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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1844
Page
2
The Washingtonian urges subscribers to use Post Masters to remit payments for papers. It praises President Shannon’s address on Slavery as masterly and argues abolitionists remain unfazed by rational scriptural critique. It extols temperance virtue and calls for both parties to maintain high character and avoid old disgraceful scenes. You are warned.
The W T Ab stinence Society of this city plans meetings as soon as there is hope of reflecting good. With two important elections approaching, large meetings are unlikely though the winter campaign will open. Citizens urged to prepare to render good service.
The Hamburg Republican begins publication in Hamburg District of Columbia by James Cochran. It is a well printed weekly paper supporting the Democratic party with open columns for liberal correspondents from all parties on subjects of public interest. Annual subscription is two dollars and fifty cents.
A distressing fire broke out in Columbia District last Sunday evening. Principal sufferers include Mrs Margaret Black and Mr David Ewart. Palmer & Co and Mr John Ewart also suffered, with John Ewart insured for 4000 dollars.
The article lauds the current political canvass as creditable to both parties and free of bribery attempts. It extols open discussion over bitter influence, cites Dr. Abercrombie on continence and temperance, and argues religion and virtue curb passions to achieve self control and moral elevation.
An editorial voice questions loyalty and treachery, asking if desertion harms liberty and if a person who obstructs progress is a monster or a public nuisance. The rhetoric links personal conduct to societal welfare and benevolent aims.
The poem praises friendship as a universal force that dispels gloom, moves tyrants to pity, and inspires love and benevolence. It depicts charity and serene joy as lasting, even through age, with a seraphic flame warming the generous heart. Promier.
A writer in the Safeguard urges Major Longpurse to abandon cider making, arguing his orchard funds temperance opposition. The piece argues apples can feed stock, especially pigs, and cites Cultivator experiments to claim cider harms family thrift and promotes intemperance, urging disposal of cider and warning of sour dispositions.
A Pa Saturday American reflection on temperance amid political upheaval. The piece lauds reformers who uplift families and communities, notes fewer drinker disturbances, and argues temperance will prevail as society returns to its cherished principles.
The passage urges drinking pure cold water over alcohol, envisioning a utopian scene with people from all classes and noting water’s divine source. It contrasts alcohol’s deathly effects with water’s life-giving, healthful benefits, calling readers to choose water for invigoration.
The article discusses horn distemper or hollow horn in cattle, noting sudden onset and signs such as drooping head ears and eye conditions. Recommended remedies include neck bleeding, tail tip removal if loose, ear lavage with a salt vinegar pepper solution, turpentine in the head cavity, tar balls with meal, and repeated dosing twice daily, per Samuel W. Bartlett of East Windsor, Sr.
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