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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1844
Page
5
A dated pledge announces the formation of a society by named gentlemen promising not to drink any spiritous or malt liquors wine or cider to guard against a pernicious practice harming health and families.
The record lists officers and managers of the Augusta W T A Society including Dr Jos A Eve president Dr Daniel Hook Rev William J Hard vice presidents Hawkins Huf Esq William Halnes Jr secretary L D Sallerstedt treasurer and managers James Harper Rev C S Dod John G Dunlap E E Scofield John Milledge James Godby.
Practical horticultural and farming advice from the Highland Messenger. Methods include using soft soap on tree trunks to ward off worms and promote root growth, a saltpetre salt mix for peach trees aged seven years or more, and a bark incision to hasten grape maturity. For oats fed to horses, pre crush or soak to improve weight gain. Also notes on seeds for poultry, oil yields, and the Palma Christie as a neglected crop with rising castor oil potential and local manufacturing efforts in Georgia.
Advice from Lorain's Hus andry on cutting wheat and rye with a scythe and cradle. Early gathering reduces shattering and loss, while delayed sickle harvesting increases damage. The recommended approach is a middle course between cutting very early and usual time, except when mildew is severe.
The Sunflower argues that southern people overlook useful wild plants. It notes sunflowers grow freely on rich soil and possess rare properties, yet are treated as weeds rather than valued for their potential, urging appreciation of the plant's full worth.
From the Guernsey Agricultural Society report detailing cow qualities for rich butter. Emphasizes dam purity, yellow butter yield, small head and ears, bright eyes, orange-inside color, straight back, wide chest, loose skin, soft short hair, well rounded sides, small flank, fine tail, straight forelegs, strong hindlegs, small hooves, non crossing gait, and an udder with large teats four-quartered and prominent milk vein.
In the Tuilleries review a former bedfellow, General Gros, promotes and praises his old comrade Castagnet the drummer by a dramatic name for the guard. Napoleon, hearing the exchange, elevates Castagnet and observes the guards in a spectacular Carousel display before Marengo.
A historical reflection argues that major battles such as Waterloo New Orleans and Lake Champlain occurred on the Sabbath. It asserts that in each case the attackers were defeated, noting the notable coincidence and questioning whether such outcomes are meaningful or coincidental.
A man visits a Dervish with three questions about God and fate. The Dervish fails to answer and instead hurls a large clod of earth, ending the exchange.
A dervise explains that pain in the head is the lesson from suffering and that his blow was enacted by will of God. The governor approves the method as the dervish answers three questions by a plain, earthbound logic and continues to apply the approach to similar inquiries.
A humorous plan imagines dividing the world’s scarce goods among social groups. Truth and friendship go to the world, with lawyers and merchants receiving more truth. Physicians gain skill, printers earn pay, gossiping women short tongues, young women good sense and traits, dandies cash and effort, old maids temper and good husbands, and old bachelors virtue and family.
Fraser's Magazine describes Peruvian irrigation via subterranean conduits called azequias in the Nazca valley. Many remain usable, delivering water to sustain vines and fertility, while obstructed channels leave parched land. Terraced fields rise along interior mountains, once productive, now largely uncultivated and sparsely inhabited.
The article notes Henry Booth of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway published experiments challenging the idea that power needed to propel vessels increases in a tripled ratio with speed. A new pamphlet argues longer ships with narrower breadth and screw propulsion could boost speed with little power, possibly shortening Atlantic crossing times to about a week.
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