08 Jul 1843
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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1843
Page
1
The notice set the Washington War to publish weekly each Saturday morning at one dollar per year, five dollars for a six subscriber club, and ten dollars for a twelve subscriber club, with postpaid mail and prepayment rules. It lists post office rules and advertising rates for various insertions and discounts for yearly advertisers.
The article extols root culture as a modern agricultural advance boosting forage yield and soil health. It cites Germany, France, Britain, and the New Edinburgh Encyclopedia, noting turnips and beets aid beef and sugar supply, while carrots bolster Flemish farming. A farmer’s experiment shows wheat yields and grain counts, and apple orchard techniques in Tewksbury are described as improving tree vigor through stone bedding to aid drainage and water retention.
Joseph Cooper of New Jersey planted fourteen grains of wheat from the Cape of Good Hope aboard the Empress of China in 1785. Seven grains were lost by accident, leaving seven grains sown in the fall of 1786 in the same field alongside his common wheat.
A reflective piece extols the garden as a source of health, peace, and contemplation. It highlights fruits and scenery as gifts of creation, recalls gardens in daily walks, and notes Jesus Saviour loving a garden with Gethsemane as a sacred emblem of sorrow and love.
A small cloud rises in the west and waters the earth with a gentle shower. A rivulet becomes a mighty stream bearing goods from many nations while dew, sun, and shelter follow. A smiling boy prays with his mother for blessing and protection from temptation.
A Polish nobleman loses a contest for a daughter to a basket maker after insisting on rank and fortune. The father demands the husband be a master of a trade, so the suitor becomes a baskets maker and wins consent. The story shifts to the Revolution era and a deaf and dumb institute report. The Hartfort institution hosts 123 pupils with funds over $200,000 and a $100 annual board fee.
A speaker recalls a preacher nicknamed Boanerges as a child, seen with classics, teaching in Sabbath school, and later reflecting on a mother’s worn hair and tears. He honors the mother’s sacrifices that fed his early faith and the promise of blessing in the afterlife.
A Quaker resident of Paris entertains four workmen who ask for New Year gifts. The Quaker offers either fifteen francs or a Bible, and each of the workers chooses the cash option citing various needs, leaving the Bible unchosen.
A Quaker offers three pieces to a boy and two others who accept a Bible. The thirteen or fourteen year old chooses the Bible and finds a forty franc gold piece hidden within its leaves. The other two regret their poorer choice as the Quaker expresses sympathy.
The Bunker Hill celebration draws about 160000 attendees as Daniel Webster extols the monument and the American union. He calls the structure a moral grandeur and a monument to Liberty, urging unity against local faction and praising Washington as the century's exemplar.
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