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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    SEPTEMBER—30 Days. Sow vegetable seed for a spring crop. Prick out cabbage plants and gather ripe seeds. Endive and lettuce may be planted out on beds sloping to the south-west, and fenced round to drain off water. Hoe and clear the ground about turnips. Cabbage for collard in November, and German greens may be planted early in the month. moon’s phases. Last Quar., 3rd, 4h. 64m. a.m. First Quar., 18th, llh. 4m. p.m. New Moon, 10th, 6h. lOrm p.m. ' Full Moon, 25th, lOh. 6m. p.m. A Ball-room—The Nursery, The Door-belle—A pretty housemaid. One brand of Cin¬ cinnati whisky is warranted to con¬ tain 137 fights to the barrel. Day of Mb. Wk. SUNDAYS, FESTIVALS. & HISTORICAL EVENTS. Sun rises & sets. Moon South j High Water at London Bridge. A traveller writes home from Paris. “ The word I have stood most in need of since my arrival 1 T.u Battle of Sedan, 1870 r5 15 4 49 morn. 4 68 after. 5 18 2 W Surrender of Napoleon III, S6 42 6 47 6 37 6 69 here is the French for damn.” 3 Th 1870 r5 18 6 45 6' 22 6 48 4 Fr Malta taken, 1800 s6 37 7 44 7 17 7 51 Politeness is the 6 Sat French Republic pro., 1870 r5 21 8 40 8 29 9 15 6 S 14th Sunday after Trinity s6 32 9 34 10 7 10 56 science of civility. 7 M Loss of “ The Captain,” ’70 r5 24 10 23 11 39 — - r The worst curses 8 Tu Garibaldi ent. Naples, 1860 s6 27 11 9 0 14 0 42 9 W Fall of Sebastopol, 1855 r5 27 11 61 1 6 1 29 which infest the 10 Th s6 23 alter. 1 50 2 6 country in summer 11 Fr Siege of Delhi, 1857 [1850 r5 31 0 31 2 25 2 40 time are circus see. 12 Sat Fugitive Slave Bill passed, s6 18 1 11 2 64 3 9 13 S 15 th Sunday .after Trinity r5 34 1 50 3 22 3 38 When riding a don- 14 M Duke of Wellington died ’52 s6 14 2 30 3 53 4 5 key, what fruit do 15 Tu Fight at Darmestown 1861 r5 37 3 13 4'20 4 34 you most resemble? 16 W First Railway Opened, 1830' s6 9 3 58 4 48 5 1 A pear. 17 Th Louis XVIII died, 1824 r5 40 4 46 6 16 5 32 18 Fr Revolution in Spain, 1888 s8 6 6 38 5 20 6 11 Woman first temp- 19 Sat Battle of Alma, 1854 ro 43 6 33 6 33 7 1 ted man to eat, but 20 S 16th Sunday after Trinity s8 0 7 30 7 33 8 12 he took to drink 21 M Sir Walter Scott died, 1832 r5 47 8 26 8 69 9 51 himself. 22 Tu Autumnal Equinox s5 56 9 22 10 40 11 23 23 W Charles I. dethroned, 1640 ro 60 10 15 11 57 A young lady re- 24 Th Relief of Lucknow, 1857 s5 62 11 7 0 25 0 50 cently whipped out 25 Fr Robert Bums bom, 1759 r5 63 11 58 1 12 1 33 an incipient confla- 26 Sat Balaclava taken, 1854 s5 47 morn. 1 63 2 11 gration with her 27 S nth Sunday after Trinity r5 66 1 43 2 31 2 60 stockings. She had 28 M Electric Telegraph com., ’51 s5 43, 2 39 3 9 3 29 heard that firemen 29 Tu Michaelmas Day r5 58 3 37 3 49 4 10 used hose. 30 W Nelson bom, 1758 85 40 4 37 4 30 4 60 A scientific father was explaining to his little son, four years old the philosophy of the growth of trees, when the little pupil was struck with an idea, and exclaimed, “Papa, are you growing any taller?” “No, my son • why do .you ask me ?” “ ’Cause the top of your head is coming through your hair.” The lesson was adjourned. Public Speakers and Singers. “ Brown’s Bronchial Troches ” contain ingredients acting specifically on the organs of the voice. They have an extraordinary efficacy in all affections of the Throat and Larynx, restoring their healthy tone when relaxed, either from cold or over-exertion of the voice, and produce a clear and distinct enunciation.