Number Ninety-Five.

THE

(OLD)

FARMER'S ALMANACK,

CALCULATED ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN,
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1887;

Being 3d after BISSEXTILE or LEAP-YEAR, and (until July 4) 111th of American Independence.

FITTED FOR BOSTON, BUT WILL ANSWER FOR ALL THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.

Containing, besides the large number of Astronomical Calculations
and the Farmer's Calendar for every month
in the year, a variety of

NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER.
ESTABLISHED IN 1793,

BY ROBERT B. THOMAS.

PUBLISHED

BOSTON:

BY WILLIAM WARE & CO.

Sold by the Booksellers and Traders throughout New England.

[Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, by WILLIAM WARE, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.]

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TO PATRONS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

The Old Farmer's Almanack again comes to you, with much useful and entertaining matter. Grateful for past favors we greet our numerous patrons with a hearty wish that the New Year may be one of prosperity and happiness to all. The Almanack is computed in Standard Time, sixteen minutes behind Boston local time. See note below.

We close in the words of the founder of this Almanack:

In the present edition, as in that of 1886, the quantities have been given in standard time as now in use. This "Eastern Time" is the time of the 75th meridian west from Greenwich. The calculations are for the longitude and latitude of Boston, and for general purposes are sufficiently correct for most parts of New England. If, however, greater accuracy is desired, this can be obtained for places using standard time by applying a correction to the almanack times from the table below. This table contains corrections for the principal cities of the New England states; and any other place in New England can use the correction of the place in the table which is nearest in longitude to itself. For places still using the old local time, sixteen minutes should invariably be added to the

ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 1887.

THERE will be four Eclipses this year, two of the SUN, and two of the MOON. I. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, Feb. 8, visible in New England, as follows: Eclipse begins, 4h. 14m. A. M.; middle of eclipse, 5h. 22m. A. M.; eclipse ends, 6h. 30m. A. M., standard time.

II. AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Feb. 22, invisible in the United States, visible in the Southern Pacific Ocean, and in a small part of South America.

III. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, Aug. 3, invisible in the United States, visible in the Eastern continent.

IV. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Aug. 19, invisible in the United States, visible in Europe and Asia; also, as a partial eclipse, in the northern part of Greenland and Western Alaska.

MORNING AND EVENING STARS.

Venus will be Evening Star till Sept. 20, then Morning Star the rest of the year. Mars will be Evening Star till April 24, then Morning Star the rest of the year. Jupiter will be Morning Star till April 21, Evening Star till Nov. 8, then Morning Star the rest of the year. Saturn will be Morning Star till Jan. 8, Evening Star till July 18, then Morning Star the rest of the year.

MERCURY.-The most favorable times for seeing Mercury in 1887 will be about March 4, June 30, and Oct. 26, in the West, after sunset; and April 17, Aug. 16, and Dec. 5, in the East, before sunrise.

NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANETS. DO The Moon.

JULY.
d. h.
4 10

rises 25 10 48 P.M.

NOVEMBER.

m.

d.

h. m.

45 P.M.

Qrises 5

2

44 A.M.

12

2

48 A.M.

rises 12

1

9 A.M.

5 P.M.

2 rises

19

6

0 A.M.

30 P.M.

21 A.M.

♂ rises 12