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Moon's Passage over the Meridian.

Moon will pass the first meridian at the foltimes this month, when observations may be the weather be favourable: viz.

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Saturn will be in quadrature at 15 m. after 6 in the evening of the 2d of this month. Mercury will attain his greatest elongation on the 4th; and be in superior conjunction at 30 m. after 7 in the morning of the 28th. The Moon will be in conjunction with 3 in Taurus, at 1 m. past midnight of the 12th; with Venus, at 53 m. after 11 in the morning of the 14th; with Mercury, at 13 m. past midnight of the 15th; with a in Leo, at 9 m. after 6 in the morning of the 17th; and with a in Scorpio, at 5 m. past 5 in the morning of the 25th. Saturn will be stationary on the 22d. Mercury will be in conjunction with a in Leo on the 24th, when the planet will be 77' north of the star. Jupiter will also be in quadrature at

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the corn have been beaten down by rain the sickle is used. The Swiss, however, eful about their crops, that, when fallen, them, in part, by fastening the stems toged tying them in a direction contrary to that they have fallen. Sometimes they plant ough the field, and put small cross bars or stake to stake, so as to bear the stems up; this the corn is mowed. After the mower ed on, two or more women or boys (comomen) follow, whose business it is gently fully to spread the corn that has been much in the same way that flax or hemp is neven regular layers. When properly dried, peration preparatory to binding is performo other persons, commonly women, one of arries two wands or rods about four feet in he other one rod only. The person carrying rods thrusts them, one in each hand, under of corn which lies spread out on the ground; son with the single wand, at the same time opposite to the other, puts the single wand