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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1845
Page
5
For a single copy price is one ae, two Dollars for six copies, ten Dollars for thirteen copies. Dallas payable in advance. Advertisements charged 50 cents per square for the first insertion and 25 cents for each continuation. Twelve lines make a square. Liberal deduction to yearly advertisers. 2¢ No letters to be taken from the Post Office unless postage free.
Augusta officers listed include Dr. Jos. A. Eve as President and Dr. Daniel Hook with Rev. Wm. J. Hard as Vice Presidents. Secretary Lallerstedt and Treasurer Lallerstedt are named with managers James Harper and others.
The article urges careful orchard planting detailing hole size three feet wide twelve to twenty inches deep and thorough root filling. It advises mellow soil, compost, water settling, avoiding surface watering, and not planting trees too deep while stressing regular cultivation for rapid five year growth.
The article explains corning beef using plates ribs and briskets packed in casks with salt between pieces. A pickle of four gallons water combines eight pounds salt three pounds brown sugar three ounces saltpetre one ounce pearlash per hundred pounds of meat, pressed under a heavy stone to ensure immersion, yielding meat that keeps for a year and may improve with age.
For 100 pounds of beef mix four pounds brown sugar four ounces saltpetre and four quarts of fine Liver pool salt. Pack the meat with this dry mix and do not add pickle. The juices will dissolve the salt and aid preservation. Keep the meat tightly pressed under weight. Albany Cultivator notes this is best when meat quality is fine.
An Old Farmer report in the N E Farmer notes two potato rows left unhilled produced more at harvest, with five pecks more and larger tubers than rows that were hilled. The writer argues hilling reduces moisture access and that mellow soil is key.
The Marlboro Manufacturing Company plans a new venture to produce cotton bagging at 15 cents a yard for two pound bagging, using 2,500,000 yards and 25,000,000 pounds of cotton. If realized, this creates a large home market, reduces imports, and supports regional labor. Also noted is James W. Burn planning a Juniper Creek factory seven miles from town with mills already in operation and strong prospects for success.
A Washington observer recounts a male visitor in Paris who endures a string of social missteps at a lady’s home. From scorching cauliflower mishaps to a spider scare and hat exchanges, the episode closes with the narrator fleeing in embarrassment.
The speaker expresses unwavering confidence in the subject's outcome, insisting he will prevail if spared from harm and health, asking for no protection beyond the freedom of unshackled trade.
An intelligent farmer assures that red pepper sprinkled in the smoke house during the final hours of smoking preserves hams from fly attacks without harming quality.
A veterinary tip recommends healing severe cattle wounds by bathing the affected area with a mixture of egg yolk and spirits of turpentine. Repeated applications are said to complete a cure within 48 hours.
Daniel R. Coodey reports that Starr, a notorious outlaw, was pursued by nine Cherokees who opened fire at fifty yards as he fled. Starr was wounded in three shots, captured after a mile, and taken to Fort Washita where Col. Harney placed him in the hospital. The party also recovered ten stolen horses and mules.
The article describes how the cocoa palm meets nearly all Singalese domestic needs in Ceylon. It details building with cajans and leaves, oil from kernel, shells for vessels, lamps and buckets, and the use of coconut byproducts for food and fowls. It notes toddy produces arrack and leaflets yield brooms.
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