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JANUARY hath 31 days.

1863.

D. M.

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Is man's the only throbbing heart that hides
The silent spring that feeds its whispering tides?-
Speak from thy caverns, mystery-breeding earth,

Tell the half-hinted story of thy birth!

Aspects, Holidays, Events,
Weather, &c.

Farmer's Calendar.

1 Th. Circum. in Per. Fine THE old year is gone - the new

one is upon It comes with

2 Fr. 68. (runs hi. for its caress well as with its good

3 Sa.

2d Sun. after Christmas.

cheer. Make the most of it now. It is the only time we can count

not made of dreams, but of ac

in Apogee. the season.

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4th. Battle of Hunt- High ti.

on. Well begun is half well done.

6 Tu.

C.C. Cambridge, gr. hel.
Lenox Plym.

lat

A Then start fair-that's

the first

7W.

Mass. and Me.

snow storm,

point-and keep

on the right

Leg's meet.

track. Don't sit and dream of

8 Th.

Battle near Rom

{ney, Va., '62.

perhaps.

what is to be done next week or

9 Fr.

the first time this month.

Irrigated meadows in Italy cut

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10 Sa.

Cotton harvest

Grows

at Port Natal.

11 D. 1st S.

af. Eph.

in Aph.

12 Mo.

11th. Intensely cold in

Ther. 9 to 40 below zero, '59.

19 finer.

13 Tu.

6 21 C. Low tides.

14 W.

tralia and Abyssinia.

Harvest month in Aus- Expect

15 Th.

stationary.

a cold

16 Fr.

20. (runs low.

17 Sa.

U. S., di., ag. 72, 62.

John Tyler, ex-pres.

snap.

18 D. 2d S. af. Epiph.

tion. It is energy or vital power that gives men success in Now, then, make up your mind and set your foot down to be something, and to do something, more this year than ever.

This is the farmer's leisure, if he can be said ever to have any. And yet there is enough to do.

in Per. There's the wood-pile to look

19 Mo. { Mi High tides. out for. There are the cows, the

20 Tu.

21 W.

22 Th.

Battle
Spring, Ky., '62.

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17th. Dr. T. W. Harris, the disting. entomol., di., '56. 19th to 26th. Coldest week ever known in Boston, '57.

be fed,

Quite pigs, and the poultry to
fine. And then the time for reading
must be filled up with something
useful and instructive.
These

and the horse to be exercised.

Look

23 Fr. 6.
24 Sa. 25th. Conv. of St. Paul.

25 D. 3d S. af. Epiph.

26 Mo. 6৫.

27 Tu. Low tides.

out

winter hours fly on gilded wings. Now we have them, and now they

are gone. Get the best books,

for a and make the most of them. thaw. Did you tread the snow closely around your fruit-trees, when the first snows came? The mice 'll

28 W.

Clear and cold.

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runs high. bark 'em if you don't, and you 'll (in Apo. find, to your cost, they 've been Variable. barking up the wrong tree.

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Days of
Month.

Days of
the
Week.

Full Moon, 3d day, 5h. 41m., evening.
Last Quarter, 11th day, 6h. 3m., morning.
• New Moon, 17th day, 10h. 22m., evening.
▷ First Quarter, 25th day, 7h. 50m., morning.

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19 Th. 6525 37 10 45 141 142 0 8029 feet 20 Fr. 6505 38 10 481 44 143

21 Sa. 6 495 40 10 51 147 144134

751 127

051

112 h'd

90216

155 h'd

10 73 4

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26 Th. 6 415 46 11

27 Fr. 6 405 47 11

52 1139 536 6 5 arm

72 31310 635 75 br.

28 Sa. 63854811102 61311 7348 2br.

332 844

VENUS will be evening star until September 28th, then morning star the rest of the year. JUPITER will be morning star until April 12th, then evening star until Oct. 31st,

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Teach us to live, not grudging every breath
To the chill winds that waft us on to death,
But ruling calmly every pulse it warms,
And tempering gently every word it forms.

Aspects, Holidays, Events,
Weather, &c.

Farmer's Calendar.

1 D. Septuagesima S. A storm In this month, last year, I had 2 Mo. Pur. Vir. Mary. 69. a word to say on the care and feeding of stock, as one of the first

3 Tu.

4 W.

5 Th.

Fort Henry, Tenn..

captured, '62.

Roanoke Island

taken,

gr. hel. lat. S. is near duties of farmers at this season, Tea-picking in China High ti. and I can't do better than to ask Sugar-planting Sugar-planting in in Be Ben- at hand. you to read it again. Stock well Finer, wintered is half summered, as fh৫. they say. By low feeding and neglect, you not only lose the milk, or other product, at the quite time, but have the expense of cold. time and food in bringing up to full condition in the spring.

7th and 8th,

Sexagesima S.

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gr. hel. lat. N.

10 Tu. 6 Inf.

12 Th.

11 W. 21 stationary.

but

Now I wish to speak of the win

runs low. Low ti. ter care and treatment of poultry. 13 Fr. 15th. in Per. Uncom-Why don't you make the hens lay?

14 Sa. Valent. D. fortably cold

15 D. Quinqua.

S.

16 Mo. {Fort Donelo 17 Tu. this tatoes planted

Potatoes

18 W. Ash Wednes.

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6. for

some days.

High ti.

