05 Aug 1843
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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1843
Page
1
The Washingtonian will be published every Saturday morning by James McCafferty at one dollar per year. Club rates apply for six and twelve subscribers. Postage and mail subscriptions require prepayment. Advertisements priced per square with discounts for yearly advertisers.
A Tennessee State Agriculturist letter describes a ten year trusted wheat preservation process. After harvest wheat is shock dried then heated in a hogshead and reburied to kill white weevil eggs, preserving grain quality and flavor. The reporter notes the method does not harm the grain and yields plump, marketable seed.
Hart Massey, Esq. reports that five rows treated with saltpetre salt solution yielded far more corn and stayed worm free, while the unprepared rows and adjacent field suffered heavy depredations. The field trial suggests wide farmer savings and urges broad testing of this simple, inexpensive method.
Advice from the Farmer's Cabinet urges careful land use and livestock limits, warns against borrowing, and stresses self reliance in tools and trees. It advocates balance between politics and farming duties, education, temperance, and fair pricing to avoid losses from delayed sales.
The Savannah Republican argues Georgia could supply its own cotton bagging at 8 to 9 cents per yard, noting cotton bagging is stronger and more durable than hemp. It cites a past incident where cotton bagging fared better after wet storage and estimates annual savings of over 350000 if Georgia produced all bagging locally. The piece urges expanded local manufacture to avoid imports from England or Kentucky and to lower costs to 11 to 12 cents per yard at most.
We have been invited to inspect at the store of 8S. H. Fisk Esq in town a new cotton press by Mr. Parker of Saccarappa Maine. It applies over one hundred tons of pressure to a bale using only hand power and operates with no noise or inconvenience.
The Savannah Republican describes a rectangular iron framed press that compresses cotton into bales up to 450 500 pounds without steam or water power. The device uses two upright screws and gearing with adjustable wheels, packing about fifteen bales daily in a multi floor box. Freight advantages cited, estimated cost around 350 dollars.
A Maine Farmer correspondent promotes a mange cure for swine using a infusion of raw tobacco in cold strong chamber leg, with the clear liquor mixed in equal parts with lamp oil and rubbed on. The ointment preserves long in a tight bottle and should be shaken before use.
An excerpt from Carlton's Seven Years in the Far West recalls Tippecanoe with a somber scene a child buried in a rough coffin under a tree and a battlefield memory. It depicts fallen horses, scarred trees, and a sentinel facing Indian warriors as Harrison's forces hold the line in a stark reverie of war.
The passage extols extending fellowship to all who faithfully serve duties and uphold social welfare. It contrasts genuine concern with reluctant sympathy and forced smiles toward those perceived as inferior, urging upright conduct and active inquiry beyond class bias.
A poetic reflection compares aging to flowers that shine under moonlight then fade at dawn. The speaker warns that the sun will rise and transform dew into diamonds, offering a hopeful view that darkness is brief and beauty endures in different form.
By a late act of Congress the widow of David Williams, one of Major André's captors, residing in the vale of Nova Scotia? No, New Hampshire? is to receive about $2000. She will obtain $200 yearly starting from her husband's death, with the $2000 representing the amount at the time the money was awarded.
A vivid lurid Caligo-like passage describes a violent murder in a stormy setting. A demon figure lurks and, amid thunder and lightning, strikes with a bludgeon, leaving a victim dead beside a bucket as witnesses tremble. The fragment reads as a grim tale of vengeance and death.
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