ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS.

m.

O's Declination.

Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. 15N 8 7 16 52 13 18 26 19 19 48

25

20
2 15 26 8 17 8 14 18 40 20 20 1 26 21

15 43 17 24 15 18 54 21 2013 27 21
16 1 10 17 40 16 19 8 22 20 25 28 21
16 18 11 17 55 17 19 22 23 37 29 21
16 35 12 18 11 18 1935 24 120 48 30 21

59

9 20 29 39 48

O Full Moon, 7th day, 9h. 1m., morning, W.
(Last Quarter, 14th day, 3h. 17m., evening, W.

New Moon, 22d day, 6h. 5m., evening, W.
First Quarter, 30th day, Oh. 20m., morning, W.

Full Sea, D's

Length Day's Rises. Sets. of Days. Incr. h. 1m.h. m. h.

..

m.

Boston.
Morn Even

h. h.

D D

Sets. Souths. Place.

h. m. h. m.

m.

94 rei.

1211 1 S.4 4016 43 14 34 59 19 8 5 | 53 h’rt| 1 14 6 53 122 2 M. 4 39 6 44 14 5 5 119 9 6

64 bel. ! 1 55 7 47 123

3 Tu. 4 37 6 46 14 95 519 10 7 73 bel. 2 32 8 41 124

4 W. 4 366 47 14 115 7119 11 81 82 rei. 3 7 9 35 125 5 Th. 4 356 48 14 135 9 19 12 9

3 42 10 29 126 6 Fr. 4 33 6 49 14 16 5 12 19 13 10 104 sec. 4 17 11 25 127 7 Sa. 4 32 6 50 14 1815 14 19 0 109 114 sec. rises morn 128 8 S.4 316 51 14 2015 16 19 15 113 thi. | 8 10 0 21 129

9 M. 4 30/6 52 14 22 5 18/19/16 0 08|thi. | 9 16 1 17 13010 Tu. 4 28 6 53 14 255 21 19 17 09 11 kn. 10 14 2 14 131 11 W. 4 276 54 14 275 23 2018 27 kn. (11 6 3 9 I32|12|Th.4 26|6 55|14 295 25|20|19| 24 34|kn. 11 51 4 2 13313 Fr. 4 25 6 56 14 31 5 2720 20 47 legs morn 4 53 1341

14 Sa. 4 24 6 57/14 335 29 20 21 51 legs 0 30 5 41 135 15 S.4 23 6 58 14 35 5 31 20 22 64 feet 1 4 6 26 13616 M. 4 226 59 14 37 5 332023 74 feet| 1 34 7 10 137 17 Tu. 4 21 7 0 14 395 35 2024 8 feet| 2 2 7 52 13818 W. 4 2017 1 14 415 37/1925 81 81 h'd 2 30 8 34 139 19 Th. 4 19/7 214 43 5 39 1926 91 92|hod 2 56 9 16 140 20 Fr. 4 19 7 3 14 445 40 19 27 10 10 n'k 3 24 10 0 141 21 Sa. 4 18 7 4 14 465 42 1928 104 104 n'k | 3 54 10 45 14222 S. 4 1775 14 485 44 19 © 11111" n’k sets 11 32 143 23 M. 4 16 7 6 14 50 15 4619 1113 114 arm 7 46 0 21 144

24 Tu. 4 1517 714 525 48 19 2 04 arm 8 44 1 13 145/25 W. 4 157 814 53 5 49 19 3

04 1 br. 9 39 2 6 14626 Th. 4 147 914 55 5 51 19 4 1 1x br. 10 30 3 1 14727 Fr. 4 13 7 10 14 575 53 19 5 14 24 h'rt 11 16 3 56 14828 Sa. 4 12 7 10 14 585 54 19 6 23 31 h'rt 11 56 4 50 14929 S. 4 12 7 11 14 595 55 19 7 31 41 bel. morn 5 43 150 30 M. 4 11 7 12 15 15 5718 81 41 51 bel. 034 6 35 151 31 Tu. 4 11 7 13 15 25 58 18 9 57 61 bel. 1 8 727

Yes, surely there's a love abroad,

Through every nerve of Nature playing,
And all between t'e sky and sod,

All, all the r. orld has gone a-Maying !

