The powers of air are now about Aspects, Holidays, Events, Weather, &c. Farmer's Calendar. 1 D. 1st S.in L. gr. hel.lat.N. SOME folks are always too late, 2 Mo. in 8. gr. hel. lat. S. 3 Tu. 6 HC. Cru. high. L. ti. 4 W. 1st. Nebraska admitted by Sudden 5 Th. 6. Peace Convention at 6 Fr. 7 Sa. 10 Tu. procia. Pres. U. S., 1867. recorded, 1716. Artemus Ward, d., 1867. of d., Mrs. Rebecca Teel died at and so you'll be unless you take time by the forelock, and lay out the work of spring before it comes driving upon you. Look out now Washington, 1861. for good men to hire. The best in Per. C. F. Brown, known as will be engaged if you put it off 6th. Aurora Borealis first changes. buildings and fences with hammer, to the last minute. Patch up the 8 D. 2d Su. in Lent. 6 Inf. shingles, and nails; stop the leaks 9 Mo. H. ti. CiNulture, aged 62, 1958. here and there, fix up the doors and 60. State election in N. Hamp shutters, and the posts that are Wilmot, N. H., aged 100 yrs. 2 mos., 1867. loosened by the frost; overhaul the Monitor and Merrimac in Very the roots in the cellar, and sort Charles River, at Boston, crossed cool. ones, and clean up generally with them over; pick out the rotten 14 Sa.h C. stat. (13th. First loco-air and whitewash. A mixture of the Alleghany coal-tar and mortar will stop any Mount's, 1854. rat holes; they're not apt to gnaw Cr. low. on it much. Open surface drains [Low ti. in your pastures and meadows to Rain, or let off any standing water. perhaps you lead that brook round on the stat. slope of the hill, and irrigate an 11 W. 12 Th. 13 Fr. 9th. Naval engagement between Hampton Roads, 1862. on ice by sleighs, 1856. 15 D. 3d Sun. in Lent. 16 Mo. H stat. 6. 17 Tu. St. Patrick. 18 W. 19 Th. 20 Fr. 21 Sa. England, 1867. motive crosses in Apogee. to Constitution, 1867. Can't acre or two? It has a wonderful snow. effect on the grass, and a few min22 D. 4th S.in L. 6 C. 6 Cutes will often do a good deal. 23 Mo. & C. Expect fine Top dress your fields and pastures 24 Tu. 6C. United States, 1854. Treaty between Japan and with plaster, or any of the well 25 W. in 8. Annunciat'n. H. ti. Now is the time. known fertilizers you may prefer. 1802. England, 1471. against Russia, 1854. Sow clover on It 26 Th. in Per. Printing introduced into lands seeded down last fall. Do 27 Fr. 69 C.France and England, declare it if you can on a light snow. 28 Sa. {Planet Pallas dis- weather for a will guide the eye. The land is 29 D. 5th Sun. in Lent. H. now open, and the seed will find its way down. Plough as soon 30 Mo. 29th Swedenborg died, few days. as the land is ready. Stock needs 31 Tu. HC. runs high. care now. aged 84, 1772. APRIL, Fourth Month. Astronomical Calculations. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. Id. m. Days.d. m. 1234 4N 51 7 7 7 13 9 5 14 8 41 20 11 47 26 13 46 5 37 6 0 6 22 6 6 O Full Moon, 7th day, 2h. 33m., morning. Rises. Sets, Length Day's D S. A. እ. Place. h. R. 8. D Souths. h. M m. Days. d. 15N 19 7 17 2 15 37 8 m. Days. d. 13 18 MAY, Fifth Month. Astronomical Calculations. m.Days. Id. m. Days. Id. 34 19 19 56 25 21 m. 5 17 15 54 16 11 10 69 16 28 11 16 45 12 18 20 18 19 O Full Moon, 6th day, 1h. 53m., evening. 20 21 27 20 32 28 20 1222222 Days of Month. Days of the Sets. Full Sea, D's F. A. Place. h. m. h. m. h. h. 1 Fr. 2 Violet, violet, sparkling with dew, Down in the meadow-land wild, where you grew, With which your soft petals unfold? Aspects, Holidays, Events, Weather, &c. which should be put off. 3 D. 3d Su. af. Easter. 4 Mo. 3d. Columbus discovered Jamaica, 1495. 5 Tu. Napoleon died, at St. Helena, gr. elong. E. The Am. Bible Society formed, 1816. 6W. 7 Th. 8 Fr. 9 Sa. Gen. Lee surrendered, 10 D. 4th Sun. af. E. 11 Mo. 12 Tu. 13 W. in 8. 14 Th. 6 & © sup. 6 h C. [High ti. Farmer's Calendar. It Put May-Day, the celebration of Fine SPRING to it, boys. Plenty of Sa..St.Phil.&St.James. work now. There's the ploughing weather not finished yet, and the seed is to go in soon. That manure ought| for to be forked over and worked up some well. Those trees in the orchard Conn. Leg. meets. Humboldt, the dis- there ought to be dug around and tinguished naturalist, d., aged 89, 1859. trimmed a little; and how about those caterpillars? Are you going to let them spin away and days. build right under your eyes, when runs low. it is so easy to stop them? Treaty of London between the Powers won't pay, and now's the time to of Europe as to Luxembourg, 1867. be up and at 'em. The more cat13th. Dark day in New Look England, 1830. erpillars you raise, you know, the in Apogee. less apples. Corn may go in by out for late the middle of the month, but now 15 Fr. H. L. ti.Maximilian capt'd is the time for mangolds. by the Liberals of them in stiff, rich land, well tilled, 16 Sa. Mrs. Hemans, the Mexico, 1867. poetess, died, aged 40, 1830. and well manured, and you'll get Rogation Sunday. 6 Ca crop that will astonish the neighin Per. 6. frosts. bors. I know a man who raised, C. Nath'! Hawthorne died, last year, over seventy-three tons Thomas Austin, of Northfield, N. H., to the acre. Just think of it. 21 Th. Ascension Day. Compare it with three tons of hay High for feeding stock in spring. Did 22 Fr. 6 C. {and lighting in N. B., you know that you may keep store 23 Sa. 8 h O. High ti. winds. hogs on raw mangolds alone from 24 D. S.af.Ascen. HC. Cr.h. November to March, and bring 25 Mo. 69.C. Cin Per. 24th. Sir Ar. them through in first-rate condiAlison, the tion? I tell you it's worth thinkKirby Smith sur. last of hist., d., '67. Conf. forces, 65. R.I.Leg.m'ts at Newp. ing about. Say what you will John Calvin Showers, followed about those root crops, they do gr. hel. lat. N. by fine help out a stock of cattle wonder29 Fr. Low tides. {Wisconsin admitted, fully, and I like to see them go into pasture in good condition. 30 Sa. Joan of Arc burned, weather. It shows thrift and good farming, 31 D. Pentecost. Whitsunday. and that's what pays nowadays. |