Published Bevery Saturday James McCafferty Advertisement Rates
Publication details show Bevery Saturday printed by James McCafferty on Macintosh Street opposite the Post Office. Rates list single copy two dollars per year return for six copies one dollar. thirteen copies twenty dollars prepaid. Ads priced at fifty cents per square first insertion and twenty five cents per continuation. Twelve lines per square. No post office letters accepted unless postage free.
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James McCafferty
Macintosh Street
Post Office
Augusta W T A Society Officers and leaders
Officers Augusta W. T. A Society list Dr Jos A Eve Paeswear Dr Daniel Hook Ret. Wm J. Hard vice Presidents Hawkins Hoff Esq Wm Haines Jr Secretary L D Sallerstedt Treasurer Managers James Harper E E Scofield Rev S Dod James Godby John Milledge
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Jos. A. Eve
Paeswear
Daniel Hook
Wool preparation method from James Gunn to Tennessee readers
Farmer James Gunn of Robertson County shares a wool prepping method for Saxony and Merino. He describes boiling wool briefly, rinsing in fresh water, spreading to dry, and finally carding, recommending sample wool types Merino No 1 and Bakewell Saxony No 2, and cites his 72 years of experience.
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Tennessee State Agriculturalist
James Young
Saxony
Davidson County
Bakewell
Robertson
Sam
James Gunn
N. B
Remedy for the Bots Initiates a Pain Free Cure
A Cambridge merchant-led remedy for Bots in horses using vinegar soft soap gin molasses shaken together. The account claims immediate relief within five minutes and a return to riding within a day. The writer states fifty subsequent cases also recovered, with no failures. Cor. Albany Cultivator.
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Cambridge
Albany Cultivator
Early Seeding Pears At Canandaigua Fair
At the Canandaigua Agricultural Fair a four year old pear tree grown from seed produced about two dozen pears. John Crofcot cultivated the seedling from a Catharine variety, selected a similar shoot, and trained the plant with stimulative manures. The young trees grew vigorously and the fruit, resembling Saint Germain in appearance, rivaled Catharine in quality.
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Canandaigua
John Crofcot
Cows Benefit From Warm Water After Calving
The Boston Cultivator advises calves and cows should receive warm water for several days post calving to prevent colds and udder inflammation. A method described uses hot coals in a pail of cold water to heat the drink, then cooled slightly before offering to the cow to yield an alkaline quality deemed beneficial.
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Boston
Quicksilver Prospects From China Reported
Quicksilver, widely used in medicine, amalgams, gilding, optics and barometer tubes, has mostly been imported from Spain, Germany and Peru. Now prospects arise of obtaining it from China as certain provinces long yield this metal.
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Spain
Germany
Peru
China
Chinese Mercury Shipment Innovation In Bamboo Packages
The article notes a new Chinese import where mercury is poured into a bamboo tube sealed with resin, creating a lightweight, convenient package. London market specimens sold well, suggesting renewed shipments to Europe will occur on a larger scale.
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London
Europe
Bombay Times
Palace of Abstinence Promotes Moral Victory and Reform
The article extols the Palace of Abstinence as a paradisaical refuge from vice on the Mountain of Indulgence. It contrasts health, clarity, and communal improvement inside the Palace with the Hovel and House, urging readers to enter via Pieper-Gare and persuade others to join. I. P. Buckingham signs off urging public mercy and virtuous leadership.
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Britain
Ireland
America
Tux Palace
Mean Miserly Wretch Harshly Reprimands A Rich Man
Portland Tribune quotes a harsh rebuke urging a wealthy man to reform his niggardly ways. The letter pleads for generosity, recalls the impact on a modest supplicant, and urges self reflection to gain respect and better sleep.
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Portland Tribune
A Word to Mechanics About Election Leadership
A political tract denounces brainless brazen leaders who seize campaigns and misdirect efforts. It warns against demagogues posing as patriots and urges the people to take charge of public affairs, remaining vigilant during elections and the selection of agents governing the commonwealth.
Punchs Charge to the Jury
The speaker urges jurors to decide by evidence yet consider doubts and biases. He mocks undue suspicion, notes verdicts may hinge on appearance, and warns they may deliberate until unanimity or deadlock. Jurors are reminded to avoid passion and to weigh what the verdict may entail.
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Punch
The Sea Depth and Ocean Volume Thought Experiment
The excerpt explains that the sea’s mean depth is four to five miles per La Place. It posits that a one fourth increase would drown most of earth except tall mountains, while an eighth increase would greatly alter continents, cause widespread evaporation, and perpetual rain.
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la Place
The Water Cycle and Its Role in Nature
The passage praises the water cycle as essential to life and climate. It explains how rain irrigates fields, rivers feed oceans, and mountains supply springs, arguing that diminished water flow would collapse humidity, endanger flora and fauna, and threaten human life.
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Amazon
Mississippi
Sleep and Death The Night Journey of Sleep and Death
An angel of Sleep travels earth with Death, bringing rest to all from the old to the infant as night falls. Sleep praises its quiet aid while Death laments being Earth’s foe. They affirm kinship as brothers, and share a hopeful outlook on life’s stages and the value of virtue. The piece ends urging the virtuous to unite for good as the seven ages of life are discussed.
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Death
Angel of Death
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Augusta W. T. A Society
Quicksilver
the Palace
Harrington
I. P. Buckingham
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