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THE

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FARMER'S ALMANACK,

CALCULATED ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1893;

Being 1st after BISSEXTILE or LEAP-YEAR, and (until July 4) 117th of
American Independence.

FITTED FOR BOSTON, BUT WILL ANSWER FOR ALL THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.

Containing, besides the large number of Astronomical Calculations
and the Farmer's Calendar for every month
in the year, a variety of

NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER.
ESTABLISHED IN 1793,

BY ROBERT B. THOMAS.

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PUBLISHED

New violets spot the meadow.-LOWELL.

BOSTON:

BY WILLIAM WARE & CO.

Sold by the Booksellers and Traders throughout New England.

[Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1892, by WILLIAM WARE,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.]

TO PATRONS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

The (Old) Farmer's Almanac, entering on its second century, gives hearty greeting to all its friends and patrons, and thanks for many favors.

The selections at the head of the calendar pages are from the writings of JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

The Almanac is computed in Standard Time (i. e., the Time of 75th meridian west from Greenwich), 16m. behind Boston local time.

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The Calculations are made in Standard Time for the longitude and latitude of Boston, and for general purposes are sufficiently accurate for most parts of New England. If, however, greater accuracy is desired, the following precepts can be regarded.

The correction for Full Sea can be obtained from the Tide Table in p. 38.

The other corrections can be obtained from the Table given below which contains corrections for the principal cities of the New England States, and any other place in New England can use the correction of the place in the Table which is nearest in longitude to itself.

For Sun Fast, subtract tabular quantity if longitude from Boston is West, but add it if East. For Moon Souths add tabular quantity if longitude is West, but

subtract it if East.

For the Rising and Setting of the Sun, Moon, and Planets add tabular quantity if longitude is West, but subtract if East, and this will give the correct value when the place is in or near the same latitude as Boston. When the place differs consid erably in latitude from that of Boston, the correction will also be right when the celestial body is on or near the equator, and when it is remote from the equator this corrected result will still be approximately right.

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OCTOBER.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

JULY.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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NOVEMBER.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25

AUGUST.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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DECEMBER.

12

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 1893.

THERE will be two Eclipses this year, both of the SUN.

I. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, April 16, invisible in New England, but visible throughout South America, a large part of Africa, the western part of Asia and southern part of Europe, as well as in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

II. AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Oct. 9, invisible in New England, but visible throughout the western portions of North and South America, the northeastern part of Asia, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, and a small portion of the Atlantic Ocean.

CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES FOR 1893.
A

Dominical Letter
Epact.. 12 | Solar Cycle 26

MOVABLE
Septuagesima Sund., Jan. 29

Shrove Sunday,
Ash Wednesday,

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First Sund. in Lent, 19

Palm Sunday,

Lunar Cycle or
Golden Number

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Roman Indiction. . . 6
Julian Period... 6606

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Feb. 12

66 15

Easter Sunday, Apr. 2
Low Sunday,
76 9

Mar. 26

Rogation Sunday, May 7
Holy Thursday,

Whit-Sunday,
Trinity Sunday,
Corpus Christi,
Advent Sunday,

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MORNING AND EVENING STARS (1893).

Venus will be Morning Star till May 2, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Mars will be Evening Star till Sept. 4, then Morning Star the rest of the year. Jupiter will be Evening Star till Apr. 27, Morning Star till Nov. 18, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Saturn will be Morning Star till Mar. 29, Evening Star till Oct. 8, then Morning Star the rest of the year.

The most favorable times for seeing Mercury in 1893 will be about Mar. 14, July 11, and Nov. 5, in the west after sunset; and Apr. 28, Aug. 25, and Dec. 14, in the east before sunrise.

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6 Conjunction, or in the same degree.

OF THE ASPECTS.
Opposition, or 180 degrees.

Dragon's Head, or Ascending Node.
Dragon's Tail, or Descending Node.

NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.

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2. 8 Taurus, neck.

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Virgo, belly.

10.

Capricornus, knees.

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Gemini, arms.

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Aquarius, legs.

4.

Cancer, breast.

8. m Scorpio, secrets.

12.

Pisces, feet.

COLLEGES, PROFESSIONAL, AND NORMAL SCHOOLS IN NEW ENGLAND. (Corrected Sept. 1892.)

Colleges.

BATES, LEWISTON, ME. 3 tms. Beg. 6w. fm Tu. bef. Thank., 1st Tu. Apr., 4th Tu. Aug. Com. Th. aft. last We. June. Com. BOWDOIN, BRUNSWICK, ME. 4th Th. June. Vac. 11w. fm Com.; 2w. at Christmas; 1w. in Spring.

