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DUTY OF PARENTS
IN SUSTAINING
Sabbath Hc*lioolk.
HY HKV. JAM KS A. CLKMKNT.
PART 111.
It may he further stated in behalf of
the institution now under consideration,
that it exerts an influence almost second
to none other in its counteracting influ
ences upon the infidelity of the age. That
this species of evil is widely extant over
the land, no observing mind can fail to
see. In certain localities it has put on its
most insiduous forms, and the church has
to some extc nt realized that power by
which it may be most successfully coun
teracted, which is by educating tire chil
dren first and last in the great and cardi
nal principles of religious truth as revealed
in the Bible.
Have we not seen that this religious
training is the primary and prospective
object, of Sabbath school instruction? The
Bilile is the only recognized text book,
and its teachings are sought to he
impressed upon the infantile miad
through its various stages of development
until its arrival at maturity. For is it not
grown into an axiom, a self-evident propo
sition, never to be called in question, that
impressions made upon the mind and
heart in early life, rarely, if ever, effaced;
that they are more lastiag, and influence
the character to a greater extent, in after
life than anything else?
Hence, the Bible sailh, “Train up a
child in the way he should go, and when ho
is old he will not depart from it” A child;
a very young person. Take it while
young—whilst it is yet of tender years,
susceptible of having impressions made
upon its mind, and how ineffaceable are
those impressions! This is the teachings
of Sabbath schools. Was there over
known a man, who had been trained from
early years by Sabbath school instruction
to become an infidel? Am! need 1 ask
why? If I do, the answer is at hand. He
bad early impressions made upon his
mind of a divine nature, they have grown
with his growth, and now they have, as
might be anticipated and rightly adjudged
ripened with his years, and hence will not
depart from them. They have become
parts and parcels of his owal being and
and intellectual accomplishments, which
result in accordance with all the princi
ples of mental and moral philosophy bear
ing upon this subject. So powerful is
this principle, and when taken in con
nection with the mighty army of Sabbath
schools all over the land, it becomes a
force irresistable, calculated to elicit the
approbation of all the good and pious of
every name, and excite the enmity and
opposition of all the powers of darkness.
An infidel who used to ridicule and
rail against religion, upon a certain occa
sion, observed that “of all the religions
that ever cursed the world, the Christian
religion is the worst. But,” said he, as
if considering what he should do*>> stop
its progress; “what I shall do to put
down these infernal Sabbath schools, 1
don’t know- I’m afraid of them!” Then
that which so alarms the fears of infidels,
should encourage the hopes and nerve
the hands ef all Christians, and for the
very reasons, such infidels would pull
down Sunday schools, Christians should
strive to build them up. And for those
veiy reasons, and to save our own ehil
d.-wl from becoming infidels, should every
parent not merely say to them go, but
take these little ones, every returning
Sabbath, by the hand and say, come my
little, loved ones, let us go to Sunday
school.
Another very natural sequence of Sab
bath schools, apparent from what has al
ready been advanced, is, their tendency
in preventing and removing crime and
vice. We have said that the earlier prin
ciples of right and wrong are instilled
into the minds of children the better, and
fairer will be the character founded there
upon, and the more useful will such a life
prove itself to he.
An instance of this is given by the
1 Evangelist in the ease of the young man,
who came so humbly and beseechingly
inquiring of the Master, “What good
i thing shall l do, to inherit eternal lift?”
| And when told to keep the comuiand
! merits, replied, “All these have I kept
from my youth up.” And so full and
! deep of meaning must this reply have
been, that it elicited the love and com
passion of Him to whom all things arc
known.
Mark! this amiable trait of character
was not of recent date, but had been
forming from his youth; from hi? earliest
childhood no doubt, in accordance with
the teachings of Heaven, in reference to
parental obligations. By this training he
had been kept, from vice and immorality
in confirmation of the saving, “.lust as
the twig is bout, the tree's inclined,” and
which contains ns sound divinity, as it
does natural truth.
The same principle that attains in the
natural world, attains in the moral and
religious world. You incline the young
and tender twig toward the north or
south, and bring continually the proper
i influences to bear upon it in that position
* and the matured tree will he inclined or
formed in that direction. 80, in like
manner, bring the proper influences to
hear upon the mental and moral powers
of the young and tender mind and heart,
when that youth arrive at manhood's prime
it will bo amiable and lovely, an i demon
strativo of the power of early education.
So then, just so extensive as this training
is given, just so in proportion will it pre
vent crime and vice, not only in one, but
in all, in the radius of such influences.
