FEBRUARY hath 28 days.

1877.

1876.

1555, O. S.

aged 79, 1876.

53, 1650, 0. S.

We cannot kindle when we will

The fire that in the heart resides;
The spirit bloweth and is still,

In mystery our soul abides :
But tasks in hours of insight willed

Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled. MATT. ARNOLD.
Aspects, Holidays, Events,
Weather, &c.

Farmer's Calendar. À 1 Th. { Henry gale,

Pleasant, It is the time to cut grafts and 2 Fr. Purifica. of V. Mary. Candlemas Day. pack them in damp moss or sand. 3 Sa. Length of night 13h. 54m. them safe and ready to set in

Put on the true names, and keep 4 G Seragesima Sunday. but the spring. Don't let slip any 5 Mo. 4th John Rogers burned at Smithfield,

means to save manure. Use 6 Tu.

10th. Reverdy Johnson died, a straw, if you have it, for litter, 7W. 16 ( 6$. furious and if not, get up a lot of leaves

or dry muck. It is a handy thing 8Th. 40. (r. 1. Very lo. tid. to have a few cart-loads of dry 9 Fr. lith. Descartes died, aged

storm, muck and as many of forest 10 Sa. 68( ( in Apogee.

leaves in the shed or the lean-to. 11 G Quin., or Shrove Sunday. far from the back door, and let

Have a compost heap, not too 12 Mo. 11th. : O. 69 C.

all the wash, the soap-suds, and 13 Tu. Shrove Tuesday. High tides, .

the waste from the house go into 14 W. Ash Wednesday. St. Valentine's Day. it. There is no need to have the 15 Th. Gold 113 1-4, 1876. with fiercely heap right under the nose of 16 Fr. 14th. 6hc.

everybody. Plenty of room out

Use loam, ashes, and 17 Sa. Rev. Horace Bushnell died,

muck, and keep it topped with 18 G 1st Sund. in Lent. 6 VC. boards, so as to make it look 19 Mo. { 184ketres, please do nome. well-known tidy. Cut, split, and haul up

actressdied, aged 60, 1876 20 Tu. greatest elongation W.

wood to use for the year; then 21 W. 8 in 88. g in 8. Lowtides. pile it right up and let it dry

there. It makes better fuel so,

winds, than to let it lie to rot and water23 Fr. ( runs high. is near log. A good cat is about the 24 Sa. St. Matthias.

at hand. best trap for rats and mice, it is 25 G 20 Sunday in Lent.

so easy to set. To stop rat-holes

in the cellar, mix a lot of hydrau26 Mo. 6 HC. ( in Perigee. lic cement with broken bottles. 27 Tu. ( eclip., invisible in U.S. It is a sure cure. Corn keeps 28 W.110. Very high tides. best on the cob. Shell only as

you want to use.

Save the pig corn and the nubbins. They'll come in play by and by. Pick over the apples in the cellar. Cows will eat the specked ones, and they'll do 'em | good. This is work for a rainy day, but if it is snow, it is all the same.

drifting doors.

{aged 73, 1876.

22 Th. { "1182.

WASHINGTON born,

1877.

MARCH, Third Month.

Astronomical Calculations.

20

26

O's Declination.

Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m.Days. d. m. Days. d. m.

75.20 7 5 2 13 2 41 19 OS.18 25 2 3 2 6 58 8 4 38 14 2 17

ON. 5

2 27 6 35

9 4 15 15 1 53 21 0 29 27 2 50 6 12 10 3 51 16 1 30 22 0 53 28 5 48 11 3 28 17 1 6 23 1 16 29 3 37 5 25

12 3 4 18 0 42 24 1 40 30 4 0

14

( Last Quarter, 6th day, 5h. 17m., evening, E.
• New Moon, 14th day, 10h. 9m., evening, W.
) First Quarter, 22d day, 8h. 25m., morning, E.
O Full Moon, 29th day, 1h. 4m., morning, W.
Length Day's

D's D

Day of the

Rises. Sets,

of Days. Incre. m. h. m. h.

m. m.

Sun
Slow.

Moon's
os Age.

Full Sea,

Boston.
Morn| Even

Place.
h. h.

m. a.

