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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1845
Page
5
The notice lists prices for single copies and subscriptions, advertising rates, and payment terms. It states one year for two dollars, thirty copies for twenty dollars, with advance payment required and a 50 cent first insertion rate plus 25 cents each subsequent insertion. It mentions twelve lines per square and a liberal annual advertiser deduction. It also bans paid letters from the Post Office.
Officers listed for the Augusta W T A Society include Dr Jos A Eve president WM Hook vice president Rev Hawks Hoff Esq, William J Harding secretary L D Sasted I president James Gudby John Mitt ed as treasurer and manager E E Scofield.
The Mississippian notes the penitentiary’s sound finances and humane management while highlighting Major Weir’s cotton band powered machinery as a potential profit source for planters. It contrasts a planter’s lifestyle—debt from indulgence and reliance on others for goods—with the costs of living, cautioning that pride and speculative farming cause financial ruin.
A 1837 mutiny at Villarayo led to eight officers shot after a risky firing squad used by mixed troops including local militia. A veteran recounts the brutal scene with a dragged execution and the poor state of discipline. Another tale recalls Carlist reprisals in Navarre and a grim twenty-man line of death, ending with a veteran meeting a comrade in New York on a street in Albany.
An 19th century note compares stamp lifting devices to stump clearing methods. It cites the Albany Cultivator’s cat mechanism costing hundreds and notes a simple wooden stick method with chains and oxen to topple stumps, illustrating varied approaches to clearing fields.
The writer describes a wooden bench with a hollow hive set in a mortice and filled with char. Three inch auger holes near the hive provide bee ingress and egress while a bottom hole drains water. Bees are observed chasing moths attempting entry at night.
Take two pounds of alum for every ten pounds of tallow. Dissolve the alum in water before adding the tallow. Melt the tallow in the alum water with frequent stirring. The mixture clarifies and hardens the tallow making a fine article for winter or summer use, nearly as good as sperm.
A graphic description by Wilson of a southern planter, 88, offering a candid truth over poetry. The piece notes skepticism about planters' gumption and anticipates a future reversal of the portrait if candor prevails.
In New York last Friday decorative artist Hartmann Fucht of Pearl Street, a German native and longtime resident, encounters a stranger who verifies his identity. The two men, both nearly sixty, recall shared service under Napoleon in the 8th Regiment of Hessers and fought together in Austria and Prussia.
A writer argues Providence lies in home shaping character and urges parents to create a lively fireside life for children. He cites Leigh Richmond’s example of engaging his family at home and warns against children roaming taverns for amusement as a risk to virtue.
A workman in England died after exposing himself to ars enic while making composite candles intended to resemble wax. His arm and hands swelled and purple patches appeared on his skin. The poison acted slowly through absorption rather than ingestion, but was certain. Caution urged in handling arsenic.
Fortitude of a wolf reported near Imphy in Loire. Caught by a snare, the animal dragged the trap across a river then, when pursued, bit off the trapped paw to free itself and flee. The incident underscores savage perseverance in the forest predator.
Two young men in Mobile recently dueled after a dispute over a young lady. Seconds loaded pistols and fired. one man, fearing a fatal hit, was frightened by the heart thump, was reassured of safety, and then gave up his claim to the lady rather than risk another shot.
A Paris paper notes disorder at churches during midnight mass led to a change to eight oclock in the morning. The piece recalls an Irish provincial club’s notice that its quarterly meeting will be held every six weeks instead of every two months.
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