T. B. READ.

D. M.

D. W.

Aspects, Holidays, Events,

Farmer's Calendar. Weather, &c. 11 B 30 $.af. E. St. Philip and St. James. The balance-sheet of the farm 2 Mo. 1st. 7 in Perihelion. hangs very much on how the 3 Tu. 1st. Low tides. Chilly.

owner puts in his work for this

month. Unless the soil is well 4W.6H (. 5th. Napoleon died, 1821.

worked and well mixed with a 5 Th. (in Per., & gr. hel. lat. S. free coating of manure, the crop 6 Fr. 62

Lowering will be apt to be light, and un7 Sa. gib. Very high tides. less the best kinds of seed are 8 B 4th Sunday after Easter. sown in a proper way, the little 9 Mo. 8th. John Stuart Mill died, 1871.

that is grown will be apt to fetch 10 Tu. Stonewall Jackson died, 1863.

a very low price. The compe

tition is now so sharp that it is 11 W. ( runs low. weather.

those only who bring the highest 12 Th. Chas, Adolphe Wurtz, celebrated French chemist, died, 1884.

intelligence to bear, that reap 13 Fr.

16th. George Lunt, journalist, died, 1885, the large ? aged 82.

profits from their 14 Sa. 15th. Daniel O'Connell died, 1847. farms. May is always a busy 15 B Bogation Sunday.

month, and the only way is to 16 Mo. Very low tides.

make the most of every fair day

Signs 17 Tu. ( in Apogee.

in working the ground and get

ting in the seed, so that the first 18 W.600.

of a of June may not find the farmer 19 Th. Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday. behind time.

Small grains 20 Fr. 19th. in 8. storm. should be sown as soon as the 21 Sa. 6 $ .

If there 6 V 0,6 c.land will work well. 22 B Sun. after Ascen. 6 8( laid down to grass last fall, to be

is a lot that ought to have been 23 Mo. 7 gr. hel. lat. N., 6 W p. seeded this spring, there is no 24 Tu. 8 in 8. $23.1 Leopold von Ranke,

historian, d., 1886, ag. 91. time to lose, and the first of the 25 W. ( runs high. High tides. month is late enough. Seed it 26 Th. 6 h , 5% (.

at once. Barley is the only 27 Fr. 6 p o superior, 6 y 8. grain v. ith which grass seed does 28 Sa. 8 in Perihelion. Heavy land is clean and free from weed

well as a general rule, but, if the 29 B Whit-Sunday. Pentecost.

seed, it is better to sow the grass 30 Mo. DECORATION DAY. 6 h. seed alone and take the chance. 31 Tu. 30th. Low tides. showers. Open the war on the weeds.

22d.

.

O Full Moon, 5th day, 5h. 38m., evening, E.
(Last Quarter, 13th day, 8h. 35m., morning, W.

New Moon, 21st day, 5h. 53m., morning, E.
First Quarter, 28th day, 5h. 1m., morning, W.

Full Sea, D's

Day ot]

the
Year.
Day of

Day of

the
Week.

Risesi.in. m.in.

Length Day's
Sets. of Days. Incr.

m. m.

Boston.
Morn. Even

h. h.

h.

Souths.

m.

m

m. h.

04 kn.
14

D D

Sets.
Place.

lh. m.Th.
152 11W. 4 1017 1415 416 018 10 64 73 rei. 1 42 8 19
153 2 Th. 4 10 7 15 15 5 6 11811 7 84 rei. 2 15 9 12
154

3 Fr. 4 97 15 15 66 21812 89 94 sec. 2 50/10 7 155 4 Sa. 4 97 16 15 76 3 18 13 9 10° sec. 3 29 11 2 156 5 S. 4 97 17 15 86 417 0 101 109 thi. rises 11 59 : 57 6M. 14 87 17 15 96 51715 114 114|thi. | 8 0|morn 158 7 Tu. 4 8 7 18 15 10 6 617 16

8 57 0 55 159 8 W. 4 817 18 15 10 6 617 17 03 likn. 9 46 1 50

9 ) 160 9 Th. 4 87 19 15 11 6 717 18 14 2 legs 10 28 2 43 16110 Fr. 4 77 19 15 126 817192 24 legs 11 4 3 33 162 11 Sa. 4 77 20 15 136 916 20 23 31 feet 11 36 4 20 163 12 S.4 77 21 15 146 10 16 21 33 43 feet morn 5 5 164 13 M. 4 77 21 15 14 6 10 16 22 43 54 feet 0 5 5 48 16:14 Tu. 4 77 22 15 15 6 11 16 23 5 6jh'd

61 h'd 0 33 6 30 166 15 W. 4 77 22 15 15 6 11 16 24 61 7jh'd 0 59 7 12

71 167 16Th 4 7 7 23 15 166 12|15|25| 7 8 |nok] 1 26| 7 55 .

