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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1844
Page
5
Publication details for the Tar Washingtonian issued Saturdays by James McCafferty. Subscription options include one dollar annually, five dollars for six subscribers, or ten dollars for twelve. Advertising rates listed by frequency with discounts and post office considerations.
The American Agriculturalist discusses subsoil plowing as a major improvement, citing English results doubling crops without extra fertilizer. It recounts trials by farmers in Scotland and England, describes a personal experiment yielding over 1100 bushels of sugar beet per acre, and notes affordable subsoil plows from 10 to 15 dollars. It also mentions potato blossom suppression and other farming tips, including pest control and a parable from Long Island.
The item quotes farmers discussing home cures such as using lamp oil on cattle warts and turpentine for affected parts. It notes anecdotes from Jonathan Perry of Dover and requests further testimony if these methods prove effective, illustrating rural experimentation in agricultural practice.
Practical home soap making guidance describing ash lye extraction from barrel and ashes, lime addition, grease preparation, and strength tests using eggs or potatoes. Instructions cover barrel setup, dripping lye, weather effects, and methods to ensure soap forms correctly before storage.
A New York Sun reader with long illness claims mixing one part Chloride of Iodine with six parts water and storing it in a partly covered dish in his bedroom for fourteen days improved health. He credits the iodine treatment and asks for publicity of the result.
A goldsmith and a carpenter ruin their fortune by theft and deception. Disguised as Brahmins they steal idols, hide them, and frame each other. The carpenter mimics a bear attack to expose the scheme, ending with a public sanction as the false tale collapses.
A Fraser writer argues education starts not with letters but with family influence. He lists maternal gaze, paternal approval, siblings' gentleness, and acts of kindness as foundations. The passage links early lessons to nature, beauty, benevolence, virtue, and reverence for God.
A Boston publication recounts a dramatic incident at the opera where a man near the orchestra suffers fatal convulsions. Despite the dying spectacle, the audience roars approval as the prima donna continues, and a fellow patron restrains the stricken man while the performance ends in applause.
The speaker condemns how audiences praise music and drama yet fail to react to hard reality. He laments that people weep for a dying beast and yet discard a brother to a ditch, preferring mere beauty over confronting painful truth. The piece contrasts refined taste with callous indifference.
Governor Sir W Colebrook urges Legislature to study a deadly outbreak blamed on leprosy among French settlers near the Gulf of St Lawrence. Reports detail twelve current cases in Gloucester County and similar cases across the border, with warnings of contagion and fatal outcomes.
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