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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1844
Page
1
The Washingtonian pledges weekly Saturday morning publication priced at one dollar yearly for a single subscriber and discounted club rates. Subscriptions may be mail prepaid with Post Office guidelines allowing postmasters to advance funds and advertisers receive stepped discounts by frequency of insertion.
The article explains constructing hot beds using manure and litter, framing with wood and glass, and managing heat and ventilation. It covers bed depth, fermentation, frame dimensions, and careful timing for sowing seeds like cabbages, radishes, lettuce, tomatoes, celery, and cucumbers, aiming for outdoor planting as early as April.
The article advises scraping earth from peach trees after November first to reveal sap jelly around bark and large roots. Keep injured parts exposed until spring, then lightly cover. Avoid deep ploughing near trees to prevent burying pest eggs that hatch with warmth. exposing roots helps cold destroy them.
An excerpt from an October address by Rev Duartes Kurrence of Westboro before a Westboro agricultural society and nearby New England audience discusses additional fruit cultivation sources and practical guidance for growers in the region.
A speaker argues fruit production is a reliable path to wealth for farmers. Citing a ten year plan, one hundred fruit trees per acre could yield large profits after costs, with profits of 138 per year per acre and land valued at 2500 dollars. Quince rows and other fruit trees are cited as contributing substantial returns.
A miscellany excerpt discusses fame as posthumous and unalterable, versus reputation driven by public opinion. It cites Michael Angelo and platitudes on praise and self-improvement, then shifts to a young Greek nurse at a plague hospital and a tragic tale of devotion, ending with advice to young ladies and a note on Mount Vesuvius eruptions and damages.
A meditation on a mother weeping over a dying child and a father’s restrained sorrow. It contrasts enduring maternal attachment with a father drawn from the home by business, noting deep grief yet blurred by daily life. The passage portrays strength through loss and the inexhaustible bond of love.
A passage praising Washington Irving’s Bracebridge Hall depicts a bride led to the altar in white, then likens her devotion to Ruth’s vow. The excerpt emphasizes tenderness, ritual language, and the beauty of lifelong commitment.
Mrs. Child argues that careful removal of substances between teeth and rinsing after meals, plus chewing a lump of charcoal several times a week, can preserve teeth and purify breath. Charcoal acts chemically to counteract stomach acid and decay around gums, though powdered charcoal can damage enamel.
A humorous tale of a pious widow who hides porter bottles as elders arrive and a cat and yeast become excuses for mischief. The scene shifts to a Cambridge graduate and a mathematics tutor in a sharp word confrontation about who lied, then a call to prove the accusation.
The seamstresses of Rochester have formed an association to improve work prospects and opened a room to receive tasks. The trial of the famed Mrs. Gilmour in Edinburgh ended with her acquittal.
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