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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1844
Page
1
Public notice outlines subscription costs at one dollar annually for single readers, six subscribers for ten dollars, or twelve for ten dollars. mail post paid. postmasters may frank. Advertising rates list 50 cents per first insertion and 25 cents per continuation, with discounts for yearly advertisers.
A college town tale recalls a group of drinkers who capture a young bear from a traveling menagerie. they load Brain into a hogshead and wheel him toward the chemistry lecture room to surprise the professor during a lesson on Light. The dramatic escape ends with the bear loose in the lab and a dawn dawn chorus of animal cries.
An acid room incident frees a tiger rampaging through a city scene. Col. Silas Zane commands a siege to defend a fort while Elizabeth Zane volunteers to fetch powder. She runs through enemy fire, loads a powder keg, and returns unharmed, later marrying Mr. Clairville of Ohio.
In 1787 Wheeling was besieged by a large army of British and Indians. The sudden assault left no time for preparation at the fort.
A lofty meditation on the moral power and duties of women, praising nursing mercy, guiding virtue, and sustaining society from the couch to the scaffold, as portrayed in Blackwood's Magazine.
Fragmentary notes discuss a writer's view of attire and the diligence of a judge, noting careless slovenliness in conduct and a critique of foundations in reasoning. The text appears as a stray quotation reflecting 18th century discourse on manners and judgment.
A Boston Bee note argues that care in appearance and hygiene has lasting value beyond youth. It criticizes men for neglect and urges self care as essential to avoid costly consequences, noting beauty is a strong but temporary lure while cleanliness endures.
A quote from Rev. R. Fellowes asserts that no sincere effort to better humanity is wasted. He argues that isolated actions may seem useless but collectively they form an aggregate that eventually yields positive outcomes, with evidence in moral and physical realms.
Practical guidance on killing hogs early, preparing cuts, salting with salt and pepper, drying and hanging, and smoking for bacon. Includes handling of midlings and joints, level surfaces, and storage to prevent mold and flies. Also mentions grease stain removal by egg yolk method and a rural anecdote.
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