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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1843
Page
5
The Washingtonian will be published every Saturday morning by James McCafferty at one dollar per year for a single subscriber, five dollars for a six subscriber club, or ten dollars for a twelve subscriber club paid in advance. Postmasters may frank subscription money.
A Missis sippi writer argues against sunning cotton and promotes heating and turning the crop in the gin house. He claims heating diffuses oil, improves lint elasticity and weight, speeds gin work, and strengthens staple while noting rust differences in Black Sea Wheat and Holland Wheat. He reports experimental yields and the antidote effect of lime on smut.
The writer explains a misinterpretation of rules for a Wheat prize at the Newberry Agricultural Society. He believed one acre sufficed, but records show five acres needed for the measurement. The note is dated October 6 1843 and intended for the Advocate.
Instructions advise feeding fowls or chickens with rice boiled in skimmed milk, sweetened lightly, three meals daily in clean pans. Use clear water or rice milk, wash pans to avoid souring, one pound rice feeds many birds, small amount boosts appetite with charcoal added in small amounts.
A letter from Lansingville New York dated August 18 1843 recounts a mare getting swineyed in the hip after a fight. The writer says a saltpetre solution bath cured the wound, claiming the affected part would not fill without medicine.
Milk fever attacks cows in high milk condition after calving. Symptoms include restlessness, pawing, flank heaving, open mouth, protruding tongue, and enlarged udder. Treat early by bleeding 6 to 10 quarts and giving 1 to 1.5 pounds of salts, then 0.5 pound every 6 hours. If weakness prevents bleeding, stop treatment. Epidemic potential noted.
A noted local authority publishes a Cincinnati ham curing method using coarse and fine salt layers in a cask, with brine made from six gallons water, nine pounds salt, four pounds brown sugar, three ounces saltpetre, and one ounce saleratus. The note suggests large casks of 64 to 120 gallons for best results.
A Georgia essay argues mechanics face oppression from wealthier citizens and penitentiary commerce. It urges the next Legislature to reform prison labor by converting the penitentiary into a solitary confinement facility to deter crime and preserve skilled workers. The speaker renounces tobacco habits and reflects on self reform.
Andrew Fuller explains a method of memory through logical grouping. He contrasts a long list of items with a connected sequence that follows from a planned tea party and chores, showing how related items are easier to recall.
A traveler rebukes a man carrying a heavy stone in his pocket. The man keeps the weight because ancestors did, with no known benefit, preserving old customs for memory's sake. The critic muses on respecting fathers’ habits, but questions the practical value of the burden.
The passage laments mankind's narrow view of life as only time bound and driven by animal passions. It argues that earthly grandeur crumbles, and true prudence aligns plans with the future eternal state. Sin blinds reason, and the soul remains restless without God as its true resting place.
Napoleon asks Parisian artist to craft bulletproof coat and kills fear with a pistol test. The artist survives the trials and quotes eighteen thousand francs, plus another equal sum for the fright given by the emperor. The tale ends with a New York anecdote about a flirtatious exchange.
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