact., the butter .was practically the animal fat which the cow had passed through the o lder in the milk, from which it was manufactured, and the but terine was the finer part of t he animal fat, which the ox had stored up in the suet from which it. was manufactured. A physician says that the cry for rest has always been louder than the cry for food. Not that it is more important, but it is often harder to obtaui. The bust rest comes from sound sleep. Of two men or women, otherwise equal, the one who sleeps the better will be the more healthv and efficient,. Sleep will do much to cure irritability of temper, peevishness and uneasiness. It will restore vigor to an overworked brain. It will build up and make strong a weak body. It will cure a headache. It will cure a broken spirit. It will euro sorrow. Indeed, we might’make a long list of nervous and other maladies that sleep will cure. The cure of sleep lessness requires a clean, good bed, suffi cient exercise to promote weariness, pleasant occupation, good air, and not tuo warm a room, a e’ean conscience and avoidance ol stimulants and narcotics. For those who are overworked, haggard, nervous, who puss sleepless nights, wo commend the adoption of such habits as will secure sleep, otherwise life will be short, aril what there is of it sadly im perfect. Sam Houston and the Ham. The Galveston correspondent of the New York Sun relates the following: On a recent trip to Houston I bad for traveling companion a well-known mer clian- ol this city, wbo told story after story of early days in Texas One struck me tu worthy preserving. “When my father first came boro, said the merchant, “lie settled in Houston —then the capital ofTexas. I was put in a grocery ond provision store undora very strict and parsimonious boss. One morn ing just as I bad sw jpt out, Tom, Gen. Houston's body servant, came into the ■store. Looking round be spied a fine ham --a arm in those days. having asked t.lie price, he said be would take it end the President would call around an I pay for it. f felt proud of my sale, and called the attention of (die boss to it as soon a.-, lie caiuo in. < “Did you get the money, ’ lie asked quickly. “No; but Prendon Houston is coming round to pay lor it.” “President Houston--the devil. Did Tom say lie would sue it paid?” “Then you are a fool. Now, sir, you uo straight to the* President's kitchen ami bring me that, ham, unless Tom will say it shall be paid for.” I started off very much crestfallen, and not liking the job before me. Ifut. I reso lutely walked into the President’s kitchen. Torn was there. 1 saw my barn lying there, with a few slices cut off it, and seizing it, told Torn, unless he would un dertake to see that the money was paid, I must take it back. “Tom cogitated awhile, end then said: ‘Young man, take back your meet- The Gineral is a mighty good master, but a mighty poor paymaster, and L don t keel' to involvilato myself with his debts?’” “This was enough for mo. 1 left with i the ham in my hand. Going around to the gate l had to pass the front door. There stood General Houston, the Presi ' dent ofTexas, with a pocket handkerchief ! in one hand and a toothpick in the other, i‘My little man,’says ho. in his superb manner, 'tell your master l am under great obligations fora most delicious breakfast, ; and would pay him, but I really haven't I got the money. The fact is, young man, Texas is very poor, and, as her President, i l must share her poverty.’ ” Killed the Devil. The town of Maple Grove, Wis., is ex cited over a recent Sunday occurrence there. The people were mostly at church, j and in one house a 1” year old boy was the only occupant. During the absence I ofrbe family, a man came to the house i completely enveloped in a beef hide, with I horns, tail, and all complete, and so fitted that nothing else could be seen. It was j known in the neighborhood that the oc cupants ol' this house had money, and there was there at tho time about two hundred dollars. Tho object disguised in the hide told the boy that he was the devil, and that he had come after his money, un i lie must give it to hiuY Tho boy answered that be could not have the money. The devil then told the boy that he would have him ana kill him if lie did not bring out tho money. Tho boy then stopped into the house as it howasabout to comply, but instead of bringing the money be brought a gun and shot tho man dead in his tracks. The boy then ran to the nearest neighbor, and finding only a woman there, told her he had shot the devil at his house. Tho woman went with the boy, and found that the devil whom the boy bad shot was her husband. Siiakspeare. Ilowover often wo read Sbukspearc, one thought never fails to present itself; and the more familiarly we study him, the more this thought becomes conviction: That Sbukspearc must endure as long as man can read. So long as Falstaff shall make men laugh; so long as Lear shall make them weep; so long as Richard shall make them throb; so long llamlet shall make them think ; so long as the in nocent beauty of Miranda can charm; long as the impassioned loveliness of Juliet can move; so long as the womanly grief of Desdcniona can sadden; so long as the murderous guilt of Macbeth’s lady can appall—so long will the genius of Khakspeure be a living power to the world. L< t Athens have Aristophanes; Greece keep Horner; we give Calderan to Spain; Dante belongs to Italy; Milton to Eng land; but Sbukspearc belongs to man. At a foetal party of old and young, tho question was asked : “Which season of life is the most happy?” After being freely discussed by Ibe grn sis, it was referred fur an