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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1843
Page
8
Fragmentary lines trace a life from dawn to ruin, recalling a beloved, virtuous youth who grew into a drunken downfall. The speaker contrasts the pure brightness of a child with a shadowed end, lamenting loss of a once holy path and noble promise.
The article asserts that soils lacking calcareous matter and lime burdened with acid hinder clover sainfoin lucerne and grasses. It argues lime or marl application will enable rich clover growth across southern soils and improve healthful vegetation in general.
The Tribune reports Gen Tallmadge has obtained rare curious potatoes raised in Charleston from South American seeds. The vine climbs a trellis with heart shaped leaves and reaches 15 feet on a piazza. Measures by the American Institute aim to test growing the plant in the United States for potential profit.
An English agricultural paper reports a Glasgow gardener who brushed a caterpillar infestation by placing woolen cloths in every bush. A piece of wool blown into a bush sheltered the insects, and the next day many caterpillars were caught in the cloths, enabling the gardener to destroy thousands.
Advice to cover cabbage buds with soil a half to an inch deep to protect against cut worms. Keep main leaves above ground so worms sever leaves rather than bite the bud, allowing the plant to regrow. The note ends with a garbled fragment referencing the Rha.
The Dahlonega Times notes a strategy that has succeeded in saving local works after other efforts failed, describing a plan that proved effective in a difficult preservation context.
Thomas Jefferson Randolph recalled that Jefferson once deemed the tomato an ornament and poisonous. He noted it was eaten by only one person, a Williamsburg resident, whose unique stomach supposedly resisted the fruit's deleterious effects.
An honest farmer challenges a clever artist about the value of study versus labor. The artist reveals he invented the farmer’s preferred plough and explains its efficiency, then the farmer welcomes him to stay at the farm. The London paper notes the encounter as a parable about invention and practical gain.
Henry Reece reports experiments at Dean House Enstone showing gypsum and sulfuric acid moistened surfaces absorb ammonia, improving stable air. Sawdust proves even more effective and tests reveal strong ammonia presence in poorly ventilated stalls. Grooms suffer health effects from prolonged exposure.
A 19th century note describes spreading acid gypsum and sawdust in stables to absorb ammonia from rotting manure. The ammonia evolves rapidly, neutralizing the acid in two to three weeks, with potential gains from salting dung heaps and enriching manure with ammoniacal salts.
A travel account describes Florence’s secret Brotherhood of Mercy founded in 1244. Seventy two chiefs of the watch, including priests, gentlemen, artists, and five hundred workers, serve to aid the afflicted. At alarm, members don black robes and rush to assist the injured or dying, with the Grand Duke among participants and alms left behind for survivors.
The Dover Gazette reports a town resident endured a single day filled with more happenings than most experience. He began the day sober at home and encountered a sequence of notable incidents during the day.
A man describes a single day of drinking starting at 8 o clock with drunkenness and a flogging, then tent removal, confinement, a seven dollar sauce purchase, early release, injuries, an oath to abstain from liquor, and a reflection on his misfortunes and restraint. He claims others have reason to hate him or thank God for his leg and for his newfound sense to avoid liquor.
In St. Antoine, a boy searching for his missing sister mistakenly enters a 20 foot well after hearing her shout I shall be drowned. He lowers himself by the bucket chain, guides the girl to the bucket, and both are rescued. The girl escapes with only cut hands and a lost shoe. The incident honors the boy’s brave act and affectionate devotion.
A young man from a neighboring town visits a city store and, due to ordinary dress, is ignored by a dapper clerk who assumes he seeks only pin prices. He then enters a second store, is treated with respect, and buys $5,000 worth of goods 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 wheels moved 54 tons up a incline at 12 mph, while the best English engine with a 13 inch cylinder and 5 foot wheels, weighing 12 tons, drew 38 tons at 6 mph. The Americans reportedly used more fuel.
Havana reports recount a night on the Plaza where a Highland bagpipes enthusiast played as a band paused. A sailor from a British ship, calling himself Sandy, drew a crowd and provoked laughter after being challenged by a local commissary.
Fragment references bagpipes and a band playing, noting a speaker who misread audience taste and felt embarrassed when the crowd’s reception did not meet expectations.
A sailor with one arm recounts how it was lost after visiting a refreshment house. The landlord presses for details and the sailor teases with a riddle before revealing the bite that took his arm and his lingering curiosity about what truly bit it.
The subscriber advertises a large stock of raw materials of the best quality for mill and gin gear and a full range of machinery at the foundry behind the Presbyterian Church on the Augusta Savannah road. He promises low prices and prompt attention to orders left at the foundry or with Augusta merchants. July 4.
James Conner & Son announce reduced prices on type and printing hardware at their Nassau and Ann streets New York foundry. They invite old patrons of the former Sypend Stereotype Foundry to place orders for types presses cases and related items with favorable terms. Newspapers copying this notice three times earn credit in type. July 17 6.
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