1879. 's Declination. DECEMBER, Twelfth Month. Astronomical Calculations. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. 38 13 23 10 19 23 m. Days. d. 26 25 23 24 14 20 23 27 26 23 22 17 21 23 27 27 23 20 20 22 23 27 23 23 23 m. 28 23 17 27 29 23 14 23 10 24 11 23 2 32 12 23 6 18 23 Last Quarter, 6th day, 2h. 11m., evening, E. New Moon, 13th day, 5h. 32m., morning, E. 364 30 Tu. 7 304 36 9 60 3 317 03 03 h'rt 5 41 0 28 6 45 1 17 Congress of U. S. meets at| 1 Mo. H Farmer's Calendar. IF the ground is not covered with snow, it is best to haul out manure and spread it as a topdressing on grass land. Some fields are so soft that they are poached and cut up at other seasons; but they are hard enough now, and a good dressing will help them and keep up the growth of grass. It is a good rule to spread right from the cart, far better than to dump in heaps to lie over winter. Fields that were fed down closely in the fall need this protection very much, and the manure cannot be put to better use. It will not do to rob our grass-lands to feed the hoed crops. That has been the fault of too much of our farming, and Cold and blustering it is time to change it and try weather. something else. Grass or hay is C, 6 inferior. 9 Tu. in Perihelion. 10 W. 11 Th. 10th. Plevna captured by Russians, 1877. 12 Fr. 6 C. in Perigee. 13 Sa. in Perihel.ru. low. 14 E 30 Sun. in Adv. { aged 67, 1799. Washington d., 15 Mo. 14th. Very high tides. 16 Tu. 15th. Gold 102, 1877. 17 W. 18 Th. 6 2 C. 19 Fr. 20 Sa. grims, 1620. 22d. Forefathers' Day-Landing of Pil- the basis of all our prosperity, 22. Low tides. {about 9h. long-wink out of sight. The care of Shortest days- and this is a fact that we cannot 21 E 4th Sun. in Add. St. Thomas. stock will take up a good deal 22 Mo. 21st ent.. WINTER BEG. of time now, and we must not 23 Tu. 6. 21st 6 h C. forget that warm shelter is as necessary for animals as it is for us. I like to feed some meal Cold with the coarse hay and cornand clear. stalks, and the fine-ground meal is by far the best. In fact, it does not pay to feed coarse 27 Sa. St. John Evangelist.ru. high. 28 E 1st Su. af. Chr. Holy Innocents. 29 Mo. 28th. ecl., invis. in U. S. ground grains of any kind; the 30 Tu. 28th. gr. el.W. 29th Hi.tid. 31 W. hO. O in Per. Boi, born, 1805. loss is too great. It is a good plan to settle up accounts and begin the new year all square. COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES. (Corrected Sept. 1878.) Supreme Court. At Washington, D. C. Court comes in 2d Monday in October. The Supreme Court of the United States consists of one Chief and eight Associate Justices. There are nine judicial circuits, and to each of these is assigned one of the justices. By a law passed in 1869, there are also nine Circuit Judges, each of whom is to reside in his Circuit. The Circuits and Justices are as follows: First Circuit, Nathan Clifford, of Portland, Me., Asso. Justice. (Maine, N. H., Mass., R. I.) (Vt., Conn., N. Y.) Second 66 Ward Hunt, of Utica, New York, As. J. (Md., Va., W. Va., N. C., S. C.) Maine, at Portland, 1st Tues. in Feb. and Dec.; at Bath, 1st Tues. in Sept.; at Bangor, 4th Tues. in June. U. S. Circuit Courts