! And, if the prevention of crimo and vice
is desirable, and tends to the promotion
1 of happiness in the individual, and in the
! community, so responsibility devolves
upon those having charge of the young
and rising generation; and if the church
has undertaken this great and important
task, are not parents bound to lend their
utmost endeavors to sustain the church
in this arduous, though delightful task?
, Let parents stop and ponder well their
: responsibility in this regard.
(to UK CONTINUED.)
Job!ink’s Shirt.
“Madam,” said Joblink, on Sunday
! morning, pausing in the operation of
; shaving, and husky with wrath, “do you
[ mean to toil me ”
“1 mean to tell you, Josias Joblink,”
I cried time excellent woman, his wile, sit
sing up in lied, “that you don t leave this
i house to-day. 1 hope you haven’t forgot
| your Christian bringing up to he galla
i venting about the streets on the Sab
bath."
Joblink groaned and returned to his
! shaving. Then he couldn’t endure it and
, laid down the razor.
“Maria,” he began, with soothing per
| suasivoness, “now you know very wall
; that Mr. Fair was kind enough to say be
l would take me down to the Con Virginia
I to-day to show me through the mine, and
! perhaps he may give inc a point. I t
j really w ill not do lor me. to break through
| such an engagement. I put it to your
self, no>v.”
“I tell you once aml for all, Joblink,
that, you shan’t leave this house to day.
With a sort of scream the poor gentle
man seized his hair with one hand; stand
ing thus, his face partly concealed with
lather, Mr. Joblink gazed upon his fair
clean shirt hanging over a chair before
the fira, and after a moment's heaving of
the breast, shouted rather than said:
“Damn it, Madam, 1 skull go.”
With a cry that, bespoke an outraged
! woman, Mrs. Joblink sprang from her
1 couch, and, before her unfeeling husband
; could perceive her intention, had seized
= his clean shirt and crushed it into the
basin, wherein Joblink bad but a lew
minutes before performed bis ablutions.
“Cow will you go?” observed Mrs.
Joldink.
Emitting a short, rasping laugh, the
hardened man went to the bureau, opened
j the d:awer and quietly took therefrom
the six shirts that remained to him, and,
! before the horrified eyes of bis abused
i wife, tore them with seeming calmness
into shred i. When he had completed the
I destruction of bis own linen the ntan, with
the same terribly collected manner, open
j ed another drawer and commenced the
i work upon his wife’s wardrobe- The
j shriek which burst from her lips before
she fainted brought in the other lodgers.
And this accounts for the peculiar mam
nor in which Mr. Joblink has buttoned his
coat the past, few eayx.
Tryin j to Marry a Dying Man,
Jeff White was one of the wealthiest
and drurikcnetyoung men in Los Angles,
I Cal. Katy Harvey was beautiful, but she
belonged to a poor and wicked family, who
conceived that they might mend their for-
I tunes by inducing Jeff to marry Iter
Katy did her best to fascinate Jeff, and
; succeeded; but Jeff was not incline-1 to
; marry, and. bis sister influenced him as
mu ih as she could the other way, The
littrveysgot him into their house, ami
gave him whiskey and in irphine for two
weeks. By that time he was at the point '
of death, and consented to the marriage.
A wiiling Justice Was found to perforin
tlie ceremony, but with his arrival came
Miss White, determined to prevent it.
T hen there was a scene of strife at the
dying man’s bedside. Katy took lii.s hand,
arid the Justice began the ceremony.
Then Miss White pulled Iter brotiici’s
hand away. In the midst of the confusion
ho died, uumartied.
- * (V
It is said that tiie moon has gained!
about an inch in rapidity of motion within j
the last hundred years. This is, no doubt, i
true, for young men will tell you that ;
when talking at the gate with tlmir sweet
hearts the moon goes down much quickei |
now than it did when thoy were boys i
waiting to rob a watermelon patch.
Drunkenness Uo Excuse for Crime.
At last a “respectable brute" who
knocks down his wife, and kicks her after
she is down, is not, allowed in a city court
to mitigate the severity of his sentence by
the plea that he dido t know what he
was doing booauso he was drunk.” It is
strange how in the past the condition into
which so many first put themselves to give
them bogus courage and bring out their
inherent brutality, should be in any way
reparled as an excuse for their offenses.
