18 Jan 1845
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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1845
Page
1
The notice advertises a publication by MCCAFFERTY on H Street opposite the Post Office. Rates include two dollars per single copy yearly, six copies two dollars, thirteen copies twenty dollars, with ad space priced at 50 cents for first insertion and 25 cents for continuances, twelve lines per square and postal restrictions noted.
Listing of society officers includes President Hawkins Hoffman Vice Presidents and Secretary L D Sallerstedt with managers James Saps E E Seofield Rev S Dod James Godby John Milled re and others in a historical Augusta group.
Recount of Saint Matthew and other apostles detailing their callings, martyrdoms, travels, and roles in early church history, including Saint Peter, Paul, Timothy, and Barnabas with notes on their fates and deeds. Also notes philanthropy of Odd Fellows and a moral tale of a fisherman and a nobleman.
A historical notice highlights the Independent Order of Odd Fellows growing public regard and charitable work in New York. It cites the 1844 and 1848 reports showing thousands of members and tens of thousands of dollars spent on relief, education, and burials, funded by small member contributions.
An Italian nobleman at a castle prepares for a marriage feast as rough seas threaten seafood supplies. A single fortunate fisher man arrives with a turb ot capture, offering a rare fish to complete the celebration at dawn.
A mother recalls a son bred for greatness who sank into dissipation and crime. He squandered debts, fled justice, and progressed from reckless living to violent acts, with a vengeance shadowing his course and ending in deadly crime.
A lengthy moral meditation describes a mother who corrupts her sons and daughter, leading to brutal violence and a ruined family. The piece argues maternal imprinting can be imperishable for good or evil and calls for rescue by grace to avert a doomed future.
A London paper recounts a Prussian experiment where a deep bore was drilled into a massive rock and an iron shaft twenty eight feet high was inserted to attract lightning. During a thunderstorm the rock shattered into fragments, purportedly solving the rock problem.
A writer in The New Genesee Farmer shares a simple vinegar method. Mix eight gallons rain water with three quarts molasses, place in a cask, stir, add two or three spoonfuls of yeast. In summer keep in sun, in winter near warmth. After ten to fifteen days add a sheet of brown paper dipped in molasses to form the vinegar mother.
The article cites experiments by a writer who claims using ten bushels of boiled potatoes mixed into a pudding from three bushels of corn or peas yields as much pork as twenty bushels of potatoes and six bushels of corn or peas fed raw.
An old recipe claims sunflower seeds are a remedy for founder in horses. It advises mixing about a pint of whole seed into the horse’s feed immediately after discovery to achieve a perfect cure.
A historical item describes a folk remedy for equine botts illness. It advises giving the horse a quart of molasses or dissolved sugar with a quart of sweet milk, which should calm the animal in about thirty minutes. Then dissolve an eighth of a pound of alum in warm water and give it, followed by a two hour wait and a final dose of one pound of salts to effect a cure.
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