in 1st and in May and Nov.; at N. Haven, 4th Tues. 2d Eastern Circuits. in Feb. and Aug. Connecticut, at N. Haven, 4th Tues. in Apr., and at Hartford, 3d Tues. in Sept. Maine, at Portland, 23d Apr. and 23d Sept. Massachusetts, at Boston, May 15 and Oct. 15. Massachusetts, at Boston, 3d Tues. in Mar., 4th Tues. in June, 2d Tues. in Sept., and 1st Tues. in Dec. New Hampshire, at Portsmouth, 3d Tues. in March and Sept.; at Exeter, 3d Tues, in June and Dec. Rhode Island, at Newport, 2d Tu. in May, and 3d Tues. in Oct.; at Providence, 1st Tues. in Feb. and Aug. Vermont, at Windsor, 3d Tu. May; at Rutland, 1st Tu. Oct.; at Burlington, 4th Tues. Feb. U. S. District Courts have jurisdiction in bankruptcy cases, previous to Sept. 1, '78, and are always open for such business. If the days happen on Sunday, the Court comes in the Monday following. U. S. District Courts. Connecticut, at Hartford, 4th Tues. REGISTERS IN BANKRUPTCY IN NEW ENGLAND. (Corrected Sept. 1878.) The U-S. Bankrupt Law was repealed in 1878. This throws all new business in Insolvency into the hands of the state courts, on and after Sept. 1, 1878. As the closing up of the business unsettled at that date will occupy a considerable time, the list of registers is continued. MAINE. 1st District, J. D. Fessenden, Portland. 4th District, Charles Hamlin, Bangor. NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1st District, Thomas E. Sawyer, Dover. 2d District, James B. Straw, Manchester. 3d District, A. T. Batchelder, Keene. VERMONT. 1st District, W. G. Veazey, Rutland. MASSACHUSETTS. 1st District, H. M. Knowlton, New Bed- 2d District, Samuel B. Noyes, Canton. RHODE ISLAND. John C. Pegram, Providence. CONNECTICUT. 1st District, Henry E. Burton, Hartford. HOLIDAYS IN NEW ENGLAND. (Corrected Sept. 1878.) The following days, in respect to the payment of notes, are legal holidays. On most of them, courts, banks, &c., are closed. If the day falls on Sunday, the day following is usually kept as a Holiday. Maine.-Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving. Courts are also closed on 2d Mon. Sept., and on day of Presidential election. New Hampshire. - Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving. Vermont. Jan. 1, May 30, July 4, Christmas, Fast, Thanksgiving. Massachusetts. - Feb. 22, July 4, Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving. Rhode Island. - Feb. 22, May 30 (or 29th if 30th is Sunday), July 4, Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving. Conn.- Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Christmas, Fast, and Thanksgiving. COURTS IN THE STATE OF MAINE. (Corrected Sept. 1878. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.) Supreme Judicial Court. LAW TERMS. Portland, 3d Tues. July for counties of Franklin, Oxford, Androscoggin, York, and Cumberland. Augusta, 4th Tu. May for Somerset, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and Kennebec counties. Bangor, 3d Tues. June for counties of Aroostook, Washington, Piscataquis, Hancock, Waldo, and Penobscot. A meeting of all the justices is held annually at Augusta during the law term; and all undecided questions of law and equity previously submitted are