1879.

JULY, Seventh Month.

O's Declination.

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

1 23N. 7 7 22 36 13 21 50 19 20 51 25 1939
2 23 3 8 22 29 14 21 41 20 20 40 26 19 26
3 22 58 9 22 22 15 21 32 21 20 28 27 19 13

22 53 10 22 15 16 21 22 22 2017 28 18 59

22 48 11 22 7 17 21 12 23 20 5 29 18 45 6 22 42 12 21 59 18 21 2 24 19 52 30 18 30

Full Sea, D's

Length

Sets.

Boston.
Norm Even

h. 1.

Place.

m. h.

m.

h. m.

m.

D Sets. Souths. h. m. h.

m. 1 4510 18

9thi.

X

5

O Full Moon, 3d day, 4h. 6m., evening, E.
( Last Quarter, 11th day, 3h. 22m., morning, E.
© New Moon, 19th day, 3h. 34m., morning, E.
First Quarter, 26th day, 5h. 4m., morning, W.
Day's

D
Rises. of Duys. Decre.

1. m. h.
182 1 Tu. 4 277 40,15 130 31 4 12) 9
183 2 W. 4 28 7 40 15 120 4 4 13 10 101 thi. | 2 43 11 21
184 3 Th. 4 28 7 39 15 110 5 40 11 11į kn. rises morn.
185 4 Fr. 4 29 7 39 15 100 6 4 15 0 kn. 8 27 0 22
1865 Sa. 4 29 7 39 15 100 6 416 01 02 legs 9 11 1 19
187 6S. 4 30 7 39 15 90 7 4 17 1 11 legs 9 27 2 11
188 7M. 4 307 38 15 80 8518 14 21 feet | 9 50 2 58
189 8 Tu. 4 31 7 38 15 70 9 5 19 26 3 feet 10 12 S 42
1909 W. 4 32 7 38 15 60 10 5 20 3.1 34 feet 10 33 4 25
191 10 Th. 4 32 7 37 15 50 11 5 21 41 41 hd 10 55 5 6
19211 Fr. 4 337 37 15 40 12 522 5 54 h'd 11 19 5 48
193 12 Sa. 4 34 7 36 15 2|0 14 523 53 61 n'k 11 46 6 31
194 13 S. 4 35 7 36 15 10 15 5 24 7 n'k morn. 7 16
19514 M. 4 367 35 14 590 17 625 71 8 n’k 0 18 8 3
196 15 Tu. 4 367 34 14 580 18 6 26 83 9 arm 0 56 8 53
197.16 W. 4 377 34 14 57 0 19 627 91 92 arm 1 42 9 45
198 17 Th. 4 387 33 14 550 21 6 28 104 10j br. 2 36 10 38
19918 Fr. 4 39 7 32 14 530 23 6 29 11° 117 br. sets 11 31
200 19 Sa. 4 40 7 32 14 520 241 6

l'rt 7 471 0 22
201 20 S. 4 41 7 3114 5010 26 6 11 0 01 h'rt 8 16 1 12
202 21 M. 4 42 7 30 14 480 28 6 2 0:1 1° h’rt 8 42 2 6
203 22 Tu. 4 42 7 29 14 470 29 6 3 11 13 bel. 9 7 2 47
204 23 W. 4 43 7 29 14 460 30 6 4 2 21 bel. 9 30 3 35
205 24 Th. 4 44 7 28 14 440 32 6 5 27 37 rei. 9 55 4 23
206 25 Fr. 4 45 7 27 14 420 34 6 6 3, 4 rei. 10 24 5 14
20726 Sa. 4 46 7 26 14 400 36 6 7 41 5 sec. 10 59 6 8
208 27 S. 4 477 25 14 380 38 6 8 6 sec. 11 401 7 5
209

28 M. 4 48 7 24 14 360 40 6 9 61 7 thi. morn. 8 6 210 29 Tu. 4 49 7 23 14 340 42 610 77 84 thi. | 0 311 9 8 211 30 W. 4 50 7 22 14 320 44 611.81 91 kn. 1 33 10 8 21231 Th.4 517 21 14 300 46 6121 94101|kn. | 2 4411 6

Great mall

4

118

To-day the meek-eyed cattle on the hills

Lie grouped together in some grateful shade;

Or slowly wander down the grassy glade,
To stand content, knee-deep, in glassy rills.

D. M.

D. W.

Aspects, Holidays, Events,

Weather, &c.

Farmer's Calendar.

declared, 1776.

died, 1804.

1690.

.

1 Tu.

Hot and dry. It is of no use to grow bush2 W. O in Apo. ( runs low. es and weeds in the place where 3 Th.

