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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1844
Page
1
Publication details for a weekly newspaper edited by Les McCarlferty and McCirthosteres announce subscription terms and rates. Advertisements are priced at 50 cents per square for the first insertion with reductions for continuations. Postage rules state no letters accepted from the Post Office unless postage is prepaid.
A historical pledge text from the Washingtonian movement pledging total abstinence from spirituous liquors and wines. The fragment notes mutual support, health, and family welfare, with members declaring themselves gentlemen not to drink. The readable portion preserves the pledge spirit and intent within a temperance context.
Officers listed include President Augusta W T A Society and Vice Presidents Hawei neus Huff and TNES Jr. Secretary D Sallerstedt Treasurer. Managers named are James Harper Rev C B Dod John G Dunlap E E Scofield John Milledge James Godby and others.
A Victorian style remedy list covers treatments for diarrhea fever hoove and haven and other cattle ailments. It includes dosing with linseed oil laudanum salts brute aids and topical rubs with brimstone turpentine and goose grease. It also gives cautions on feeding and a rambling anecdote about buying and selling cows and dung profits.
An anonymous German immigrant describes a radical farming method: he manages 70 acres near the Lehigh coal area, keeps no cattle or hogs in summer, relies on pasture and hay, feeds grain and straw together, and relies on fences and cornstalks while harvesting he weighs his ricks carefully.
In a valley struck by the Black Death, Halgrim the lone survivor journeys through desolate homes seeking the living. He is saved from despair by his loyal dog and reunited with Hildegunda, the only other survivor, as evening light falls and they embrace at the cottage. They plan to marry in a church lacking a priest.
A couple vowed their faith alone at the altar and were blessed in the name of the Father and the Son. Their union started a lineage that replenished the region with generations, and the names Halgrim and Hildegunda persist among locals.
A child recalls a mother goaded by madness who calmed at sunset and gifted him religious instruction. He laments her loss of reason but cherishes the moment when she spoke of God making the sun and his immortal spirit. The memory closes with gratitude and a prayerful blessing.
A hunter describes settling on a branch twelve feet up beside a tamarind tree to observe a tiger. After dark, a Brintparry party waters bulls, a shikaree signals danger, and the tiger appears from brush as the bullock’s screams rise while the hunter hides awaiting Providence.
The narrator survives a perilous tiger encounter after a tense standoff in the jungle. His peon’s failed attempt to cock the rifle prolongs the suspense until dawn when a Goliah elephant returns and finishes the hunt. A companion overhears a marriage proposal that shifts to a humorous twist as the woman reveals she is already married.
A New Haven Courier correspondent from Sachem's Head recounts a seaside scene with a young girl viewed as a marriage candidate, her elder sister and brother, and a well dressed man who arrives by carriage. The encounter suggests a budding romance as the narrator departs to a favored shore seat.
Jonathan Timbertoes recalls an afternoon duck hunt with Uncle Zeke in a Connecticut river skiff. A lost peaander horn sank to a clear river bottom while Zeke dove after it, ending with the humorous image of the diver perched on the bottom pouring the reed horn back into the horned vessel.
John Smith recalls lessons and the jumble of objects in his family. A playful exchange hints at memory struggles and the colorful items in each window sash and room, including hats, bonnets, blankets, and old breeches, with characters named in a folkloric tone.
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