COLBY UNIVER., WATERVILLE, ME. Com. Wed. bef. 4th of July. Tms.: 1st, Sept. 21-Dec. 21; 2d, Jan. 4-March 15; 3d, Mar. 29-June 28.

ME. WESLEYAN SEM. AND FEM. COL., KENT'S HILL, ME. 3 tms, 13w.ea. Beg. 4th Tu. Aug., 2d Tu. Dec., 3d Tu. Mar. DARTMOUTH, HANOVER, N.H. Com. last Th. June; vac. 10w. after.

N. H. CONF. SEMINARY AND FEMALE COLLEGE, TILTON, N.H. 3 tms., 13w.ea. Fall tm. beg. Aug. 24, '92; win. tm. Nov. 30, '92; spr. tm., Mar. 15, '93.

NORWICH UNIV. (Military), NORTHFIELD, VT. Year beg. Th. Sept. 22, '92; closes Th. June 29, '93.

MIDDLEBURY, MIDDLEBURY, Tms. beg. Jan. 6, Apr. 6, Sept. 7, '93.

VT.

UNIVERSITY OF VT., AND STATE AG. COL., AT BURLINGTON. Com. last Wed. June; vac. fm. Com. to last Wed. Sept.fm. Wed. bef.Christmas, 1w., 1w. in Apr. VERMONT METH. SEMINARY, MONTPELIER,VT. Tms. beg. Dec. 5, '92; Mar. 20, Aug. 28, '93.

AMHERST, AMHERST, MASS. 3 tms. Beg. Jan. 5, Apr. 13, and Sept. 14, '93.

BOSTON COLLEGE, BOSTON, MASS. 2 terms. Beg. 1st Mo. Sept. and Feb. BOSTON UNIVER., BOSTON, MASS.. COLL. OF LIBERAL ARTS. 3 terms. 1st beg. Sept. 22, '92; 2d beg. Jan. 3, '93; 3d beg. Mar. 22, '93. SCHOOL OF ALL SCIENCES. Post grad. dept. Tms. same as in Coll. of Lib. Arts.

COLL. OF THE HOLY CROSS, WORCESTER, MASS. Year beg. 1st Wed. Sept., ends last Th. June.

HARVARD, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Year beg. Th. after last Wed. Sept., ends at Com. last Wed. June; rec. 23 Dec. to Jan. Jan. 2, inc., and fm. Wed. bef. Fast to Tu. after, inclusive.

SMITH COLL., NORTHAMPTON, MASS. (For women.) 3 tms. 1st term begins Sept. 16. '92.

TUFTS COLLEGE, MASS. A single tm. of 39w. Begins Sept. 22, '92. Com. 3d Wed. June; vac. 13w.

WELLESLEY COLLEGE, WELLESLEY, MASS. (For women.) 3 tms., Sept. 8, '92, Jan. 5, 93, April 4, '93. Com. June 20. WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. Year beg. Sept. 22, '92. Com. June 21,'93. BROWN, PROVIDENCE, R.I. Acad. yr. beg. 3d Wed. Sept. Com. 4th Wed. June. TRINITY, HARTFORD, CONN. 2 tms. 1st beg. Sept. 13, '92; 2d, Jan. 12,'93; 1st, Sept. 12, '93. Com. last Th. in June.

WESLEYAN UNIV., MIDDLETOWN, CT. Com. last Wed. June, 1893; vac. 13w. fm. Com., 10dys. at Chris., 5dys. in Spring.

YALE, NEW HAVEN, CONN. Com. last Wed. June; vac. of 13w. fm. Com. 1st tm. 12w., vac. 24w.; 2d tm. till Com.

SCHOOL OF THE FINE ARTS (YALE UNIV.). Beg. Oct. 1 and ends June 1. CLARK UNIV., WORCESTER, MASS. Tms. beg. Sept. 27, '92, Jan. 2, '93. Theological Schools.

THEO. SEM., BANGOR, ME. (Or. Cong.) Anniver. 1st Wed. Juné; vac. 15w. fm. anniv. Exam. for entrance 3d Th. Sept. COBB DIVIN. SCHOOL of BATES COLL., LEWISTON, ME. Year same as College. VT. EPISCO. INST., BURLINGTON, VT. Acad. yr. 40w. fm. Sept. 8.

THEO. SEM. (Orth. Cong.), ANDOVER, MASS. Yr. b. Sep. 21, '92; an. June 15,'93. BOSTON UNIVER. SCHOOL OF THEOL.

(Method.) Year beg. 21st Sept. '92.

NEW CHURCH THEOL. Sc., CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (Swedenborg.) Yr. beg. Sept. 29, '92; ends May 22, '93.

EPIS. THEOL. SEM. AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Yr. beg. last Wed. in Sept.; ends 3d Wed. in June.