1 16817 Fr. 4 717 23|15 166 1215/26 87 89 n'k | 1 54 8 39 169 18 Sa. 4 7 7 23 15 16 6 12 15 27 91 94 n'k 2 25 9 25 170

19 S. 4 77 23 15 166 12 15 28 10 10 arm 3 0 10 13 17120 M. 4 87 24 15 16 6 12 14 29 104 104 arm 3 40 11 5 172 21 Tu. 4 87 24 15 16 Dec 14 • 111114br. sets 11 59 173 22 W. 1 817 24 15 160 014 1 0 br. 8 26 0 54 17423 Th. 4 87 24 15 160 014 2 0 09 b'rt 9 15 1 50 175 24 Fr. 4 817 24 15 160 014 3 09 1įh'rt 9 58 2 46 176 25 Sa. 4 97 25 15 160 013 4 14 21 h’rt 10 371 3 40 177 26 S.4 97 25 15 16 0 0 13 5 21 3 bel. 11 12 4 33 178 27 M. 4 10 7 25 15 15 0 113 6 31 4 bel. 11 45 5 24

4 179 28 Tu. 4 10 7 25 15 150 113 7

5 rei. morn

6 16 180 29 W. 4 10 7 24 15 140 213 8 54 6 rei. 0 181 7 7 181 30 Th. 4 11 7 24 15 13 0 312 9 6 7 sec. 0 52 7 59

seems

Aspects, Holidays, Events,

Farmer's Calendar.
Weather, &c.
1 W. Nicomede. 6 H (. Fair. Іт

to be taken for 2 Th. Cin Perigee, 621 (. granted that Indian corn is, on 3 Fr. 31st. Legislature meets in New Hamp- the whole, the best plant for the 4 Sa.

5th. Sir Julius Benedict, musical com- preparation of ensilage, and

poser, died, 1885, aged 81. 5 B Trinity Sunday. Becomes those who have silos" to fill

ought to bear in mind that it is 6 Mo. 5th. Very high tides.

best to plant early in this month 7 Tu. ( runs low. changeable. so as to give it time to approach 8 W. $ gr. hel. lat. N.

maturity before the early frosts. 9 Th. Corpus Christi.

Fine The large and coarse ensilage 10 Fr. 38th. Andrew Jackson died, 1845, aged corn is not so good as the small 11 Sa. St. Barnabas.

kinds. Plant far enough apart growing

to have ear out well, that is 12 B 1st Sunday after Trinity.

to set and form ears. When 13 Mo. 14th. Very low tides. they begin to glaze it will be 14 Tu. ( in Apogee. weather. high time to cut and pack down 15 W. 17th. Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775.

the corn. Put in an acre or two 16 Th. { Enged Whipple, essayist, died, 1886, of Hungarian, also. If you use 17 Fr. stationary.

Dull.

five pecks of seed to the acre,

the stalk will be so small that it 18 Sa. 6 W (.

can be easily dried, and the cows 19 B 20 Sunday after Trinity.

will eat it with as much relish 20 Mo. 6 § (,h.

as they will the best of hay 21 Tu. (r. high. O en.. made from other grasses. Cut 22 W. 6h ( 234. 4 stationary. the grass about the buildings 23 Th. 6 (. LONGEST DAYS, ab't 15%h. early before it gets tramped 24 Fr. St. John Baptist. 6 ! (.

down. The hoed crops need 25 Sa. 24th. High tides. Becomes close looking after now, to keep

down the weeds. The bugs and! 26 B 3d Sunday after Trinity.

the worms are busy as they can 27 Mo. 30th. Low tides.

very be. Plaster, lime, hellebore, and 28 Tu. (in Perigee, 6 HC. Paris green, put on here and 29 W. St. Peter. 6.10

there, will clean out most insects. 30 Th.

