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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1843
Page
5
Publication announces weekly Saturday issue by James McCafferty with subscription options one dollar per year, five dollars for a six person club, ten dollars for twelve. Postal rules note post paid communications and reduced advertising rates based on frequency and duration.
A letter from Captain Boykin discusses cotton crop prospects for the region, comparing the current year to 1841. It notes late stands, rains and frosts, and predicts a possible third to half drop from last year, with some warm, well-manured plots faring better. The writer, J Bovary, dated August 18 1843, adds diary-based observations from the Wateree area.
The excerpt discusses early American agricultural adaption of crops such as Indian corn and pumpkins, noting Native influence on corn use and the spread from Rowley Massachusetts. It recounts how wheat and asparagus were hard to establish, and traces the potato from Ireland via Sir Walter Raleigh to Ireland and then to America, describing its gradual acceptance and planting in the colonies by 1710.
An August 2 1843 letter from Princeton recounts a colored man James detained under a northern fugitive slave claim. The trial featured James identified by J T Wallace with jury verdict for the claimants amid debates on state and federal authority. Reports note prior public sentiment, the rarity of such claims in the north, and a later settlement freeing James for $500 plus work.
A Maine Cultivator note advises cutting low ground hay early before seed ripens to improve feed for sheep and stock. It recommends cutting while the grass is green and succulent and salting heavily, from three pecks to a bushel per mile rood, to preserve and keep it bright and sweet in spring.
A garden anecdote describes an apple tree that bore none for over ten years. By removing a bark ring four inches round from each limb near the trunk and reattaching with a rag, two to three limbs produced fruit this spring. The reader notes only the cut limbs bore fruit, suggesting the method's success.
A historical meditation on the power of mothers to influence morals, education, and societal progress. It cites Cromwell, a rescued youth, and Napoleon, arguing that a child’s future goods or ills hinge on the mother’s guidance, urging women to embrace their influential role.
General Cass describes a legendary Miami practice named the Man Eating Society. Victims were bound, burned alive, and the custom was claimed to be a hereditary family burden. He cites a Chief named White Skin and notes a converted missionary tale amid reports of Oceola and a revivalist preaching in Reading. Also noted is Rev. J. P. Backus, a Methodist preacher, arrested for forging notes and suspected of life narrative plans.
An infalli ble preventive of spontaneous hydrophobia in dogs is found in flour of sulphur. A small particle should be mixed with their food or drink. Known in Europe for centuries, it is used to prevent the dread disease from breaking out.
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