Washingtonian Publication Rates Advertised
The notice announces a weekly Saturday issue published by Joe Yen McCafferty at one dollar per year for individuals, five dollars for a six person club, or ten dollars for twelve. It states postpaid mail communications and franked subscription payments by postmasters. Advertising rates show 50 cents for the first insertion, 25 cents for continuances, with yearly advertisers at a ten percent discount.
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Washingtonian
Joe Yen McCafferty
Post-Office Department
Poison in wilted wild cherry leaves harms cattle
A reader asks why wilted wild cherry leaves kill cattle while green or dried leaves do not. The answer notes prussic acid in cherry leaves, especially Laurel or Bird cherry, and explains dilution in fresh leaves versus concentrated toxin in wilted ones. It warns farmers to restrict access and to balance soil and manure practices for better yields.
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Messrs
L. Durant
Deep Ploughing and Garden Culture in Farmers Cabinet
The article extols deep spading as essential to robust plant constitution and sap resilience against flaxseed pupa pressure. It argues garden culture mirrors farming, differing only in size, and cites deep spading as a key practice for success.
Cattle Disease and Unusual Remedies Noted
The Western States term for a cattle malady begins with spasms and itching around the nose and horns. In Indiana Mr Simms cured affected cows with soot and salt followed by brimstone and salts, while some believe sulphur alone may suffice. A carpenter advises reversing fence posts to improve longevity, suggesting moisture protection.
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Simms
Indiana
Timber Cut in June Produces Stronger Ship Timber
A Bosion Cultivator report notes timber cut in June yields heavier, more durable wood as sap is thinner during peak vigor. Sap thickens in winter and spring, remains in wood, and promotes destruction. Observations from shipbuilders across many experiments indicate June timber lasts longest.
Independence of the farmer as a model of virtue and contentment
The author argues that industrious frugality grants true independence and moral improvement. He recalls a New Hampshire cottage scene with hospitable rural family refusing money, praising wealth’s perils and declaring middling life best for happiness and social harmony.
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New Hampshire
Hebe
Diana
I&c
Genesee Farmer
Fragmented Reflections on Better Life and Suspicions
The excerpt contemplates modest living, criticizing excessive wealth and idle desires while praising wholesome sustenance, a home, and a small family circle. It warns against listening to malicious gossip, claiming such suspicion corrupts truth and condemns Christian love.
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Brother
The Supremacy of Law and the Duty of Patriots
Rev J C Abbot urges unwavering support for law amid disorder. He warns that mobs target churches, editors, and homes, and insists government must use force if needed to protect citizens. He calls every true patriot to defend law with life and sacred honor.
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Earth
Rocky Mountains
J. C. Abbot
Suspicion as a Taint on Character and Friendship
The passage condemns suspicion as the vilest, cowardly passion that poisons trust and undermines virtue. It argues suspicion acts covertly, unlike open revenge, and aims to destroy reputations by insinuation rather than proof, posing a moral critique of its wreckage on human relations.
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Craig
A Costly Trophy from Chelsea Hospital Colors
In a letter from England, Mr Weed describes Chelsea hospital’s hall hung with trophies from battles and captures across nations. He notes three US stands of colors, one taken at Washington, with a veteran recounting a British pensioner’s claim that the stand cost more British blood than any other. He argues American valor merits far more trophies than British ones.
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Washington
The Island of Hong Kong in Great Britain China War
A late war account describes Hong Kong as a rugged island off southeastern China kept as a British naval station. It notes broken terrain, steep central peaks, a tall conical ridge, a single waterfall, few trees, scant wildlife, hot climate with occasional peaks to 120 degrees, and a harbor capable of anchoring many ships.
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Hong Kong
Great Britain
China
Merry
Composer and history of a church hymn in harmo ny dispute
The text discusses Claude Goudimel as the hymn’s composer and notes his Lyons appointment and 1572 death as a religious victim. It critiques later harmonies as inferior and debunks the claim that Martin Luther composed the hymn. The piece is cited in a church music collection with four parts urged for performance.
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Claude Goudimel
Lyons
Francey
Martin
Luther
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