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FEBRUARY hath 28 days.

1842.

I've seen the frost of winter bind
River and streamlet fast;

And snow, borne fierce by every wind,
On fertile meadows cast:

And yet Spring's bland and balmy breath
Has changed to life this scene of death.

AA Courts, Aspects, Holidays,
Weather, &c.

1 37*s set 1h. 18m.

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What say-have you a wood-lot? How needful is it then that you Make guard it against waste. much of your wood-lot, and keep out marauders-yes, take care of your forest trees, as well as your high-top sweetings, your suches, and your nonpareils. The demand for wood yearly increases. 83 Shro. Tues. Fine [9 Fire and smoke seem to be the order 9 4 Ash W. or LENT. 6D of the day. Look which way you 10 5Q. Vic. mar. '40. again. will, on land or water, you behold 11 6 Cold Mid. 12 7 Sir. sou. 9. 13 B. 1st Su. in Lent. 14 2C. C. P. Cam. Val. 15 3S. J. C. Ded.

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[> Apo. ahead, in his puffing and snorting the all-devouring monster, driving storm. majesty! His huge jaws are ever 6 D gaping and craving more fuel! Day. more fuel! so that "wood-up" is Quite the cry of the fire-tender every now and then. Now, the provident man tides. will will see to this business. The far17 5 Peace with En. rat. '15. mer of forethought and forecast Low will watch the change in the business world, and shape and regulate tides. his own affairs accordingly. "My wood-lot," says he, " grows more Much valuable. I will fence it in, nor finer. suffer stray cattle any longer to Quite browse upon its tender twigs; and if John Pinelog and Silas Hoop-pole > Peri. dare commit another trespass on the premises, zounds! they shall both blustering. feel the rigor and the vigor of the tides. law." That's right, neighbor LookFiner.

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20 B. 2d Sun. in Lent.
21 2C. P. Spring.
22 3 Wash. b. 1732.
23 47*s set Oh. 30.
24 5 Cold and

25 6 St. Matt.

26 7 high
27 B. 3d Sun. in Lent.
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Some have a most unreasonable rather endure a scorch in front and prejudice against stoves. They had a freeze in the rear.

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Last Quarter, 3d day, 8h. 38m. evening.
New Moon, 12th day, 1h. 45m. morning.
First Quarter, 19th day, 5h. 58m. evening.
O Full Moon, 26th day, 9h. 13m. morning.

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MARCH hath 31 days.

1842.

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I've stood and seen the tempest rave,
And heard the billows roar;

Seen wave chase up its fellow wave,
To die upon the shore:

Though dire confusion reigned awhile,
Nature again resumed her smile.

Courts, Aspects, Holidays,
Weather, &c.

Farmer's Calendar.

1 3S. J. C. L. Bos. C. C.Gr. It don't signify:-a man must not

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trust too confidently to his boys about his affairs of the barnhold. A farmer's boy should be dealt with as other apprentices are. There is a 6Oknack or a tact in tending cattle

6 B. 4th S. in L. 6D & well, and he should have all due in

7 2C. P. Worc.

struction about it. Prudence is a mighty good thing in the business.

8 3 Becomes quite tides. A pack of cards on a hay-mow I

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> Apo. once found; and there were the fine for March. marks of a pair of lubbers too.

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They were suddenly disturbed, and had little chance for concealment. A 6 word and a blow was the conse13 B. 5th S. in L. Mid. [D♂quence, and so my hired man had 14 2C. P. Tau. & Con. & to walk Spanish. I want neither 15 3C. C. Ply. Snow, tides. loafing or romping upon my scaf

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with much rain.

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folds-my cattle have a distaste to the hay after it, and they snuff Cool and turn up their noses at the effluvia. Good hay is like good provision in the house ;-like good bread and butter, and beef and pork, well laid down. Apropos, there is a knack about this also. Who can bear to eat your green, tough, hard,

for the season. 19 7 Changeable, with 20 B. 6th Su. in Lent. Tides 21 2C. P. Sal. & Gr'f. 22 3C. C. Tau. & Worc. 23 4 frequent increasing. 245 dashes of rain. D Per. 25 6Good Friday. 26 77s set 11h. 27 B. Easter Sun. 28 2C. P. North. Grows high much tides. finer.

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indigestible, white-oak beef? And then there is a kind of bacon which Lady D. might as well think of dining upon has nothing savory about it. You Continues old junk. It is not every farmer that Quite raises a fat hog, who knows well

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how to manage the powdering tub. Sugar and saltpetre are not reckoned among their preservatives.

But I was talking about the boys

We must take care of them.

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• New Moon, 10th day, 5h. 47m. evening.
D First Quarter, 18th day, 1h. 48m. morning.
O Full Moon, 24th day, 6h. 44m. evening.

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APRIL hath 30 days.

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Courts, Aspects, Holidays, Farmer's Calendar.
Weather, &c.

Some rain.

2 77*s set 10h.

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As I was saying-hoys have too much an inclination, in these most singular times, not only to go ahead, but also to be at the head of affairs. Low We farmers must not allow this tail

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5 3C.P.Ba. & Bo.C.C.Len. foremost proceeding. It is very well that a boy be smart and active; but then, as we sometimes say of our nags, it is bad to have them feel their oats too much. The reins should be kept in the hands of the

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10 B. 2d S. P. East. 69 parent or master; otherwise Tommy

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may be apt to think himself a man,

even before the beard begins to sprout upon his upper lip. Look

13 4[Gr'f. C. C. Bar. Ips. Sp. out, farmers, how you manage these

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twigs; for on this more may detides.pend than you are aware of. The sure treasure of your freehold, your d. '90. comfort here, and your welfare herewith after, come into the reckoning. thunder. Treat boys, then, as boys, till nature brings them into adult age and years of discretion.

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Will any one say that the above is "all trash," and little to do with the husbandry department? Are high there those who think that a farmer has nought to do with governing, save in the management of his catdays.tle, his horses, and his hegs? There

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may be such Trullibers, but it is to he hoped they do not much abound. It is believed that the occupation Middling and that a farmer is now a man of of an agriculturist is improving 6 thought, as well as corporality.

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