Niue drunken men out often know per
fectly well what they are about. They
show considerable method in their mad
ness. They do not strike or abuse those
whom they arc certain will quickly resent
such abuse. A club ot a pistol have still
strong arguing power for the whiskey
crazed brain. Rum, m many eases, is
u-sed us a preparation for crime. It, blinds
men temporarily to consequences and
blunts the sensibilities. This is exactly
the mental condition desired by many
when they wish to commit a robbery,
knock down an inoffensive man or beat a
woman. The fiist step taken by despera
tion, disappointment or revenge, in order
to materialize the demons of imagination
is to “go off and got drunk.” The crimi
nal knows that sobriety dulls the edge of
recklessness, watonness and cruelty. He
wants it sharpened. There may he little
voluntary reasoning in this matter, but
men’s minds are very apt to reason in
voluntarily towards' tho consummation of
any desired end. Hitherto a premium
has been laid on drunken crime, especially
in cases of domestic brutality. The
heaviest tax has been on offences com
mitted in sobriety. Let the law lie more
severe on drunkenness. Let those people
who drink to excess share some of this
responsibility along with tho harassed
saloon keeper. —A 7 . Graphic-
A Dog Detective.
A rich merchant of Paris has a hand
some country house in the environs which
lie only occupies from July to September.
The rest of tiie year (be property is undor
i the care of Lerat, an old soldier retired
| from service. About May Ist, while
Lerat was smoking his pipe before the
; door, two men in blouses, carrying a largo
goods box on a handbarrmv, asked his
leave to deposit tlm box was set down be
hind the stable and the men departed.
In the evening Lorat's dog began to bark
j savagely. Lerat went to see what was
| the matter and found the dog guarding
j the chest, liarking and showing the fangs
, i-ienilteantly. 1 jurat crept on tiptoe to the
! box ami heard movements in it. He ran
! at once for his gun, got the gardener, and
ret o iling, opened the elm t. A man in
a blouse sprang out and started to escape
but Lerat oovued him with his gun, and
the man, instead of evading, fcli upon bit,
knees and begged Lerat not to hostray
— ■n •
him: lie would confess everything. Lerat,
however, handed him over to the police, '
who set a trap, and that night captured
Ids two accomplices trying to break hit 0
the house. The goods box dodge, it seer as
has been frequently tried of late in t .pj
about Paris-
A Punctuation Puzzle.
The following article forcibly ill jstrates
the necessity of punctuation. bt can be
read in two ways, making it a very bad or
good man, tin: result depending; upon the
manner in which it is punctuated. It is
very well worthy the study of teachers
ami pupils:
He is an old and cxpoiionced man in
J vice ami wickedness be is never found in
| opposing the works of iniquity he takes
I delight in the downfall of his neighbors
i lm never rejoices in the prosperity of ppy
| of his fellow creatures he is always to
j a d-t in destroying the pee j 0 f ,y -s.niel.y
be takes no plea, ore m .awing tile Lord
; lie is uncommonly and' I ,’.g„i,t iq sowing dis
i ord among Ilia (Vicnds n,,-| acquaintances
j he takes no pride in laboring to promote
the cause: ot <Jli-'. rt tianity ho lias not been
negligent in yrdeavoring to stigmatize ail
public teachers he makes no effort to sub
! dtu* bis evil passions be strives hard to
: build up Satan’s kingdom ho lends no aid
to tlu support of tho heatliern lie con
tributes largely to the devil he will never
go to heaven he must go where ho will re
ceive tho just recompense of his reward.
A great many boys complain that, there
are ho places. Perhaps it t.- bard to get
such just as you like. But when you get
a place—and there tiro places—this big
country, we are sure, has need of every
good boy and girl, and mail and woman in
it—wit n you get. a plaoj, we say, make
yourself useful in it; make yourself so
necessary, by your fidelity and good bo
! liavior, that they oannot do without you.
j Be willing to take a low place at first; no
matter v,fiat the work is if it be honest
; work. Do it well; do it the very best you
I can. Begin at the very lowest- round of
' the ladder, and climb up. The great
want anywhere is faithful, capable work
ers. They are never a drug in the market.
Make yourself one of these, and there
will always be a place for you, and a good
otic, too.
—ay* <,
“Now, then, state your case,” said a
lawyer, the other day, as lie put the five
dollar bill away in his vest pocket.
■' W ell,” began his client, suppose the
man living next door wants to put a barn
right against my line, coining within two
feet of in/ hou-e? ’ "tie can tdo it, sir
—etiu’l do any suJt thing,” replied tho
lawyer. "But 1 want to put my barn
right up against, his line,” remarked fits
client. "Oh -ah -yes, 1 see. Well, go j
right ahead and put yourbarti there. AH
the law in this ca-e is on your side."
NUMBER 28.
Parents, many of them, have ceased to
I command their household af’tor thorn.