Moderate,

21 Sa. (Battle of Valverde,

22 D. 1st S. in Lent.

They can do it as well as not, and Shrove S. they rather like it. How is it with them in summer? They get insects, lime, seeds of various kinds, gravel-stones, air, water, and plenty of sun-light, and these all help make them lay. Give them the same in winter, or as near it as you can. Instead of insects, fresh meat, scraps, some burnt bones, potato-skins, corn, plenty of fine sand, ashes or gravel, and a warm, light, airy room, with plenty of fresh, wholesome water. They like just about the

with

snow, or

sta.

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his tail just behind his ears, and feed him out to the hens. He won't trouble the sheep any more. White-wash the hen-house freely.

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Days of
Month.

Days of
the
Week.

Full Moon, 5th day, 10h. 2m., morning.
Last Quarter, 12th day, 2h. 12m., evening.
New Moon, 19th day, 9h. 53m., morning.

First Quarter, 27th day, 4h. 13m., morning.

Rises. Sets. of Days. Incre.

h. m. h. m. h.

m. h. m.

D R. S. Souths. h.

Length Day's Full Sea, Boston. D'S D S. A. Morning Evening Place. 1 SU. 6 365 50 11 14 2 101312 829 854 br. 2 Mo. 6 355 51 11 16 2121213 918

941 h'rt

3 Tu. 6 335 52 11 19 2 1512 14 10 410 26 h'rt 4 W. 632553 11 21 2 17 12 15 10 47 11 7 bel. 5 Th. 6 305 54 11 24 2 2012 11 26 11 45 bel.

6 Fr. 6 285 56 11 28 2 2411 17

03 bel.

7 Sa. 6 275 57 11 30 2 26 11 18 0 23043 rei.

m.

R.. 49930 44210 16 51111 0

537 11 45

rises. morn. 7 26 0 30

832 117

8 SU. 6 25 558 11 33 229111913124 rei. 94025

9 Mo. 6 23559 11 36 2321120146 2 9 sec. 10 49 256

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716 kn.

248 7 42

14 Sa. 6156 5 1150246 925 642

15 SU. 6136 61153249 926750 823 legs 16 Mo. 6116 71156 252 927 853 921 legs 17 Tu. 6 96 81159 255 928 9481013 feet 18 W.6 8610 12 2258 829 1037 11 0 feet 19 Th. 6 6611 12 53 18 11 22 11 42 h'd 20 Fr. 6 461212 83481

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747 053

21 Sa. 6 361312103 672022 044 h'd

853 142

22 SU.6 161412133 97315 126 n'k

957 231

23 Mo. 5 59615121631274 147 2 9n'k 1057 321

24 Tu. 5 57 6 16 12 19 3 15 65 232 255 arm 11 52

4 11

25 W. 5 566 17 12 21 3 17 6 6 318 342 arm morn. 50

26 Th. 5546 18 12 24320 6746432 arm 042 549

27 Fr. 5 526 2012 283 246850528 br.

28 Sa. 5 506 21 12 31 3 27 59 557 626 br.

29 SU.5 49 6 22 12 333 29

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On sheltered banks, beneath the dripping eaves,
Spring's earliest nurslings spread their glowing leaves,
Bright with the hues from wider pictures won,
White, azure, golden-drift, or sky, or sun.

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1 D. 2d S. in Lent. St. Dav.

2 Mo. 4th. Washington occupies

Cool,

3 Tu.

C. C. Northampton

and Greenfield.

6

4 W.

in 8.

but fine.

5 Th.

3d. Alexander, Emp. of Rus.,

emancipates the serfs, '61.

6 Fr.

Ark., 6th and 8th, 62.

Battle of Pea Ridge: High ti.

7 Sa.

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8 D.

3d S. in Lent.

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9 Mo.

Battle between Monitor and Mer

rimack, in Hampt. Roads, '62.

10 Tu.

Treaty with Mex

ico ratified, '48.

Variable,

11 W.

New Hampshire

with cold

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meeting. It is the duty good citizen to do his part in the affairs of the town, the state, and the nation. The grand structure of our liberties is based upon the knowledge of our people, as gained and shown in the management of the town-meeting. It is the primary source of our Anglo-Saxon independence and selfgovernment. See where the great French revolution left the people, after their freedom from tyranny had been fully gained, and compare it with the position of our fathers at the end of their revo(in Per. lution. Both people were free to establish a form of government to suit themselves. The familiarity of the one with the conwinds. duct of affairs in the primary, old-fashioned town-meeting, entides, abled it to bring order out of chaos, and to create a form of 68. government which was little more Pleasant than an expansion of the system 8h. which had been already adopted and practised in every town in the country. The other was left 6 C. to drift like a mob before the tide 26 Th. 25th. runs hi. days, of circumstances, or led at will but cool by any popular demagogue.nights. That's just the difference, and

23 Mo. Battle of Winchester, Virginia, '62.

24 Tu. C. C. Worcester and Taunton. 25 W. Annunciation.

27 Fr. in Apo.

28 Sa. Low tides.

29 D. Palm Sunday.

30 Mo.

28th. Gen. Hull sen-
tenced to be shot, '14.

Cool

6.

the habit of going to town-meet

ing, and doing the duty of an

Fine independent man and citizen,

31 Tu.in. for the season. made the difference.

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