Washingtonian Aug 1844 Total Abstinence Pledge
The Washingtonian reports a pledge by Augusta residents to form a society avoiding all spirits malt liquors wine and cider. It covers editorial notes on postal remittance for subscriptions and records Henry Clay's Augusta visit with praise for temperance efforts. It highlights Irish and Northern Volunteers temperance behavior at St Patrick’s day events.
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Washingtonian
Augusta
Wisdom
Augusta Washingtonian
Total Abstinence Society
Brother Irving
Rambler
Brother
St. Patrick’s Day
Irish Volunteers
Magrath
Charleston
Hamburg Temperance Society Elects Officers
At a regular meeting of the Hamburg Washington Total Abstinence Society held at their Hall on Monday evening 25th inst officers for the ensuing year were elected starting at the April anniversary. Robert Anderson Esq President Gottloth Wake 1st Vice President T H Howarp 2d P B Perrin Recording Secretary M Gravy Esq Corresponding Secretary T J Wincut Treasurer J J Howard W W Sars Standing Committee GarMany By order of the Society G W Gar Hamburg March 27th 1844
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T. J. Wincut
J. J. Howard
W. W. Sars
Garmany
G W. Gar
Hamburg
Almanac Weather Guesses and Moon Signs Skeptics
The essay argues against reliance on moon phases and almanac lore for gardening timing. It notes English calendars show birds and weather, but moon light does not determine plant growth. An anecdote about an almanac maker's forecast ends with the craftsman being proven unreliable by his own error.
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Arago
W. P
Seed quantities for kitchen garden beds in old guide
An excerpt lists seed amounts and bed sizes for diverse crops. It includes cabbage two ounces for a 4 by 36 feet nursery bed, peas one pint per 100 feet row, beans one pint per 80 feet, potatoes half peck per 16 by 16 bed, and other crops with specific row spacing and plant counts. It also notes transplanting asparagus and tomato yields.
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W. P
To Amelia Farewell by Romeo in sorrowful verse
The speaker laments bidding farewell to Amelia with a sorrowful farewell in a poem. He recalls her smile voice and eyes and speaks of fate parting them. He prays for her peaceful rest and memory to soothe his troubled heart.
Rights of Rumpending Considered
Opinion piece arguing liquor trade provokes virtuous opposition and law enforcement. Claims intoxication business uniquely harms industry and society, likening it to a wolf among sheep and justifying self defense against its spread. Calls for vigilance and action against liquor vending.
Against the Rum Vender Rights in Morals and Society
A Philadelphia Sun reprint argues that rum sellers wield no true rights and must be opposed as a source of social decay. It condemns tolerance of rum vending as inviting crime, drunkenness, and degraded pauperism, urging collective moral defense by society and God.
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Oth
Philadelphia Sun
Alcohol as Medicine in Pledge Reform
A long critique warns against using alcohol as a remedy for pain and urges abstainers to reject drinking. It cites physicians who say alcohol has no medicinal value and highlights the moral struggle of those who relapse, praising self restraint as a high moral achievement and comparing reform to conquering empires.
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New York
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