then decided. TRIAL TERMS. Androscoggin Co., at Auburn, 3d Tues. Jan., April, and Sept. Aroostook Co., at Houlton, last Tu. Feb., and 3d Tu. Sept. Cumberland Co., Civil Business, at Portland, 2d Tu. Jan., Apr., and Oct. Franklin Co., at Farmington, 1st Tu. Mar., and 4th Tu. Sept. Hancock Co., at Ellsworth, 2d Tu. Ap. and Oct. Knox Co., at Rockland, 2d Tu. Mar. and Dec., and 3d Tu. Sept. Lincoln Co., at Wiscasset, 4th Tu. Ap., and 4th Tu. Oct. Oxford Co., at Paris, 2d Tues. Mar., 3d Tues. Sept.,at Fryeburg, 1st Tues. Dec. Penobscot Co., at Bangor, Civil Actions, 1st Tu. Jan., Apr., and Oct.; Criminal Act'ns, 1st Tu. Feb., and 2d Tu. Aug. Piscataquis Co., at Dover, last Tu. Feb., and 2d Tu. Sept. Sagadahoc Co., at Bath, 1st Tues. April, and 3d Tues. in Aug. and Dec. Somerset Co., at Skowhegan, 3d Tu. Mar., Sept., and Dec. Waldo Co., at Belfast, 1st Tu. Jan., and 3d Tu. in Apr. and Oct. Washington Co., at Machias, 1st Tu. Jan., 1st Tu. Oct.; at Calais, 4th Tu. Ap. York Co., at Saco, 1st Tu. Jan.; at Alfred, 3d Tu. May, and 3d Tu. Sept. Sup. Court for Cumberland Co. Civil Actions only, 1st Tu. Feb., Mar., Apr., Oct., Nov., Dec.; Civil and Criminal Cases, 1st Tu. Jan., May, and Sept. Superior Court for Kennebec Co. Kennebec Co., Civil Business only, Civil Bus. only, 1st Tu. Feb., 2d Tu.June. at Augusta, 1st Tu. Mar., and 3d Tu. Oct. Civil and Crim. Bus.,1st Tu.Ap.,Sep., Dec. COURTS IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. (Corrected Sept. 1878. Legislature meets in June, and may make changes.) Supreme Court. LAW TERMS. Two terms are held each year, on the 1st Tu. June and Dec., both at Concord. TRIAL TERMS. Belknap Co., at Laconia, 4th Tues. of Mar., and the 4th Tues. of Sept. Carroll Co., at Ossipee, 3d Tu. Ap. and Oct. Cheshire Co., at Keene, 1st Tues. of April and 3d Tues. of Oct. Coos Co., at Colebrook, 1st Tu. of Feb. and 3d Tu. Aug., for Nor. Ju. Dist., and at Lancaster, 4th Tu. of Apr. and 1st Tu. of Nov. for South. Jud. Dist. Grafton Co., at Haverhill, 4th Tues. of Mar. and 4th Tues. Sept. for the West. Jud. Dist., and at Plymouth, 1st Tues. of May and Nov. for the Eastern Jud. Dist. Hillsborough Co., at Amherst, 1st Tues. of May, at Manchester, 1st Tues. of Jan., and at Nashua, 1st Tues. of Sept. Merrimack Co., at Concord, 1st Tu. of Oct., and 1st Tues. of April. Rockingham Co., at Portsmouth, 3d Tues. Oct., and at Exeter, 3d Tue. Jan. and 2d Tu. of April. Strafford Co., at Dover, 2d Tues. of Feb., and 1st Tues. of Sept. Sullivan Co., at Newport, 4th Tues. of Jan. and 1st Tues. of Sept. Probate Courts. Belknap Co., at Laconia, 3d Tues. of every month. Carroll Co., at Conway, 1st Tu. Jan., May, and Sept.; at West Ossipee, 1st Tu. Feb., June, and Oct.; at Ossipee Corner, 1st Tu. Mar..Jul., and Nov.; and at Wolfeboro' Junction, 1st Tu. Ap., Aug. and Dec. Cheshire Co., at Keene, 1st and 3d Fri. every month. Coos Co.,at Colebrook, 1st Tu. Feb.and Sep.; at Lancaster, 1st Tu.Jan., Mar., May, July, Nov.; at Gorham, 1st Tu. Ap., Oct. Grafton Co., at Lisbon, 3d Tues. of Ap. and Oct.; at Plymouth, 1st Tu. of and Dec.; at Haverhill, 4th Tu. Mar. and May and Nov.; at Canaan, 1st Tu. of June Bristol, 3d Tu. July; at Littleton, 3d