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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1845
Page
5
Published every Saturday by James McCafferty at Macintosh Street opposite the Post Office. Subscription rates: one year two dollars. six copies ten dollars. thirteen copies twenty dollars, all in advance. Ads: fifty cents per square for first insertion and twenty five cents for each continuation. Telegraphed letters not accepted unless postage paid.
Officers Augusta W. T. A Society. Dr Jos A Eve is President with Dr Daniel Hook Rev William J. Hard as Vice Presidents Hawkins Huff William Haines Jr as Secretary L D Sallerstedt as Treasurer Managers James Harper E E Scofield Rev C S Dod James Godby John Milledge and others named
The piece argues wool production can be cheaper and more beneficial than cotton, estimating wool at 40 cents per pound on the plantation versus cotton at 12 cents. It notes growing wool enriches land, supports domestic markets, and cites Britain and France as substantial importers. It calls for trials and further discussion in the next issue. It also mentions use of willow for fodder and tanning in France, inviting experiments and results.
Report from the Essex Agricultural Society details butter making, stressing good cows, salt choice, and methods by George W. Dodge Abi Worcester and Paul Pillsbury. Describes cream handling, chilling, twice weekly churns, washing, salting one ounce per pound, and storage in cool cellars with rock salt. The cows’ pasture feed is noted.
The willow’s value to humanity dates to antiquity with early recognition of its utility. Willow baskets likely formed among the first man-made tools in regions rich with willow trees. Romans used willow twigs to bind vines and tie objects.
A recipe from Am. Farmer recommends a soil mix for sandy land: 10 loads stable manure, 5 loads clay, 10 bushels ashes, and 20 bushels lime. Mix well, pile a few days, turn, and apply. This dressing suits an acre better and lasts longer than 20 or 25 loads of manure alone.
In a poignant scene a dying son speaks of a peaceful death and asks his mother to tell Gabrielle when the sun shines, promising to greet her first. The mother prays for deliverance and the two exchange a tender farewell, sharing a deep mutual understanding.
A dying Henrik and his mother share a serene farewell hymn as he passes, while elsewhere a claim is advanced for an English inventor who has developed a print replication method that could reproduce letters, drawings, or lithographs in unlimited quantities. The piece notes the potential upheaval to legislation and various industries, from banknotes to books, if the process proves fraudulent and widely adopted.
The National Intelligencer reports a new method that can copy elaborate line engravings with perfect fidelity, producing 10 000 to 20 000 impressions from a duplicated plate. A Bank of England note could be copied so accurately signatories could not distinguish original from copy.
The article recounts how chance observations and accidents often spark great discoveries. It cites the Dutch spectacle makers two glasses forming a telescope, seaweed fire yielding glass, gunpowder from monks, Newton’s light and gravity ideas from soap bubbles and an apple, and lithography inspired by a wash woman’s memo.
A mother overheard a boy and girl argue over obedience while a visitor spoke nearby. The girl called for stillness, and the boy doubted any punishment, asserting the mother does not care to punish. The scene illustrates how tone and presence cue compliance in children.
A mother learns that speaking in a calm tone and avoiding repetition yields immediate obedience. A seven year old’s honesty about breaking a dish leads to forgiveness and emphasis on confession and mercy from the Bible. The narrative underscores calm, reasonable commands and truthful repentance.
A moral vignette from Youth's Visitor about Louise who fails to rise early for a day of study and flowers. Ellen wakes early, enjoys a rigorous lesson, and flourishing health, while Louise wastes time, suffers pale cheeks and fatigue, and learns the consequences of indolence.
A New York Vice Chancellor ruled during a divorce suit that the father may not remove the two children aged seven and nine from the court’s jurisdiction. The mother retains the right to visit and oversee the children during the proceedings. The decision highlights limits on parental control amid litigation and suggests far reaching implications for family rights.
A philosopher explains that his knowledge grew because he did not let pride stop him from asking questions when he was ignorant. He asserts inquiry as the path to learning, emphasizing humility and curiosity as essential virtues for growth.
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