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Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1844
Page
8
A brief mournful verse fragment recalls a child's final farewell as a twilight shadow darkens a fair brow and a fading breath resembles a dove. The speaker notes the abrupt transition from life to death and laments the child’s passing with quiet, solemn imagery.
A narrative blends a dying boy with a heavenly vision of angels and a cautionary sermon on alcohol. The piece contrasts heavenly purity for the child with a street scene where a serpent poisons youth, prompting moral critique of tavern culture and urging temperance measures from civic authorities. It treats alcohol as Ardent Spirits, urging local banishment and temperance enforcement by societies and apothecaries.
In Charlemont in August 1844 a dying boy prompts his drunkard father to vow to reform. The father kneels by the child and pleads for mercy and admission to heaven. The boy dies content, the father renounces liquor and pursues the celestial path with humility.
A proclamation details Ardent Spirits known as Gin Rum Brandy and Whiskey who escaped custody and now hides in the chemist's laboratory or apothecary shelves. It notes the entity's wicked diabolical disposition and disguises as a friendly figure to evade authorities.
A fervent lament condemns the sale of strong drink and those who profit from ill use. It recalls a death by delirium tremens and calls for conscience to awaken against dealers who tempt, enable, and profit from others’ ruin. The piece urges readers to imagine a dying loved one and the harm caused by intemperance.
In a Charlemont 1844 letter, the author denounces temperance hypocrites who pledge reform yet seek secrecy to drink. He contrasts zeal with public double standards and cites a friend who covets secret drinking, urging unwavering duty and openness against intoxication.
The Nantucket Inquirer reports the new whale ship Citizen owned by C. G. & H. Coffin and commanded by Capt. Hiram Batley sailed for the Pacific with all hands—except one—signing the Total Abstinence Pledge. The voyage marks a Temperance Ship start, praised by Temperance supporters and noted by the New York Sun.
A provocative saying frames liberty as inviting excess and ruin through drunkenness and vice. The remark contrasts liberty with self restraint, warning of the peril of alcohol abuse and moral decline.
An anecdote recounted by a Boston Recorder reader notes a Virginia parish asking for a minister of top talents who could write well visit often and show gentlemanly manners. They offered 350 dollars and would raise 50 more to four hundred, then Dr. Rice mocked them with a joke about Dr. Dwight in heaven needing little material support.
A communication in the Arkansas Intelli gencer reports on Spencer Academy in the Choctaw nation, serving nearly a hundred Indian boys since its February opening. Pupils rose from about forty, now learn English. responses were given in English. Three divisions with dedicated teachers, and the top group studies mirror standard academies.
Dr. Smith in an Iowa Medicine article asserts from authority that Indians of the Upper Mississippi never showed deafness poor eyesight or advanced tooth decay. Sioux reportedly did not need spectacles and vision remained sound even in old age. Reed and Doe pine farmers employed to teach agriculture in the domain corroborate after six years among the people. Ophthalmia remains a common complaint among them.
A Yankee asks a woodcutter if a yellow dog is seen nearby. The chopman replies he saw one traveling earlier, guiding the Yankee to look ahead a mile or two with a tail described as short. The exchange unfolds in rural dialect as a humorous anecdote.
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