Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-14

laws. W in,or following autumn as surely
A. spring follows winter. Echptc aud
equator. however. do not cross each 9TH
or at the same point. The equinox moves
westward on the eciptic fifty seconds each
year as if it advanced to meet the sun.
The motion is therefore called the process
sion of the cgtjinoxcs.
The procession. though small for each
year has anne united to thirty degrees, ur
a whole If 're of the zOdi1Cal signs. in
1000 years that astronomy has been known
as science. The result Is hat the iongi-
tudc Of the stars increases so that the
signs of the zodiac do not now agree with
the consteilatiCps of the same name, which
| may possibly be accounted Tor by III" ter
rihlc weather that oftou occurs ut this
time. during which one Is apt TO give up
all hopes of its ever clearing again. every
Sign to thu contrary apparently being set
the wrong way. Perhaps it will console
the GROWERS TO know that after the pas
sage Of 1000 %cars the backward motion
around tho ecliptic Will he completed and
a new cycle will begin
/ Tie September fun moon, being the full
moon that occurs nearest to the annual
equinox. Is called also the harvest moon,
a celestial phcnomenon that all observers
of tho times and seasons agree in admir-.
ing rs the browning glory Of the autumnh
evenings. The average difference in the
daily rising and setting of the moon -
close to u minutes. the same as that of
her pasagoDoNer the meridian. The hctu-
al difference in the daily rising of the
moon is subject to great variations on hC-
count Of the moons changes N deCina-
ton and the inequalities Of hcr motion
right ascension In he latitude OF New
York it may lie % minutes and it may be"
one hour and Il minutes. The higher the
latitude the greater the variatiosL VIII. n
these variations occur at the time OF the
full Of the moon thoy attract tn gre ate st
'attentiCN. When the retardation is the
least possible the moon risc9 soon after
sunset at nearly the same time for several
succcssiv' evenings. The Sept mUcr full
moon this year falls about four days
ahead If tho day announced IS that on
which the sun Will cross the Line. THIS
sounds like the performance Of the IA
, nous Bondin. walking on tight rope
across Niagara Falls or some fearful
chasm, balance pole in hand, and the sun,
whcu it crosses the line. finds itself in
Libra. the balance. when it gets safely
over. so, after all we have once moro 4
rroof that there is nothing new uude' the
sun"
The fun moon is always opposite the
sun. and is Therefore in the siCu of Aries,
opposite Libra. Whom the moon is IN
Aries under these conditions she is in
that portion CT tho ,clptir tia, makes
small angle with the eastern hofizcn
seeming to coast along from night Il
\ right and appear N the cast soon after
. the sun disappears in the west. observers
! If old did not fail 10 notice this deli yhtfu
phase of the September full ION. not the
) getting full. hut the ie-appcarance at SC
= near the same hour several successive
= nights. The simple minded meN of OLD
aid not understand the reason for its am
= nual occurrence, but, with the poetic
o temperament and simple Christian faitl
that Characterized the earlier students OF
the stars they called the charming phe
= nomenon the harvest moon. Their faitf