29 Jul 1843
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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1843
Page
1
The notice outlines subscription fees and mail options for the Washingtonian to be published weekly, including single copies and club rates. It lists post-paid delivery and post office department arrangements and details reduced advertising rates with per insertion charges for squares and continuances. It mentions yearly discounts for advertisers and payment terms.
The Baltimore American reports an estimate of U S farm product values based on the 1842 crops tabular data from the Patent Office. Prices shown reflect market levels with actual and estimated figures for fifteen 1842 products, totaling about six hundred million dollars, while criticizing debt, credit, and currency policies harming farmers and planters.
The Albany Cultivator analyzes Britain’s cattle and sheep totals, valuing UK livestock at 110 million pounds and contrasting US census figures. It argues high British meat prices justify seeking a liberal export trade in beef and pork to England amid tariff and price conditions.
A gardener notes salt applied between celery plants increased root salinity uptake and growth. He recalls wild celery near the Forth and reports a later season where salt-treated plants reached four feet tall with substantial branching, citing the Convent Garden market as a source.
A Camden Journal note describes a basket of fine large dry mealy Irish potatoes. The writer shares a proposed planting method using seed on the ground covered with pine straw to yield larger crops and easier harvests.
General Means sponsors a resolution at the Agricultural Convention to raise funds for a thorough analysis of the cotton stalk seed and lint. The study aims to identify suitable soil types and manure for full development, and to compare healthy plants with those affected by rust to uncover the disease’s origin and prevention methods.
An old anecdote contrasts a debt ridden landowner who loses his estate with a thrifty tenant who prospers by rising early and minding his business. A Albany Cultivator correspondent claims sassafras tea and leaf sugar can heal eye inflammation and a film on the eye, citing a cured horse as proof.
To Sar Burter beat up well in a marble mortar half a pound of common salt with four ounces of powdered leaf sugar to every pound of newly made butter. Draw off milk by beating, add an ounce of the mixed powder, mix, and pack into pots. After about a month it will be ready to use and keep for ten years as good as newly made.
The article extols virtue, industriousness, and probity as core traits for young people. It argues sloth harms mind and body, while industry ennobles and builds health and friendships. It warns against deceit, praises wealth earned through merit over inherited riches, and lauds American opportunity and social mobility driven by talent, not birth.
A reflective meditation on maternal love, praising its purity and strength. The piece notes a mother's serene dignity and constant devotion, listening to a child's soft words from a humble bed and shaping a home with untold virtues.
The Portland Tribune reflects on a wife and mother’s sweet temper as essential for home happiness. A kind disposition soothes a weary head, fosters peace, and inspires smiles in children, valued above gold and beauty for a lasting, gentle influence.
A Maine congregation meeting years ago debated raising their loyal minister’s stipend to match living costs. The motion passed after the elderly pastor urged friends not to fund him, joking that voting was difficult. The increase was approved and promptly paid. The moral: upright poverty is better than abundance tainted by vice.
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