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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1844
Page
8
A poem recounts a happy old shoemaker who wields wax and leather in a snug shop. He measures feet with care and skill, saving many from illness. After a long, steady craft he resigns his loom and dies, leaving a quiet, paradoxical close as if the king rests beside a bottle.
In a discussion across an exchange paper, the piece argues that marriage cannot reform a man addicted to drink or other vices. It cites that husbands rarely change due to wives and mocks the idea of reform by marriage. Obed notes female influence may affect a lover before marriage, urging caution.
A muddled temperance tale from Poughkeepsie features Mr Van Wagner the reformed blacksmith and a rattlesnake parable about alcohol's deceptive power. A passerby saves the snake but is warned it will strike, reflecting conflict between reformers and temptation. A youth questions a neighbor’s church membership and Christian life amid drinking temptations.
A fragment from a temperance scene recounts a reformer’s speech praising sobriety and warning against rum. A reformed man testifies to a past of misery and abandonment while urging others to sign a pledge and resist returns to old ways. A bystander jokes about a lamp post as a bored scene unfolds.
A crowd heard seven ex-sellers address the audience pledging abstinence from liquor and from vending jam. A wife of one speaker also pledged, described as solemn and impressive. The scene urged others to follow the example and three cheers were given. Organ urged keeping gamblers and thieves from “ruin shop” to avoid temptation.
The editors request aid from subscribers and temperance supporters to compile a statewide list of Temperance Societies in Georgia. They seek society names, total members, male and female counts, and pledge details to extend a published table and show the movement's strength.
The Augusta Society’s Board of Managers appoints editors for the Wasingtonian to advance temperance and morality. The paper will feature Agriculture Science Prices Current and an Exchange table published every Saturday at a low annual price. Clubbing offers attract subscribers with multi-copy rates and post paid communications encouraged.
The editor appeals to Southern citizens to sustain the fifth volume of the Southern Quarterly Review. It outlines aims to publish impartial criticism, promote knowledge, defend Southern institutions, and provide a distinct organ for the Confederacy’s literature. Published in Charleston quarterly. terms are five dollars yearly, with notices due by October 1 to avoid renewal.
An 1843 Boston publication notice describes a collection of Washington portraits and plans derived from English, French, and American sources. It highlights extensive manuscript support, public patronage, and the publishers investment, with subscriber appeals and postmaster incentives for obtaining orders.
Bargain sale of a two story house and lot on Reynold street near Lincoln in the lower city. Adjoins a vacant lot owned by Mrs Gardner. Cash price. for details inquire at this office. June 24.
Debate in Lexington Kentucky between Alexander A Bell of Bethany Virginia and Rev N L Rice of Paris Kentucky covered six propositions on baptism and creeds. The event was reported by stenographers and will appear in an octavo volume priced at ten dollars per copy with volume discounts for large orders. Subscriptions were to be received at the publishing office in Louisville.
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