Children at a vcryoarlyage cease to honor
I their parents. Boys are young men, girls
are yt ting ladies, before they are into
their teens And when a boy sits up to
I judge for himself as to his hours and
habits, in spite of his father's wishes, and
a girl assumes to know more than her
mother about her company and her dress,
the rebellion has bropeti out, and, unless
it is put down, the ruin of domestic peace,
and very likely of happiness and hope,
follows naturally. When I hear a boy
speaking of his father as “the governor,”
or “the old man,” I know there is a screw
loose, and the boy has taken a long stop
toward the had. And the girl who pouts
when reproved by her mother, and jerks
off her bonnet in a pot when restrained
from going abroad, has already mutinied
against the law of Heaven, and entered
the road that loads tp a gulf fiorn which
there is ho return.
It seems, that there are times and sea
: sons when the introduction of religion into
' conversation is inappropriate. A barber
had been converted, and thought it his
duty to warn Miners. He had just
lathered the face of his customer, had
given hi- razor a liner edge, and was about
to commence operations on the throat of
| his sitter, when he put his mouth close to
the ear of bis victim, and said, irt a hoarse
whisper, “Sir, are you prepared to die?”
The effect was electric. The audience
was on its feet in an instant, and, with a
loud yell of alarm, bounded into the street.
The harbor has lately been studying,
Solomon’s proverbs, and says that theves
is not only a time when things should, be.
and ine, but also a time when they s’jcjjld.
not be done..
An old pioneeer, wlm boh dV eJ\ that
wb.it was to be would b. e ,” Vivedi in a
region infested by India i ls . -jj,, ~j waVri
took his gun with him , an \ finding
that someone ol Ins jy had .burro wed
it, he would not £0 without it. His
friends rallied line , sa yinr that there was
no danger of tho M anyhow, I'm
would not die t, t!r * t ; JiW C amo: “Yes,”
.-■■u old Loath ,ist j( jk ing ; “but suppose I
was to meet • m I an( ] hjs time was
come. It v.oul not to haVQ ui.Y
gun.
1S Vl itched for by tbo Boston
[ >l.l being os (run as most of tho
a l\ T '.'f >: .A mastiff ill that city, un
1'- 'l'‘ ay his njaster, resolved to comply
L t“' i law on bis own neeomit. He
mio v t hat to preserve bis life he most
kv ,e a lUU4K S| C . Early one mo mi nog ho
j’ o,c , twenty newspapers from doorsteps
. , v 1 on a corner and sold them, went
' vll 1 the money to a store whore muzzles
[ VI re sold, made a clerk understand that
1 a wished to boy one, and before noon
' rent borne muzzled according to law,
A young lady in a class studying physi
ology, made answer to a question put, that
in seven years a human body becomes en
tirely changed so that not a particle which
was in it at tho commencement of the
period would remain at the oluse of it.
1 lion, .Miss L—,” said (lie young tutor,
"in seven years you will cease to be Miss
I J ~ ’ 1 ” by, yes, sir, I suppose so.”
said she, very modestly looking at the
Hour.
"Anw, then, madatue, please look
steadily at this place on the wall,” said a
photographer, to old Aunt Elizabeth,
when be put her in position and the plate
in the camera,. The dear old lady looked
card at tbe designated spot from her seat,
men go l up and walked across the floor
and minutely inspected it, and then turn
ieg to the photographer, gently remarked:
”1 don’t see anything there.”
The New Vork bln/trem says: “The
Republicans need not be alarmed about
<niv. 'billion's quo warranto for the next
two or three months at least, lie ingoing
to England early in July, and will remain
there as long as he wants to, but will no
doubt return in season for Congress and
the Supreme Court, if they so desire to
inquire into the electoral laws, the
Electoral Commission, etc."
Avoid the companion who jests at every
thing. Such people disparage, by some
ludicrous association, all objects which
are presented to their thoughts, and
thereby render themselves incapable of
any emotion which can either elevate or
soiten them. They bring upon their
moral being an influence more withering
than the blasts of the desert.
Recently a Quaker's wedding took
place, and on the conclusion of the cere
mony the following telegram was sent by
the mother of the bride to tile father of
the bridegroom:
"The knot is tied,
The deed is done,
Thou bast a daughter.
And I have a Km."
-**• ♦ ,
A provincial young lady lately received
the following note, accoiupan.ed by u
boqtiet of flowers: “Rear —1 sepd
ym hi the boy a bucket of flour*. They
is like my love for u. The nite shade
tnencs kepe nark, The dag lenil mopes
i am your slave, llosis rod and posts
pail, my love for you shall never fale,"
The Cincinnati '/Vines is moved to com
ment in this wise: ‘ The t hicugo journal
It moots that the war should have become
one of sexes. The gentlemen inflate liicirJ
pantaloons, while the ladies are more uudfl
more contracting their dresses. It is
but t be ladies Spake file most llOstlm’^Bf