Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-22

adOrn the margin Oi INe utIyS anu "SSh"
column. The birth Of children, and the
Matching of chickens, the weather, the
boiling of soap, butcherng, planting, ana
| other domestic events are duly .rccosueu.
The late William Whiteside, csq., WAS
wont to ask for an almanac with i wide
margin to serve these purposes, AMI thosc
who thus use the almanac carefully trea-
sure their household files of them
The astronomical calculations, which, DIS
stated, were originally made by EsieInah'
are now computed and furnish ed Dy Law
renee J. Ibacl, a blacksmith astronomer:
at Newmarlstown, Who was Il t;tuueiiI o'
Eolcman, a fact which commeDds' inc re-
liability of his calculations. The asricul-
tural matter of the almanac cxl '0sitioh
of land law; cures for man and og,sI ;a:' ;
poetry; anecdotes the one thr 'i''i99
story always illustrated by half-p age
cut, and the page and half OF domss, ie
receipts are all prepared. compiled. AT
| ranged and edited by Mr. Reuben n. Baer,
VIII" has been identified wish. the publica-
ton of the almanac from its infancy.
Probably no printed matter - more care
fully read and digested, for n this sre;lI
county and wherever families have gone
| out from it, Baer's almanac, isXt 10 tpe
Bible, is the most generally read, tho most
| frequently turned to and the most cohii-
IDENTITY belcved-in publication.
The present front cover OF the aftaal 'ac'
depicting agricultural scenery, was 6s<sf. 'sn-
| ed by Edwin Clarkson some t"enty-h We
years ago, being somewhat different fro N
the original, but the title page is Printe .
exactly as it was IA 1925. Thc fable o. :
movable fcasts. the chronological cycles
and the church days alTA scripture readlir
are regarded rs high authority. The fore
casting of cclipscs is watched with very
general wonder. But the item Of perhaps
greatest interest is the translation from the
German Centennial almanac OF the prc"icI-
cd characteristics of the year SO far as ln-
ilucnced by the rcigning planet, which !"r
1881, vii lbc Saturn, the manitc tati''i'S o'
whose rule are thus he,aldcd
The Reign Of saturn.
Year in Gcncral.-Thc Saturnnc W ar Is
cold and humid for notwithstanding IT. Il
at times somewhat dry, it is mostly III c''
with rain, and therefore cold and IL l.
pleasant year.
.Spriug-Is very dry, and until May, very
cold, with frequent frosts afterwards il
will be milding pleasant, warm inter
spcrscd with rain. (:r:.s; and flowers will
| come late.
!Sum,ncr-Will bc cold, with frequent
rainy weather, and therefore Hnfr,,tful ;
more than the half OF the mosstl. of July
will, however, be very warm and pleasant,
but the remaining part will be continually
humid, with storms and heavy rasns.
Autunn-Will also bc cod and HuLuld ;
it will freeze carly, but will notwi:hst. md
in. be again succeeded 10y IL heavy til !'li-
dcr.ust. When the half of October has
passed, it will commence to get cod. IN
December it will be humid and warm.
/ Winter-Will continue until tic 2lSt oi
March of the following year. In the be
ginning it will be humid, with rain aud
heavy showers. On the 2lst of December
the ground will bc frozen shut, accom-
panied with heavy snow and severe cold,
and will scarcely open bcfOlc April.
CWltiratiOn Of Summer Grdsn.-As the
spring will bc cold and unpleasant, and 10
continued warmth will take place before
juno, it will not bc advisable to be i'll y
other leguminous plants should be sown
on lean ground, so that they will not dur
ing the very wet summer rot off nor sprout
out. Barley will succeed well, but there
will he difficulty in bringing it in. OWN"
to continued rain, much of the grain will
sprout in the car. Flax will be various.
Cabbage will be apt to rot. Turnips rape
and roots gene. ."ally will succeed early and
well. Every OK, >rtiOn should be made to
Get in the hay timely in the fine mouth Oi
july, otherwise it " i'll be too late. There
will also he an ab,,. .uiancc OF aftermath
growing, but owing to l. he wet weather it
will be difficult to get it in.
CuliiratiOn IF tIiater G,Hs" ".-lt VIII dc
rather poor in quality and snl. II in I''an-
tity, and therefore not equal to the sum
mcr grain. TO bring this in, rs well as
the summer grain, advantage ,n.'st DC
taken of the favorable days, so THAI liz 80
much will sprout and spoil.
1utumn Seedtng.-ltye and wheat sliott;sl
be sown timely, for the grain will grow
slowly, notwithstanding the abrfinlancc of
rain, and neither in the autumn nor the
the coming spring should be permitted to
run on on the grain fields, for the winter
grain will not grow rightly onward th;
year.
particularly pears prlncs will be very
abundant.
Hops.-IIops will yield but little, bat
will be of good quality.
Grippe CUlture.-Thc grapevine will
have a promising appearance in the spring,
but will not yield much, for generally the
fruit will fall off, mostly in the blossom;
and the grapes that remain, be they many
or few, will not ripcn, and nothing but Il
vincgar-sour wine can be expected. The
grapes should be gathered early in the
fall. for almost everything will freeze.
7cmpcsts dnd 7Nundcrgusts.-T or
three times during the year strong tcmpcsts
and heavy rains will occur, but not many
tempcsts attended with thunder and
lightning some will occur in the spring,
attended with dangerous hail.
RCptilcs and Vermin.-Snakcs and toads
will be numerous and in winter mice will
he abundant. There will not be SO many
worms in the grain as in other years, and
in the winter they will be killed by the Sc
we're cold.
Diseascs-TOwards the end of summer
and in autumn dangerous diseases will
prevail, almost of a pestilcntial nature, as
fatal ievcrs, diarrhOea, dyscntcry, &c,
originating mostly from cold humors.
These are tho characteristics Of book
that hangs in nearly every Lancaster coun-
ty household, and wherever Lancaster
county has planted families, and far bc.
yond these limits. Last years edition
amounted to 10000 copies. The ship
ments this year outside of the county up
to date have been 1,Os1 gross Q4a,Os4
copies.) Last year up to January 2G,
when the sales stopped, they were 99l gross
Q43. 1876 copics,) not to speak of some
40, 600 cOpies-or an average Of one to each
family distributed through Lancaster
! county. These are sold by retail by the
publishers and other booksellers, by coun-