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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1845
Page
4
Long before we met I have seen thy form thy marble brow thy jet eye Thy voice has rung in dreams and songs have sung within my dreaming ear Our souls would be as one our hearts entwined beneath a brighter sky If I could realize that dream and win thy smile I would share all happiness with thee
A lyrical scene depicts Eve kneeling under a vast sky while stars and zephyrs watch. She mourns a deep sin and a curse that cannot die, gazing upon a former home and a green, glittering landscape. Hope fades as she contemplates leaving cherished companions and a sinless future.
A military guard recounts the downfall of a promising youth ruined by intoxication. After repeated admonitions, he attempted to kill a quartermaster, was condemned, and executed with military ceremony. He cried for his mother, prayed, and died declaring I protect my mother. The scene underscores the ruin liquor brings to a young man once set to be an ornament to his profession.
In Philadelphia 1845 a narrator describes attending a temperance meeting for Mr J B Gough. The service features Rev Marsh and a moving lecture exposing drinkers’ miseries, delirium tremens and the struggle for freedom. The piece praises Gough as a reformer and praises temperance alongside Burkean wisdom.
The piece outlines a plan for a monthly journal dedicated to phrenology, physiology, animal magnetism, and women's section. It proclaims phrenology as the science of human nature, promises practical health and moral guidance, and invites readers to subscribe via O. S. Fowler at Nassau Street, New York, with tiered pricing and bulk-rate offers.
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