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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1844
Page
8
A National Intelligencer item argues for temperance and the pledge. The writer outlines personal motives, health harms, waste of money, loss of self control, and social impact, urging young men to join the Total Abstinence Society and sign the pledge as a public, unifying stance.
A fragment urges subscribing to the temperance pledge as a defense against temptations. It emphasizes moral recognition and personal integrity, urging readers to sign for their own sake and to uphold a public commitment.
The piece laments widespread apathy toward temperance work and argues apathy, not rum sellers alone, harms the cause. It condemns inactive reformers who organized groups in the past but now abandon duty, and hypocritical pretenders who say much but do little. H. M. Bear, Gap, Pennsylvania.
The article explains how ardent spirits act as a stimulant in small amounts but irritate the system in large draughts. It details effects on the stomach heart brain and blood, noting initial pleasure followed by fever boisterous pulse and rashness then languor debility and delirium with continued drinking.
The author cites experiments and anecdotes to argue that alcohol can instantly kill in large doses and dangerously disrupts the body even in moderate use. A Kentucky physician and a Lexington incident are referenced to show how habitual drinking harms others indirectly, likening spirits to poisons like stramonium and prussic acid.
An essay uses the refrain Let every man mind his own business to critique temperance enforcement, then recounts alcohol fueled violence. A drunken husband mauls his wife, then a later street quarrel shows more intoxication and gambling. A citizen links pauper costs to rum, urging root-cause action. The piece traces a youth’s ruin as drinking corrodes character, family, and faith.
A Kenebec Journal reflection on poverty and debt follows a visit to a poor family. The narrator notes a husband’s drinking, a wife and children fed by a kitchen, and catalogs debts and fates of locals including Tom Nokes, Bill Swizzle, Ezekiel Swig, Benjamin Burster, and Sam Cocktail, ending with the question who will pay the bank note.
A wife declares she cannot continue the rum business after a dream filled with dead bones, murderers, cries, and devils. Her husband consoles her as she fears the horrific vision and vows to quit selling rum.
A Middlesex Washingtonian recounts a vivid dream where a demon-like imp condemns rum selling. The vision shows endless suffering of old rum drinkers and fiery serpents, ending with a vow to never sell intoxicating liquor again.
C M explains a traditional method for curing pea vines as fodder. Cut or pull vines, wilt half a day, then build tall, multi level cocks with rails and straw layers, cover with rails, and allow air flow to ripen juices. He notes wilting preserves leaves and stalks, salt can help prevent mold, and advises against pulling all roots. Stock will eat well with this method.
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