D Rises. Souths. h. m. h. m. 8 27 1 23

63 64

60 1 Th.16 3515 50 11 152 12 12 16 01 02 rei. 61 2 Fr. 6 345 52 11 18 2 15 12 17 1 11 rei. 9 42 2 12 62 3 Sa. 16 32 5 53 11 21 2 18 12 18 2 21 sec. 10 56 3 1 48.6 30 5 54 11 24 2 21 12 19 23 34 sec. morn.

3 51 5 M. 6 29 5 55 11 26 2 23 12 20 31 4 thi. O 8 4 42 65 6 Tu. 6 275 57 11 30 2 27 1121 41 5 thi. | 1 16 5 35 66 7W. 6 25 5 58 11 33 2 30 11 22 6 |thi. 1 2 17 6 28 67

8 Th. 6 24 5 59 11 352 32 11 23 7 kn. 3 9 7 21 68 9 Fr. 6 22 6 0 11 382 35 1124

74 87 kn.

3 52 8 11 69 10 Sa. 6 20 6 1 11 412 38 10 25 83 91 legs 4 27 8 59 70 11 S. 6 19 6 2 11 432 40 10 26 91 10 legs 4 55 9 45 7 12 M. 16 17 6 4 11 47 2 44 10 27 107 10 legs 5 19 10 28 72 13 Tu. 6 15 6 5 11 502 47 10 28 10 114 feet 5 4011 10 73 14 W. 6 13 6 6 11 532 50 9 11111 feet 5 57 11 50 74 15 Th. 6 12 6 7 11 55 2 52 9 1 0 h'd sets 0 31 75 16 Fr. 6 10 6 8 11 58 2 55 921 01 0:1 h'd 8 2 1 13 76 17 Sa. 6 86 912 1 2 58 8 3 0f 1 h'd 9 11 1 57 77 18 S. 6 6 6 10 12 4 3 1 8 4 11 14 n’k 10 21 2 44 78 19 M. 6 5 6 12 12 73 4 8 5 2 2j n'k 11 34 3 36 79 20 Tu.6 36 13 12 10 3 7 7 6 23 31 arm morn. 4 32 8o 21 W.6 116 14 12 13 3 10 71 71 31 4 arm 0 45 5 32 81 22 Th. 6 0 6 15 12 15 3 12 7 8 41 5 br. 016

5

1 50 6 34 82 23 Fr. 5 586 16 12 18 3 15 7 9 51 67 br. 2 45 7 35 83 24 Sa. 5 56 6 17 12 21 3 18 610 67 71 h’rt 3 31 8 33 84 25 S. 5 54 6 18 12 24 3 21 6 11 71 8j h'rt 4 6 9 28 85 26 M. 5 53 6 20 12 27 3 24 6 12 81 91 bel. 4 35 10 20 86 27 Tu. 5 51 6 21 12 303 271 513 98 104 bel. 4 59 11 10 87 28 W. 5 49 6 22 12 33 3 30 514 107 11 rei. 5 22 11 59 85 29 Th. 5 47 6 23 12 36 3 33 5 011

rei. rises morn. 89 30 Fr. 5 46 6 24 12 383 35 4 16 0 04 rei. 8 32 0 48 90 31 Sa. 15 44 6 25 12 413 38 4171 0f 14 sec. 9 45 1 38

D. M.

D. W.

Aspects, Holidays, Events,

Weather, &c.

Farmer's Calendar.

.

1 Th. St. David. 6 I 4. Fair, A WORKSHCP is a good thing 2 Fr. Length of night 12h. 40m. on the farm. Look about and

see what tools need to be fixed. 3 Sa. 8 in Aphelion. but

Doesn't that old cart want a little 4 G 30 Sunday in Lent.

paint? A coat of paint on the 5 Mo. Inauguration the President of the U. 45th

ploughs, the wagons, the mowing 6 Tu.

cold and blustering machines, and most kinds of 7W. & in Aphelion. 646.

farm tools, will save the wood

work, and pay two or three times 8 Th. 16M c. ( runs low.

its cost, to say nothing about 9 Fr. Very low tides.

looks. Grease and paint are 10 Sa. ( in Apogee. weather, uncommonly good things for iron 11 G 4th Sunday in Lent. and wood, if you'll only take the 12 Mo. 13th. State election in

with

trouble to put them on in the New Hampshire.

right place. To save in little 13 Tu. • $ ( 68(. Óh (. things, to save time and wear and 14 W. O eclip., invisible in U. S. tear, to stop the leaks and the 15 Th. Gold 114 1-2, 1876.

wastes about the house and the 16 Fr. 60h.

occasional

barn, is the true secret of success

on the farm, but a little money 17 Sa. St. Patrick.

and time spent in keeping things 18 G Passion Sunday. 6 V C. up to the mark, is often the best 19 Mo. Ć $ h. High tides. way to save.

