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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1845
Page
4
A fragmentary 19th century verse piece describes a narrator’s surreal flight above earthly scenes and storms, ending in a stable and waking with a glow of poetry. It quotes a New York critic praising Mrs Paunce, and laments love’s longing amid revelry and despair.
Middlesex Wash reports a temperance rally urging unwavering resolve to curb alcohol abuse. The speaker warns of societal collapse if abstinence fails, calls for public agitation, and appeals to fathers mothers and youth to pledge lifelong commitment to sobriety.
A man stands before a ruined dwelling leaning on a broken gate. His tattered hat in hand, hair ruffled by the breeze, his bloated disfigured face shows sadness as he listens with a sorrowful gaze.
A destitute drunkard recalls childhood home and mother’s love as he wanders a sunless dell. His six year old daughter Anne comforts him and reveals their mother buys medicines for sick Willie. He vows to quit liquor and protect his family.
A Norwich Spectator note describes a man once seen in misery being transformed by the Pledge. His father and wife rejoice as health and joy return to their home, now formed by a happy father, wife, and child.
A New Year's Appeal urges children to resist indulgence and fashion's lure. It recounts a drunkard's ruin and stresses temperance through the Cold Water Army, calling youths to pledge loyalty, enlist others, and spread temperance ideals in a year of glory for the cause.
A national shift toward sobriety marks New Year celebrations as the days of wine and punch fade. Temperance efforts here target women’s addresses and urge kindness to young men to prevent ruin, with a call for disciplined hospitality before the first.
A speaker recounts meeting a former Boston drunkard who embraced Washingtonian principles long before the name existed. The man, once ragged and bloated, rode beside him and reflected on a surprising transformation. He notes the shift from humiliation to reform in a brief, telling exchange.
A fragment notes that meddling in others affairs leads to social rejection and loss of respect. It mentions a conversation about reform and a carriage drawn by horses led by one of the speakers, reflecting on consequences of interference and personal dignity.
A moral commentary argues that drunkenness is voluntary rudeness that emboldens men to mischief. It not only excites wickedness but reveals it, showing drunken men to be vicious rather than merely drunk.
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