Tu. Sept.; at Woodville, 1st Tu. July; at ford, 3d Tues. Feb.; and at Lebanon, 1st Jan.; at Wentworth, 3d Tu. Aug.; at OrTues. March and Sept. Hillsborough Co., at Manchester, Nov.; at Nashua, 4th Tu. Feb., Ap. June, 4th Tu. Jan., March, May, July, Sep. and Fri. aft. 4th Tu. Jan.; at Francestown, Fri. Aug., Oct. and Dec.; at Hillsboro' Bridge, aft. 4th Tu. Ap., July, and Oct.; at Amherst, Fri. aft. 4th Tu. June and Dec.; at Peterboro', Fri. aft. 4th Tu. May and Au.; and Nov.; and at Milford, Fri. aft. 4th Tu. at Mason Village, Fri. aft. 4th Tues. Mar. Feb. and Sept. Merrimack Co., at Concord, 2d and 4th Tu. every month. aft. 1st Tu. Ap., Wed. after 3d Tu. Feb., Rockingham Co., at Exeter, Wed. other month; at Portsmouth, 3d Tu. Mar., Mar., and Aug., and Wed. af. 2d Tu. each and 2d Tu. Jan., May, July, Sept., and Nov.; at Derry, 3d Tu. Feb. and 2d Tu. June and Oct.; and at Raymond, 1st Tu. April, 3d Tu. Aug., and 2d Tu. Dec. Strafford Co., at Dover, 1st Tu. Jan., Mar., May, Aug., and Oct., and 2d Tues. Ap., July, Sept., and Dec.; at Rochester, 1st Tu. of July and Dec.; at Farmington, 1st Tu. of Apr. and Sept.; and at Somersworth, 1st Tues. of Feb., June, and Nov. Sullivan Co., at Newport, last Wed. of Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct. and Dec.; and at Claremont, last Wed. of Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept. and Nov. COURTS IN THE STATE OF VERMONT. Gen. term at Montpelier, Oct. or Nov. Addison Co., at Middlebury, 1st Mo. aft. 3d Tu. in Jan. Bennington Co., at Manchester, 2d Tu. after 4th Tues. in Jan. Caledonia Co., at St. Johnsbury, 2d Tues. in Oct. Chittenden Co., at Burlington, 1st Tu. in Jan. Essex Co., at Guildhall, 4th Tues. in August. Franklin Co., at St. Albans, 1st Th. after 2d Tues. in Jan. Grand Isle Co., at North Hero, 3d Tues. in Jan. Lamoille Co., at Hyde Park, 3d Tu. in Aug. Orange Co., at Chelsea, 6th Tu. aft. 4th Tu. in Jan. Orleans Co., at Irasburg, 1st Thurs. next aft. 3d Tues. in Aug. Rutland Co., at Rutland, ist Th. aft. 4th Tu. in Jan. Washington Co., at Montpelier, 2d Tues. in Aug. Windham Co., at Newfane, Mon. following 2d Tues. aft. 4th Tues. in Jan. Windsor Co., at Woodstock, 1st Th. aft. 4th Tu. next aft. 4th Tu. in Jan. Supreme Court of Errors. County Courts. Addison Co., at Middlebury, 1st Tu. in June, and 2d in Dec. Bennington Co., at Manchester, 1st Tues. in June, and Bennington, 1st Tues. in Dec. Caledonia Co., at St. Johnsbury, 1st Tues. in June and Dec. Chittenden Co., at Burlington, 1st Tues. in April, and 3d in Sept. Essex Co., at Guildhall, 3d Tues. in March and Sept. Franklin Co., at St. Albans, 2d Tu. in Apr. and Sept. Grand Isle Co., at North Hero, last Tu. but one in Feb. and last Tu. in Aug. Lamoille Co., at Hyde Park, 4th Tu. in April and 1st Tues. in Dec. Orange Co., at Chelsea, 1st Tu. in June, and 3d in Dec. Orleans Co., at Irasburg, 1st Wed. after 1st Tues. in Sept and 1st Tu. in Feb. Rutland Co., at Rutland, 2d Tues. in Mar. and Sept. Washington Co., at Montpelier, 2d: Tu. in Mar. and Sept. Windham Co., at Newfane, 2d Tues. in March and Sept. Windsor Co., at Woodstock, 4th Tu. in May, and 1st in Dec. COURTS IN. THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. Corrected Sept., 1878. