Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-10-08

"ftoher vi. Not Nrtnl,er l::-Reu>on- IL,
, | change.
At tre fnstnuce VI the txprutty
committee Of the national puh|,
*rhnnl celebration If cnlumhu. DAY.
; Till wa" recently introduced into ron
1rtsa ihttTncting Pie.id4nt Fl, rris u
!" ta*nr N proclamation maxim.
Columbus D'y gen. raj holiday. II
the interest If scholarly arcurncy. thi,
bill ~i~e|y authorized the change il,
date fr'n October 12'h III October IT.
1t hhH pn*s+n 10th hranch,s m ton-
sfes* aud rtteiv' Il tl'e Irts'derl's s,g>
nature.
| Above nil other date+ nearly cr+rv
| pupil IN Anr putit' rriloo1a Remembers
thhf ChIumt'us nisuEv~rtu An:ut' IA
October l3th. 1l02 They wll all
wait 10 know why tn+ 4O0t1. n,tnivrr.
~ar* faIt~ on Oetnt er 2Est, ls34.
Ftr ntAtlt c+tlusIt1 tite cai+t.u IF ill.,
-titutrd hy Julius C;c4ar, kuow,, nx
the Jullun cAtr1 hur, wos run1,nunty
ntreus+u. rhi- ca>cnuar a..,l,u4d
that there w+rr 3G3I day. in ii >ext.
But H. th'- nlhnr tie y+ar II m,uut+x
'nd IL ~te"iIh< 10" 1"ng. 1t could mt
without correction very long Answer
tile pnrio.e tpt whirh |, WIS tt+vi-. Il
Conas uuentt>, In is. /. Was found
Necessary t. II f,rtn !!le calendar. and
the Greg rIau calendar was adoptrd.
Ia o1tltr th cor,ect the error. That the
old calrndar had tuaue, len days were
dropped out, ami Octob-r 5:h uf l5Sa
oecatne October 15&h. Ar tie error
waa '"unn to e actiy i days IN 404p
yFhr* the Grtgortan calendar omitted
the leap, ear from every teuturiaI
year, Excepting Itlo.e which wire
d'vi>ib'e by 400. Thus the years 15po,
17W aud 1870 were not Ieap.y+ara.
Az above stated, this reformation
took PLACE Ia 1852, and tea day. were
omitted from the calendar. But 10
Columbus discovered America prevt- |
Gus to the year 1900, which reckoned
by tue Gregorian caleudsr would not !,
be teap~year, there would be but 8 |
days to omit.
On October I'll, 1892, the sun will
occupy the same rel live position to
The earth as un the memorable Octo.
ber IL, 1492.
The Gregorian calendar was not iu-
|roduoed into Great Britain until 1851,
popular ignorance and prejudice up
70 that tlme successfully opposing 1t.
Il Ia remarkable that Russia sill ad-
here's 10 the Julian reckoning.
We have already announced the
change as In the Interest of scholarly
accuracy. The public school stands
or enlightenment and progress aud 1T
would not be Ia keeping With this
plrlt 10 compute the four centuries
hat will Intervene between the date
IT discovery and the date we are to
celebrate by an erroneous calendar,
which had 'ts day aud WAS discarded
nore thun 300 years ago.
All tue pr cedtnts for celebrating
American anniversaries ARE in favor I
IT correcting the old calendar IL the
lew. For instance, "Forefatbers'
Day" In New England is celebrated
December 2let, although according TO
he Julian calendar the pilgrims I
tached Plymouth December 1lth,
WAS born on the llth day /
# February, "old STYLE" but We ccle~
'rate the anniversary of his hirtn on
be 22nd day OF February, "new
ty1e." l.
The original proposal for the public
cnool celebration set apart October
2th, but the friends Of free education (
rho are pushing The enterprise be. t
|eved bad precedent would bo estab- t
shed as 1t named 1alse date for tbs +,
bserrance Of IN historical event, +
mis- Ia tho frat effort that has ever |
cen made fltttngly to observe, by ma I
onat commemorative exercises. tha | &