Mrs. Winslow's family almanac and domestic receipt book for 1874.

Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mrs. Winslow's family almanac and domestic receipt book for 1874. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AUGUST—31 Days. Cabbages, brocoli, endive, spinach, Welsh onions, turnips, and radishes Bhonld now be sown. The celery sown should be planted,, and that already planted, as well as cardoons, should be earthed up. moon’s phases. Last Quar., 4th, lOh. 46m. p.m. First Quar. 20th, 6h. 52m. a.m. New Moon, 12th, 3h. 59m. a.m. Full Moon, 27th, lh. 28m. p.m. Day of Mh. Wk. SUNDAYS, FESTIVALS, & HISTORICAL EVENTS. Sun rises& sets. Moon South High Water at London Bridge. 1 Sat Battle of the Nile, 1798 s7 14 3 30 morn. 3 68 after. 4 18 2 S 9 th Sunday after Trinity. r4 28 4 18 4 40 5 2 3 M Queen’s visit to Ireland, 1845 s7 41 5 8 5 23 5 45 4 Tu Wiseembourg stormed, 1870 r4 31 6 0 6 7 6 31 6 W Russians took Crimea, 1737 s7 38 6 64 6 55 7 22 6 Th Battle of Worth, 1870 r4 35 7 51 7 49 8 17 7 Fr Paris dec. in state of siege ’70 Battle of Cedar Mountain’62 s7 34 8 60 8 50 9 31 8 Sat r4 38 9 49 10 18 11 3 9 S 10th Sunday af ter Trinity. s7 31 10 45 11 42 - _ 10 M Manchstr.& birm.Ry.op. ’45 r4 41 11 38 0 16 0 47 11 Tu Dog days end. s7 27 after. 1 14 1 40 12 W Grouse shooting begins r4 44 0 27 2 4 2 25 13 Th New Poor Laws com. 1834 s7 23 1 12 2 43 3 1 14 Fr Lord Clyde ditid, 1863 r4 46 1 64 3 20 3 36 15 Sat Gas first intro, in Londsn, ’07 s7 19 2 34 3 52 4 8 16 S llfA Sunday after Trinity. r4 49 3 13 4 24 4 40 17 M 87 15 3 53 4 56 6 11 18 Tu Battle at Charlestown, 1861 r4 62 4 34 5 24 6 38 19 W Oliver Cromwell died, 1658 87 11 6 17 5 55 6 14 20 Th Battle of Saragossa, 1810 r4 65 6 4 6 32 6 63 21 Fr Sir W alter Scott died, 1832 b7 7 6 55 7 16 7 45 22 Sat “ Floriline ” first introduced r4 69 7 49 8 17 8 53 23 S in 1870, by H. C. Gallup s7 3 8 46 9 36 10 23 24 M E ar thquak es in g. Amer. 1869 r5 2 9 45 11 6 11 43 25 Tu James Watt died, 1819 s6 69 10 42 - — 0 17 26 W Prince Albert born, 1819 ro 15 11 37 0 45 1 11 27 Th Peace with China, 1842 s6 65 morn. 1 35 1 57 28 Fr Cholera app. in London, ’52 r5 8 1 21 2 13 2 39 29 Sat Sir Charles Napier died, ’53 s8 61 2 12 2 69 3 17 30 S 13th Sunday after Trinity. r5 12 3 2 3 39 3 68 31 M John Bunyan died, 1688 86 46 3 55 4 18 4 38 A young lady being asked by a rich old bachelor, “ if not yourself, who would you rather be P” replied, sweetly and mo¬ destly, “Yours, truly.” A Californian edi¬ tor lately purchased a donkey, and ano¬ ther editor in the same' locality re¬ cords the circum - stance as a remark¬ able instance of self- possession. An Indiana editor makes a pathetic- appeal to hiB readers, saying :— “If there is any¬ thing you know that is worth know¬ ing,, that we ought to know, and you know that we don’t know, please let us know it.” The lady princi- cipal of a school, in her advertisement, mentioned her lady- assistant, and the “reputation for teaching which she bears,” but the printer left out the “ which,” so the advertisement went forth commending the lady’s reputation for teaching she bears. An Indiana town has the following dog ordinance: “ Dogs thaSt are not collared and labelled, no matter how respectably connected, will have their narratives am¬ putated one inch south of their ears.” The Mexican Hair Kenewer. This preparation has never been known to fail in restoring the hair to its natural colour and gloss in from eight to twelve days. It promotes growth, and prevents the hair falling out, eradicating dandriff, and leaving the scalp in a clean, healthy condition. It imparts peculiar vitality to the roots of the hair, restoring it to its youthful freshness and vigour. Daily applications of this preparation for a week or two will surely restore faded, grey, or white hair to its natural colour and rich¬ ness. It is not a dye, nor does it contain any colouring matter or offensive substance whatever. Hence it does not soil the hands, the scalp, or even white linen, but pro¬ duces the colour within th« substance of the hair.
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