A lot of odd jobs 20 Tu. O ent. 90. SPRING BEGINS. time by and by when the work

can be done now, and so save 21 W. St. Benedict.

furries begins to press. There are the 22 Th. 10. ( runs high. walls to put up, the fences to fix, 23 Fr. Low tides. of snow the bushes in the pasture to cut, 24 Sa. 25th. 6 ( 6 $ Q.

the wood-pile to see to. That 25 G Palm Sun. Annunc. or Lady Day, ought to grow up and be a big

thing. Nothing like having a 26 Mo. ( in Perigee.

or plenty of wood on hand. A lot 27 Tu. Pthanstadays, the year in. Old Style, of well dried wood saves time,

changed, 1752to January 1 28 W. Raphael born,

rain. temper, and money. Where 29 Th. 30th. Reservoir at Worcester, Ms. bursts lands were laid down last fall,

its dam, causing immense damage, 1876. there are the rocks to pick, as 30 Fr. Good Friday.

Warmer.

soon as the snow is off. Sow on 31 Sa. 30th. Very high tides. clover seed at the same time.

1483, 0. S.

1877.

APRIL, Fourth Month.

@'s Declination.

Astronomical Calculations. | Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m.

1 4N.47 7 7 4 13 9 16 19 11 23 25 13 23 2 5 10 8 7 26 14 9 38 20 11 44 26 13 43 3 5 33 9 7 48 15 9 59 21 12 4 27 14 2

5 56 10 8 10 16 10 20 22 12 24 28 14 21 6 18 11 8 32 17 10 41 23 12 44 29 14 39 6 41 12 8 54 18 11 2 24 13 4 30 14 58

( Last Quarter, 5th day, 11h. 45m., morning, W.

New Moon, 13th day, 1h. 5m., evening, W.
) First Quarter, 20th day, 2h. 52m., evening, E.
O Full Moon, 27th day, 11h. 51m., morning, W.

Full Sea, D's

Day of

the
Year.
Day of
Month.
Day of

the
Week.

Length Day's
Rises.! Sets.

of Days. Incre.
h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m.

Sun
Slow.
Moon's
Age.

Boston.
Morn| Even

h.

D Souths. h. m.

Place.

Rises. h. m.

m.

Morn 91/ 11S.15 426 26 12 4413 41 4|18| 13 2 sec. 10 581 2 30 92 2 M. 5 40 6 27 12 47 3 44 319 21 24 thi. morn. 3 23 93

3 Tu.5 396 28 12 49 3 46 3 2013 3- thi. | 0 4 4 18 94 4 W. 5 37 6 29 12 523 49 321 4 41 kn. 1 11 5 12 95 5|Th.15 356 31/12 563 53 3|22| 43 54kn. 1 481 6 4 96 6 Fr. 5 34 6 32 12 583 55 223 5 6j kn. 2 26 6 53 97

7 Sa. 5 326 33 13 13 58 2 24 7 71 legs 2 57 7 40 98 8 8.5 306 34 13 4 4 1 2 25 8 81 legs 3 22 8 24 99 9M. 5 296 35 13 6 4 3 1/26 891 feet 3 43 9 6 100 10 Tu.5 276 36 13 9 4 6 1/27 91 92 feet 4 3 9 47 101 11 W. 15 256 37 13 12 4 9 128 107 10j feet 4 21 10 27 102 12 Th. 5 246 38 13 14 4 11 1 29 10 11 h'd 4 41 11 9 103 13 Fr. 15 226 39 13 17 4 14 0 111111 l’d sets 11 53 104

