N. H. COLLEGE OF AGRIC. AND THE MECH. ARTS, DURHAM, N. H. Beg. Sept. 5, '95, Jan. 9, '96, and Mar. 27, '96. THAYER SCH. of CIVIL ENGIN. (connected with Dartmouth College), HANOVER, N.H. Yr. fm. Aug. 1 to May 1. UNIVER. OF VT., BURLINGTON, has courses in civil, mechanical, electrical, and sanitary engineering, and in agric. MASS. AGRIC. COLLEGE, AMHERST, MASS. 3 terms. Terms beg. Sept. 5, '95, Jan. 2, '96, Apr. 2, '96. MASS. COLL. PHARMACY, BOSTON, MASS. Year beg. Sept. 23, 95. 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 TECHNOLOGY, BOSTON. Acad. year begins Sept. 30, '95. Degrees conferred June 9, '96. WORCESTER POLYTECH. INSTITUTE, WORC., MASS. Tms. fm. 2d Wed. Sept. to 3d Th. Dec., and fm. first Th. Jan. to last Th. in Mar., and from 2d Th. in Apr. to last Th. but one in June. R.I. COLL. OF AGRIC. AND MECH. ARTS, KINGSTON, R.I. 3 tms. 1st beg. Jan. 2, '96. Com. July 1. 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 Newport, R. I. Meeting on Ministry and Oversight, on 5th day, 6th m'th, 11th, at 9A.M. For business, on 6th day, 12th, at 9 A. M. Public meetings for worship on First day. The Yearly Meet'g is composed of the Quarterly Meetings of R. Island, Salem, Sandwich, W. Falmouth, Smithfield, Vassalboro', Dover, Fairfield, and Parsonsfield, held as follows: CONN. AGRIC. COLL., STORRS, CONN. 3 terms. Beg. Sept. 16, '95, Jan. 1, '96, Apr. 6, '96. Com. June 19, '96. Normal Schools. STATE NORMAL SCH., CASTINE, ME. STATE NOR. SCH., FARMINGTON, ME. 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 3 w. in winter, 9 or 10 w. in summer. Exam. for admission at Salem, June 25-26, and Sept. 8-9; at Westfield, June 25, and Sept. 8; at Bridgewater, June 25-26, and Sept. 8-9; at Framingham, June 25-26, and Sept. 8-9; at Worcester, June 25-26, and Sept. 8-9. MASS. NORMAL ART SCHOOL. 2 tms. Beg. Oct. 1, '95, and Feb. 24, '96. R. I. STATE NORMAL SCH., PROV., R. I. 2 tms. Spr. tm. beg. Feb. 5, closes June 19, '96. Fall tm. beg. 1st Wed. Sept. STATE NORMAL SCH., NEW BRITAIN, CONN. 1st tm. beg. Sept. 3, '95. in NEW ENGLAND (1896). mo. at Windham. 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. Vassalboro': Seventh day after 2d sixth day, 2d and 11th mos., at East Vassalboro'; seventh day after last sixth day, 5th mo., at China; seventh day after 2d sixth day, 9th mo., at Vassalboro'. Dover: Seventh day after 1st fifth day, 1st mo., at No. Berwick; sev'th day after 3d fifth day, 4th mo., at Dover; 8th mo. at No. Berwick, and 10th mo. at Rochester. Fairfield: Seventh day after 1st sixth day, 2d mo., at Winthrop; sev'th day before last sixth day, 5th mo., at Manchester; seventh day after 1st sixth day, 9th mo., at Winthrop; seventh day after 1st sixth day, 11th mo., at Fairfield. Parsonsfield: Seventh day after 1st sixth day, 9th mo., and seventh day after 2d fifth day, 1st mo., at East Parsonsfield, Me; seventh day after 1st sixth day, 11th mo., and seventh day after 3d fifth day, 5th mo., No. Sandwich, N.H. HOLIDAYS IN NEW ENGLAND. 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 in 1st and 4th mos., at New Bedford; 2d fifth day in 10th mo., at Sandwich, Mass.; 2d fifth day in 7th mo., at Falmouth. Falmouth, Me.: On seventh day following the last sixth day in 1st mo. at Lewiston; 5th mo. at Deering; 8th mo. at Durham; 10th The following days, in respect to the payment of notes, are legal holidays. On most of them courts, banks, etc., are closed. If the day falls on Sunday, the day following is usually kept as a honday 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. Mo. Sept., Christmas, Fast, Thanksgiving, and Election Day. Vermont.-Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Aug. 16 (Bennington-Battle Day), 1st Mo. Sept., Christmas, Fast, Thanksgiving. Massachusetts.-Feb. 22, Apr. 19, May 30, July 4, 1st Mo. Sept., Christmas, and Thanksgiving. Rhode Island.--Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, 1st Mon. Sept., Christmas, Thanksgiving, Election Days. Connecticut.-Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, 1st Mo. Sept., Oct. 15 (Lincoln Day), Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving. Last Quarter, 7th day, 10h. 25m., morning, W. 123456789 9 810 3 Fr. 7 144 24 4 Sa. 7 144 25 55 S-7 144 26 6 6 M. 7 14 4 27 7 Tu. 7 144 28 8 W. 7 134 29 9 Th. 7 134 30 IO 10 Fr. 7 134 31 II 11 Sa. 7 134 32 12 12 S.7 124 33 13 13 M. 7 124 34 14 14 Tu. 7 124 36 15 15 W. 7 114 37 16 16 Th. 7 114 38 17 17 Fr. 7 104 39 18 18 Sa. 7 19 19 S-7 20 20 M. 7 21 21 Tu. 7 22 22 W. 7 23 |23|Th.|7 24 24 Fr. 7 25 25 Sa. 7 26 26 S7 27 27 M. 7 28 28 Tu. 7 24 53 29 29 W. 7 14 54 30 30 Th. 7 04 56 9 100 4|12|16|11| 94 40 94 42 84 43 84 44 74 45 9 380 34 4 8 41 9 440 40 311 63 9 490 45 313 8 94 br. 5 6 951 9 510 47 314 910 br. 215 104 103 h'rt 9 560 52 2011112 h'rt 6 110 52 6 45 11 50 rises morn JANUARY hath 31 days. [1896. Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear I hear it in the opening year, I listen and it cheers me long. -LONGFELLOW. Aspects, Holidays, Events, •legislature meets. 1 W. Circumcision. in Perihel. 2 Th. 9 gr. h. 1. N., Maturehusetts 3 Fr. in Perig. 2d 6 C. 4 Sa. 5th. gr. hel. lat. S. 5 E 20 Sund. aft. Christmas. 6 Mo. Epiphany. 3d. High tides. 7 Tu. Length of day about 9 h. 8 W. 8th. Battle of New Orleans, 1815. 9 Th. 6 h C. Grows warmer. 10 Fr. 6 H C. Medium tides. 11 Sa. 69 C. 12th. 6 12 E 1st Sund. aft. Epiphany. 13 Mo. 12th. runs low. 14 Tu. 18th Prof. J. R. Seeley, of Cambridge Univ., Eng., died, 1895, aged 60. C. A snow 15 W. 17th. (6th, O. S.) Franklin born, 1706. 22 W. 23 Th. 24 Fr. at Providence. 30th. Stmr. Elbe sunk in North Sea in a gr. elong. E. [300 lives lost. 25 Sa. Conversion of St. Paul. Farmer's Calendar. TRY to enter upon the new year with a belief that your crops will be better the present year than they were last, and do faithfully not imitate Mr. Shirker, who your part to make them so. Do neglects properly to feed and cultivate his crops, and then lays all the blame on Him who sends the rain upon the just and the unjust. If you look around among the farmers during the growing season, you will find that those who are the most successful are those who have faith that the rain will come at the proper time, and believe that to have it do the most to have the ground in the proper good they must exert themselves condition to receive it. While it is a good plan to have faith in Providence, it is a bad plan to sit in the easy-chair and wait for Providence to pull the weeds and cultivate the soil among the garden crops. Have you formed your plans in the various work and operations may of the farm this year? You may 26 E 30 Sunday aft. Epiphany. 30 Th. 31 Fr. be looked for. stationary.