The Mortons of Oldschool: Fate and Farewell in Dissipation
Charles Morton, drawn into dissipation, faces a reckoning when news of his father’s illness and later death arrives. He grapples with guilt over neglected parental counsel, while Louisa offers solace. A last blessing from the dying father leads to a fortune for Charles as Lips’ health fails, sealing their future. The piece closes with a temperance notice and a publisher’s appeal for subscribers.
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Charles Morton
Mr. Oldschool
Charles
Carles
Louisa
Temperance paper faces closure without higher subscriptions
The Washindonian publisher reports a $600 loss after a year of weekly issues and free editorial work by a Temperance committee. With three quarters of subscribers paid, the editor appeals to supporters to raise rates and sustain publication, offering new annual prices and agent discounts.
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Friends OF Temperance
Washindonian
Friends of the Cause
Warthy
Prospectus Appeal for the Augusta Washingtonian Needs Support
The notice urges Washingtonian readers to fund the weekly temperance paper. It describes the publication as a messenger of good news offering moral uplift, practical guidance, market notes, and financial solvency signals. It asks every reader to become a patron, emphasizing affordability at two dollars per year and expressing cautious optimism about increasing support.
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Washingtonian
Augusta Washingtonian
Warm thanks for five Vol III subscriptions
A friendly note expresses gratitude to Mr. C for subscribing to five copies of Volume III, highlighting warm community support and appreciation.
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Mr. C
Good People and the Grog Sellers
A historical dialogue defends grog sellers by arguing their aid to the destitute during Yellow Fever times. The author notes one seller avoided town and funded a German to vend ginger cakes to feed people, prompting a critique of their proclaimed goodness.
Grog seller linked to grave lowering in grim anecdote
A grog seller aided a victim into a coffin by holding the rope and lowering it into a tomb. Bystanders reacted with loathing while the retailer believed he acted rightly and may have earned praise. The incident echoes a French witticism on the Devil.
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Monsieur
Difficulty in obtaining documents hampers State history project
Dr Stevens cannot proceed due to missing documents. Mr Lemon in London says the papers might be obtainable by Rev Mr Howard during his visit. An appropriation of six thousand dollars funded the England trip to gather early Georgia history. Howard repels unfaithfulness claims and says investigations were limited.
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Savannah Republican
Lemon
Historical Society
Georgia
Stevens
Swindler J Saxton Targets North Readers in Columbia
The Southern Chronicle reports a man calling himself J. Saxton, claiming to be a general agent for newspapers and literature, visited Columbia with false credentials. He collected subscription money but subscribers did not receive publications. publishers deny knowledge of him. Saxton is described as 21 or 22, 5 ft 8 in, sharp features, long dark hair, blue eyes, and listing Astor House New York as his address.
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Louisa
Charles
Charles Morton
The
Southern Chronicle
J. Saxton
Astor House
N. York
Columbia
Saxton
Garden Layout and Plant Rotation for City Plots
The article outlines garden design for urban plots with beds borders and walks, edge materials, and drainage. It covers plant placement relative to fences, nursery beds, crop rotation, and staggered sowing of radishes lettuce onions and early crops to yield multiple harvests across seasons.
Early seed selection and transplant practice guidance
The letter discusses gathering seeds early and selecting the most thriving plants to mature. It suggests drilling alternate seeds with different varieties for comparison and notes that those best performing can be transplanted or gathered for use, reserving space for thrifty growth.
Gardener’s Tools and Modest Proposals for Weeding
In Washingtonian issue No 11 WP recommends long handled shovel spade hoe rake and trowel plus wheel-barrow weed basket saw and hatchet as essential. He suggests six foot handles to avoid trampling beds and improved rakes for nut grass and a narrow hoe for drills while iron claw gloves protect hands enabling a finer touch in pruning and herb work.
Our Cause Abroad Temperance Reform Spreads Worldwide
Our exchange papers carry glad tidings as temperance advances from the Capitol to the army and navy. The Washingtonian standard rallies wise men against ruin to morals and liberty, urging all to aid the benevolent banishment of the scourge. News from England India and Siam shows progress with missionaries and total abstinence banners.
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Capitol
Washingtonian Standard
England
Emerald Isle
India
Night at the Grog Shop Ends in Shameful Exchange
In a cold night scene a young man of about twenty five sits by a stove in a grog-shop, clearly a victim of dissipation. Somers, a respectable peer, rebukes the loiterer as a drunkard, while the bartender vows to eject him if he returns intoxicated.
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Brown
Somers
William H
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Washington
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Harp
Don
Geo
Pierce
Joan Muence
F. M. Rosertson
D. Hoox
T. Chapman
James Hanrer
Bro Bers
History of Georgia
Ers
Siam
Christ
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