2d Month. 
RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
FEBRUARY. 28 Days. 
Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 
MOON’S PHASES. 
ING VEO IN beeen ean yatin ieee a i ee te dd. 3h. 45m. Evening. 
First Quarter...... My ig Bp, eee MR et eee ek ie 13d. 4h. 43m. Morning. 
Bare Moon 3.20 oe ee ee ee ee, docs 8h. 16m. Evening. 
hast’ Quarter sooo oa ee ee 27d. 6h. 28m. Morning. 
DAY Sun Sun Moon 
OF rises. sets. | Tr. &s. CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 
Month and Week. fe ephe | af Niel pee TRS Hr 
1 Thursday, 6 51 5 38 . 354 Washington elected President, i789. 
2 Friday, 650 538 446 Feast of the Purification. Candlemas..- 
3 Saturday, 649 5 39 5 35 Russian-Turkish War ends, 1878. 
3) Quinquagesima Sunday. Luke 18. Day’s length, 10h. 51m. 
4| Sunday, 649 540 617 Conf. Congress at Montgomery, 1861. 
5 | Monday, 6 48 5 41 sets Ole Bull born, 1810. 
6 Tuesday, 647 5 42 | 6 34 Mardi Gras, Carnival in New Orleans. 
7 | Wednesday, | 6 47 | 542) 731 = Ash Wednesday. 
8 | Thursday, 6 46 | 5 43 |) 8 29 Treaty Triple Alliance, 1888. 
9 Friday, 645 544) 9 27  #£William E. Dodge died, 1883. 
10 | Saturday, 6 44 5 45 10 27 Canada confirmed to England, 1763. 
6) ist Sunday in Lent. Matth. 4. Day’s length, 11h. 2m. - 
11 Sunday, 6# 5 46 11 29 Thomas A. Edison born, 1847. 
12 | Monday, 6 43 5 47 morn Abraham Lincoin, born, 1812. 
13 | Tuesday, 6 42 547 0 35 Richard Wagner, died, 1883. 
14 | Wednesday, 6 41 5 48 1 43 Charles I, King of England, died, 1865. 
15 | Thursday, 6 40 | 5 49 2 52 St. Louis founded, 1764. 
16 | Friday, 6 39 455 (50 3.58 First gold found in California 1848. ‘‘Marshall’s 
17 | Saturday, 638 |} 5 51 | 4 88 Peace with England, 1815. [Nugget.” 
7) 2d Sunday in Lent. Matth. 15. Day’s length, 11h. 14m. 
18 Sunday, 6 37 441 5 49 Count Andrassy, died, 1890. 
19 | Monday, 6 36 5 52 rises Sepoy Revolt began, 1857. 
20 | Tuesday, 6 36 | 553 6 45 Earthquake in Chili, 1835. 
21 Wednesday, 6 35.) 5 54 7 48 Santa Anna born, 1798. 
22 | Thursday, 6 34 5 54 8 450 Washington born, 1732. 
23 | Friday, 6 33 | 5°55 9 51 Battle Buena Vista, 1847. 
24 | Saturday, 6 32 | 5 56} 10 51 Fulton died, 1815. 
S) 3d Sunday in Lent. Luke 11. Day’s length, ilh. 25m. 
25 | Sunday, | 6 31 | 5 56 | 11 50| Christopher Wren died, 1723. 
26 | Monday, 6 30 | 5 57 | morn | Thos. Moore died, 1852. 
27 | Tuesday, 6 29 | 5 58 | 0 48 | Joint High Commission, 1871. 
28 | Wednesday, | 6 28 | 5 58 2 45 | Biela’'s Comet discovered, 1826. 
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Jewish Festivals and Fasts,—5654.—February 6 & 7, Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon. 
