O's Declination.

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

1 15 N.16 7 16 59 13 18 32 19 19 54 25 21 4 2 15 34 8 17 15 14 18 47 20 20 7 26 21 14 3 15 51 9 17 31 15 19 1 21 20 19 27 21 24 4 16

10 17 47 16 19 15 22 20 30 28 21 34 5 16 26 11 18 2 17 19 28 23 20 42 29 21 43 6 16 42 12 18 17 18 19 41 24 20 53 30 21 52

Day of

the
Year.
Day of

Day of
the
Week.

Rises. h.

Full Sea,

Boston.
Morn Even

h. h.

Fast.
Moon's
Age:

Sets.

m.

Rises. Souths. h. m. h.

m.

m.

I 21

.

( Last Quarter, 5th day, 6h. 34m., morning, W.
* New Moon, 13th day, Oh. 45m., morning, W.
) First Quarter, 19th day, 8h. 12m., evening, W.
O Full Moon, 26th day, 11h. 21m., evening, E.
Length Day's

D's! D D
of Days. Incre.
m. h.

Place.

mi. 1 Tu.4 55' 6 59 14 4 5 1 3 18 2 24 kn. (11 40 3 0 122 2 W. 4 547 014 6.5 3 3 19 24 31 kn. morn. 3 54 23. 3 Th.4 527 114 95 6| 320 35 4|kn. 0 22 4 45 124 4 Fr. 4 517 314 12 5 9 3 21 41 5 legs 0 56 5 33 125 5 Sa. 4 50 7 4 14 14 5 11 322 54 54 legs 1 24 6 18 126 6S. 4 49 7 5 14 16 5 13 423 61 62 feet 1 47 7 1 1277 M. 4 477 6 14 19 5 16 4 24 7 7 feet 2 7 7 42 128 8 Tu. 4 467 714 21 5 18 425 8 84 feet 2 25 8 22 129

9 W. 4 457 814 23 5 20 426 819 h’d 2 44 9 3 130 10 Th. 4 447 914 255 22 4 27 94 99 hd 3 4 9 46

9j 131|11 Fr. 4 43 7 10 14 27 5 24 428 10 101 n'k 3 26 10 32 132 12 Sa. 4 42 7 11 14 29 5 26 4 29 103 11 n'k | 3 51 11 22 133 13 S. 4 41 7 12 14 315 28 40 114 113 n'k sets 0 17 134 14 M. 4 407 13 14 33 5 30 4 1 04 arm 9 32 1 17 135 15 Tu. 4 39 7 14 14 35 5 32 4 2 0 1 arm 10 35 2 19 136 16 W. 4 38 7 15 14 375 34 4 3 11 2 br. 11 27 3 22 13717 Th. 4 37 7 16 14 39 5 36 4 4 21 2 br. morn. 4 22 13818 Fr. 4 36 7 17 14 41 5 38 4 5 31 31 h'rt 0 8 5 18 139 19 Sa. 4 35 7 18 14 435 40 4 6 41 40 h’rt 0 40 6 10 140 20 S. 4 347 19 14 45 5 42 4 7 52 bel. 1 6 7 0 141 21 M. 4 33 7 2014 475 44 41 8

1 29 7 46 142 22 Tu. 4 327 21 14 495 46 49 71 73 rei. 1 51 8 33 143 23 W. 4 31 7 22 14 51 5 48 3 10 81 82 rei. 2 13 9 20 144 24 Th. 4 31 7 23 14 52 5 49 311 91 91 sec. 2 36 10 9 145 25 Fr. 4 30 7 24 14 545 51 3 12 104 104 sec. 3 3 11 1 146 26 Sa. 4 29 7 25 14 56 5 53 3O111 11 thi. | 3 3511 54 147 27 S. 4 29 7 2614 57 5 54 3 14 0° thi. rises morn.

48 28 M. 4 287 26|14 585 55 3 15 01 03 thi. | 9 30 0 49 149 29 Tu. 4 27 7 2715 05 57 316 1 1kn. 10 17 1 44 150 30 W. 4 27 7 28 15 115 58 317 122 kn. 10 54 2 36 151 31 Th. 4 26 7 2815 2 5 59 3 18 21 27 legs 11 23 3 26

67 bel.

The vales shall laugh in flowers, the woods
Grow misty green with leafing buds,
And violets and windflowers sway
Against the throbbing heart of May.

WHITTIER.

M.

D. W.

.