(lit. Juded, 1855, 31st. Judge E. R. in Perigee. aged nearly 79. wish to make an experiment or able. Now is a good time to study them over. Some improvements are always possible. We are almind. We should never be conways happier if we have such in tent to be always as we are. two; some changes may be desir Last Quarter, 5th day, 7h. 38m., evening, E. Day of Day of Month. Day of the 32 37 8 8 1 39 00 56 218 02 03 bel. 13 rei. 9 25 2 30 2 rei. 10 42 3 19 31 sec. 11 59 4 9 34 sec. morn 5 1 53 5 5 10 12 1 8 123 43 57 thi. 1 15 5 55 610 151 11 124 53 61 thi. 64 2 28 6 51 7 10 17 1 13 125 6% 7 thi. 3 35 7 48 1 Sa. 6 584 5810 33 2S-6 574 59 10 34 3 M. 6 565 110 35 4 Tu. 6 555 36 5 W. 6 545 6 Th. 6 38 7 Fr. 6 515 39| 8 Sa. 6 505 40 9 S.6 495 910 20 1 16 41 10 M. 6 485 10 10 221 18 42 11 Tu. 6 46 5 11 10 25 1 21 43 12 W. 6 455 12 10 271 23 44 13 Th. 6 445 1410 301 26 45 14 Fr. 6 425 15 10 33 29 1 1 46 15 Sa. 6 41 5 16 10 351 31 1 2 47 16 S6 405 18 10 381 34 1 3 1 48 17 M. 6 385 19 10 411 37 1 4 49 18 Tu. 6 375 20 10 431 39 2 5 2 50 19 W.6 355 21 10 461 42 2 6 2 51 20 Th. 6 345 23 10 491 45 27 3 52 21 Fr. 6 325 24 10 521 48 2 8 4 53 22 Sa. 6 31 5 25 10 541 50 2 9 5 54 23 S-6 295 26 10 571 53 210 6 55 24 M. 6 285 28 11 01 56 211 7 56 25 Tu. 6 265 29 11 31 59 212 8 57 26 W. 6 245 3011 62 2 313 9 58 27 Th. 6 23 5 31 11 82 4 3 14 10 10 59 28 Fr. 6 215 3211 112 7 301011 60 29 Sa. 6 205 3411 142 10 316113 4 9 The most favorable times for seeing Mercury in 1896 will be about Jan. 23, May 16, and Sept. 13. in the west after sunset; and March 5, FEBRUARY hath 29 days. [1896. D. W. Now be the hours that yet remain to thee Glow of a bright fireside in the wildest day; And kindly words and offices of good Shall wait upon thy steps, as thou goest on. - BRYANT. Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1 Sa. 2d. Puri. of V. Mary. H. tides. Farmer's Calendar. EARLY lambs require warm quarters, with fresh air enough Now to keep them healthy. Provide them with a pen having an opening too small for the sheep to enter. In this feed them a little grain several times each day, and thus fit them for market early in the spring. 6 Th. 6 h C, 6 H C. expect a 7 Fr. ah O. 8th. runs low. 8 Sa.g. h. lat. N., 6 O inf. 9 E Sexagesima Sun. 6 10 Mo. 6 C, 6 C. cold storm 11 Tu. 9th. Com. Henry Bruce, oldest officer of 12 W. C. 8th. Low tides. 13 Th. O, ann. ecl. O, invis. of snow U. S. navy, died, 1895, aged 97. 14 Fr. St. Valentine. nearly 67. 19 W. Ash Wednesday. 20 Th.stationary. or rain. 21 Fr. 20th. Frederick Douglass died, 1895, aged about 78. milk from your cows, you must If you expect a large flow of shelter them from the cold winds and storms. Do not require them to drink water at the freezing point while standing in an atmosphere at zero; but have the water conducted into the barn or under a shed, where they can drink in a comfortable atmosphere. 15 Sa. Medium tides. 16 E Shrove Sun. in Apog. Window plants during cold 17 Mo. 19th. Gen. John L. Swift died, 1895, aged weather should be watered with tepid water; and if a few drops of 18 Tu. Shrove Tuesday. Blustering, ammonia be put into each cup of followed water, it will make the plants by grow all the better. If geraniums are expected to blossom before March, they should be put into not over five- or six-inch pots. While some plants in the sittingroom are very desirable, there should never be so many as to shut out the light and sunshine. Two or three pots of strawberry plants add variety to a collection of window plants, and are very attractive when the fruit is ripen 22 Sa. WASHINGTON BORN, 1732. 23 E 1st Su. in L. runs high. 24 Mo. St. Matthias. stationary. 25 Tu. 6 2 C. 23d. Low tides. 26 W. 27th. H stat. pleasanter stationary, 9 in 8. partly eclipsed, invis.ing. To have good plants, they in Perigee. weather. should be potted in small pots in August, and re-potted in sixinch pots before cold weather. Keep the runners off, and give plenty of water when the fruit is forming and ripening. 27 Th. 28 Fr. 29 Sa. |