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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1844
Page
8
A Temperance Journal verse details the devil fearing the rise of temperance reform as Irish temperance supporters abandon whiskey. The devil plans to claim reform for the genteel, wealthy, and powerful while drunkards lose influence and the temperate youth gain moral sway.
An essay traces temperance origins in Elizabethan times when liquor sold as medicine spread to a universal remedy. It condemns rum and gin as destructive rivers of death, notes warnings ignored by clergy and rulers, and urges benevolent reform through lawful and moral suasion.
A broad moral crusade fuels a fierce push to abolish all intoxicating drinks. The warning quotes a cry for vengeance and a united call from reformers, philanthropists, and patriots, insisting licensed vendors keep the temperance line.
A shipboard tale contrasts temperance critique with a captain who drinks to aid sleep after cold exposure. Six months later a reunion reveals the captain has tried going to bed without spirits, thanking the narrator for the suggestion.
Professor Edg recounts how sobriety and temperance improved his sleep appetite and vigor after years of inflammation from shaving. He notes past cheek inflammation and eye issues, now gone, and praises temperance societies for his renewal and well being.
A temperance paper in every family can steer children away from intemperance and vice. The author asserts families subscribing and reading regularly will pledge within a year, offering to refund money with 10 percent interest if not. He notes prior trials where interest and cooperation grew from such reading.
A mother praises her six year old son who signed the pledge and reads on temperance, knowing all drinkers by heart. She hopes the Washingtonian youth will stay sober and brave, blessing the cold water army and temperance movement.
Washington cherished agriculture as a core aim of his life at Mount Vernon. His estate spanned ten thousand acres in one block with farms up to five miles from the mansion. In 1787 he planted vast crops and ran daily experiments to improve farming techniques across his diversified holdings.
The owner keeper of 140 horses 112 cows 330 5 oxen and cattle 500 sheep employed 250 workers and operated 24 ploughs yearly. In 1786 he fatally killed 150 hogs weighing 18590 pounds for family and enslaved people.
A Cincinnati paper reports encouraging corn stalk sugar experiments at New Harmony by Mr. John Beal. He produced 375 pounds from three quarters of an acre, equating to 509 pounds per acre, with up to 80 pounds in a day using a simple self built mill. Five hundred pounds at four cents per pound equals twenty dollars per acre, comparable to value from 50 bushels of corn at twenty five cents.
A 19th century recipe instructs to salt ten pounds of beef with eight ounces of salt and two ounces of salpetre in brine for four weeks, then dry in a warm place. To keep insects away in summer, wrap in linen cloth before hanging. The farmer praised the beef cured by this method.
This prospectus outlines sections for political, agricultural, foreign, temperance, commercial, poetry, ladies and youth departments, and Major Jones corner. It announces a weekly issue beginning January, with 28 columns on imperial 26 by 36 inch sheet, subscription at 3 dollars yearly, 8 dollars for two copies, and appeals for early subscriber names.
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