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FARMER'S ALMANACK,

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

1868;

Being BISSEXTILE or LEAP YEAR, and (until July 4) 92d 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 great variety of

NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER.

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PUBLISHED BY BREWER & TILESTON.

Sold by the Booksellers and Traders throughout New England. [Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867. by BREWER & TILESTON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.]

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TO PATRONS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

THE tides were calculated as usual, but it was suggested by some who have frequent occasion to use them, that it would be more convenient to have them reduced to even quarter hours; and this has been done, and the tides given in fractions of an hour, instead of minutes, as heretofore. It will be seen that this can vary but seven minutes in any case from the computed time. Thus, if the computed time gives the high tide at 5 hours 53 minutes, it is given in the columns as 6 o'clock. If it is 5 hours 52 minutes, it is given as 53 hours, or a quarter before 6 o'clock.

The times of meeting of the County Commissioners of the various counties are given by themselves, as a matter of greater convenience, on page 5, instead of the calendar pages as heretofore. We trust the change will be acceptable to our readers. A list of the Registers in Bankruptcy in New England, is also given on the same page.

Our acknowledgments are due to numerous correspondents for answers to problems and suggestions on many points, all of which are cheerfully received and duly considered. We regret that want of space compels us to omit a more formal ac knowledgment, by giving their names in full. They all have our thanks for their favors, and we trust they will continue them.

The motto on the title-page, and the stanzas on the calendar pages, are selected from the sprightly pen of MISS HANNAH F. Gould. The new law relating to STAMP DUTIES, an official copy of which is given on pages 42 and 43, will be extremely convenient for reference.

All communications should be addressed to me, care of the Publishers, and sent previous to July 1st, when they will receive prompt attention. We can only say that we offer many times the value of our little manual, and that "no efforts shall be spared to make the almanac useful, pleasing, and worthy the continued patronage of its numerous friends.

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AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS.

The Agricultural Exhibitions of Massachusetts, for 1868, will begin as follows: —

Essex,

Sept. 29th.

Middlesex, at Concord, Oct. 1st.
Middlesex North, at Lowell, Sept. 24th.
Middlesex South, at Framingham, Sept.
22d.

Union, at Blandford,

Worcester, at Worcester, Sept. 17th.
Worcester West, at Barre, Sept. 24th.
Worcester North, at Fitchburg, Sept. 29th.
Worcester North-West, at Athol,
Worcester South, at Sturbridge, Oct. 1st.
Worcester So.-East, at Milford, Sept.29th.
Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden, at
Northampton, Oct. 1st.
Hampshire, at Amherst, Sept. 29th.
Highland, at Middlefield, Sept. 10th.

Hampden, at Springfield, Oct. 6th.
Hampden East, at Palmer, Oct. 13th.
Franklin, at Greenfield, Sept. 24th.
Berkshire, at Pittsfield, Oct. 6th.
Housatonic, at Gt. Barrington, Sept. 30th.
Hoosac Valley, at North Adams, Sept. 224.
Norfolk, at Dedham, Sept. 17th.
Hingham, at Hingham,
Bristol, at Taunton, Oct. 6th.
Bristol Central, at Myrick's, Sept. 17th.
Plymouth, at Bridgewater, Sept. 24th.
Marshfield, at Marshfield,
Barnstable, at Barnstable, Oct. 13th.
Nantucket, at Nantucket, Sept. 29th.
Martha's Vineyard, at West Tisbury,
Oct. 20th.

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ECLIPSES, &c., FOR 1868.

THERE will be two Eclipses this year, both of the SUN; and a Transit of MERCURY over the Sun's disk..

I. AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, February 23d, visible to South America, and portions of Europe and Africa.

II. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, August 18th, visible to Australia, and portions of Africa and Asia.

III. A TRANSIT OF MERCURY, November 5th, visible to Asia, Africa, Australia, and a portion of South America.

The longitudes of the following places are counted west from Greenwich, while the differences of time refer to Boston. (+) added to, (—) subtracted from, Boston time. N. Lat. W. Lon. Diff.

Place.

Place.

44° 19′ 69° 50+ 5 Boston, Mass.

