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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1844
Page
5
The notice outlines that the Washingtonian will be published every Saturday morning by James McCafferty at one dollar per year. It includes postal rate details, subscription terms, and advertising rates with discounts for frequent insertions.
A reflective essay extols modest young men who avoid vanity in study work and public life. It contrasts restraint with loud self praise and argues virtue lies in quiet competence rather than ostentatious talent or showy ambition. The piece condemns impudence and praises retirement from public notice. Port Gibson Herald anecdote included ends with a court miscue.
An Alabama sheriff is depicted as a hero in a vivid story. In a bustling term time scene he pauses at the door of a beautiful widow over 30, who had often shown melting glances toward the sheriff. The narrative centers on charm and public life intersecting in a single moment.
A temperance warning recounts a Broadway merchant’s eight year slide from health to ruin as rum’s deceit unfolds. The piece urges virtue of the temperance pledge to save families from drink’s sting and to shield loved ones from its wiles.
A farmer recalls turning a quarter acre in June twelve years ago to grow rutabagas using scarce manure and a single load of leaded ashes hauled from a potash site. This light dressing yielded a fair crop of turnips and affected adjoining land the following year as it was broken up.
A farmer reports that a quarter acre treated with ashes produced a thick clover crop while surrounding areas yielded only speargrass. The observer notes the field showed a clear, observable difference from half a mile away, estimating the treated patch produced three times as much hay as comparable sections.
A late New Mirrors extract denounces current government policy toward wave authors. It laments low returns for Miss Sedgwick and Mrs. Clavers, notes Cooper’s limited American sales, cites Prescott as an exception, and urges a patriotic subscription to fund original and poetic genius like Mrs. Child.
Dr. A Chaloner described the petrified forest near Cairo discovered by M Linant chief engineer to Mohammed Ali who traveled Egypt since 1818 The forest includes standing carbonized and petrified trunks some resembling fresh hewn wood and fire brands Also dates palm fir fig oak sycamore and bamboo specimens noted from the site and shown in Philadelphia collections
A prudent husband saves from earnings and places fruits of labor with a trusted friend. If that friend proves untrustworthy, hope fades. A wife acts for herself and others, prioritizing her husband’s good, with his approval and love as her reward.
A man asks which is heavier a quart of rum or water. The other replies rum because he saw a man weigh pounds while staggering under a quart of rum, yet could have carried a gallon of water with ease.
The article argues blackbirds attack corn during sprouting but defend crops by consuming numerous insects. It notes two brief periods of vegetable feeding in spring and autumn, while otherwise aiding farmers by reducing pests. It mentions stomach examinations revealing worms bugs and small reptiles in many birds.
The piece recounts Monsieur Mermilliod visiting Corsica and printing letters about Bastia and Bastia to St. Florent, noting an old peasant Francesca who aided him and a thwarted romance with Berna dotte. It also mentions Charles Jean a Royal Marine private, transcripts preserved in Bastia and Ajaccio, and Archbishop Laud’s 1637 Star Chamber decree controlling printing.
A moral note suggests husbands who constantly fault their wives ruin motivation for fidelity and effort. A dark room duel ends badly when a Yankee fires upward through a chimney and an Englishman falls.
In a colonial era vignette a farmer mourns a son lost at battle while praising a gardener who blends business with health and fortune. The tale extols loyalty, sacrifice, and the gardener’s ironic coronation of practical virtue over grand title.
The Midland Mining Commission reports near Dudley in Staffordshire potatoes for London are grown in ground heated by steam and gases from an old burning colliery. This method offers a direct use of internal heat versus Parisian plans to use naturally heated water from 3000 feet deep to heat greenhouses and menageries.
The article explains that powdered alum can purify water. Sprinkling a tablespoon into a hogshead and stirring, after a few hours impurities settle, yielding water nearly as clear as spring water. A four gallon pail can be purified with one teaspoon.
An Exchange paper notes that milk exuded from tree branches serves as indelible ink. Break a stem, write with it, and the writing will quickly turn jet black and be permanent.
A health note recommends a home cure for croup using two to three spoonsful of strong leg made from oak ashes and four spoonsful with molasses as a positive remedy.
The article advises that Rine Worm may often be cured by scratching the outer surface with a sharp needle. It claims the disease will not spread if the skin is cut in this manner.
The piece notes that puffing indicates safety valve is open and explosion is impossible for railway travellers. It also mentions the newly elected Mayor of New York, Mr. Harper, as a Washingtonian teetotaller. It cites United States alcohol figures around 100000 drunkards and 300000 moderate drinkers, about half of 1838 levels.
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