Washingtonian to Publish Weekly by James McCafferty
The Washingtonian will be published every Saturday morning by James McCafferty at one dollar per year for a single subscriber, five dollars for a six person club, or ten dollars for a twelve person club. Subscriptions by mail must be postpaid. postmasters may frank subscription money for newspapers. Advertising rates are set at fifty cents for the first square and twenty five cents for each continuation for weekly, thirty seven and a half cents for semi monthly, and forty three and a quarter cents for monthly. yearly advertisers receive a ten percent discount.
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Washingtonian
James McCafferty
Lal Communications
Post-Office Department
How to keep sweet potatoes through winter
In 1843 a Columbia Planter correspondent details a home built potato storage system. He claims sweet potatoes resist rot, notes about five percent loss, and explains a double walled pole house with earth packed walls to regulate moisture and temperature. He shares methods to peel away dampness by adjusting the clay gaps.
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Columbia
Carumeron
Deep Ploughing Advice for Improving Lands
The South Western Farmer urges farmers to improve poor lands by deep ploughing. It argues level land can yield average crops for forty to fifty years with minimal expense. It recommends spreading cotton seed on the land and ploughing it in with decayed stalks and trash.
Land Fertility Revival Through Seed Manuring and Crop Diversion
The writer argues for restoring land through seed manuring and diverse crops rather than relying on cotton seed. He cites experiences using seed as manure, urging early planting of cow peas, sweet potatoes, millet, rye and turnips, plus feeding crops to stock to sustain soil. He warns cotton prices may rebound but hard times are cyclical.
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Hinds
Adam
Sensible remarks on Southern farming and migration to Virginia
The Wilmington Chronicle urges planters to heed better husbandry as migration from New York to Virginia grows. It warns that selling well kept New York fields for cheap Virginia land invites deterioration from bad tillage. It condemns large plantations, urges cultivating land well, and calls for quicker reform by Southern farmers.
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Wilmington
N. C
New York
Virginia
Dutchess County
N. York
The First Prayer in Congress in Philadelphia 1774
A letter recounts the opening prayer of the Continental Congress on September 1774. Samuel Adams supports reading prayers by Episcopal clergyman Mr. Duche, amid religious diversity. Washington Henry Randolph Rutledge Jay present, Boston besieged, prayers for America and Boston. A Yankee tale about plum pudding ends with a joke on the wrong end.
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John Ane
Philadelphia
Cushing
Jay
New York
Ratledge
South Carolina
Samuel Adams
Mr. Duche
Dushay
Duche
Randolph
Boston
Carpenter’s Hall
Washington
Henry
Rutledge
New England
America
Congress
Massachusetts Bay
Mr. Adams
Newark Daily Adv
Stewart
Liverpool
Morning Dream of Leopold and the Lost Sheep
A German fable recounts a boy Leopold waking in tears over twelve white sheep he dreamed were with him, then finding one lamb and rejoicing. The parents reflect that adults often sigh and long, like the dreamer, yet should content themselves with small pleasures.
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Leopold
The Rhinoceros Tale From South Africa
A boar recounts a rhinoceros confronting nine lions in a wood, the rhino charging and scattering the lions, then tearing soil in a display of madness before retreating. The piece ends noting a railroad project in India from Calcutta to Lucknow, 880 miles.
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India
Elish
Calcutta
L Thi
Cost of Royalty in Opposition Speech
In his opposition speech against a royal marriage portion he cites payments to the Queen and Royal Family for the year ended January 5, 1843 totaling £703,000. The report notes Windsor and other palaces and parks expenses would be added to this sum.
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Hume
Augusta of
Cambridge
John Bull
Windsor
Park Syiwass
The Law of Kindness in a Street Exchange
A street encounter quotes a boy urging gentleness over anger. The piece argues that a soft answer prevents wrath and can turn foes into friends, while cross speech inflames conflict and fuels disobedience. The anecdote elevates kindness as superior to wrath.
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Solomon
A Happy Child and a Dying Man's Lesson
A nurse recalls visiting a sick man who admires his young son. The boy, aged five or six, is a model listener and hymn singer, seen as a beacon of piety and learning. The dying man wishes he had half the boy's knowledge and virtue.
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