14 Sa. 5 2016 41 13 214 18 01 1 O n'k 8 9 0 40 10515 S. 5 19 6 42 13 23 4 20 F. 2 04 09 n'k | 9 23 1 31 106116 M. 5 1716 43 13 264 23 0 3 1 11 arm 10 35 2 27 107 17 Tu. 5 166 44 13 284 25 11 4 14 21 arm 11 43 3 26 108 18/W.15 14 6 45 13 31 4 28 1 5 21 3 br. morn. 4 28 109

19 Th. 5 126 46 13 344 31 1 6 31 4 br. 0 42 5 29 I10 20 Fr. 5 116 47 13 364 33 1 7 41 5 br. 1 29 6 27 11121 Sa. 5 96 48 13 394 36 11 8 51 6 h’rt 2 7 7 22 11222 S. 5 8 6 49 13 414 38 2 9 61 74 h'rt 2 37 8 13 113 23 M. 15 66 51 13 45 4 42 2 10 73 81 bel. 3 2 9 2 114 24 Tu. 5 56 52 13 474 44 2 11 83 9 bel. 3 25 9 50 115 25 W. 5 46 53 13 494 46 2 12 9 10 rei. 3 4610 38 116 26 Th. 5 2 6 54 13 52 4 49 213104105 rei. | 4 911 26 11727 Fr. 15 16 55 13 54|4 51 310114111 sec.

4 33 morn. II8 28 Sa. 4 596 56 13 574 54 3 15 0 sec. rises 0 17 119 29|6.4 58|6 57|13 594 56| 3|16| 0 | 1 |thi. 9 45 1 10 120 30 M. 4 56 6 58 14 2 4 59 317 141 14 thi. [10 48 2 5 APRIL hath 30 days.

1877.

4th. State election in

Rhode Island.

When the warm sun, that brings

Seed-time and harvest, has returned again,
'Tis sweet to visit the still wood, where springs
The first flower of the plain.

LONGFELLOW.
B Aspects, Holidays, Events,
Weather, &c.

Farmer's Calendar. 11 G Easter Sunday.

As soon as the frost is out of 2 Mo.

Variable the ground, there is many a loose

rock in the field and the pasture 3 Tu.

and

that will come out easy, now that 46.6 40. ( runs low. the earth is soft, but if you leave 5 Th. Length of night 11h. 3m. it a few days till the land is hard 6 Fr. 68. 6 o superior. and dry, it will take ten times the 7 Sa. (in Apo. Very low tides. work. When the earth is fit to

plough and crumble down mel8 G Low Sunday.

low, sow oats and other spring 9 Mo. Jioth. A For Stewart died.00,000, work, grains. Pease, also, and some

leaving fortune of $1876. 10|Tu.| 0 h (.

uncertain of the garden seeds ought to go 11 W. 8 in 8. weather. in right away, or as soon as the 12 Th. 15th. Gold, 113 1-2, 1876.

ground can be ploughed or forked

Ashes and lime are good 13 Fr. 6 (.

Pleasant. for old garden soils, but it is 14 Sa. 6 § (. 6C.

worth while to lay out a new and 15 G 20 Sun. af. Easter. 6 " 8. larger kitchen garden, not far 16 Mo. 8 in Perihel. High tides. from the house, and to make it

a more important part of the 17 Tu. IŞDr. A. Brownson, Catholic writer, died, aged 73, 1876.

farm. A farmer with a good 18W. ( runs high. Signs of garden, full of vegetables, such Battle of Lexington,

as celery, lettuce, beets, rhubarb, 20 Fr.

a coming storm. and asparagus, with a lot of small

fruits, like currants, strawber21 Sa. 6 W G. Low tides.

ries, and cherries, is about as in22 G 30 Su. af. East. (in Peri. dependent of the butcher as any 23 Mo. St. George.

Cold one need be. Sow carrots and 24 Tu. • PO. OSO. for plant potatoes. Fruit and shade 25 W. St. Mark.

the season.

trees can be set out now, or they

may be taken froin the nursery 25th. Oliver Cromwell born,

and heeled in, to be set out when 27 Fr. 6 .

Showery. there is time. Look out for plen28 Sa. 27th. Very high tides. ty of roots. Stems and tops won't

amount to much without roots. 29 G 4th Sunday after Easter.

Get the cattle out to pasture an 30 Mo.

Grows warmer. hour or two a day, when the grass

starts, but keep up their feed.

over.

19 Th. 1775.

26 Th. {231599, 0.5.