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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1843
Page
4
The speaker recalls a once noble and joyful youth whose pure virtues and sacred path were visible in youth and manhood but ends with the sorrowful image of a blackened pall covering a drunkard, contrasting idealized memory with a fallen state.
The article argues that soil lacking lime is acidic and impedes growth of clover sainfoin lucerne and grasses. It asserts lime or marl amendments will enable southern lands to support these crops as well as other regions, citing evidence from the American Farmer.
The Tribune notes Gen Tallmadge has secured curious seedless potatoes from Charleston, D C, a plant not a bulb but a vine grown on a trellis. The vine reaches 15 feet, with heart shaped leaves and excellent fruit. The American Institute plans to test growing this cultivar domestically for potential profits.
An English agricultural paper reports a Glasgow gardener accidentally discovering caterpillar control by placing wool in bushes. Windblown wool became infested and was used to lure insects into shelter where many thousands were destroyed.
Advice to protect cabbages from cut worms by chilling the plant and burying the bud about half to an inch deep so leaves stay above ground. This prevents worm intrusion and allows the bud to regrow, keeping the plant unharmed.
The Dahlonega Times notes a plan tried here with success after other preservation efforts failed, claiming it can protect the place when previous attempts did not succeed.
Thomas Jefferson Randolph told the Albemarle Agricultural Society that Jefferson once grew tomatoes as garden ornaments called rove apples and regarded them as poisonous. He noted only one eater, a Williamsburg resident and foreigner, whose stomach seemed to resist the fruit’s effects.
A farmer challenges an artist about study versus practice. The farmer touts his son Sam and a plough that halves labor while tripling output. The artist reveals he invented the plough, then earns the farmer’s friendship and invite to stay at the farm.
Henry Reece reports experiments at Mr Evans's Dean House stable showing gypsum and sulfuric acid moistened forms absorb ammonia, reducing odor and improving air. Sawdust substitutes perform even better. strong ammonia presence quickly reddens litmus. Continuous exposure risks grooms’ health.
A report from the Agricultural Society discusses using acid gypsum and sawdust to absorb ammonia in stable dung. Gypsum is spread on trays to avoid harming animals, with a solution of sulfuric acid and water. mixing with straw during removal is advised for manure. Ammonia release occurs during rotting, and after two to three weeks the acid powder neutralizes, increasing dung value by absorbing ammoniacal salts.
A Florence travel tale describes the Brotherhood of Mercy founded in 1244. Seventy two chiefs of the watch, priests, gentlemen, artists, and workers serve, cloaked in black, answering a bell that summons aid for the dying or wounded. The Grand Duke reportedly participates, leaving alms at the scene.
The Dover Gazette reports a Dover resident who experienced more happenings in a single day than most. He started from his home sober and encountered a sequence of curious incidents within the town limits.
The account describes a man who drank heavily at eight o'clock and faced a sequence of rough events through the day. He was flogged, tent pulled down, jailed, paid seven dollars for sauce, and released by one. A fall injuring his leg occurred before three, followed by an oath at nine to avoid liquor, which he kept. He reflects that his misfortunes prove a lesson in temperance and prudence.
In Montreal's St Antoine suburb a boy searched for his missing sister. Hearing her cry I shall be drowned he jumped into a 20 foot well after her. He guided her to the bucket, then lowered himself to lift her back up. Both survived though she lost a shoe and injured her hands on the well swivel.
A young man from a neighboring town entered a Cincinnati store seen as country greenhorn. A dapper clerk ignored him and let him leave unseen. In a second store he was treated with courtesy, buying five thousand dollars worth of goods and paying cash.
At a London Civil Engineers meeting the superiority of American locomotives was claimed. An American Bogie engine with a 124 inch cylinder and 4 foot driving wheels hauled 54 tons at 12 mph up an incline, while English engines with a 13 inch cylinder and 5 foot wheels pulled 38 tons at 6 mph, though American engines used more fuel.
Havana correspondent recalls a humorous scene where a sailor playing the Highland bagpipes interrupts a plaza band. A commissary confronts the bagpiper, jokingly chastising the apparent foreign music, as locals react with surprise and amusement.
A fragment describes someone hearing band music and deciding to stand, thinking the crowd preferred zoo music, but finding the performance awkward and poorly received. The text mentions bagpipes and a man feeling mostly weak in the moment.
A sailor named Yangre Curiosity visits a country refreshment house. The landlord probes how he lost an arm, and the sailor promises to answer only if not asked again. He replies the arm was bitten off and the landlord presses for details. The sailor, true to his word, remains cryptic.
The subscriber at the Brass and Iron Foundry offers a wide stock of high quality raw materials for mill and gin gear and all kinds of machinery. Located behind the Presbyterian Church on the road from Augusta to Savannah, the yard invites orders through the foundry or local merchants with prompt attention promised. July 4 Gm
James Conner & Son announce reduced prices on types presses chases cases and stationery at their Nassau and Ann streets New York foundry formerly James Conner’s and later Conners & Cooke. They invite old patrons and the public to place printing orders with favorable terms and assure high quality casting and stereotype services for news printing. Journalists copying the notice three times may earn type payments on two billings. July 17 6.
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