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes. Haven, 1st Tu. in Jan., April, July, Oct. First Judicial District (Hartford, New London Co., at New London, Tolland and Middlesex Counties), at Hart-3d Tu. Mar., 2d Tu. Sept.; at Norwich, ford, 2d Tues. Jan. and 1st Tues. May. Second Judicial District (New London and Windham Counties), at Norwich, 1st Tues. Mar. and 1st Tues. Sept. Fairfield Co., at Bridgeport, 3d Tu. Mar. and 4th Tu. in Oct. Litchfield Co., at Litchfield, last Tues. in May. New Haven Co., at New Haven, 1st Tues. in June, and 1st Tues. in Dec. Superior Court. Fairfield Co., for civil business only, at Bridgeport, 2d Tu. Feb., term to continue till Fri. before 1st Tu. July; at Danbury, 3d Tu. Sept., term to continue till Fri. bef. 4th Tu. Jan.; criminal business, and such civil causes as may be transferred thereto, by order of the Court; at Bridgeport, 3d Tu. Feb., 4th Tues. Aug., 3d Tu. Oct.; at Danbury, 2d Tu. May. Hartford Co., at Hartford, for civil business only, 2d Tues. Sept., term to continue till Sat. before Christmas, 4th Tu. Jan., term to continue till Sat. bef. 1st Tu. June; for criminal business only, 1st Tu. Mar., June, and Dec., 4th Tu. Aug. Litchfield Co., at Litchfield, 4th Tu. Jan., 1st Tu. April, ist Tues. Sept., and 1st Tu. Nov. Middlesex Co., at Middletown, 2d Tues. Feb. and Nov.; at Haddam, 3d Tu. April, and 2d Tu. Sept., and, for criminal business only, at Middletown, 3d Tu. July. New Haven Co., for civil business only, at New Haven, 1st Tu. Jan., term to continue till Fri. bef. 1st Tu. June, 2d Tu. Sept., term to continue till Frid. bef. 1st Tu. Dec.; at Waterbury, one term only, 1st Tu. June; for crim. bus. only, at New 1st Tu. June and 1st Tu. Nov. Tolland Co., at Tolland, 1st Tues, in June, Sep., and Dec., and 2d Tu. April. Windham Co., at Brooklyn, 1st Tu. in Feb. and May, 4th Tues. in Aug., and 2d Tues. in Nov. Courts of Common Pleas. Fairfield Co., at Danbury, 1st Mon. Jan., Ap., June, Nov.; at Bridgeport, 1st Mon. Feb., Mar., May, Sept., Oct., Dec.; and an adjourned term at Norwalk, 3d Monday Jan. and Oct., and at Stamford, 3d Mon. May, Dec. But the court, when holden at Norwalk or Stamford, shall try court cases only. Court may adjourn from one of said places to either of the others. Hartford Co., at Hartford, 1st Mon. in Jan., March, May, Sept., and Nov. New Haven Co., at New Haven, 1st Mon. in Jan., Mch., May, Sept., and Nov. All process brought before the common pleas court, in either Hartford or New Haven counties, may be made returnable, in addition to the 1st days of the respective terms, on the 1st Mon. of any month except July and August, under certain conditions, for which see statute. New London Co., at Norwich, 1st Tues. Feb. and Oct.; at New London, 1st Tues. of Apr. and Aug. A District Court, For Barkhamstead, Bridgewater, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Kent, New Hartford, New Milford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, and Winchester, is held at Winchester, 1st Mon. Jan., May, Oct.; at Canaan, 1st Mon. Mar., Aug., and Nov.; at New Milford, 1st Tu. Apr., and 1st Mon. Sept. and Dec. |