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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1844
Page
2
The Washingtonian notes that post masters may remit money for subscriptions by request of subscribers. It also mentions receiving an abstract of the Forsyth Temperance Convention proceedings via the Penfield Temperance Banner, to appear in the next issue.
The writer greets Old Jones and notes his sociable visit softens the mood. The author suggests arranging a formal call and praises his conversational skill, humor, and temperance as a social asset.
Political economists explain value depends on demand and supply. Overproduction lowers price. excess lawyers and physicians face hardship. The piece mocks temperance lectures, notes a surge then slump in demand, and recounts cautionary tales from Georgia about nut grass and spurring public action.
The passage contrasts a judgment in a field as permanent and detrimental to plant growth with another Governor act seen as merit. It credits the introduction of the cotton plant as an honorable counterbalance to the unfavorable judgement affecting cultivation.
The passage describes a respectable mechanic driven to beggary by rum. A woman offers him a good supper and a bed at her expense, leading him into the eating room as he declines or accepts charity. The text centers on ruin and moral cause of his fall.
Bloomingburg in Fayette County Ohio is a peaceful village with churches stores and shops and no place to obtain intoxicating drinks within or nearby. The writer praises the temperance town and foresees more bloom in the county if the temperance cause continues.
A Boston Christian Watchman correspondent sketches an editor overwhelmed by praise and blame for harsh sermons. A farmer subscriber challenges restraint, while the editor resolves to follow conscience and God, amid calls for plain dealing and expediency in publishing.
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