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Richard Frotscher's Almanac and Garden Manual 



8th Month. 



AUGUST. 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the Latitude of tl\e Soutl^ern States. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



Full Moon 3d. 8h. 2()m. Evening. 



Last Quarter lid. 6h. 16m. Evening. 



New Moon 19d. 12h. 18m. Morning. 



First Quarter .. 25d. Sli. Im. Evening. 



DAY 



OF 



Month &Week 



Sun 

 rises. 



Sun 

 sets. 



Moon 

 r. & s. 



h. m, 



h. na. 



h, m, 



CHRONOLOGY 



—OF — 

 IMPOnTAi\ T ErEi\TS. 



1 



Mon. 



5 7 



6 53 



3 22 



2 



rues. 



5 8 



6 52 



4 18 



3 



Wed. 



5 9 



6 51 



rises 



4 



rhurs. 



5 10 



6 50 



7 16 



5 



Frid. 



5 11 



6 49 



7 49 



6 



Sat. 



5 12 



6 48 



8 21 



Harriet Lee, Novelist, died, 1851. 

 Mehemed Ali, Pasha of Egypt, died, 1849. 

 Crown Point taken, 1759. 

 John B.mim, Irish Novelist, died, 1842. 

 First Atlantic fable lauded, 1858. 

 Transfiguration of our Lord. 



7 



§UI1. 



5 13 



6 47 



8 53 



8 



Mon. 



5 14 



6 46 



9 32 



9 



Tues. 



5 15 



6 45 



10 3 



10 



Wed. 



5 16 



6 44 



10 43 



11 



Thurs. 



5 17 



6 43 



11 39 



12 



Frid. 



5 18 



6 42 



morn 



13 



8at. 



5 19 



6 41 



12 24 



32) 9th Sunday after Trinity. Luke 16. Day's length, 13h. 34m. 



Leonidas, Spartan Heio, shiin 480, B. C. 

 Fr. Hutcheson Moral Phil., born, 1694. 

 Issac Walton born, 1593. 

 Battle of Weisenburg, 1870. 

 Viscount Rowland Hill born, 1772 

 Pope Clregory IX died 1241. 

 Earthquake in Scotland, 1816. 



33) 10th Sunday after Trinity. Luke 19. Day's length, 13h. 22m. 



G. Coleman, the elder, Dramatist, died, 1794. 



Ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 



Battle of Bennington, 1777. 



Frederick the Great died, 1786. 



John, Earl Russell born, 1792. 



Battle of Gravelotte, 1870. 



Robert Herrick, English Poet, born, 1591. 



34) 11th Sunday after Trinity. Luke 18. Day's length, 13h. 28m. 



Lady Mary Wortley Montcigue died, 1762. 

 Dr. F. J. Gall, founder of phrenology, died, 

 W^illace beheaded, 1305. [1828. 



St. Bartholomew, Apostle. 

 25th or 27th, Landing of Csesar in England, 

 Sir Rob. Walpole born, 1676. [55 B. C. 



Dog days end. 



11 



Sun. 



5 19 



6 41 



1 15 



15 



Mon. 



5 20 



6 40 



2 12 



16 



Tues. 



5 21 



6 39 



3 2 



17 



Wed. 



5 22 



6 38 



3 51 



18 



Thurs 



5 23 



6 37 



4 38 



19 



Fnd. 



5 24 



6 36 



sets 



20 



Sat. 



5 25 



6 35 



7 47 



21 



Sun. 



5 26 



6 34 



8 40 



22 



Mon. 



5 27 



6 33 



9 12 



23 



lues. 



5 28 



6 32 



9 49 



•4J4 



Wed. 



5 29 



6 31 



10 29 



25 



rhuis. 



5 30 



6 30 



11 10 



26 



Frid. 



5 31 



6 29 



11 53 



27 



Sat. 



5 32 



6 28 



morn 



35) 



12th Sunday after Trinity. 



Mark 7. Day's length, 12h. 54m. 



28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



Sun. 



VlOM. 



Tues. 

 Wed. 



5 33 

 5 34 

 5 35 

 5 36 



6 27 

 6 2B 

 6 25 

 6 24 



12 41 1 



1 43 . 1 



2 47 



3 49 



Leigh Hunt died, 1859. 

 John Locke, Philosopher, born, 1632. 

 Union defeat at Richmond, Ky. 

 John Bunyan died 1683. 



Jewish Festivals and Fasts.— 5647.— August 20. and 21. 

 Rosh Codesh Elul. 



