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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1844
Page
6
The Washingtonian in Augusta prints a pledge by members forming a Society for mutual benefit to guard against pernicious practices. They pledge to abstain from strong drink wine cider or other intoxicants and sign their names to the pledge.
Editorial committee members listed include Brantly Robertson Harp Hoox Don Cuarman Pieace Harper Mittevae and others. The note explains postmasters are lawfully required to remit money to publishers for subscriptions, allowing subscribers to pay via the postmaster to avoid postage costs.
The article argues temperance publications still advance the cause by informing readers and inspiring new effort. It urges fans to share passages, spread truth, and recruit others, noting enthusiasm may seem waning yet hidden momentum grows through steady, collective action.
A Georgia private family group formed a successful association with monthly meetings, essays, speeches, and songs that proved an invaluable educational instrument. The society remains active and flourishing, as readers are reminded to observe a pledge while visiting Washingtonians stores for refreshments.
The Temperance Society hires Rev. Joan Curriver to tour South Carolina, lecture, and organize societies, with funds requested to cover expenses. The note from J Culpepper asks support for his family. The Washingtonian excerpt explains plant reproduction and hybridization, detailing how to cross strawberry, pelargonium, and melon varieties, select flowers, and preserve desired flavors.
The piece outlines how plant species reveal soil types: argillaceous soils by colts foot and mule plant varieties. calcareous soils by speedwell and lychnis. ferruginous by sorrel. peaty soils by bilberry. saline by wrack grass and sea plants. aquatic by marsh marigold and water violet.
The text explains how soil texture and composition affect plant nourishment and cultivation costs. It notes that organic matter from drying and burning reveals composition, calcareous soils effervesce with acids, and mineral content affects color and taste. It also describes capillary action testing for soil quality and the role of atmospheric nutrients.
A Washingtonian reader argues gardening links mind and body, showing how geometry surveying chemistry and botany inform cultivation. The piece links soil improvement to civic virtue and secure government, noting steady household gardens expand to farms and orchards under stable rule.
A lyrical note to Amelia describes spring breezes and memories of a beloved, as the speaker's wandering imagination conjures her image under starry skies. The piece blends affectionate longing with poetic reflections on moonlit scenes and past whispers. It ends with a remark on a Latin phrase used by physicians to describe deaths from hard drinking.
The article lauds the temperance movement as a divinely guided, humanity saving effort. It argues alcohol is evil, harms families, and enslaves the drinker, urging Christians and philanthropists to act against the liquor traffic and its social wreckage.
The writer condemns drunken violence and reckless behavior that endanger life and property. He laments the drunk who awakens in a jail cell unaware of his guilt until told he has committed felony or murder, arguing most crimes arise from intoxication.
Rev S Worcester reports progress of the Cherokee Temperance Society organized in 1836 with a pledge against all intoxicants. About 1500 Cherokees signed, with fewer than many suspected breaking it. Public sentiment shifts toward total abstinence, though vice remains prevalent. The piece includes commentary on Washingtonian efforts and parental hypocrisy.
Mr Weed of the Albany Evening Journal endorses Harper of Harper and Brothers as elected Mayor of New York by the Native American party. He recalls 1816 journeyman days with James and John Harper, praising industry temperance and economy as rise to prominence and public trust.
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