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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1844
Page
5
Public notice of publishing terms appears from the Augusta Washingtonian. It states weekly Saturday issues by Les McCarferty and associates with multi-copy rates, advertising charges, and post office postage rules. The fragment notes advance payment, poster policies, and layout details.
A fragmentary notice proclaims Washingtonian total abstinence pledge pledging gentlemen to refrain from spirituous or malt liquor, wine or cider to protect health and family. Names appear in the illegible portion.
Officers listed include President Augusta W T A Society Dr Daniel H G Bard Vice Presidents Haweinei Huff Esq TNES Jr Secretary and D Sallerstedt Treasurer Managers James Harper Rev C B Dod John G Dunlap E E Scofield John Milledge James Godby with several names truncated in the record.
A historic farmer’s guide lists remedies for cattle illnesses and ailments. It covers diarrhea fever hoove garget and poison treatments with linseed oil brimstone turpentine and other compounds. Also includes notes on horse care and a satirical anecdote about cow trading and dung profits.
The writer recounts a conversation with a German farmer near the Lehigh coal region. He plans to devote 70 acres to pasture and hay, growing corn wheat and oats for fodder, but keeps no cows or hogs in summer. He stores grain and straw, relies on fences, and emphasizes grass first while minimizing plowwork and livestock.
In a Norway devastated by the Black Death, Halgrim the lone survivor follows a dying arc to Graven. A loyal dog spurs him back from despair. he discovers Hildegunda, the valley’s sole other survivor, alive by a cottage hearth. They wed at no priest’s ceremony.
A solemn marriage vow at a sacred altar united two individuals, Halgrim and Hildegunda, with each stepping forward alone to pledge their faith. The ceremony invoked the Father Son and Holy Ghost and blessed the couple. Their union is said to have spawned generations that replenished the region, with Halgrim and Hildegunda names persisting among inhabitants.
The narrator recalls a mother driven by madness who, at sunset, calmed him by explaining God made all and that his spirit would endure after earthly life. He laments the absence of such guidance through childhood and reflects on divine will and thankfulness to God. Rev. John Todd signs the memory.
A hunter recounts selecting a tiger’s drinking ground beside a tamarind tree and bullock bait. After sunset he and a shikaree waited twelve feet up a branch, observing jackals and Brintparries, until a tiger roared and forced a risky retreat as the bullock’s moans filled the night.
The narrator recalls a brutal jaguar chase in India. After a tense standoff the tiger lunges, the hunter plants a shot, and dawn ends a night of suffering as Goliah the elephant arrives to finish the hunt. A secondary scene shows a marriage revelation among companions.
A New Haven Courier correspondent describes an amusing scene at Sachem's Head. A youthful girl accompanied by a brother and sister is seen with a handsome thirty year old man who alights from a carriage. The pair exchange cordial inquiries and seem to be lovers as they meet under a rustic shore setting.
Jonathan Timbertoes recounts a duck hunting escapade on the Connecticut River with Uncle Zeke. A missing peander horn sinks, and Zeke dives after it to prime the horn while Jonathan watches, the water unusually clear and the scene filled with humorous misadventure.
John Smith asks for lessons as memory falters. The speaker recalls a window sash full of items linked to family members each in a different spot, including a boss blanket, a white hat, Patience's bonnet, and breeches in a hole from Zeb and T's handiwork yesterday.
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