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VOLUME IV. ROME STOVE AND HOLLOW-WARE WORKS !! A WRITTEN GUARANTEE WITH EVERY STOVE SOLD. IF ANY PIECE BREAKS FROM HEAT. OR ANYTHING IS THE MAT TER WITH YOUR STOVE, BRING IT BACK AND WE IVILL FIX IT IN TWO HOURS OR GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE. EVERY ARTICLE WAERANED. POTS, OVENS, SKILLETS AND LIDS OF ALL SORTS, JOHN J. SICAV. Proprielor. Ollier nnu Salesroom Rniaii SI., Rome, Georgia. KIIMIIIV COHN EH Kli ANKI.IN STItEUT AM) KA I 1.110.V11. Coppo*. Tin and Shed-Iron Ware. TIN ROOFING, GUTTERING AM) JOB WORK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO TIN WARE SOLI) VERY CHEAT. apr.VSm. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE! TI I K SUMMERVILLE GAZETTE WILL BE FURNISHED TO SUBSCRIBERS, lwr.wtE piu:l'aii>, AT THE FOLLOWING RATES: ONE YEAR - - 11.75 SIX MONTHS . - # 1.00 THREE MONTHS ----- 50 These rates, considering the amount of matter furnished, make The Gazette The Cheapest Weekly Paper jn Norih Georgia. In order to enable every one to become a subscriber and sup porter of a g >od, substantial borne paper, the price has been reduced to these low figures. Therefore, you are expected to give us your aid. Take it yourself, arid see that all your neighbors take it. "taa Y u need It I Yui‘ Family Nrceds It I Your Neiglibors N’ eed St I THE GAZETTE has endeavored to keep all the promises made by its proprie tors upon its introduction to the public. This is a guarantee ot good faith on their part, 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 AND READABLE JOURNAL That its income will afford, with self-denial, constant eft' rt, available talent and high pride in their calling, upon the part of its publishers and editor. Asa PAFFJi FUR TIIE I’AAI 11 It will be welcomed for the purity and variety of its miscellany carefully selected • row the best foreign and American literature and for its educational influence in urnisbing the current Hews 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 Rings. Cliques, 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, espeo. a-;, the vclopment of the various industries of this region, will find in Tiie 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 South the peer, in industrial prosperity, educational facilities and political liberality, of any other section of the American Union. Address all communications to JAM liS A. CLIbM 15 XT, lASitor aia(l Proprietor, Su vircrville Chattooga Cos., Georgia. SUMMEIIVILLE, GEORGIA, JULY 12, 1877. 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