05 Jul 1845
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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1845
Page
1
Publication details list James McCafferty as publisher on Intosh Street opposite the post office. Rates shown for single copies and subscriptions, with discounts for multiple copies and prepayment. Advertising rates are 50 cents per square for the first insert and two cents per continuation, twelve lines per square. Letters not mailed without postage.
A reader recounts tracking a rattlesnake that charmed a squirrel and the animal’s death after the snake was killed. The observer notes the squirrel panting and dying within a minute, with blood seen near the squirrel’s jaw and neck. He believes the snake’s death caused the squirrel’s demise and details the snake’s size and rattles.
A group signs a pledge forming a society to abstain from all spirituous or malt liquors wine and cider for mutual benefit and to guard against a pernicious practice harming health and families.
A letter from Bank of the Nebraska dated May 13 describes a multiday trek of about five hundred wagons with six to seven thousand people moving from Independence toward the Nebraska River. It covers Indian hostilities, terrain notes, and praise for the Oregon expedition's magnitude and character.
The piece meditates on the phrase last day and its varied emotional pull. It recalls school term endings and the instant associations they trigger, pairing nostalgia with hopeful or sorrowful feelings as days close.
In Schuylerville Herald advertising poetry samples appear beside prose. The column mentions Paul C. Wells blacksmithing wagons by L Bartlett and paintings by J Osborn, notes on G R Lewis boot store near the bridge, and Losse Motte dry goods with a curious mix of goods. New York Mercury quips at the odd phrasing.
In Dooly County near Allapaha I saw a common fox squirrel on a pine trunk six to eight inches from the ground. I believed the animal was charmed by a rattlesnake and struck the snake three times, causing the snake to sing and the squirrel to leap away. The narrative ends as I approach the tree.
A critical column argues vice flourishes when respectable women tolerate libertines. It blames low wages and urban influence for spreading immorality, urges refined women to resist and sever association with seducers to protect communities and reputations.
The plan urges immediate morning bathing for those without household facilities. It prescribes wetting a towel from a two gallon pan of water, rubbing head, hair, neck and body, rewetting and repeating, then drying with two long towels. The method, though antiquated, advocates a quick daily cleansing routine.
The Vincennes Gazette reports Josiah Warren of New Harmony Indiana has devised a rapid stereotyping method with iron like plates meltable at common fire, promising vast printer benefits. The Athens Banner urges merchants to adopt Federal currency to replace thrips and sevenpences to ease transactions.
A speaker argues education hinges on self knowledge and clear thinking, not mere learning. Wealthy or brilliant scholars may falter if they lack discipline, while leaders like Washington and Franklin exemplify true education through action and reason. Farmers are urged to prioritize their children's schooling.
The piece argues against the prejudice that women should not earn a living. It cites historical examples of women performing labor and challenges the notion that teaching is the only proper vocation for ladies. The essay promotes work suited to a woman's strength and health.
The Secretary of the Treasury has sent $250,000 in foreign coin to the Mint to be coined into dimes and half dimes for Post Office use under the new currency system. The writer asks whether foreign coins should be withdrawn from circulation now that Post Office rates align with U S currency.
German papers report that Professor Liebig has discovered a mineral mixed with Guano to create a highly fertilizing manure. A £120,000 stock company reportedly formed to manufacture the compound, with leading English capitalists and several eminent agronomy professors backing it.
The Boston Cultivator notes that sows in small pens lack pure earth and healthful condiments, causing a feverish appetite that leads to eating their young. When hogs roam freely and have access to earth and greens, they do not devour their offspring.
A Tennessee agricultural note suggests a method to double cream and butter yield. Keep milk hot, strain into hot pans from boiling water, cover with another hot pan, and repeat to obtain rich cream and sweet butter.
Steam treatment rapidly rot the hemp stems in Kentucky trials, five minutes sufficing to render fibers ready for braking. Proponents claim the resulting fiber is stronger and more beautiful than water-rotated hemp.
A Tidga county woman reports settlers in the region disregard rattlesnake bites. She claims a paste of indigo and camphor spirits applied to the wound prevents serious consequences and neutralizes poison immediately.
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