Aspects, Holidays, Events,

Farmer's Calendar. Weather, &c. 1 Tu. St. Philip and St. James. 64 C. No time to be lost

now. The 2 W. 1st. ( rups low.

crops in the fall will depend very

much on the work of this seed3 Th. 8 greatest elongation E.

time. The plough and the har4 Fr. 68 C.

row must be kept at work, to say 5 Sa. in Apogee. Cool. nothing of the shovel and the 6 G Boga. Sund. 6 ? O sup. hoe. Most of the main crops are 7 Mo. Length of night 9h. 40m. to go in as fast as we can get at

them. Corn wants a rich and 8 Tu. 6 ( 7th. Very low ti. mellow soil, and clean cultiva9 w. sioni Centennials Exhibition opened at tion. We ought to lay out our

Philadelphia, 1876. 10 Th. Ascension Day or Holy Thursday. plans to raise fifty or sixty bush11 Fr. OO. 6°C.

els to the acre, at least. Tar the

seed to save it from the birds. 12 Sa.

Grows warmer. Pour hot water over a peck of 13 G Sund. af. Ascen. 69 (seed and let it drain off at once. 14 Mo. 6$ (.

Showery. It will heat the outside, and not 15 Tu. ( runs high. High tides. hurt the germ. Then turn on a 16 W. 15th. Gold 112 1-2, 1876. Look out

pint of hot tar, and every kernel

will get a thin coat of it, when it 17 Th. in Perigee.

may be dusted with plaster or 18

for late frosts. with air-slacked lime, and it is 19 Sa. 6 H (. $ in y. ready to drop, and no bird will 20 G Whit-Sunday. Pentecost.

touch it. Potatoes must have

clean land, so as to save hand 21 Mo. Low tides. Showers, work with the hoe. That is what 22 Tu. { 24burn, isig. 5 24th, Queen Victoria

followed costs. Use ashes and plaster 23 W.16 $ Q.

by freely, and keep down the weeds 24 Th. ? in 8. fine weather. as soon as they start. Sow man25 Fr. 323d., Savonarola put io death at Florence, golds as a field crop about the {

tenth or middle of the month. 26 Sa. 680 ipf. High tides.

Give them a rich soil, free from 27 G Trinity Sunday.

weeds, and keep them clean with 28 Mo. 64 C. Grows cool the hoe or the cultivator. Thin 29 Tu. ( runs low. SR. I. legislature meets out well. Sow corn in drills, for

at Newport. 30W. DECORATION DAY. 8 in Aph. els of seed to the acre.

fodder, at the rate of three bush

Calves 31 Th. Corpus Christi.

again. should be weaned early.

1877.

JUNE, Sixth Month.

Astronomical Calculations.

14

O's Declination.

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

1 22N. 9 7 22 49 13 23 15 19 23 27 25 23 23 2 22 16 22 55 23 18 20 23 27 26 23 21 3 22 24 9 23 0 15 23 21 21 23 27 27 23 19

22 31 10 23 4 16 23 23 22 23 27 28 23 16 22 37 11 23 8 17 23 25 23 23 26 29 23 13 22 43 12 23 12 18 23 26 24 23 25

30 123

9

the

Rises. Sets. h. m./h.

Sun

Fast.
Moon's

Age.

Full Sea,

Boston.
Morn Even

Place.
h. h.

Rises.
h. m.

Souths. h. m.

m. h.

73 l’d

(Last Quarter, 4th day, 0h. 26m., morning, E.

New Moon, 11th day, 9h. 48m., morning, E.

First Quarter, 18th day, 1h. 40m., morning, W.
O Full Moon, 25th day, 0h. 8m., evening, W.
Length Day's

D's D D of Days. Iucre.

m. h. m. 152) 1 Fr. 14 267 29 15 3 6 0 2 191 3 31 legs 11 481 4 12 153 2 Sa. 4 26 7 30 15 4 6 1 2 20 37 44 legs morn. 4 56 154 3 S. 4 25 7 31 15 66 3 2 21 41 5 feet 0 9 5 37 155 4 M. 4 25 7 32 15 76 4 2 22 51 53 feet 0 28 6 17 1565 Tu. 4 24 7 32 15 86 52 23 61 62 h’d 0.47 6 57 157 6 W. 4 24 7 33 15 9 6 6 2 24 7 7j u'd 1 6 7 38 I58 7 Th. 4 247 34 15 106 7| 1 25 78 84 hod 1 26 8 22 1598 Fr. 4 24 7 34 15 10 6 7 1 26 82 9 n’k 1 50 9 10 1609 Sa. 4 24 7 35 15 11 6 8 127 93 94 n'k 2 20 10 3 161 10 S. 4 23 7 35 15 12 6 9 128 104 104 arm 2 59 11 1 162 11 M. 4 23 7 36 15 13 6 10 10111111 arm sets 04 163 12 Tu.4 23 7 36 15 13 6 10 0 1 0 br. 9 20 1 8 164 13 W. 4 23 7 37 15 14 6 11 02 01 0f br. 10 5 2 12 165 14 Th.4 23 7 37 15 14 6 11 S. 3 11 17 h’rt 10 41 3 11 166 15 Fr. 4 23 7 38 15 15 6 12 0 4 2 2 h’rt 11 9 4 6 167 16 Sa. 4 23 7 38 15 15 6 12 0 5 3 31 bel. 11 34 4 57 168 17 S. 4 23 7 38 15 15 6 12 11 6 4 41 bel. 11 56 5 45 169 18 M. 4 23 7 39 15 16 6 13 11 7 5 5. rei. morn. 6 31 17019 Tu.4 23 7 39 15 16 Dec. 1 8 6

