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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1844
Page
5
Publication details for The Washingtonian fit printed Saturdays by James McCafferty with annual and club subscription rates. Instructions cover mail subscriptions, post-paid mail, post office frankings, and advertising rates for various insertions and continuance under weekly semi monthly and monthly schedules.
A descriptive sketch portrays the Western hunter as a solitary, habit-bound pioneer who thins forests, confronts redmen and settlers, and carries gear like a fifty inch barrel rifle, palmetto hat, wide saddle, and a deer tied high in trees as he travels to his primitive home.
Johnson and companions recount a three day Alabama hunt on Oakchun Mountain Oakchun Swamp. They encounter a wild bear cub and mother bear, topple a tree to dispatch the den, and pursue ducks turkeys and a ferocious boar herd. The party ends with Jones saved by Smith and a successful hunt tally despite no early game.
A historical note discusses Barclay's 1000 mile feat as a marvel of fatigue endurance and compares it to a current claim where a winner adds F. R.S. to his name and bets £100 on producing 1,000,000 pen strokes in a month, reflecting on proving endurance in a public wager.
A London paper recounts a wagered feat of performing one million strokes on paper within a set period. The worker, keeping Sundays, averages over 40,000 strokes daily, despite fatigue, aided by attendants. The feat culminates on the twenty third day with the last strokes recorded as vigorous as the first.
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