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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1844
Page
1
Tar Washingtonian will be published every Saturday morning by James McCafferty for one dollar per annum. Club rates are five dollars for six subscribers and ten dollars for twelve. Communications must be postpaid. Postmasters may frank subscription money. Advertisement rates listed with discounts for yearly advertisers.
The article praises subsoil plowing as a major improvement with evidence from England and Scotland. It recounts experiments using a modified plow to till 12 to 18 inches deep, yielding high potato, beet, and root crops. It notes plows available for $10 to $15 and mentions potato blossom thinning and pest control tips.
A Dover resident notes lamp oil can kill warts on cows when applied several days in succession. The report requests further testimony from other farmers who find the remedy effective, indicating a shared local interest in practical agri solutions.
Instructions from a Boston Cult piece describe home soap production using ashes, lime, and grease. It covers making lye from ashes, barrel setup, lime mixture, strength tests with eggs or potatoes, and steps to render soap either hot or cold, noting weather and process tips for best results.
A New York Sun reader with long standing consumption reports improved health after using a home remedy. He mixed one part Chloride of Iodine with six parts water and kept it in a partly covered dish in his bedroom for a fortnight, attributing his recovery to iodine. Ex. paper.
A Persian tale of two roguish artisans who feign Brahminhood to steal idol statues. They plot to frame each other after betraying trust, craft a wooden image of the goldsmith, and stage a dramatic bear attack to disguise the missing cubs. The plot unravels before a Cadi as the audience witnesses a comic ruse turned court drama.
A Fraser writer argues that education does not start with letters but with family guidance and moral example. The piece extols parental approval and gentle discipline, siblings’ acts of patience, and nature’s beauty as formative forces guiding toward benevolence, virtue, and reverence for God.
An excerpt from Italy and the Italians by J. T. Headly recounts a man at an opera collapsing in convulsions. The crowd and performers, led by Clara Novello, continue as the dying man is restrained to watch the soprano’s climactic scene amid cheers and a grim spectacle.
The speaker laments audiences craving refined beauty over dire reality. They argue music moves few to pity for suffering while society discards a dying brother, preferring art over harsh fact and leaving real sorrow unheeded.
The governor asks the Legislature to study a deadly disease across the St Lawrence border. Doctors identify it as a medieval tubercular leprosy, with at least twelve cases in Gloster and similar numbers across the line, all still incurable and highly contagious.
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