0 17 7 18 17120 W. 4 23 7 39 15 16 0 0 1 9 7 7 sec. 0 401 8 6 172 21 Th. 4 24 7 39 15 15 0 1 2 10 8 81 sec. 1 5 8 56 173 22 Fr. 4 24 7 39 15 150 1 2 11 9 94 sec. 1 35 9 48 174 23 Sa. 4 24 7 39 15 15 0 1 2 12 10 101 thi. 2 11/10 42 175 24 S: 4 25 7 40 15 15 0 1 2 13 107 11thi. 2 56 11 36 176 25 M. 4 25 7 40 15 15 0 1 2 0 111

kn. | rises morn. 177 26 Tu. 4 25 7 40 15 150 1 315 0 04 kn. | 8 52 0 29 17827W. 4 267 40 15 140 2 3 16 0 1 kn. 9 24 1 20 179 28 Th. 4 26 7 40 15 140 2 3 17 11 17 legs 9 51 2 8 18029 Fr. 4 267 40 15 140 2 3 181 2 24 legs 10 13 2 52 18130 Sa. 14 27 7 40 15 130 31 3 19 23 3 feet 10 32 3 34

63 rei.

I watch the mowers as they go
Through the long grass, a white-sleeved row;
With even strokes their scythes they swing,
In tune with merry whetstones ring;
Behind, the nimble youngsters run,

And toss the thick swaths in the sun. J. T. TROWBRIDGE.
Aspects, Holidays, Events,

Farmer's Calendar. Weather, &c. 1 Fr. Nicomede. ( in Apogee. A HORSE will do as much work 2 Sa. 08 ( Dull, with at hoeing corn as ten men. Run

through the field with the horse 3 G 1st Sunday after Trinity.

cultivator once a week, and the 4 Mo. 6 hl. Very low tides. work with the hoe will be light. 5 Tu. Length of pight 8h. 52m. Where a hill is missing, plant an 6W. Legislature of New

light and early kind, or else put in two or Hampshire meets. 7 Th. sth. Dr, Stearns, Pres. Amherst College, three hills of bush beans. A few

died, 1876. 8 Fr. °C frequent showers. do little harm, and they are handy

pumpkins in the cornfield will 9 Sa.

$8th. George Sand, famous French au- to feed to cows in the fall. A corn

thoress, died, aged 72, 1876. 10 G 20 Sun. aft. Trin. 6 8 C. stubble yellow with pumpkins, 11 Mo. St. Barnabas. 10th. oho.

means a jolly thanksgiving for

cattle. Soon after thie middle 12 Tu. ! (. ( runs high.

of the month sow ruta-bagas on 13 W. (in Peri. Very high tides. rich land. They like a lighter 14 Th. Stars and Stripes adopted as the national soil than mangolds, but it must

flag, 1777. 15 Fr. 16 C. Gold 112 5-8, 1876.

be rich or highly manured, or it 16 Sa. Gen. R. B. Hayes, of Ohio, nomin. for is of no use to work over them.

President by Rep. Con. at Cinc'ti, 1876. Use a good drill or seed-sower, 17 G 30 Su. af. Tr. {Battle of Bunker

and where they come too thick, 18 Mo. L. of ni't 8h.44m. Low ti. do not fail to thin out. Weeds 19 Tu. 8 40. {18th the year.

$ 18th to 22d, longest days must be kept down, cost what it 20 W. 1 $ greatest elougation W.

may. Take them when they are

small and weak. A weed, as it 21 Th. O ent. . SUMMER BEGINS.

grows from an inch to a foot 22 Fr. 25th. High tides. Very high, increases a thousand-fold 23 Sa. 25thia Celain wien attack mten, Indians, in bulk or weight, and exhausts 24 G 4th Su. af. Cr. St. John Baptist. the soil in proportion. A single

one will bear a thousand seeds, 25 Mo. 646. ( rups low.

and if they fall in the soil they 26 Tu. 327th. Harriet Martineau, Eng. authoress, died, aged 74, 1876.

make hard work the next year. 27W. in Perihelion. hot. Begin to cut grass early. Orchard 28 Th. {

Gov. S. J. Tilden, of N. Y., nom. for Pres. grass and clover ought to be cut 29 Fr. St. Peter. ( in Apogee.

by the middle, or at the latest

by the twentieth of the month. 30 Sa. Thunder and lightning. Early cut hay is by far the best

,

and is with all his

by Dem. Conv. at St. Louis, 1876.