Continues hot.

the grass ought to grow. It 4 Fr. Very high tide. I INDEPENDENCE should be the aim of good farni

ing to keep them down. As soon 5 Sa. Length of night 8h. 51m. as the grass is cut, and the hay 6 E 4th Sunday after Crinity. in the barn, let us turn to and 7 Mo. oho.

Fine, if put an end to them. Here is an 8 Tu. 620, 69.

old wall that is choked up with

not wild shrubs. Might as well get 9W. in Perihelion. too it out of the way.

It was built 10 Th. { 13th, Alexander Hamilton

dry. before the mowing-machine was 11 Fr. 6 h ( 6 C.

thought of, and it isn't just the 12 Sa. ( in Apogee. { Bastof the Boyne, thing for our style of work. Let 13 E 5th Sun. aft. Tr. 6 °C do it better. Do no more than

us plan to till less ground and 14 Mo. 136h. Very low tides. Shifts you can do well. The best of 15 Tu. St. Swithin. Gold 100, 1878. 16:15 work is none too good for the 16 W. gr. elongation E. Pike qygliarm. . Thrift comes from just 17 Th. 16th. ( runs high. guill that kind of work, so let us do

our level best. Weeds must live 18 Fr.

Not so fine for on what we may call the food of 19 Sa. O ecl., invisible in U. S. plants. If the land is rich, they 20 E 6th Sun. aft. Tr. St. Margaret. draw hard on it with their rank 21 Mo.686,6 ( High tid. growth. Now, plant-food costs

a great deal of time and money. 22 Tu. St. Mary Magdalene.

We save it under the barn; we 23 w. 224. 30, 690. buy it at a high cost, brought as 24 Th.

a few days. it is from long distances, and 25 Fr. St. James. Dog-DAYS BEGIN.

put it on the land to grow crops.

We must take care not to be 26 Sa. St. Anne. Low tides.

robbed of it by plants that we 27 E 7th Sun. aft. Tr. (in Per. do not want. If we have a hive 28 Mo. 27th. $ gr. elongation E.

of busy bees, we try to guard 29 Tu. ( runs low.

them against theft. Why not do 30 W. 6 w g. 8 in Aphelion. down the weeds ? After haying,

as much for the crops, and keep 31 Th.

Showery. I let us up and at them.

.

Andrew Johnson
died, 1875.

1879.

AUGUST, Eighth Month.

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

18N, 1 7 16 25 13 14 39 19 12 46 25 10 44
17 46 8 16 8 14 14 21 20 12 36 26 10 24
17.30 15 51 15 14 2 21 12 6 27 10 3
17 14 10 15 33 16 13 43 22 11 46 28 9 41
16 58 11 15 16 17 13 24 23 11 25 29 9 20
16 42 12 14 58 18 13 5 24 11 5 30 8 59

O's Declination.

O Full Moon, 2d day, 1h. 40m., morning, W.
(Last Quarter, 9th day, 8h. 37m., evening, E.

New Moon, 17th day, 2h. 39m., evening, W.

First Quarter, 24th day, 9h. 40m., morning, E.
O Full Moon, 31st day, 1h. 26m., evening, E.

D's D

។

the
Year.
Day of
Month.
Day of

the
Week.

Rises. h.

Full Sea,

Boston.
Morn Even

h. h.

Length Day's of Days. Decre.

m. m.

Sets.

Toon's

D Souths. h. m

Place.

Rises. h.

m.

nila.

m. h.

m. h.

221

213) 1 Fr. 4 52|7 19 14 270 49 6 13 104 111 legs rises (11 59 214

2 Sa. 4 53 7 18 14 25 0 51 60 113 legs 7 27 morn. 215 3 S. 4 54 7 17 14 23 0 53 615 0 01 legs 7 52 0 49 216 4 M. 4 55 7 16 14 21 0 55 6 16 03 1 feet 8 15 1 35 217 5 Tu.4 56 7 15 14 19 0 571 6 17 11 13 feet 8 36 2 18 215 6W. 4 57 7 14 14 17 0 59 618 2

8 57 3 0 219

7Th.4 587 12 14 14 1 2 6 19 27 3;hod 9 21 3 42 220 8 Fr. 4 59 7 11 14 12 1 4 5 20 31 32 n'k 9 48 4 25 9 Sa. 15 017 10 14 101 65 21

n'k 10 18 5 9 222 10 5.5 17 814 71 9 522 5 51 n'k 10 52 5 56 22311 M. 5 2 7 7 14 51 11 523 59 6j arm 11 35 6 45

