28 Oct 1843
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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1843
Page
1
Washingtonian will be published every Saturday morning by James McCafferty at one dollar per year per subscriber five dollars for a six person club or ten dollars for a twelve person club. Communications by mail must be postpaid. Ads priced by size and frequency with discounts for yearly advertisers.
A Mississippi correspondent argues against sunning cotton on gins and for heating the cotton in the field during gathering. He claims heat diffuses oil from cotton seed into lint, preserving elasticity and color, and speeding gin operation. The note includes trials with Holland and Black Sea wheat, ashes as a greenhouse aid, and lime as a smut antidote, suggesting improved yields from these practices.
The author explains a prize mix up at the Newberry Agricultural Society in August 1842, revealing a misinterpretation that only one acre’s yield was measured rather than five acres. The note, dated October 6 1843, clarifies the error and its impact on the wheat competition entry.
Instructions advise feeding fowls or chickens rice boiled in skimmed milk for one day with sugar, served three times daily in clean pans. Provide clear water or milk of rice, wash pans to prevent souring, and use one pound of rice per batch. A little broken charcoal may boost appetite.
A reader from Lansingville New York August 18 1843 describes treating a swineyed mare hip by bathing the affected area with saltpetre dissolved in water, asserting a complete cure without surgery and noting fighting with another horse caused the injury.
Milk fever strikes cows in high condition after calving with restlessness and labored breathing. Treat by drawing 6 to 10 pints of blood and giving salts. repeat smaller doses every six hours. Do not bleed if the cow is already weak. The condition can be epidemic.
An old receipt describes curing hams in Cincinnati using coarse salt on the cask bottom and layered ham with fine salt. It suggests a 64 to 120 gallon cask and a brine made from six gallons water, nine pounds salt, four pounds brown sugar, three ounces saltpetre, and one ounce saleratus, then scalded and skimmed.
A Georgia voice argues mechanics suffer under patronage of external markets and prisons. It urges converting penitentiary labor to supportive, humane work or solitary confinement to curb crime and keep skilled workers from emigration. The piece condemns cruelty at the prison and calls for legislative action to aid local tradespeople.
The speaker Andrew Fuller attributes better recall of sermons to simple arrangement. He demonstrates by grouping related items in sequence so listeners remember them. using a tea party and chores example he shows Betty can memorize lists when connected by clear relationships.
A traveler questions a man carrying a heavy stone in his pocket. The man insists he keeps it because his father and grandfather carried it, though he notes no clear benefit. The tale ends with the traveler reflecting on honoring old customs out of respect for ancestors, yet doubting the merit.
A meditation on the original dignity of human nature and the limits of earthly life. It argues that time bound passions and pursuits crumble, urging plans tied to an eternal state and describing the soul as immortally restless, seeking God as its resting place.
Napoleon prompts Paris artist to forge a bullet proof coat for warfare, agreeing eighteen thousand francs. The Emperor fires on the terrified creator and a second shot follows, then confirms the same price for the fright as payment. A New York scene ends the fragment.
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