1877.

JULY, Seventh Month.

Astronomical Calculations.

O's Declination.

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

23N. 5 7 22 33 13 21 46 19 20 46 25 19 33 23 1 8 22 26 14 21 37 20 20 35 26 19 20 22 56 9

19 15 21 27 21 20 23 27 19 6 22 51 10 22 11 16 21 17 22 2011 28 18 52 5 22 45 11 22 3 17 21 7 23 19 59 29 18 38 6 22 39 12 21 55 18 20 67 24 19 46 30 18 24

22

(Last Quarter, 3d day, 4h. 17m., evening, W.

New Moon, 10th day, 5h. 22m., evening, W.

First Quarter, 17th day, 8h. 28m., morning, E.
O Full Moon, 24th day, 2h. 35m., morning, W.

D

D's

Day of

the
Year.
Day of
Month.
Day of

the
Week.

Sun
Slow

Length Day's
Rises.

Setg. of Days. Decre.
h.
ni.lh.
m. h.

m. h. m.

Age.

Full Sea,

Boston.
Morn Even

Place.
h. h.

Rises. h. m.

) Souths. h. m.

m.

71 n’k

o 28 18

IS2| 1S. 4 2717 40 15 130 3 4 20 31 32 feet (10 501 4 14 183 2 M. 4 27 7 39 15 120 4 4 21 31 47 feet 11 9 4 53

4 1841 3 Tu. 4 28 7 39 15 11 0 5 4 22 41 5 h'd 11 28 5 33 185 4 W. 4 29 7 39 15 100 6 4 23 h'd 11 50 6 15 186 5 Th. 4 297 39 15 100 6 4 24 61 n'k morn. 7 0 1871 6 Fr. 4 30 7 38|15 80 8 4 25 7

0 16 7 49 188 7 Sa. 4 317 38 15 70 9 5 26 8 81 arm| 0 501 8 44 189 8 S. 4 32 7 38 15 60 10 5 27 9 94 arm 1 35 9 44

2 31 10 48 191 10 Tu. 4 337 37 15 40 12 5 0 107 114 br. sets 192 11 W. 4 33 7 36 15 30 13 5 1113 h'rt 8 371 0 56 193 12 Th. 4 347 36 15 20 14 5 2 0 01 h’rt 9 10 1 55 194 13 Fr. 4 35 7 35 15 00 16 5 3 1 11 bel. 9 37 2 49 195 14 Sa. 4 36 7 35 14 59 0 17 6 4 14 21 bel. 10 0 3 39 196 15 S. 4 37 1 34 14 57 0 19 6 5 21 31 bel. 10 22 4 28 197 16 M. 4 387 33 14 550 21 6 6 31 4 rei. 10 45 5 15 198 17 Tu. 4 38 7 33 14 550 21 6 7 5 rei, 11 9 6 3 199 18 W. 4 39 7 32 14 53 0 23 6 8 6 sec. 11 37 6 53 200 19 Th. 4 40 7 31|14 51 0 25 61 9 63 7 sec. morn. 7 44 201 20 Fr. 4 41 7 31 14 500 26 610 73 8 thi. 0 11 8 37 202 21 Sa. 4 42 7 30 14 48 0 28 611 87 9 thi. | 0 53 9 31 203 22 S. 4 43 7 29 14 46 0 30 6 12 9 10 kn. 1 43 10 24 204 23 M. 4 447 28 14 440 32 6 13 101 102 kn. 2 41 11 16 205 24 Tu. 4 45 7 27 14 42 0 34 60 111 111 kn. 206 25 W. 4 467 26 14 400 36 615

0 legs rises

0 4 207/26 Th. 4 47 7 25 14 38 0 38 616 07 01 legs 8 18 0 49 208 27 Fr. 4 48 7 24 14 36 0 40 617 03 11 feet 8 38 1 32 209 28 Sa. 4 49 7 23 14 340 42 618 11 13 feet 8 56 2 12 210 29 S.4 50 7 22 14 32 0 44 619 2 27 feet 9 14 2 52 211 30 M. 4 51 7 21 14 300 46 6 20 23 24 h'd 9 33 3 31 212 31 Tu. 4 52 7 20 14 28 0 48 621 31

9 53 4 11

345

3 44 inorn.