N. Lat. W. Lon. Diff.

Augusta, Me.

42° 21

71° 3'

Eastport,

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NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.

Sagittarius, thighs.

Vesta.

Juno.

Pallas.

Ceres.

Sextile, 60 degrees.

Quartile, 90 degrees.

A Trine, 120 degrees.

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Aquarius, legs.

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Cancer, breast.

8. m Scorpio, secrets.

12.

Pisces, feet.

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First Sunday in Lent, Mar. 1 Rogation Sunday, May 17

DEFINITIONS. [Continued from last year.]

LENT.-The quadrigesimal fast, a fast of forty days, observed by the Roman Catholic and some other churches, in commemoration of our Saviour's fasting in the wilderness. It begins on Ash Wednesday and continues until Easter.

GOOD FRIDAY.-The name given to the anniversary of our Saviour's crucifixion, being the third day, or the Friday before Easter, which is held as a solemn fast by a great part of the Christian world.

EASTER SUNDAY.-The day on which the resurrection of Christ is commemorated; the third day after Good Friday, being the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the 21st day of March, corresponding in season to the Passover of the Jews.

Low SUNDAY.-The first Sunday after Easter: so called because celebrated as a feast, but of a lower degree than Easter-day.

ROGATION SUNDAY.-Rogation is a public supplication; a litany. Rogation Sunday is the second Sunday before Whitsunday, and Rogation Week, the second week before Whitsunday, in which there are three Rogation days, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next before Ascension-day, or Holy Thursday.

HOLY THURSDAY.-Ascension-day, the 39th day after Easter Sunday; the next Thursday but one before Whitsunday: a festival in commemoration of Christ's ascension.-Worcester's Quarto Dictionary.

COMMENCEMENTS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND VACATIONS

OF COLLEGES AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS IN NEW ENGLAND.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOSTON. Acad. year from 1st Mon. in Oct. to 1st of June.

HARVARD, AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS.Com., 3d Wed. July. Acad. year of 40 w. ends at Com., and consists of two terms, 20 w. each, separated by 6 w. vaca. CAMBRIDGE THEO. SEM., AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Vaca., same as Harvard College.

DANE LAW SCHOOL, AT CAMBRIDGE, MASS.-Vaca., same as Harvard College. TUFTS COLLEge, Medford, MASS. College year divided into two terms, of 20 w. each, and two vaca. of 6 w. each. The year is reckoned from Com., 2d Wed. in July, which is followed by 1st vaca.

ᎪᎷᎻᎬᎡᏚᎢ, AT AMHERST, MASS. Com., 2d Thurs. July. Vaca., 6 w. from Thanksgiving; 7 w. from Com.; Recess 1 w. from 1st Wed. in April.

WILLIAMS, AT WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. Com., last Wed. in July. Vaca., 5 w. after Com.; from 4th Tues. in Nov., 6 w.; 3d Tues. in Apr., 2 w.

ANDOVER THEO. SEM., AT ANDOVER, MASS.-Anniv. 1st Thurs. in Aug. Vaca.,

6 W.,

and 6 w.preceding 1st Thurs.in May. NEWTON THEO. INST., AT NEWTON CENTRE, MASS.-Anniv., last Wed. in June. Vaca., from anniv. to Fri. after 1st Wed. in Sept., and also 3 w. from last Wed. in Jan.

WESLEYAN, at Middletown, CONN. -Com., 3d Thurs. of July. Vaca., 8 w. from Com., and 2 w. from the 18th of Dec., and 3 w. from the 18th of March.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, AT BURLINGTON.-Com., 1st Thurs. in Aug. Vaca., Com. 4 w.; 1st Wed. in Dec. 8 w., and 1 w. from 2d Wed. in May.

MIDDLEBURY, at Middlebury, Vt. Com., Thurs, follow'g 2d Wed. in Aug. Vaca., 4 w.; also 8 w. from last Wed. in Nov.; and from last Tues. in April, 2 w. DARTMOUTH, AT HANOVER, N. H.Com., last Thurs. but one of July. Vac., 6 w. from Com.; 6 w. from Nov. 29; 2 w. from April 18.

