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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1844
Page
1
Publication details show Saturday morning issues edited by James McCafferty with annual and club subscription options. Advertising rates include one square fixed fees and reductions for weekly semi monthly and monthly continuations with yearly discounts for advertisers.
An illustrated sketch portrays the western hunter as a solitary pioneer who wanders the wilderness, living apart from civilization. It describes his attire, gear, skill in stalking game, and methods for cooking and transporting deer, emphasizing the harsh independence of frontier life.
Alabama woods yield a wild bear cub den and a dramatic hunt. The narrator, Johnson, Smith, Jones, and Pont pursue game along Oakchun Swamp, battle a mother bear and cub, dispatch the cub, and end with a boar confrontation and a successful hunt returning with ducks, turkeys, a doe, and hogs.
A fragment recalls Barclay’s 1000 mile 100 hour challenge and contrasts it with a rival claim. The text notes a winner adding F R S to his name and hints at a bet of £100. It mentions a public rebuke about a child’s first lesson in love strokes and pen work.
An 18th century vignette describes a labor wager of a million strokes at a vigorous pace, with Sabbath abstention and top daily outputs over forty thousand strokes. It recalls Royal Society archives and notes on eyesight care for the elderly, cucumber culture tips, radish growing method, and a Michigan editor’s battle over a delinquent subscription.
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