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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1845
Page
8
The poem lines celebrate a beloved lady, praising her voice and beauty. A poet’s admiration compares her to moonlit seas andSeraphic perfection, while a sculptor and muse theme highlight singular, unmatched grace. The verse exalts her as a flawless ideal surpassing other visions and inspirations.
The piece opens with a lyrical Spring ode praising renewal and nature, dated March 22, 1845. It shifts to a satirical Temperance meeting at Buzzard Roost where drinkers defend their liberty, mock temperance aims, and endorse a new society with a signed constitution.
A poetic meditation asks about the souls of the departed roaming in celestial fields and joining Heaven's choir. The speaker ponders whether those spirits rest in God’s paradise, endure time’s tides, and face the chilling blast of mortal life before eternity’s bright wave.
A scene at noon shows two or three men walking arm in arm through wet sidewalks discussing annexation. They joke about rain and liken their linked stance to Siamese twins, noting how unity helps them with imagined gains from a Colorado land deal.
In Newmarket New Hampshire a rum shop allegedly evades the law by charging three cents for trying on an old hat and then giving a glass of liquor free in a curious storefront scam.
Perceived guardians are invited to place their children under careful supervision at the Broad Street seminary in Augusta Georgia. The plan includes strict attention to education morals and manners with a renowned music teacher engaged for that department. Boarders welcomed. For terms apply first door above the Bridge Bank Buildings. Revenue agents M M Dye E E Ford and D Hook. Sept 28 11 9m
A New Orleans weekly family newspaper announces its aim to promote Temperance Education and Literature across the South-West. It pledges firm abstinence, reform in libraries and agricultural societies, and broad, nonsectarian Christian principles without party politics, seeking patronage from Stevens & Arms.
The prospectus promotes phrenology as the science of human nature and moral constitution, urging reform and perfection of man through knowledge of nature. It announces new departments including physiology and emphasizes health, happiness, and adherence to natural laws as foundations of improvement.
The article promotes a new journal blending phrenology physiology and magnetism to improve health and morals. It argues education for women, maternal duties, and social reform, with a plan for a monthly 32 page publication priced at $1 per copy and discount rates for multiple subscriptions. It urges editors to republish the notice for a free year’s copy.
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