Richard Frotscher’s Almanac and Garden Manual 
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tan th as DECEMBER. 31 Days. 
Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 
MOON’S PHASES. 
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Last Quarter. peri iss. oo. oc Se AS cet Oe 6h. 10m. Morning. 
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. DAY | Sun | Sun | Moon | CHRONOLOGY  ——~ 
rises. sets. |'r. & Ss. —OF— 
Month & Week lh. m.]h.m.[n m | IMPORTANT EVENTS. 
1 | Mon. | 7 5 | 4 55 | 5 28 | Princess A. Comnena, Historian, born, 1033. 
2 Tues. | 7 6 | 4 54] rises | Hernan Cortes, died. 1547. 
3 ,Wed. | 7 6 | 4 54 | 5 59 tobert Bloomfield, Poet, born, 1776. 
4 |VThurs.| 7 7 | 453 | 649! Pope John XXII. died, 1334, 
5 |Frid. | 7 7 | 4 53 | 746 Carlyle, born, 1795. 
6 |Sat. |= 7 7 | 453/841) St. Nicholas. Archbishop of Myra, 342. 
49%) 2d Sunday in Advent. Luke 21. Day’s length, 9h. 44m. 
7 Sun. 7 8|4 5219 41 Cicero, Roman orator, assassinated, 43 B. C. 
8 ‘Mon. | 7 8 | 4 52 |10 36 Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin. 
9 |\Tues. | 7 8 | 4 52 |11 31 Milton, born, 1608. 
10 Wed. | 7 9 | 4 51 }morn.| Louis Napoleon, elected President, 1848. 
12 Thurs!) 7 29) |) 2b 12498 Louis, Prince of Conde, died, 1686. 
12 WEridy | <¥) 99 24 ole Aas St. Columba, Abbot in Ireland, 584. 
13 1Sath A/°% 9) 4°58 12° 30 Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862. 
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50 ) 8d Sunday in Advent. Matth. 11. Day’s length, 9h. 40m. 
14 |Sum. 7101 450/350 Washington, died, 1799. — 
15 |Mon. 710|450 {448 , David Don, Botanist, died, 1841. 
16 |Tues. 710] 4501|]5 49 | Great Fire in New York, 1835. 
17 |Wed. 710 | 4 50 | sets | Ludw. Beethoven, emin. comp., born. 1770. 
18 |Thurs. 7 11 | 4 49 | 5 52) St. Winebald, Abbot and Confessor, 760. 
19 |Frid. | 7 11 | 4 49 | 6 51 | Capt. W. Ed. Parry, Arct. Nav., born, 1790. 
20 |Sat. | 711 | 4 49 | 7 52 | Secession ord. passed in S. Carolina, 1860. 
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ah) 4th Sunday in Advent. Jonn 1. Day's length, 9h. 36m. 
21 |Sum.| 712 | 448 854) St. Thomas, Apostle. 
22 |Mon. | 711 | 449 | 953! Emp. Vetellius, beheaded at Rome, 69 A. D. 
Zap Lues. divt Al | 4 49 !10 ol | Newton, born, 1642. 
24 |Wed. | 7 11 | 4 49 !11 54 | Treaty of Ghent, 1814. 
25 |Thurs.| 7 10 | | 4 50 |morn. | Nativity of our Lord. Christmas Day. 
26 |Frid 710 | 450 (12 53 | Battle of Trenton, 1776. 
27 |Sat. 710! 4 50 | 135 St. John, Apostle and Evangelist. 
32) Sunday after Christmas. Luke 2. Day’s length, 9h. 40m. 
28 |Sum.| 710) 450] 240! Macauley, died, 1859. 
29 |Mon. | 7 9 | 451 | ie 47 | Union repulsed at Vicksburg, Miss., 1862. 
30 |Tues. | 7 9 | 4 51 | 4 54 | Titus, Roman Emperor, born, 41 A. D. 
3 | Wed. | yeaa bei | SI 6 1 | Battle of Murfreesboro, 1862. 
Jewish Festivals and Fasts.—5645—December 13. Shanukah.— 
19. Rosh Hodesh Thebet. 
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