Don't cut asparagus after the HO.

hot. 20th. It weakens the roots, and

does a great deal of harm.

SUMMER
BEGIN.

10 jarm' 3 i

.

.

104 arm 3 114 br. sets 0 br.8% l' hrt/ 9152 11 h'rt' 9383 brt 105 3 bel

. 11 12 4 bel. '11 45

.

1

5 'rei. morn

6 rei. 0187 7 sec./ 0521

O Full Moon, 5th day, 3h. 34m., morning, W.
(Last Quarter, 13th day, 1h. 57m., morning, E.

New Moon, 20th day, 3h. 50m., evening, W.
First Quarter, 27th day, 9h. 30m., morning, E.

D's D

Year.
Day of

Day of
the
Week

Length Day's
Rises. Sets.

of Days. Decr.
h.
m. h. m. h.

m.h.

m.

Sun

Moon's

Full Sea,

Boston.
Morn Even

h. h.

PG
m.

D Sets. Souths. Place.

h. m.h. m 1 271 8 53

I

182 1Fr. 4 117 24 15 13 0 312/10 74 8 sec. 183 2 Sa. 4 12 7 24 15 120 412 11 81 9 thi. 2 6 9 48 184 38.4 12 7 24 15 120 41212 91 9thi. 2 50 10 43 185 4M. 4 13 7 24 15 11 0 512 13 101 102 kn. 3 39 11 38 186 5 Tu.4 13 7 23 15 100 6110 111 112 kn. rises morn 187 6W. 4 14 7 23 15 90 711 15 0 legs 8 22) 0 32 188 7 Th. 4 15 7 23 15 80 81116 01 1 legs 9 1 1 24 189 8 Fr. 4 15 7 22 15 70 91117 03 14 legs 9 36 2 13 190 9 Sa. 4 16 7 22 15 6 0 10 11 18 13 24 feet 10 6 2 59 191 10 S. 4 17 7 22 15 5 0 111119 27 3 feet 10 34 3 43 192 11 M. 4 17 7 21 15 4 0 12 11 20 31 31 hd 11 11 4 26 193 12 Tu.4 18 7 21 15 30 13 1021 43 h'd 11 28 5 8 194 13 W. 4 19 7 20 15 10 15 10 22 47 51 h’d 11 55 5 50 195 14 Th. 4 20 7 20 15 0 0 16 1023 53

64 n'k morn 6 33 196 15 Fr. 4 21 7 19 14 58 0 18 10 24 63 7 n'k 0 24 7 17 197 16 Sa. 4 21 7 18 14 57 0 19 1025 77

arm 0 57 8 4 198 17 S. 4 22 7 18 14 56 0 20 10 26 81 84 arm 1 34 8 54 199 18 M. 4 23 7 17 14 54 0 22 10 27 91 94 arm 2 18 9 47 200 19 Tu. 4 24 7 16 14 52 0 241028 10 101 br. 3 910 42 201 20 W. 4 25 7 15 14 500 26 10 1011 br.

sets 11 39 202 21 Th. 4 26 7 15 14 490 2710 1111111 h'rt 7 54 0 36 20322 Fr. 4 27 7 14 14 47 0 29 10 2 04 h'rt 8 36 1 32 204 23 Sa. 4 28 7 13 14 45 0 3110 31 01 1 bel. 9 13 2 27 205 24 S. 4 29 7 12 14 43 0 33 9 41 11 2 bel. 948 3 21 206 25 M. 4 30 7 11 14 41 0 35 91 5 21 2 rei. 10 21 4 13 207 26 Tu. 4 30 7 10 14 400 36 9 6 3 3 rei. 10 55 55 208 27 W. 4 31 7 9 14 380 38 9 7 4 41 sec. 11 29 5 56 209

28 Th. 4 327 8 14 36 0 40 9 8 5 54 sec. morn 6 49 210 29 Fr. 4 33 7 7 14 34 0 42 10 9 64 6thi. 0 7 7 42 211 30 Sa. 4 34 7 6 14 320 44 10 10 74 7* thi. | 0 48 8 36 212 31 S-4 35 7 5 14 3010 46|10|11| 81 82 kn. 1 34 9 31