BROWN, AT PROVIDENCE, R. I.-Com., 1st Wed. in Sept. 1st recess, Thanksgiv ing week; 2d do., last w. in April. Vaca., 3d Thurs. in Jan. to 2d Friday in Feb.; 1st Wed. in July to Com.

BOWDOIN, AT BRUNSWICK, ME.-Com., 1st Wed. in Aug. Vaca., at Com., 3 w.; from last Wed. in Nov., 8 w.; from 3d Wed. in April, 2 w.

COLBY UNIVERSITY, AT WATERVILLE, ME.- Com., 2d Wed. in Aug. Vaca., at Com., 4 w.; from 2d w. in Dec. 8 w.; from 1st Wed. in May, 1 w.

MAINE WESLEYAN SEM. AND FEMALE COLLEGE, AT KENT'S HILL. Three terms of 13 w. each. Fall term com. 2dWed. in Aug. Winter term, last Mon. in Nov. Spring term, 2d Mon. in March. BANGOR THEO. SEM., AT BANGOR, ME. NORWICH UNIVERSITY, AT_NORWICH.

YALE, AT NEW HAVEN, CONN.-Com., last Thurs. but one in July. Vaca., 8 w. from Com.; 2 w. before 1st Wed. in Jan., and 2 w. before last Wed. in April, when-Anni.,lastWed.in July. Vac.,fr.do.,12 w. the terms commence. TRINITY, AT HARTFORD, CONN.-VT.Com., 4th Thurs. in June. Fall Com., Thurs. before July 4th. Vac., 9 w. term, 16 w.; vaca., 2 w. from Thurs. bef. from Com.; 4 w. from Thurs. before Christmas. Winter term, 16 w., fol. by Christmas. 1 w. vaca. Summer term, 8 w.

EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES (JUNE, 1867). ANDREW JOHNSON, Tenn., Pres., $25,000 | Hugh McCulloch, Pa.. Sec. Treas., $8,000 Wm. H. Seward, N. Y., Sec. State, 8,000 Orville H. Browning, Ill., " Inte., 8,000 Gideon Welles, Conn., 66 Navy, 8,000 A. W. Randall, Wis., Post. Gen., 8,000 Edw. M. Stanton, Pa., 66 War, 8,000 Henry Stansbury, Ohio, Att'y “ 8,000 AMERICAN PRESIDENTS.

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June 28, 1836. July 4, 1831.

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1797 to 1801,

Thomas Jefferson,

Apr. 2, 1743,

1801 to 1809,

James Madison,

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Mar. 5, 1751,

1809 to 1817,

James Monroe,

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Apr. 2, 1759,

1817 to 1825,

Mass.,

July 11, 1767,

S. C.,

Mar. 15, 1767,

N. Y.,

Dec. 5, 1782,

Va.,

Feb. 9, 1772,

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John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Wm. H. Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson,

Va., N. Y., N. H., Penn.,

The population of Massachusetts may be very nearly expressed by the first seven

1825 to 1829,

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June 8, 1845.

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July 24, 1862.

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Apr. 4, 1841.

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Jan. 17, 1862.

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June 15, 1849.

1849 to 1850,

65,

July 9, 1850.

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1857 to 1861,

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April 15, 1865.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' MEETINGS IN

MASSACHUSETTS.

ESSEX, at Ipswich, on the 2d Tues. of April; at Salem, on the 2d Tues. of July; at Newburyport, on the 2d Tues. of Oct.; and at Lawrence, on the last Tues. of Aug.; and on the 4th Tues. of Dec., at Ipswich, Salem, or Newburyport, as they shall order at their next preceding term. MIDDLESEX, at Cambridge, on the 1st Tues. of Jan., and the 1st Tues. of June; and at Lowell, on the 1st Tues. of Sept. WORCESTER, at Worcester, on the 4th Tues. of March, the 3d Tues. of June, the 2d Tues. of Sept., and the 4th Tues. of Dec.

HAMPSHIRE, at Northampton, on the 1st Tues. of March, Sept., and Dec., and on the Tues. next after the 2d Mon. of June. FRANKLIN, at Greenfield, on the 1st Tues. of March and Sept., and the 2d Tues. of June and Dec.

