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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1845
Page
5
Published every Saturday by James McCafferty at Wacintosh Street opposite the post office. Rates for single copies and subscriptions, and advertising charges: 50 cents per square for first insertion plus 25 cents per continuation. discounts for yearly advertisers. Postage free for letters from the Post Office.
The text records a group of individuals agreeing to form a society for mutual benefit to guard against pernicious practice. They pledge as gentlemen not to drink spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider to protect health, standing, and families.
In July a Boston visitor describes Lowell’s orderly streets, vast mills, and moral factory system. He tours A. & A. Lawrence works, notes clean quarters, 25 28 thousand population, 11 major corporations, 201 076 spindles, 6 194 looms, and wages for women around 1 75 to 2 per week. The piece ends with a curious magnetic sleep anecdote and a striking vignette of city life.
The article notes that only five rose kinds existed in France and England 160 years ago. A sixth rose from Italy prompted florist frenzy worldwide. Linnaeus listed fourteen roses in 1762, now over two thousand exist. New hybrids promise year round vigor and improved fragrance and beauty.
A burglar entered a widow’s Cincinnati boarding house in the evening and hid under a child’s bedstead tunnel. After the family slept the thief emerged, stole loose change and began looting wardrobes and drawers while avoiding detection.
A quote from Mr. Cecil cites a watchmaker who received a flawless watch that ran irregularly. After disassembling and reassembling it twenty times, he suspected a magnetized balance-wheel. A nearby magnet confirmed the effect, showing steel components can disturb motion and the watch then ran well with a new wheel.
This exhortation urges a young man to uncover innate talents by persistent effort. It insists talents exist though buried, and only through diligent polishing can they shine to illuminate the world. It warns against inactivity and self-pity, urging continued labor to realize potential.
General Foy, a noted orator of the French chambers, defines aristocracy as the league of those who consume without producing, live without working, know everything without learning, take honors without earning them, and occupy government positions without capability to fill them.
In 1832, a farmer notes repeated use of the same oats bred black dust head or blast, wiping half the crop. He replaced with one hundred bushels of the purest seed from Richmond, but due to limited supply used some impure seed washed in lime water overnight. The result was cleaner grains and better harvests than the Richmond seed.
Davenport Iowa farmer Jas Grant reports cattle died after being turned into post harvest corn fields. Sudden deaths followed constipation with milk cows dying overnight and oxen dying after working. He saved the rest by giving large doses of Epsom salts as noted by the Albany Cultivator.
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