The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-24

tho mantlepiece over Schoolmaster
AUsTINs head was won't to stand "A little
clock that the pedagogue hady fixed to
strike at every IS minutes interval, and
he used to tell his boys that the frequent
striking of the clock was "to remind
thee Of the hght OF time"
Every year at about this period The
NEWS esteemed friend, Mr.. ROBERT B.
THOMAS, formerly, at least, of Boston
town. gives 10 the public his Old Farm
er's Almanack for the prospective year.
The perennial bobbing up Of this only
example of yellow-oovered literature that
is respected aud finds place in nthehomes
Of the people is like SAMUEL AUsTINs
clock, reminder Of the flight of time.
1t is invariably full of "new,
useful and entertaining matter"
according to its title page, and
it gives us early warning that the page
is about 10 be turned on another year of
good and evil doings and that new
year with new fortunes, new trials, new
joys and new sappointm ents is about
to break.
The Old Farmers Almanack for 1895
is as full OF "new, useful and entertain -
ing matter"as have been its predecessors
for over one hundred annual issues. Mr..
ROBERT B. THOMAS. its founder. or his
successors or assigns in its authorship
have done themselves proud. 1t learned
that in January there are "signs of
snow" somewhere between "Wednesday,
The 2d, and Friday, the 9Th; that there
after, for two weeks, the weather Will
be ''fine for the season." and that the
end Of the month there will be "cold
and clustering weather" The Amanack
suggests gently that we shall have time
'to mediate during this month" as well
as "to do many things which cannot
conveniently be done in the busy
season." aud we may lay our plans
accordingly, although there may not be
much money in il. In February we are
reminded to prepare the harvest for
early cabbages, and it is recalled
that year ago on the 10Th
of this month JoHN Y.
McKANE, political boss, sentenced TO
six years Imprisonment in Sing Sing"
GROVER CLEVELAND was iaaugurated on
the 4th of March, 1893, according to the
Almanack, but for 1895 there will be 'raw
easterly winds with cold and drizzling
rain" at about this period. April will
be distinguished by the Rhode Island
State election on the Sd, and with more
weather that will be pleasant for the
season." In May attention Is called
to the absurdity of settling "the ques-
ton as to whether or not farming is
profitable without knowing the farmer
is succinctly set forth, while
from the 9th to the 2I,h of the
month the Indications point strongly
10 'signs OF rain-warm and
agreeable weather--some showers
and fine growing weather" June, it is
to be noted, viii be @fair and warm with
rain in some places" and it is reason
able to assume that If You are in other
places you won't get the rain. July the
Fourth is Independence Day, in
small caps, and we are advised to cut
our grass "when 1t is in the right con-
dition." August is noted as the month
of vacations for the merchants,
the mechanics and most of the
professional men-always excepting the
editors and the farmers, the latter of
whom have imposed upon them by the
Almanack The duty of providing "plenty
of fresh green grass for the laying hens"
while the editors are supposed 10 have
trouble elough of their own and are not
advised in the matter.
And so, by virtue of the good Od
Farmers Amanack we may follow the
year through. cleaning from its pages
all the now, useful and entertaining
matter offered at the uniform price of
10 cents IN bulk, until we come TO the
riddles the answers to which will
not be available until the Almanack
comes out for 1896 And besides there
are some things in the latter part of he
Almanack for 1895 which are also avail
to rs in 1894 while the months of No
vember and December are yet to be
lived through, for on the December page
ii is suggested that:
"The end Of the year Is good time to bal
ance accounts. Have your good acts during
the year oycrbalanccd the bad? Have
you made more people happy than
unhappy Have YOU spoken moro kind words
than unkindg Have YOU helped Others more
than you have been helped and has the world
been made any better because you have lived
In itg"
And this suggestion may be discounted
thanks to the early appearance of the
Old Farmers Alinanack.
HILL AND HILL.