answer to the host, upon whom was the burden of fourscore years. He asked if they bad noticed a grove of trees before the dwelling, and said: ‘ \\ h u the spring comes, and in the soft air the buds are breaking on the trees, and they are cover ed with blossoms, I think bow beautiful is spring! And when the summer comes, and covers the trees with its foliage, and singing birds are among the branches, I think how beautiful is summer! When the autumn loads them with golded fruit, and their leaves bear the gorgeous tint of frost, 1 think how beautiful is autumn! Arid when it is near winter, and there is neither foliage nor fruit, then I look up through the leafless branches as I never could tiil now, and see the stars shine.” The extravagance of not taking a home paper was illustrated last week, when a man “100 poor to take a paper,” brought a load of wheat to town and sold it for a dollar a bushel, while the market price is a dollar arid a half- lie lost five years subscription on that load alone. Ol course he will always be too poor to take a paper, or to support bis family comfortably. The advertisements alone in a local paper arc worth the subscription price. Pro posals for bridges and sell ml houses, auc tions, farms for sale or to let. estray notices, public meetings, supervisor pro ceeding.--, -iieriff sales, road notices, etc., convey uri amount of useful information of great practical value.. And as a rule the merchant who advertises largely is the best man to deal with. A friend says that the first thing ibat turned his attention to matrimony, was 1 the neat arid skillful manner in which a pretty girl handled a broom, lie may ■ce the time when the manner in which 1 that broom is handled will not afford him 1 so much satisfaction. Hard work ari l plenty of it is, in rhix world, one of the greatest safeguards i gainst evil. It requires either a very great saint or a v. ry little one to. be able ' to endure the strain ofeontinued idleness. Ordinary people are not equal to it. Wit and Humor. What is that which increases the more you take from it? Why, a hole, of course! We are told of grass in Colorado that is so short you must lather it before you can mow. We often hear of a man “being in ad vance of his age,” but whoever heard of a woman being in such a predicament? Is it a sign of hard times in tho West? An advertisement in a Western paper wants “a boy to open oysters fifteen years old.” “The sacred heavens arounds him shine,” wrote the poet. The compositor put it: “The scared hyenas around him j whine.” “That portable stove saves half tho fuel,” said an ironmonger. “Faix, thin, I’ll take two of them, and save it all,” replied the customer. t “1 hale masquerades,” said a beautiful young lady to a gallant officer. “No wonder, madam,” lie replied, "since you do so much cxcution unmasked,” A woman at the Centennial, who had only one eye, demanded admission at half j price on the ground that she could see I only half as much as other people. A Minnesota editor says that, a man ! came into his office to advertise lor a lost dog, and that such was the wonderful power of advertising, the dug walked into the office while he was writing out tilts advertisement, When a man grabs a lamp post and yells fbr somebody to hold the pavement ! down til! ho gets home, ho is not to be considered drunk any more. He lias only been having a ploasant-’un with the blue I glass t lieory. | “Aunt Julia,” said a blooming girl of . seventeen, “what is necessary in ord jr to write a good love-letter?” “Well,” re pli and tho aunt, “you must begin without i know ing what you mean to say, and finish ; without knowing what you have written.” Observe a young father trying to ap pease a bawling baby,” and you’ll witness ingenuity enough in ten minutes to make I you think that man ought to be an in ventor. If you have a good sister, Eve and cherish her with all your heart: if you have none, why then love and cherish the good sister of some other man with all your heart. Newspaper Atlv rtising. Newspaper advertising is now recog nized by business men, having faith in their own wares, as the most effective means of securing for their goods a wide recognition of their merits. Newspaper advertising impels inquiry, and when the article offered is of good quality and at a fair pries, the natural result is increased sales, j Newspaper advertising is the most energetic and vigilant of salesmen; ad dressing thousands each day, always in the advertiser’s interest and ceaselessly at work seeking customers from all classes. Newspaper advertising is a permanent addition to tho reputation of tho goods advertised, because it is a permanent in fluence always at work in their interest. Newspaper advertising promotes I rade, for even in the dullest times advertisers secure 1 y far the largest share of what is being done — John Manning. There is a coal-black negro man in our vicinity who will soon have a beautiful white stomach —a stomach covered with I as pure white Democratic skin as over | grew in Edgefield. This no doubt sounds both ridiculous and alarming, but wc will ! explain. Some weeks back, Dr. Walter Hi 1 and | Dr. Wallace Bland cut off from ihe j stomach of this negro a huge turner weighing many pounds, and upon the ; large bare spot left by the operation they - have planted numberless little stars ol 1 skin nipped from their own arms. These stars have taken root and are fast spread ing out to meet each other, so that, as wo have already said, the black man will soon have a beautiful white Democratic stomach —at all events on the outside. Science is wonderful, and in this case noble. Skin is