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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1845
Page
4
A reflective poem laments fallen youths led astray by temptations and requests mercy for the tempted and accountability for those who ensnare them. It argues that divine omniscience sees all and condemns ongoing crime, warning that names will be remembered by time and justice.
A satirical verse mocks a loafer and money making in a Camden Journal feature. The speaker urges the loafer to stay only while funds last, contrasting domestic woes with revelry and suggesting vice as payoff as financial need persists. TOM.
A regional temperance critique notes widespread inebriety among officers on national and merchant ships. It argues alcohol misuse violates the War Articles, calls for strict enforcement, and warns officers’ drinking sets a permissive example for sailors, threatening discipline and morale. The piece emphasizes reform through legal enforcement and moral example.
A secular critique denounces drunkenness among naval officers, urging the Navy Department to ban rum rations and Congress to pass temperance laws. It links intoxication to theft and crime, advocates a national temperance system, and calls for widespread pledge signing to mobilize reform. A separate piece argues wine in the Bible is not intoxicating, urging distinction between alcoholic and pure grape juice.
A cellar tale shows rats debating how to steal food from a steel trap. After many speeches and plans, a clever rat suggests using one path to press the spring and the other to retrieve the bait. The group reacts with raucous squeaks and snapped tails.
A three legged rat limps into the ring and pleads to avoid the trap. He speaks of trying the proposed method, shows his bleeding leg, and urges a plan to escape without touching the trap. The scene ends with a startled, silent audience and a call for new strategy.
A barkeeper teases a hard drinker about five gin toddies, the customer agrees to one more as an experiment to see if it will make him drunk. The exchange captures a humorous moment of bravado and risk in a public bar.
A notice from the Young Ladies Seminary invites boarders for the benefit of students. Applicants应 apply at the Seminary on Broad Street, first door above the Bridge Bank Buildings in Augusta Georgia. Signatories include Rev. M. M. Dye Rev. E. E. Ford and Dr. D. Hook dated September 28.
The prospectus extols phrenology as the science of human nature, arguing it reveals the laws governing happiness and suffering. It announces added departments including Physiology and highlights the link between bodily conditions and mental states, urging readers to follow dietary and lifestyle laws for health and moral progress.
An editor announces a monthly journal dedicated to phrenology physiology and magnetism. It aims to uplift women education and human happiness, offering 32 pages per issue at $1 single copy, or multi copy rates, with subscriptions directed to O.9 Fowler, 131 Nassau St New York.
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