NEWTON THEO. INST., NEWTON CENTRE, MASS. (Bapt.) Ann. 3d Th. May. Vac. fm. ann. to 1st Tu. Sept., fm. Chris. to New Year's.

DIVINITY SCH. OF HARVARD UNIV. Year same as that of Harvard College.

TUFTS COLL. DIV. SCHOOL, TUFTS COLLEGE, MASS. (Universalist.) School year same as that of the College.

BERKELEY DIV. SCH. (Epis.) MIDDLETOWN, CT. Beg.Sept.15-20; ends in June. DIV. SCH. OF YALE UNIV., NEW HAVEN, CT. (Ortho. Cong.) Year beg. 4th Th. Sept.; closes 3d Wed. May.

HARTFORD THEOL. SEM., CONN. (Ortho. Cong Acad. yr. fm. 1st Wed. Oct. to 1st Th. June.

Medical Schools. MED. SCH. OF ME., BOWDOIN COLL., BRUNSWICK, ME. Beg. Feb. 2, lasts 20w. PORTLAND (ME.) SCH. FOR MED. INS. 2 terms, beg. July and Oct. '93.

MED. DEPT. DART. COLL., HANOVER, N.H. Lecture tm. begins middle July, cont. 20w. Recitation tm. beg. 2d Jan., cont. till June 20.

UNIV. OF VT., MED. DEP., BURLINGTON, VT. Beg. Jan. 26, cont. 6 months.

MED. SCH. OF HARVARD UNIVER., BOSTON. Yr. beg. Th. after last Wed. in Sept., ends last Wed. in June.

BOSTON UNIV. SCH. OF MED.(Homo.). Open to both sexes. Beg. Oct. 13, '92.

MED. DEPART. OF YALE UNIV., NEW HAVEN, CONN. 1st Th. Oct., till Com., with vac. same as Yale College.

DENTAL SCH. HARV. UNI., BOSTON. Begins and ends with College year.

BOSTON DENTAL COLLEGE, BOSTON. Year beg. 1st Mon. in Sept.; ends 3d Wed. in June.

Law Schools.

LAW SCH. OF HARVARD UNIV., CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Year same as College. BOSTON UNIV. SCH. OF LAW. Beg. 1st Wed. Oct., ends 1st Wed. June.

YALE LAW SCH., N. HAVEN, CONN. Beg. Sept. 29, '92; Jan. 12, Apr. 13, '93.

Scientific and Agric. Schools.

MAINE STATE COLL. OF AGRIC. AND THE MECHANIC ARTS, ORONO, ME.

CHANDLER SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND THE ARTS IN DARTMOUTH COLL. AND N.H. COLL. OF AGRIC. AND THE MECH. ARTS, HANOVER, N. H. Terms same as those of Dartmouth College. THAYER SCH. of CIVIL ENGIN., HANOVER, N.H. Yr. fm. Aug. 1 to May 1. UNIVER. OF VT., BURLINGTON, has also a scientific and agricultural course. MASS. AGRIC. COLLEGE, AMHERST, MASS. 3 terms. Terms beg. Sept. 7, '92, Jan. 3, '93, Apr. 3, '93.

MASS. COLL. PHARMACY, BOSTON, MASS. Year beg. 3d Mon. Sept. 1892. BOSTON UNIVER. COLL. OF AGRICUL. Same as Mass. Agric. Coll.

LAWRENCE SCIEN. SCHOOL (HARV. UNIV.), CAMBRIDGE, MASS. The year is the same as that of Harvard Coll.

THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. (A school of Agriculture and Horticulture, in Harv. Univ.) Year same as that of Harvard College.

VETERINARY SCHOOL OF HARVARD UNIVER. Year same as that of College. MASS. INST. OF TECHNOL., BOSTON. Acad. year, last Mon.in Sept. to 1st Tu. after May 27.

WORCESTER POLYTECH. INSTITUTE, WORC., MASS. Tms. fm. 2d Tu. Sept. to 3d Tu. Dec., and fm. first Wed. Jan. to 1st Wed. in Apr., and from 3d Th. in Apr. to last Th. but one in June.

SHEFFIELD SCIENT. SCHOOL (YALE UNIV.), NEW HAVEN, CT. Terms same as those of Yale College.