about.all the Radicals and negroes have left u , mid to be thus generous with it is certainly very mag nanimous. — Abbeville Medium. Chief Justice .Marshall was in the habit of going to market himself, and carrying home his purchases. Frequently ha would bo seen returning at sunrise, vith poultry in one hand, vegetables in : the other. On one of the occasions, a fashionable young man who hail .removed |to Richmond, was swearing violently because lie could find no one to carry : home Iris turkey. Marshall stepped up and asking him where he lived, said: “That is my way, and I will take it lor you.” When they came to the house, the young man inquired: “What shall I pay you?” “Dh, nothing,” said tho chief justice, “you tire welcome; it was my way arid no trouble.” “Who’s that old man who brought home my turkey for me?” inquired the young man of"a bystander. “That,” replied tho bystander, “is Mr. Mar ball, duel’ justice of the United .States, ” “Why did he bring my turkey?” ‘.To give you a severe reprimand, and teach you to at tend to your own business,” was the reply. NUMBER 24. Gems of Thought. Independence is the child which is i born of a free spirit and a courageous I will. Intolerance is a foe to true thought; an enemy to investigation; and a tyrant that forbids development and progress. Luck is that which happens to us with out any premeditation on our pat t; suc cess is the result of wise plans and well directed energies. Whenever you hear a man declare that every man has his price, be sure he is for sale. Find out what he wants, give him his price, and he is your humble servant. The egotist is 1 e who is never so happy as when he is thrusting the private I in the public eye. He is the Sir Oracle upon any and all subjects. Jealousy is born of love, for there can be no deep and devoted love without jealousy. The lover who is incapable of jealousy is incapable of strong and deep ! feelings. It is not what a man thinks (hat ini pres. es the world, but what be does; and when great thoughts are coupled with great actions, the temple of fame is easily reached. Religion that is all faith, is but a re ined sitjn r.-ititi..n, and and a religion rlmt is all reason is a rational philosophy, j True religion must rise on the wings of ! emotion and reason. It is not what a man reads that makes him learned, but what he remembers and knows how to apply. It is not what one makes but what ho saves, that builds up wealth. The miser is a slave of his money; money is the slave of the spendthrift; but . the prudent man is he, who uses his money with judgment discretion, blessing himself and society. Misfortunes many times develop some men, their latent, energies are brought out while again with others, they fall like millstones, crushing and grinding them to earth. To write without thought is like shoot ing in the air to become a true marksman. It is burning powder to no effect, and wasting paper to no purpose. Old age can only be made glorious by giving to the world a good example, and the proudest epitaph that can be written upon our tombstones is that “the world was better for our having lived in it,” Many men become virtuous in their old age, because they are no longer able to sot a bad example, and make of their forced purity a text to lecture the young. If love was not a passion, and therefore blind, the ill-mated matches that make home unhappy would bo avoided. If Cupid would shoot at the head as well as. at the heart, love would be a child of reason as well as of desire. Mind. Mind your tongue! Don’t let it speak hasty, cruel, untruthful or wicked words. Mind your eyes! Don’t permit them to look on wicked books, pictures or ob jects. Mind your ears! Don’t suffer them to listen to wicked speeches, songs or words- Mind your lips! Don’t let strong drink pa-- them. Don’t let tobacco pollute them. Don’t let the food of a glutton enter between them. Mind your hands! Don’t let them steal or fight, or write any wicked words. Mind your feet! Don’t let them walk in the steps of the wicked. Mind your heart! Don’t let the love of sin dwell in it. Don't give it to Katan, but ask Jesus to make it His throne. If hypocrites go to hell by the way of heaven, wc may carry on the metaphor and add that all t lie virtues demanded their respective tolls, the hypocrite has a byway to avoid them, to get into the main road again, and till would be well if be could escape the lust turning in the journey of life, where all must pay, where there is rto by-nath, and where the toll is death. - Colton. A commercial exchange says: “Hogs are dull.” We never thought hogs were very sharp. Wh it one freaks into a cabbage patch you may chase it fourteen bundled times around tho lot, and it will try to crawl through every three inch crack in the fence without once seeing the hole it made to get in. it is all very line to laugh at a woman’s tantrums wlu n a mouse makes its ap pi aranee in the vicinity of her skirts; but a little merriment should be reserved for the man who plays circus while a Junebug is walking up the in-ido of his trouser's leg with the slow and measured step of a day laborer. An Irishman, writing from California, says: “It’s an iiligent county. Tho bed-bugs arc as big as dinner puts, while the fleas are used for crossing creeks with —one hop an’ they are over with two cn their backs.” “ I see you are in black, ” said a man to an acquaintance the other day. “Are you in mourning for a friend, 1 houias? "No, 1 a:ii in mourning for my sins.” “I never heard that you bad lost any,” was the instant and keen reply. Why is a letter like a flock of slu-cp? Bccau.-e it i- penned and folded.