Washington Total Abstinence Pledge
We pledge ourselves as gentlemen to abstain from all spirituous or malt liquors wine and cider to preserve health standing and families and form a mutual benefit society.
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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1844
Page
6
We pledge ourselves as gentlemen to abstain from all spirituous or malt liquors wine and cider to preserve health standing and families and form a mutual benefit society.
The Savannah Georgian notes changes in editorial staff including S. T. Chapman taking temporary editorship of the Savannah Republican and commends his suitability. It praises Chapman as a strong temperance ally and contrasts his disciplined style with rivals, urging readers to support a union beneficial to both papers and the Washingtonian.
A local notice urges subscriptions to promote moral reform amid concerns about social order. It mentions a new Lineville post office in Bibb County and advertises the Washingtonian paper with a plea for readers and advertising leads. The piece includes a whiskey influenced poem and a Lost item notice seeking information for a liberal donation.
A Georgia contributor urges readers to sustain the Washingtonian, arguing moral obligation must guide law and public life. He criticizes drunkenness, cites Father Mathew and Irish sobriety efforts, and calls for renewed temperance zeal to reduce prisons, dungeons, and social harms.
A poetic farewell to a beloved Jean contrasts exile with spring beauty. The Washingtonian issue then offers horticultural guidance on pruning newly planted trees including timing, bearing wood versus wood buds, and choosing shoots for fruiting, with notes on apple cherry plum peach and nectarine species and seasonal care.
The article explains hoeing and pulling weeds as essential operations in spring. It advises removing weeds promptly, disposing of them to the dung-hill if done in wet weather, and stirring soil between rows after removal. It also covers earthing up onions, celery, potatoes and turnips, with careful handling to protect plants.
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