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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1845
Page
5
Published every Saturday by James McCafferty Josh Sereet opposite Post Office terms show rates for single copies two dollars yearly six copies thirteen copies twenty pay in advance. adverts priced at 50 cents per square for first insertion and continued at cents per square. twelve lines per square. no mail letters accepted unless postage free.
A group forms a Society for mutual benefit to guard against a pernicious practice. The pledge declares gentlemen will abstain from Spirituous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider to protect health, standing, and families.
An 1845 account recalls the fate of a dog with Sublette and Black Harris during a harsh winter expedition from the mountains to St Louis. The starving travelers resort to killing the dog for sustenance after failed attempts to survive, the dog's body briefly revived by fire, and the two men continuing north with renewed resolve.
The article urges avoiding barn yard manure to curb potato rot and advocates planting on sod with plaster or guano, detailing a ten acre sod field, row spacing of three feet, seed placement, and hoeing to suppress vines. It notes sod decomposition enhances potato growth and cites early June planting as optimal with late July possible but less favorable. It also includes a correction on dairy churning tips and credits Tennessee Agriculturalist.
Miss Emily describes her winter butter process learned from Russian methods. She heats water in a kettle, warms the milking pail, strains and washes the milk, and returns it to the pail before proceeding with churning. The method, tested by her at home, aims to replicate summer butter quality in winter.
Green visits Auburn State Prison and meets Chaplain Rev. O. E. Morrill who mentions Wyatt, a murder suspect in a cell, confessing he once lived as a gambler in the South and West and wishes to talk with Green. The door to the cell is opened and Wyatt greets him.
The narrator recalls Wolcot's rare serious alarm after a quarrel with General M'Cormick. They were alone when the General angered, prompting a sharp retort. The General sent a challenge for the next morning at six at the Green in Truro, then a secluded spot.
A Bibb county Alabama village Scottsville traces growth to David Scott's 1834 Cotton factory. The plant runs 18 000 spindles and 24 looms producing 4500 yards weekly, using 400 bales yearly and employing 45 workers. Capital aims to 100000 with 15 to 33 percent dividends and notes Bibb's iron ore coal and water power advantages.
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