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12th Month. 
Richard Frotscher’s Almanac and Garden Manual 
31 Days. 
DECEMBER. 
CALCULATED FOR THE LATITUDE OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
MOON’S PHASES. 
Hirst Quarters: 20.03: ACRE as 3d. ep. 9h. 5m. Morning. 
VEO OR eee ao eee accrs 11d. Ah. 10m. Morning. 
ast Quarter 2 hee er ee 18d. 1h. 19m. Morning. 
News NEOOn see eee 25 4h. 34m. Morning. 
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Month &Week! h. m. 1h. m. ! bh. m. IMPORTANT EVENTS. 
1 | Wed. Me coy ee Alyy 10 16 Princess A, Comnena, Historian, born 1083, 
OT EnUrss he O14 4 los Hernan Cortez, died 1547. 
3 |Frid. 7 6 | 4 5t |morn Robert Bloomfield, Poet, born, 1776. 
4 | Sat. Fo (Olea HOGI 20 Pope John XXII, died, 1334. 
49) 2d Sunday in Advent. Matth. 21. Day’s length, 9h. 46m. 
5 |Sum.| 7 7 | 4 53 | 1 23 Carlyle, born, 1795. 
6-|Mont 4% 30 4753-12) 32 St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, 342. 
TF \Dues:* | 70 8.4 521-3 30 Cicero, Roman orator, assassinated, 43 B. C. 
8 |Wed. | 7 8 | 4 52 | 4 00 Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin. 
9° Thurs: 7 780) 459) 14-35 Milton, born, 1608. 
10 |Frid. Ci Oe Acoleal aie Louis Napoleon, elected President, 1848. 
11 |Sat. 7 91|4 51 |rises.| Louis, Prince of Conde, died 1686. 
38) 3d Sunday in Advent. Matth. 11. Day’s length, 9h. 42m. 
12 |Sum.| 7 9} 4 51 | 6 82 St. Columba, Abbot in Ireland, 584. 
137 | Montene Sou r4arol a a7u35 Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862. 
14 |Tues. | 7 10 | 4 50 | 8 47 Washington, died, 1799. ; 
1 | Wedi tif 1054s 504109) 50 David Don, Botanist, died 1841. 
16 |Thurs.| 7 10 | 4 50 |10 56 Great Fire in New York, 1835. 
17 |Frid. 710! 4 50 j11 59 Ludw. Beethoven, emin. comp., born, 1770. 
18 |Sat. aki | 4 49 |}morn]| St. Winebald, Abbot and Confessor, 760. 
OH) 4th Sunday in Advent. 
John 177 Day’s length, 9h. 38m. 
Sum. 
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Frid. 
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Capt. W. Ed. Parry, Arct. Nav., born 1790. 
Secession ord. passed in S. Carolina, 1860. 
St. Thomas, Apostle. 
Emp. Vitellius, beheaded at Rome, 69 A. D. 
Newton, born, 1642. 
Treaty of Ghent, 1814. 
Nativity of our Lord. Christmas Day. 
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Luke 2. Day’s length, 9h. 40m. 
Battle of Trenton, 1776. 
St. John, Apostle and Evangelist. 
Macauley, died, 1859. is 
Union repulsed at Vicksburg, Miss., 1862. 
Titus, Roman Emperor, born, 41 A. D. 
Battle of Murfreesboro, 1862. 
Jewish Festivals and Fasts.—5647.—22. 
Rosh Hodesh Thebet. 
28. 
Chanukah. 
