Published Weekly Notices and Subscription Rates
Published every Saturday by James McCafferty at Macintosh Street opposite the Post Office. Single copy price one dollar a year two dollars six copies one dollar, thirteen copies twenty dollars in advance. Advertisements 50 cents per square first insertion, 25 cents for continuances. twelve lines per square. Liberal discounts for yearly advertisers. No letters accepted from the Post Office without postage-free.
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James McCafferty
Macintosh Street
Post Office
Augusta W T A Society Officers and list of officials
Officers Augusta W T A Society 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 for Carding Shared by James Gunn
James Gunn describes a wool cleaning process for Saxony and Merino. He advises boiling the wool briefly, rinsing in cold water, then drying on brushes or a scaffold, to yield open clean fiber ready for picking and carding. He sends sample Merino No 1 and hybrid No 2. The note includes his age and signature.
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Tennessee State Agriculturalist
James Young
Saxony
Davidson County
Bakewell
Robertson
Sam
James Gunn
N. B
Remedy for the Bots in Horses
A Cambridge merchant inspired a recovery formula for Bots in horses. A blend of vinegar, soft soap, gin, and molasses was poured down a foaming mouth, relieving pain within five minutes and enabling the owner to resume travel by morning. The remedy has reportedly worked in about fifty cases with consistent success.
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Cambridge
Albany Cultivator
Early Seeding Pears at Canandaigua Fair
At the Canandaigua Agricultural Fair a four year old seed grown Catharine pear tree from John Croftot yielded about twenty four pears. The plant began from a single grafted shoot and developed into a six foot tree with vigorous growth and blossoms resembling St Germain.
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Canandaigua
John Crofcot
Warm Water After Calving Suggested by Boston Cultivator
Cows should receive warm water for several days after calving to prevent colds and udder inflammation. An old method involves heating water with hot coals, letting it cool briefly, then feeding the cow. This practice aims to produce alkaline, beneficial water for the animal.
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Boston
Quicksilver Prospects Shift to Chinese Sources
Quicksilver, used in medicine, amalgams, gilding, glass making, and device tubes, has long been imported mainly from Spain, Germany, and Peru. Now there is potential for sourcing it from China as several provinces are known to yield the metal.
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Spain
Germany
Peru
China
Harrington
I. P. Buckingham
Novel Chinese Mercury Packages Enter European Trade
The article notes a new packaging method for mercury from China, using bamboo tubes sealed with resin, lighter and more convenient than iron bottles. Market specimens shown in London suggest strong prices and expected extensive shipments to Europe from Bombay Times.
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London
Europe
Bombay Times
The Palace of Abstinence Promises Salvation and Reform
An exhortation promotes the Palace of Abstinence as a beacon of virtue on the hill of Security. It praises its light, health, and freedom from disease, urging readers to abandon the Mountain of Indulgence, enter via Pieper-Gare, and join a mass movement led by I. P. Buckingham to save families and nations from perishing.
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Britain
Ireland
America
Tux Palace
Mean and Miserly Wretch Urged to Reform
A Portland Tribune letter admonishes a wealthy man for an unkind refusal to aid a modest request. It urges self reflection on character, promising happier sleep and respect if he reforms and helps others.
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Portland Tribune
A Word to Mechanics
It condemns ignorant brazen leaders who seize campaign control and misgovern elections. It urges the public to take charge of affairs, monitor agents, and act in their duty to oversee commonwealth matters, especially during elections.
Punchs Charge to the Jury
The speaker urges jurors to decide by evidence yet consider doubt and bias. He warns a well dressed defendant may appear respectable and a shabby defendant may seem guilty, urging free minds and fair discussion to reach a verdict.
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Punch
The Sea Depths and Ocean Volume Surmise
The text cites La Place to state the mean sea depth is four to five miles. It argues that increasing water by one fourth would drown most land except high mountains. A rise by one eighth would reshape continents, causing widespread evaporation and constant rain.
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la Place
The Water Cycle and Sustaining Nature
The text extols the water cycle as essential to life and agriculture. It describes rainfall from ocean to river and mountain springs, sustaining ecosystems and human existence, warning that diminished supply would lead to desolation and the decline of flora and fauna.
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Amazon
Mississippi
Sleep and Death in Union and the Seven Ages of Life
A poetic meditation on the angel of Sleep and the angel of Death helping humanity unseen as night falls. It contrasts Sleep's comfort with Death's somber duty and ends by reflecting on life in four quarters, praising virtue and urging good among the wicked.
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Death
Angel of Death
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Officers
Augusta W. T. A Society
Quicksilver
the Palace
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