Mrs. Winslow's family almanac and domestic receipt book for 1874.

Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mrs. Winslow's family almanac and domestic receipt book for 1874. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APRIL—30 Days. Planting the vegetables which have been sown is now the chief business. Make hotbeds for cucumbers and melons; force kidney beans and Elford rhubarb. Plant out artichokes and potatoes; sow asparagus, beets, cabbages, celery, garden and kidney beans, Dutch turnips, lettuces, peas, radishes, small salading. moon’s phases. Full Moon, 1st. llh. 19m. p.m. Last Quar., 9th, lOh. 20m. p.m. New Moon, 16th, lh. 62m. p.m. First Quar., 23rd, Oh. 3m. p.m. Day of i Mh. Wk. SUNDAYS, FESTIVALS. & HISTORICAL EVENTS. Sun rises & sets. Moon South High Water at London Bridge. wicked to catch fish on Sunday?” “But I hain’t sinned much 1 W All Fools’ Day r5 38 morn. morn. after. yet,” said the boy, without turning his 2 Th R. Cobden died, 1865 s6 38 0 47 2 26 2 40 eyes from the float; 3 Fr Good Friday r5 34 1 29 2 62 3 7 “ hain’t had a bite.” 4 Sat T. P. Cooke died, 1864 s6 37 2 12 3 21 3 36 ^6 S Faster Sunday r3 29 2 69 3 61 4 6 6 M Old Lady-day s6 40 3 49 4 21 4 35 Said a distinguish- 7 Tu Prince Leopold born, 1853 r5 24 4 43 4 48 6 3 ed politician «o his 8 W Fire Insurance due S0 43 5 39 5 23 5 43 son,—“ Look at me! 9 Th Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing r5 20 6 36 6 3 6 2-8 I began as an aider- 10 Fr Syrup first introduced into s6 46 7 33 6 68 7 34 man, and here I am 11 Sat England in 1863 r5 15 8 28 8 14 8 59 at the top of the tree; 12 S Low Sunday s6 48 9 21 9 48 10 37 and what is my re- 13 M Magdala stormed, 1868 r5 11 10 13 11 18 11 50 ward? Why, when 11 Tu Princess Beatrice born, ’67 s6 62 11 4 — _ 0 17 1 die, my son will lie 16 W Abra. Lincoln ass. 1866. r5 2 11 56 0 42 1 6 the greatest rascal 16 Th Napoleon visited England '65 . s6 55 after. 1 27 1 47 in the city/’ To 17 Fr Ben. Franklin died, 1790 r5 2 0- 51 2 8 2 28 this the young hope¬ ful replied, “Yes, 18 Sat American revolution, 1775 s6 59 1 47 2 60 3 10 19 S 2nd Sunday after Faster Napoleon III born, 1808 r4 67 2 46 3 32 3 52 dad, when you die, 20 M s7 3 3 46 4 14 4 34 but not till then.” 21 Tu Royal Society founded, 1853 r4 65 4 46 4 67 5 17 22 W Odessa bombarded, 1854 s7 6 6 42 6 40 6 6 23 Th Shakespeare died, 1616 r4 51 0 35 6 33 7 4 A lad crawled into 24 Fr Oliver Cromwell born, 1599 s7 10 7 23 7 38 8 17 a sugar hogshead, 26 Sat Princess Alice bom, 1843 r4 47 8 7 9 1 9 49 and his first ex- 26 S 3rd Sunday after Faster s7 13 8 49 10 34 11 9 clamation was, “ Oh 27 M U. S. Grant born, 1822 r4 43 9 28 11 41 — for a thousand ton- 28 Tu Mut. of “ The Bounty,” 1789 s7 16 10 7 0 7 0 30 gues!” 29 W Duchess of Glo’ster died, ’67 r3 39110 47 0 47 1 5 30 Th Sir H. Bishop died, 1855 s7 19 11 27 1 21 1 37 “ Gently the dews are o’er mo steal¬ ing,” as the man said when he had five due bills pre¬ sented to him at one time. My boy,’ clergyman, ’ said a “ don’t A Fatmjbe.—“Boy, what is your father doing to-day?” ‘‘Well, I s’pose he’s failin’. I heard him tell mother, yesterday, to go round to the shops and get trusted all she could—and do it right off, too—for he’d got everything ready to fail up to nothing ’ceptin’ that.” Throat Affections and Hoarseness. All suffering from Irritation of the Throat and Hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the use of “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.” The demulcent ingredients allay pulmonary irritation; and after public speaking or singing, when the throat is wearied and weakened by too much exercise, their use will give renewed strength to the vocal organs.