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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1844
Page
1
The publication details for The Washingtonian are given, listing issue rhythm as weekly Saturday morning. James McCafferty is named as publisher with annual and club subscription options. Ad rates are noted: 50 cents for a single square first insertion plus 25 cents for each continuation, with discounts for frequent advertisers.
A essay extols modest, unassuming men who avoid boasting in public life and seek competence before taking on duties. It contrasts these virtues with self important boasts, noting how true merit lies in character, not outward display. The piece ends with a Port Gibson Herald anecdote about a sheriff and a widow in leap year courtroom flirtation.
A newspaper excerpt recounts a tale in which an Alabama sheriff is the hero. Amid court term bustle, he pauses at the door of a beautiful widow in her thirties who has long drawn melting glances toward the sheriff.
A Broadway observer recounts a merchant’s eight year decline into drunken ruin as rum’s deceit erodes health and happiness. The piece urges temperance and highlights the pledge’s healing power, invoking a plea for salvation of those influenced by alcohol’s wiles. Crystal Fount signs the note.
A farmer recalls turning a quarter acre in June twelve years ago to grow rutabagas. With scant manure and one cartload of leaded ashes, about thirty bushels from potash, he dressed the soil and obtained a fair turnip yield. The following year nearby land was broken up and the narrative continues.
A farmer notes a quarter acre treated with ashes shows a clear field difference with red and white clover thriving thickly and flowering while surrounding ground remains speargrass. The witness estimates three times more hay from the ashes area, aligning with another observer.
The piece argues for funding original literature and fair pay for writers like Sedgwick and Mrs. Child, criticizing low English prices and American editions. It laments the decline of American letters, notes Prescott’s fortune, and urges a patriotic subscription to sustain authentic genius.
Dr Chaloner presented a paper on the Petrified Forest of Cairo Egypt from the late Scientific Convention. The forest is linked to M Linant Mohammed Ali's engineer who first reported the petrified trunks found on desert sands. Specimens show various forms including carbonized and jasperized wood.
The text urges saving from earnings as a path to wealth and warns a man should entrust his savings to a trustworthy friend. It discusses a wife's duty to act for her family's good, prioritizing her husband's welfare and seeking his approval and love as reward.
A man asks which is heavier a quart of rum or a quart of water. The other replies rum, noting a man once staggered under a quart of rum while failing to carry a lesser load of water.
The piece argues blackbirds harm corn only brief springs and autumns while feeding on pests the rest of the year. It notes birds destroy little edible grain but save many pests, citing stomach contents with worms bugs and reptiles found in multiple birds.
A Paris Courier excerpt notes Monsieur Mermilliod a Havre deputy visiting Corsica. He recalls a decrepit Francesca who helped water lodgings near Bastia and a love affair with Bernadotte in 1777. Also cited are Bastia Ajaccio transcripts and a portrait of royal marine Charles Jean.
A column cautions husbands who constantly criticize their wives, arguing fault-finding destroys motivation and faithfulness. In a separate note, a duel ends abruptly when a Yankee shoots upward in a dark room, causing the Englishman to fall from above.
An elderly farmer recalls a son lost at Bennington, who died bravely amid the slain. The father weeps, then cleans the wound and thanks God his boy died for his country as memories of Gardners and a gardener’s virtues surface in a letter praising industry, health, and fortune.
Midland Mining Commission reports near Dudley Staffordshire early potatoes are grown for the London market in ground heated by steam and gases from a long burning old colliery. This method is a direct use of internal heat, contrasted with Parisian efforts to obtain naturally heated water from 3000 feet deep to warm greenhouses and menageries using earths internal heat.
A tablespoon of pulverised alum added to a hogshead of water and stirred clears it within hours by precipitating impurities. The same method works in four gallons with a single teaspoon, yielding water resembling the finest spring water.
A note from Exchange papers claims milk exuded from tree branches serves as indelible ink. Break a stem from the support to write. the liquid soon dries into a jet black that cannot be washed out. Selected.
A historic note recommends using two to three spoonsful of a strong leg made from oak ashes plus four spoons of molasses as a positive cure for croup.
Health remedy notes that Rine Worm can be cured by scratching the skin with a sharp needle. It claims the disease will not pass the line if the outer surface is cut.
The piece notes a safety valve in steam engines allows safe travel for timid riders. It mentions the newly elected Mayor of North York, Mr Harper, described as a Washingtonian temperance advocate. It cites U S drink statistics: about 100000 drunkards and 300000 moderate drinkers, roughly half the numbers from 1838.
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