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

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

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    FEBRUARY—28 Days. All the ground which is destined for early crops must now ho prepared, and hotbeds be multiplied for cucumbers and early melons. Celery may be sown on a moderate hotbed; also sow cabbages, horn carrots, lettuces, leeks, parsnips, and, in fact, most of the table vegetables. Those plants, such as cabbages, chivers, garlick, shalots, underground onions, and horse-radish, which are fit, should now be transplanted. moon’s PHASES. Full Moon, 1st, llh. 35m. a.m. New Moon, 16th, 7h. 14m. p.m. Last Quar., 9th, 4h. 28m. p.m. First Quar. 23rd, lOh. 45m. a.m. Day of SUNDAYS, FESTIVALS, & Sim Moon High Water Mb. Wk. HISTORICAL EVENTS. 1S68 cC sets. South at London Bridge. morn. after. 1 S Septuagesima Sunday [1829 s4 47 morn. 2 2 2 23 2 M Y ork Minster fired by Mart in r7 40 1 30 2 43 3 2 3 Tu Advert. Duty abolished, ’53 s4 60 2 12 3 IS 3 35 4 W Fair held on the Thames ’14 r7 36 2 52 3 51 4 7 6 Th Victoria Cross founded, ’66 s4 54 3 31 4 24 4 33 6 Fr Blackfriars Bridge com., ’64 r7 32 4 10 4 63 5 10 7 Sat s4 47 4 61 6 24 5 38 8 S 5th Sunday after Epiphany r 7 29 6 34 6 55 8 10 9 M Fun. of G. Peabody, Mas.,’70 s5 0 6 20 6 27 6 47 10 Tu Queen Victoria marr. , 1840 r7 25 7 11 7 7 7 31 11 W Washington born, 1732 s5 4 8 6 8 0 S 32 12 Th Sir Wm. Napier died 1860 r7 22 9 6 9 11 9 66 13 Fr Gaeta taken, 1861 s5 8 10 6 10 43 11 26 14 Sat St. Valentine’s Day r7 18 11 6 — 0 4 15 S Shrove Sunday. s5 12 after. 0 35 1 3 10 M Burke executed, 1829 r7 14' 0 4 1 30 1 54 17 Tu s5 16 1 0 2 18 2 40 18 W Jeff. Davis inaugurated, ’61 r7 10 1 63 3 0 3 22 19 Th Launch of the Cigar Ship, ’66 s5 20 2 44 3 43 4 2 20 Fr P. Louiee of Wales born, ’67 r7 7 3 34 4 23 4 45 21 Sat Columbia Market opened, ’70 s5 23 4 25 5 6 5 26 22 S 1st Sunday in Lent. r7 3 5 18 6 47 6 7 23 M Sir J. Reynolds died, 1792 s5 27 6 13 6 28 6 51 24 Tu Col. Phipps died, 1866 r6 59 7 9 7 17 7 45 25 W Trial of Orsini, 1858 s5 30 8 6 8 20 8 59 26 Th Nap. escaped from Elba, ’13 r6 54 9 0 9 47 10 ‘39 27 Fr Longfellow bom, 1807 85 34 9 25 10 26 —,— 28 Sat Corn Laws repealed, 1849 r6 60 10 41 0 6 0 37 A bereaved wi¬ dower, while receiv¬ ing with due ack¬ nowledgements the condolence of friends—that it was indeed a great loss— a sad bereavement that he had suffered —added: “Andjust think ! Only a fewr days ago I bought her a whole box of pills, and she hadn’t time to eat half of them before she died l” Saysthe Psalmist: “He maketh my feet like a hind’s feet.” A negro preacher read it “ hen’s feet,” and proceeded to say, “ dat a hen in the hen-roost, when it falls asleep, tightens its grip so’s not to fall off. And dat’s how true faith, my bredren, holds on to the rock,” Upholsterers, we hear, strongly ob¬ ject to any percep¬ tible increase of the standing army, since it will make a sensible difference in the demand for chairs. When the Chinese want to describe a person who pretends to be very brave, and makes a great parade in order to shew his courage, they say that “ He is cutting off a hen’s head with a battle-axe.” A coward, who boasts of his courage, they call “ A paper tiger.” They compare a person who pretends to be what h.e is not to a fox who tries to look as noble and strong as a tiger. If a person is ignorant of books, they will say, “ Turn him upside down, but not a drop of ink will come out of him.” 'j An Article of True Merit. “Brown’s Bronchial Troches ” are the most popular article in Europe for Throat Diseases, Coughs, and Colds; and this popularity is based upon real merit. This result has been acquired by a test of many years, and “The Troches” continue to stand the first in public favour and confidence. They can be procured of any First-class Chemist, at la. l^d. per box, throughout the Kingdom. nay.»gggggftinagrai