53 224

12 Tu. 5 37 614 31 13 5 24 63 74 arm morn. 7 35 225 13 W. 5 47 414 01 16 5 25 78 87 br. 0 261 8 28 226 14 Th.5 57 313 58 1 18 4 26 894 br. 1 25 9 21 227 15 Fr. 5 67 113 55 1 21 427 98 10" br. 2 30 10 13 228 16 Sa. 15 8 7 0 13 52 1 24 4 28 101 100 h’rt 3 38 11 4 229 17 8.5 9 6 59 13 501 26 4 11 11į l’rt sets 11 53 230 18 M. 15 106 57 13 471 29 4 1 113 bel. 7 91 0 42 231 19 Tu. 5 11 6 56 13 45 1 31 3 21 0 03 bel. 7 34 1 30 232 20 W. 5 12 6 54 13 42 1 34) 3 3 08 11 rei. 8 0 2 19 233 21 Th. 5 13 6 52 13 39 1 37 3 4 11 2 rei. 8 28 3 10 234 22 Fr. 5 14 6 51 13 371 39 3 5 21 21 sec. 9 1 4 4 235 23 Sa. 5 15 6 49 13 34 1 42 2 6

34 sec. 9 401 5 0 236 24 S. 5 16 6 48 13 32 1 44 2

4ị thi. 10 29 6 0 237 25M. 5 1716 46|13 291 47 2 8 51 5% thi. 11 26 7 0 23826 Tu.5 18 6 44 13 26 1 50 2 9

7 kn. morn.

8 0 239 27 W. 5 19 6 43 13 24 1 52 110 8 kn. 0 33 8 58 24o28 Th. 5 206 41 13 211 55| 1|11| 87 9 kn. 1 44 9 52 241 29 Fr. 5 21 6.40 13 191 571 112 97 10 legs 2 54 10 42 242 30 Sa. 5 22 6 38 13 16 2 0 0 13 104 104 legs 4 4 11 28 243 31 S. 5 236 36 13 132 31 010 111111 feet rises morn.

D. M.

D, W.

Along the road-side, like the flowers of gold,
That tawny Incas for their gardens wrought,
Heavy with sunshine, droops the golden-rod ;
And the red pennons of the cardinal-flower
Hang motionless upon their upright staves. - WHITTIER.
Aspects, Holidays, Events,
Weather, &c.

Farmer's Calendar.
1 Fr. Lammas Day. Changeable. Grass is the great crop with us,
2 Sa. Very high tides.

and it must be so for all time. To 3 E 8th Sunday after Trinity. with a long spell of cold weather

keep cows well through the year, , 4 Mo. 646, OVO.

which is sure to come, is the 5 Tu. Length of night 9h. 42m. great problem we have to solve, 6 W. Transfiguration. Hot and and so we might as well bend ali 7|Th. 10 h (.

muggy

our plans to that. Now that the

haying is over, let us see how we 8 Fr. 9th. ( in Apo. weather.

can lay out to cut more grass 9 Sa. 6 ( 6 C.

next year. More grass will keep 10 E 9th Sun.aft. Tr. St. Lawrence. more stock, more stock will give 11 Mo. Very low tides.

us more plant-food; more plant12 Tu. ( runs high. Fair.

food will keep up the land and

give us some crop to sell. Top13 W. 12th. Columbus sailed from Spain, 1492. dress the mowing lots; it is a 14|Th. g

Showers. good time to do it now. A com15 Fr. Assumption of Virgin Mary. post heap, with muck and lime, 16 Sa. 15th. Napoleon born, 1769.

ashes and bone-meal, is just what

the field wants, and the more of 17 E 10th Sunday after Trinity. it the better. Stiff loam makes 18 Mo. 6 § (, 6 H (. Fair. a good basis for a grass com19 Tu. at greatest brilliancy. post for light land; and if we add 20W.169 G.

Signs of rain. some nitrate of soda, or what is

called the Chili saltpetre of com21 Th. High tides.

merce, and a few German pot22 Fr. 8 in Aphel. ( in Perig. ash salts, it will pay in the end. 23 Sa. 6 8 inferior.

Why not get out a lot of clay or 24 E 11th $.af. Tr. St. Bartholomew. loam and use it in this way; put

it under the sink-spout, and soak 25 Mo. ( runs low. Heavy

up

all the waste water. Sow 26 Tu. Low tides. showers, round turnips at once where the 27W. with wind and thunder. pease and the early potatoes 28 Th. St. Augustine. 6 . grew. Dig ditches; it pays to

drain the lowlands. Cut the 29 Fr. Beheading of St. John Baptist.

bushes along the walls. Spruce 30 Sa. High tides. 30th. 64 (

up, as they say, and get ready 31 E 12th Sun. aft. Tr. 840. for the fall work.

