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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1845
Page
5
Classified notice from MCCAFFERTY at H Street opposite the post office outlining pricing for single copies yearly bundles and bulk orders. Advertisements charged 50 cents per square for first insertion and 25 cents for continuances with twelve lines per square and postage rules noted.
The document lists officers and society figures including Dr Jos A Pt Pecens and Dr ee Reve. Vice Presidents Hawkins Hoff and WM Haines Jr are named with Secretary L D Sallertedt. Managers include James Saps, E E Seofield, Rev S Dod, James Godby and John Miledre.
A Sunday School Advocate summary recounts the lives and martyrdoms of the Apostles and Church Fathers. It covers Matthew’s tax-collector turn to follower, Mark’s mission in Alexandria, Luke’s voyage with Paul, John’s exile on Patmos, James the Great’s and Peter’s deaths, Philip and Thomas journeys, and Barnabas with Onesimus, concluding with a brief note on charity and moral lessons from their deeds.
The passage notes the growing importance and charitable aims of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in New York State. It details secretive yet benevolent operations, annual reports, member numbers, and financial figures for relief of sick, widowed families, orphans, and burials, highlighting extensive voluntary contributions and the order’s charitable reach.
A noble resident in Italy prepared for his wedding feast when rough seas threatened the fish supply. On the morning of the feast a fisherman arrived with a flat turbot said to be bred for the occasion, presenting the prize in the balcony.
A mother recalls a son whose promising start gave way to self willed, dissipated living. He squandered debt, fled justice, and descended into crime, with violence and a sworn vengeance shaping a doomed fate.
A moral meditation on a mother's role in shaping violence and ruin. The text argues that maternal impressions can lodge in a child, guiding him toward vice or virtue, with a focus on how early lessons foretell deadly outcomes and ongoing despair. It paints a stark portrait of a family undone by harsh teachings.
A London paper reports a recent Prussian experiment to dispose of a huge rock by boring a deep hole and placing a twenty eight foot iron pole inside to attract lightning. During the first thunderstorm the rock shattered into fragments.
A writer describes a simple vinegar recipe costing little to produce. Mix eight gallons rain water with three quarts molasses in a cask, add two or three spoonfuls of yeast, let ferment in sun or warmth, then in ten to fifteen days insert a torn molasses-soaked paper to form the vinegar's mother.
A farmer reports experimental results on swine feeding. He claims 10 bushels of boiled potatoes mixed with a pudding from 3 bushels of corn or peas yields as much pork as 20 bushels of potatoes and 6 bushels of raw corn or peas.
An old notice claims sunflower seeds are the best cure for founder in horses. It advises mixing about a pint of the whole seed with the feed immediately after discovering founder for a perfect cure.
The fragment describes a botts cure using molasses or sugar in milk, followed by alum dissolved in warm water then a dose of salts two hours later. The method claims to ease the animal quickly and achieve a cure within a short period.
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