MEETINGS OF FRIENDS The Yearly Meeting of Friends is held at Lynn, Mass.: Meeting on Ministry and Oversight,on 5th day, 6th month, 8th, at 9A.M. For business, on 6th day, 9th, at 9 A. M. Public meetings for worship on first day. The Yearly Meeting is composed of the Quarterly Meetings of R. Island, Salem. Sandwich, Falmouth, Smithfield, Vassalboro', Dover, Fairfield, and Parsonsfield, held as follows:

Rhode Island: 1st fifth day, 2d mo., at Providence; 1st fifth day, 5th mo., at East Greenwich; 1st fifth day, 8th mo., at Newport, and 1st fifth day, 11th mo.. at Fall River. Salem: 3d fifth day, 1st mo., at Salem; 4th fifth day, 5th mo., at Amesbury; 3d fifth day, 8th mo., at Lynn; 3d fifth day, 10th mo., at Weare. Sandwich: 2d fifth day, 1st and 4th mos., at New Bedford; 2d fifth day, 7th mo., at Falmouth; and 2d fifth day, 10th mo., at Sandwich, Mass. Falmouth: 7th day before 1st sixth day in 2d and 9th mos., at Windham; 6th mo., at Falmouth; and 11th mo., at Durham.

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STATE NORMAL SCH., CASTINE, ME. Terms beg. Mar. 7, Aug. 23, Dec. 6. GORHAM NORMAL SCHOOL, GORHAM, ME. 2 tms. 20w.ea. Beg.inFeb.and Sept. STATE NOR. SCH., FARMINGTON, ME. Tms. b. Mar. 21, Aug. 29, Dec. 12, '93. STATE NORMAL SCH., PLYMOUTH, N.H. 2 tms. Beg. Aug.30, '92, Jan. 31, '93, STATE NOR. SCH., CASTLETON, VT. 2 ts, 20w. ea. Beg. 3d Tu. Feb., 3d Tu. A u. STATE NORMAL SCH., JOHNSON, VT. Tms. 20w. Beg. 1st Tu. Sept., 2d Tu. Feb.

STATE NORMAL SCH., RANDOLPH, VT. Tms. beg. 1st Tu. Feb., 4th Tu. Aug.

NORMAL SCHOOLS OF MASSACHUSETTS. The year is divided into 2 terms of 20 weeks each, including a recess of 1 week near the middle of the term. Vac. 2 or 3w. in winter, 9 or 10w. in summer. Exam. for admission at the beg. of each term, which is at Salem, Feb. 7, and Sept. 5; at Westfield, Jan. 31, and Sept. 7; at Bridgewater, Feb. 8, and Sept. 6; at Framingham, Feb. 1, and Sept. 12; at Worcester, Feb. 2, and Sept. 7, 93.

MASS. NORMAL ART SCHOOL. 2 tms. Beg. Oct. 3, '92, and Feb. 27, '93.

R. I. STATE NORMAL SCH., PROV., R. I. 2 tms. Spr. tm. beg. Feb. 7, closes June 30, '93. Fall tm. beg. 1st Tu. Sept.

STATE NORMAL SCH., NEW BRITAIN, CONN. Two tms. 1st tm beg. Sept. 7, '92, IN NEW ENGLAND (1893).

Smithfield: 2d fifth day, 2d mo., at Worcester; 2d fifth day, 5th mo., at Northbridge; 2d fifth day, 8th mo.. at Bolton; 2d fifth day, 11th mo., at Smithfield. l'assalboro': 2d seventh day in the 2d mo., at Vassalboro'; on the last seventh day in the 5th mo., at China; and on the 2d seventh day in 9th and 11th months, at East Vassalboro'. Dover: 7th day after 1st fifth day, 1st mo., at No. Berwick; on seventh day following 3d fifth day in the 4th mo., at Dover; 8th mo. at No. Berwick and 10th mo. at Rochester. Fairfield: 7th day before 2d sixth day in 2d mo. at Winthrop, and 9th mo. at Manchester; 7th day before last sixth day, 5th mo., and 7th day before 2d sixth day, 11th mo., at Fairfield. Parsonsfield: At East Parsonsfield, Maine, on seventh day following the 1st sixth day in 9th mo., and on seventh day following the 2d fifth day in 1st mo.; at North Sandwich, N. H., on seventh day following the 1st sixth day in 11th mo., and on seventh day following the 3d fifth day in 5th mo.

HOLIDAYS IN NEW ENGLAND. The following days, in respect to the payment of notes, are egal holidays. On most of them courts, banks, etc., are closed. If the day falls on Sunday, the day following is usually kept as a holiday. Thanksgiving and Fast are appointed by state or national authority.

Maine. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, 1st Mon. Sept., Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving. New Hampshire. Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, 1st. Mon. Sept., Christmas, Fast, Thanksgiving, and Election Day.- Vermont. Jan. 1, May 30, July 4, Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving. Massachusetts. Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, 1st Mon. Sept., Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving. Rhode Island. Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Christmas, ThanksConnecticut. Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4,

giving, and Election Days.

1st Mon. Sept., Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving.

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