O's Declination.

Days. d.

m.Days. d. m. Days. d. m.Days. d. m. Days. d. m.
1 8N.15 7 6 2 13 3 46 19 1 27 25 0 54

7 54 8 5 40 14 3 23 20 1 3 26 1 17
7 32 9 5 17 15 3 0 21 0 40 27 1 40
7 9 10 4 54 16 2 36 22 ON.17 28 2 4
6 47 11 4 32 17 2 13 23 OS. 7 29 2 27
6 25 12

9 18 1 501 24 0 30 30 2 51

He sendeth s Alike they're And joys an To give the

Full Sea, D'S D

Aspects,_Holiday

Weather,

Rises. 1.

Sets.

Moon's

Boston.
Morn| Even

Place.
h. h.

Rises.
h. m.

Souths.

h. m

m. h.

ni.

m.

m.

11 h'd

2 63 6. Ci E 134 Sunday Mo. laur. T. WATT. Tu ggr.elong.

T. Very low tid ITb

. Length of 2.Pr. in Perih

( Last Quarter, 8th day, 2h. 32m., evening, W.
~ New Moon, 16th day, Oh. 25m., morning, W.
) First Quarter, 22d day, 3h. 48m., evening, E.
O Full Moon, 30th day, 3h. 45m., morning, W.
Length Day's

D
of Days. Decre. The

h. 244 1M. 15 256 3513 1072 6| 0415 0 feet1 6 401 0 12 245 2 Tu. 5 266 33 13 72 9 0 16 01 02h'd 7 11 0 55 2463W. 5 27 6 31 13 42 12 117 1

7 24 1 37 247 4Th. 5 286 30 13 22 14 1|18| 14 | 14/hod 7 49 2 20 248 5 Fr. 5 296 28 12 59 2 17 119 21 2į n'k 8 16 3 4 249

6 Sa. 15 30 6 26 12 56 2 202 2024 3 n'k 8 491 3 49 250 7 S. 5 31 6 24 12 53 2 23 2 21 31 32 arm 9 29 4 37 251 8M. 5 32 6 23 12 512 252 22 41 41 arm 10 16 5 26 252 9 Tu.5 33 6 21 12 482 28) 323 51 arm 11 1 6 18 253 10W. 5 34 6 19 12 45 2 31 324 64 br. morn. 7 9 254 11 Th. 5 356 18 12 43 2 33 325 71 7br. , 5

0 12 8 1 255 12 Fr. 5 366 16 12 40 2 36 426 81 8j h’rt 1 18 8 52 256 13 Sa. 15 37 6 14 12 37 2 39427 9 91 h'rt 2 28 9 42

h’rt 257 14 S. 5 38 6 12 12 34 2 42 428 99 10 bel. 3 40 10 31 258.15 M. 5 39 6 11 12 32 2 44 529 101 102 bel. 4 53 11 20 25916 Tu. 5 406 912 29 2 47) 5 114 11j bel.

sets

0 10 260 17 W.15 416 712 262 50 6 1 - 0 rei. 6 28 1 2 261 18 Th.5 426 5.12 232 53 6 2 0 0 rei. 7 1 1 56 262 19 Fr. 15 436 312 20 2 56 6 3 11 13 sec. 7 39 2 53 263 20 Sa. 5 44 6 2 12 18 2 58 7 4 2 23 sec. 8 25 3 53 264 21 S. 5 45 6 0 12 15 3 1 7 5 3

9 21 4 54 265 22 M. 5 47 5 58 12 11 3 5 7 6 4 43thi. 10 26 5 55 266 23 Tu. 5 48 5 56 12 8 3 8 8 7 5 52 kn. 11 34 6 53 267 24 W. 5 495 55 12 6 3 10 8 8 64 64 kn. morn. 7 48 268 25 Th.5 505 53 12 3 3 13 81 91 71 8 legs 0 44 8 38 26926 Fr. 5 51 5 51 12 0 3 16 910 81 84 legs 1 53 9 25 270 27 Sa. 5 52 5 4911 57 3 19 911 91 92 feet 3 1/10 9 27128 S.5 53 5 47 11 543 22 9 12 10 101 feet 4 710 52 27229 M. \5 545 46 11 52 3 24 10 13 104 11 feet rises 11 34 27330 Tu. 5 555 44 11 49 3 27 1010 111 112 ha 5 28 morn.

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