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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1844
Page
5
For a single copy one year two dollars for six copies five dollars for thirteen copies twenty dollars payable in advance. Advertisements 50 cents first insertion 25 cents each continuation. Twelve lines per square. Liberal deduction to yearly advertisers. No letters from Post Office unless postage free. AUGUSTA WASHN
The Augusta W T A Society lists officers and managers including Dr Jos A Eve as president, Dr Daniel Hook and Rev WM J Hard as vice presidents, WM Halnes Jr as secretary, L D Sallerstedt as treasurer, with managers James Harper E Scofield Rev CS Dod James Godby and John Milledge named.
The piece discusses how milk yield and quality vary by cow form, breed, and individual constitution. It cites Youatt on ideal dairy cow proportions, compares four Ayrshire cows showing milk and butter yields, and notes factors like pasture, age, and salt in food affecting butter output. It closes with reflections on home, family, and spiritual comfort as moral imagery.
A historical note describes pruning a branch then soaking in a stream to remove ice from bark. It continues by placing the branch upright in a warm room in water, adding fresh lime to the water, and after twelve hours adding water with a touch of vitriol to purify. Blossoms and leaves appear in hours, with lime accelerating the process.
The passage notes the speaker has seen home in varied settings from sandy heath to castle and humble burgher dwelling. In each, virtue and love tie family, with a guardian woman watching over all. The excerpt emphasizes universal maternal guardianship across social ranks.
A Hunt's Merchants' Magazine calculation envisions US population reaching 300 million in a century and 100 million in fifty years. It analyzes decadal growth, territorial distribution, and future densities, with Canada and Oregon figures, plus a Blackwood's Magazine excerpt praising womans moral vocation and duties.
The text argues population growth to 1890 could reach 53 million in the North American valley, with 18 million farmers and 35 million in towns. It cites improvements in agriculture and global trends, noting the need to produce food with less labor, and mentions England as a benchmark. It also cites a Supreme Court opinion on marriage as a civil contract, valid without a license or formal ceremony.
The Tuscaloosa Monitor reports a Supreme Court ruling from the last June term on a marriage conspiracy case from Butler County. The record questioned whether a forged marriage license and a fake justice of the peace constituted a crime. Only one defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court. points reserved were novel.
A dove entered a Southern county village church on a warm Sabbath, perched on the organ and Bible during prayers, drawing admiration for its purity and beauty. The incident, viewed as natural rather than divine, highlighted a brief, symbolic harmony in the service.
A young preacher during James I's era faced the Vice Chancellor and college heads in Oxford. He chose the text What, cannot we watch one hour leading to a pointed personal allusion about the Chancellor who often slept in church. The momentary rebuke stirred the room as the preacher repeated the line with emphasis.
The preacher repeatedly mocks the indecisive monarch during sermons. The Archbishop of Canterbury rebukes him and, impressed by his wit and sense, arranges for him to preach before the king. James I notes the satire and, pleased with his manner, makes him a royal chaplain. He later travels to Oxford and delivers a farewell sermon on Sleep on now and take your rest.
A Windsor Journal note describes a boy named Safford aged eight who can multiply four figures by four mentally nearly as fast as writing it. He also handles five by five multiplications, equals Zerah Colburn at his best, and computes square and cube roots of numbers up to nine or ten digits quickly. He enjoys factoring numbers and can tell a person’s exact age in seconds.
A comical tale of Jack Tate the burglar stealing a feather bed by descending stairs backward and being challenged by a perplexed mistress. Larry Hogan and Groggins observe as Jack tries to exit with the bed, claiming a non existent Mr Sullivan, sparking a heated confrontation and a tidy retreat.
A Michigan paper reports a wager on Polk's election where a young woman offers to bet her hand in marriage against a respectable man if Polk wins. if Polk loses, the man marries her. The bet centers on the future of the election and personal stakes.
A Hamburgh letter from October 14 records a dinner celebrating the sixtieth year of Hein the compositor at the Correspondent Impartial de Hamburgh. At eighty eight he still works daily, healthy and active. About 220 people attended, including local printers, with gifts of 100 pineapples 400 pounds of grapes and many flowers from M Bodecker.
A coroner's jury in Indiana ruled that the girl's death was caused by excessive tight lacing. The father faced charges tied to the fatal punishment, reflecting a grim case of parental abuse and fatal fashion restraint.
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