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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1845
Page
5
Advertisement notice lists pricing for single copies and subscriptions, with 12 lines per square and discounts for yearly advertisers. It notes post office postage rules and a street address opposite the post office for the paper.
Officers of the Augusta BPA Society were elected with AC EVE as President Sint HOOK as C38 HARD Ye PasiDNTs KINS HUPP as ELAINES Jr. Secretary and ee D. SALLERSTEDS as Taeastaer. Managers listed include James Harp E Scofield Rev. CS Dod James Godby and John Milledge.
A Philadelphia Enquirer meditation on reconciliation explains how petty feuds arise from hasty words and lingering pride. It advocates humble confession, forgiveness, and timely reconciliation to restore friendships and avert lasting ruin.
A letter from Nancy Guston to Polly Stroud in Tennessee reports the wedding of Bill Warrick to Barbry Bass. The notice recalls flirtations, social gossip, and local figures, noting Polks, Clay, and Parson Brown, with remarks on community life and recent births and crops.
A London visit tale recalls an Edinburgh parsonage dinner with Miss C as narrator recounting a humorous Scotland tale. Margaret the farmer’s wife joins a minister at a formal table. A misadventure with mustard triggers a chaotic escape down the stairs and out of the minister’s door forever.
An essay argues fortune seems arbitrary and merit not always tied to success. It contrasts genius with worldly prudence, notes potential excesses of imagination, and praises thrift, time economy, and the value of a hopeful child as a gem beyond wealth or fame.
A speaker warns against chasing worldly success without economy and virtue. Endorsing frugality and diligent labor, the text links happiness to benevolence and affection, arguing talents falter under pressure and wealth without sympathy yields contempt and a hollow life.
Report recalls three criminals including Emer, Charles Martin, and Benjamin M Lean who escaped from Charleston jail and were recaptured in Midway. The jailhouse break was foiled by the jailor's wife who locked the door and helped secure the invaders while others fled.
A reflective piece on friendship, pride, and knowledge. It contrasts how pride hides ignorance and recalls a philosopher who learned by asking questions. A discourse about a blind asylum warns that a world without sight would be a melancholy sight.
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