HAMPDEN, at Springfield, on the 2d Tues. of April, the 1st Tues. of Oct., and the 4th Tues. of June and Dec.

BERKSHIRE, at Lenox, on the 1st Tues. of Jan., April, July, and Sept.

NORFOLK, at Dedham, on the 3d Tues. of April, the 4th Tues. of June and Sept., and the last Wed. of Dec.

PLYMOUTH, at Plymouth, on the 1st Tues. of Jan., the 3d Tues. of March, and the 1st Tues. of Aug.

BRISTOL, at Taunton, on the 4th Tues. of March and Sept.

BARNSTABLE, at Barnstable, on the 2d Tues. of April and Oct.

DUKES COUNTY, at Edgartown, on the Wed. next after the 3d Mon. of May, and the Wed. next after the 2d Mon. of Oct.

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1st District, A. P. Lyman, Bennington. 2d District, Abel Underwood, Wells River.

3d District, John P. Sartle, Barton.

MASSACHUSETTS.

1st District, A. S. Cushman, Esq., New Bedford, Bristol County. 2d District, Samuel B. Noyes, Esq., Canton, Norfolk County.

3d District, Wm. Rogers, Esq., Boston.

MEETINGS OF FRIENDS Yearly, beginning with select, 7th day after 2d 6th day, 6th mo., 9th hour, morn., at Newport, R. I. Public for worship, 1st day following, at Newport and Portsmouth, 10th hour, morn., and 4th, afternoon. For business, at Newport, 2d day, 9th hour.

This yearly meeting comprises the quarterly meetings of R. Island, Salem, Sandwich, Falmouth, Smithfield, Vassalboro', Dover, and Fairfield, held as follows:-R.Island: 1st 5th d., 8th mo., Newport; 1st 5th d., 11th mo., Somerset; 1st 5th d., 2d mo., Providence'; 1st 5th d., 5th mo., East Greenwich. Salem: 4th 5th d., 5th mo., Amesbury; 3d 5th d., 8th mo., Lynn; 3d 5th d., 10th mo., Weare; 3d 5th d., 1st mo., Salem. Sandwich: 1st

4th District, S. L. Thorndike, Esq., Boston. 5th District,

6th District, E. J. Sherman, Esq., Lawrence, Essex County.

7th District, A. F. Jewett, Esq., Lowell, Middlesex County.

8th District, Peter C. Bacon, Esq., Worcester.

9th District, I. F. Conkey, Esq., Amherst, Hampshire County.

10th District, Joseph Tucker, Esq., Lenox, Berkshire County.

RHODE ISLAND.

1st District, James M. Clarke, Providence.

2d District, Wm. W. Hoppin, Providence.

CONNECTICUT.

1st District, John Hooker, Esq., Hartford.

2d District, E. K. Foster, Esq., New Haven.

3d District, Robert Coit, Jr., Esq., New London.

4th District, William K. Seely, Esq., Bridgeport, Fairfield County.

IN NEW ENGLAND. 5th d., 4th and 12th mo., N. Bedford; 1st 5th d., 7th mo., Falmouth; 1st 5th d., 10th mo., Sandwich. Falmouth: 5th d. before 1st 6th d. in mo., at Windham, 2d and 9th mo.: Westbrook, 6th; Durham, 11th. Smithfield: 2d 5th d., 8th mo., Bolton; 2d 5th d., 11th mo., Smithfield; 2d 5th d., 2d mo., Worcester; 2d 5th d., 5th mo., Northbridge. Vassalboro': 2d 6th d., 1st and 9th mo., Vassalboro'; 5th and 11th mo., East Vassalboro'. Dover, N. H.: 4th 5th d. of the mo.; Dover, 4th; North Berwick, 8th; Sandwich, 10th; Rochester, 1st. Fairfield: Hallowell, 4th d. before 2d 6th d., 2d and 9th mo.; Fairfield, 4th d. before last 6th d. of 5th mo., and 4th d. before 2d 6th d. of 11th mo. - (Corrected 1867.)

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