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Richard Frotscher's Almanac and Garden Manual 



2d Month. 



FEBRUARY. 



29 Dayj 



Calculated, for the Latitude of Southern. States, 



MOON'S PHASES. 



Last Quarter. . .- 3d. lOh. 16m. 



New Moon lOd. oh. 57m. 



First Quarter ; 17d. lOh. 24ru. 



Full Moon 25d. 8h. Oin. 



Forenoon. 

 Morning. 

 Evening. 

 Morning. 



sun Sun 



rises i sets. 

 of 



Month i Weeki h. m. J n. m. 



Moon 

 r. £ s. 



h. m. 



CHRO.VOLOGY 



— OF — 



IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



5 ) SexagesLma Sunday. 



Luke 8. 



Day's length, lOh. 22m. 



1 



Sua. 



6 49 



5 11 



11 28 



"Washington elected President. 1789. 





Mon. 



6 49 



5 11 



morn. 



Purification of the Blessed Virgin. [Candle- 



3 



Tues. 



6 48 



5 12 



12 26 



Henry Cromwell, born. 1627. [mas dav. 





Wed. 



6 47 



5 13 



1 34 



Delegates from Confederate States meet at 



- 

 5 



Thurs. 



6 46 



5- 14 



2 33 



Ole Bull, born. 1810. [Montgomery, Ala. 1861. 



6 



Frid. 



6 45 



5 15 



3 29 



Charles II. King of England, died, 1685. 



7 



Sat. 



6 44 



o la 



4 22 



Charles Dickens, born, 1812. 



6.) Quinquagesima Sunday. 



Luke 18. 



Day's length. lOh. 34m. 



8 



§uis. 



6 43 



5 17 



5 20 



9 



Mon. 



6 42 1 



5 18 



6 01 



10 



Tues. 



6 41 



5 19 



sets. 



11 



Wed. 



6 40 



5 20 



6 52 i 



12 



lhurs. 



6 39 



5 21 



/ ol 



13 



Fiid. 



6 3S 



5 22 



8 5Q 



14 



Sat. 



6 37 



5 23 



9 59 



Mary Queen of Scots, beheaded, 1587. 



David R?zzio. murdered, 1565 — 66. 



MARDI GRAS, in N. O. Shrove Tuesday. 



Ash Wednesday. 



Abraham Lincoln, born, 1809. 



St. Gregory. II, Pope, 631. 



St. Valentine's Dav. 



7) 1st Sunday in Lent. 



Matth. 4. 



Dav's length. lOh. 48m. 



15 



§1111. 



6 36 



5 24 



11 06 



16 



Mon. 



6 35 



5 25 



morn. 



17 



Tues. 



6 34 



5 26 



12 06 



18 



Wed. 



6 33 



5 27 



12 55 



19 



Thurs. 



6 32 



5 28 



1 36 



20 



Frid. 



6 31 



5 29 



2 26 



21 



Sat. 



6 30 



5 30 



3 14 



Galilei Galileo, Astronomer, born, 1564. 



Dr. Kane. Amer. Arctic Explorer, died, 1857. 



Columbia, S. C, burned, 1865. 



Pope Gregory. V, died 999. 



Eliz. Carter, classical scholar, died. 1806. 



U. G<?ghan & T. Conner, felon poets, hanged, 



Pierre du Bose. born. 1623. [1749. 



8'i 2d Sunday in Lent. 



Matth. 15. 

 1 — 



Day's length, llh. 2m. 



22 



Suii. 



6 29 



5 31 



4 04 



23 



Mon. 



6 28 



5 32 



4 41 



24 



Tues. 



6 27 



5 33 



5 24 



25 



Wed. 



6 26 



5 31 



rises. 



26 



Thurs. 



6 25 



5 35 



6 54 



27 



Frid. 



6 24 



5 36 



8 02 



28 



Sat. 



6 23 



5 37 



9 06 



George Washington, born. 1732. 



Battle of Buena Vista, 1847. 



St. Matthias, Apostle. 



Dr. Kucan, born. 1729. 



Thomas Moore. Poet, died, 1852. 



Longfellow, born, 1807. [1447. 



Humphrey. Duke of Gloucester, murdered, 



9 '■ 3d Sunday in Lent. 



Luke 11. 



Day's length, llh. 16m. 



\ 



29 |§uu. I 6 22 I 5 38 110 18 I Leap Day. 



Jevrish Festivals and Fasts. — 5640- 

 Eosh-codesh Adar: 21. Sochor: 



-February 7. Shekolim ; 12. and 13. 

 25. Taanith Esther ; 26. Purim. 



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