New Moon, 1st day, 3h. 13m., evening, W.. Rises. Sets. Length Day's m. h. 1 M. 6 574 59 10 11 51 010 41 0 2 1 113 legs 6 8 0 39 210 feet 7 14 1 23 310 91 5 1 3 1 37 36 5 Fr. 6 53 5 6 Sa. 6 52 5 41 10 W. 6 47 5 19 53 arm 1 32 6 28 110 63 arm 2 34 7 20 73 br. 3 30 8 14 8 br. 4 22 9 9 5 410 2 5 40 10 55 6 10 11 45 rises morn 7 11 0 35. The most favorable times for seeing Mercury in 1897 will be about Jan. 6, April 28, Aug. 26, and Dec. 20, in the west after sunset; and Feb. FEBRUARY hath 28 days. [1897. D. M. Drag on, long night of winter, in whose heart, Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1 Mo. Medium tides. sleighing. 6 Sa. 7th. Charles Dickens born, 1812. 9 Tu. 8th. in Apogee. 10 W. 11 Th.68 C, 6 C. 12 Fr.runs high. WM. MORRIS. Farmer's Calendar. THE stormy days of this month afford the farmer a good opportunity to look over the farm implements, and repair such as may be found out of order, and to condemn such as may be so worn out as to make them not worth re pairing; also such so far behind the age as to be unprofitable to use. While the farmer should not waste his money buying every new-fangled machine that comes along, he should endeavor to buy such implements as have been and proved to be labor-saving, which at the same time will do the work Cold in Boston since 1982. 13 Sa. 14th. St. Valentine. 26 Fr. 27 Sa. died, 1896, aged 45. of Mass. d., '96, aged 62. r. low.24th. H. C. Bowen of "Independent," d., 1896, stationary. Caged about 82. in Aphelion. Unsettled. 28 C Shrove Sunday. better than the old implements. Some of the new implements for killing weeds among growing crops are so far in advance of the old ones that no progressive farmer can afford to be without them. A workshop should be on every farm of ten or more acres; and the farmer should not only learn to use the tools to make all the simple repairs on farm machines, but should, during the winter, teach his boys the use of tools, giving them frequent opportunities to work in the shop, to make traps, sleds, bird-houses, and such other things as their imagination may suggest. Thus the boys can be kept busy, made happy, and at the same time learn the use of a variety of tools. Now is the time to prepare the wood for next winter. New Moon, 3d day, 6h. 56m., morning, E. > First Quarter, 11th day, 10h. 28m., morning, E. 1 M. 6 185 35 11 m. h. Fast. Moon's 3|28| 92|10| legs m. m. 4 29 10 11 feet 222 18 4 67 8 M. 6 64 4 1 4 2 0 4 3 1 7 5 4311 362 32 5 5 21 23 n'k 11 19 3 33 34 arm morn 4 20 5 7 70 11 Th. 6 25 47 11 452 41 6 8 arm 0 20 5 11 arm 1 19 6 3 71 12 Fr. 6 6 br. 2 11 6 56 72 13 Sa. 5 585 49 11 512 47 73 14 S-5 575 50 11 532 49 74 15 M. 5 555 51 11 562 52 75 16 Tu.5 535 5211 610 61 7 br. 2 56 7 49 592 55 713 91 93 bel. 4 36 10 22 76 17 W. 5 52 5 54 12 22 58 714 10 10 bel. 5 111 11 77 18 Th. 5 50 5 55 12 78 19 Fr. 5 48 5 56 12 8 3 11 3 79 20 Sa. 5 46 5 57 12 80 21 S.5 45 5 58 12 133 81 22 M. 5 43 5 84 31 59 12 163 12 9 19 7 21 0 2 8 41 0 54 sec. 10 2 149 13 2 sec. 11 21 2 47 3 thi. morn 3 48 4 thi. New Moon, 1st day, 11h. 24m., evening, W. 1 Th. 5 256 11 12 463 4212 ● 11 114|h'd sets 91 11 20 92 2 Fr. 5 246 12 12 483 44 12 113 23 Fr. 4 50 6 35 13 45 4 41 18 22 594 55 18 27 91 9 h'd 4 43 legs 0 57 5 37 5 5 legs 1 30 6 28 61 7 feet 7 58 |