Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-02-02

DAYS ARE LENQTHENINQ.

(F'rom the Philadelphia Ledger.


That the days are on the increase IL IA
fact that must now have fully impressed
itself upon those least observing. The
early riser will get an earlier greeting
from Old Sol than he has been getting
since the new year came in, and in re-
turning from Office. shopping or amuse-
mcnt we shall find more and more day
light on each succeeding day.
with our accurate knowledge OF the
natural causes that produce day and
night. it is impossible for US to appre-
ciate the feelings of our remote an
cestors as the great orb Of day sank be-
low the horizon. How almost denthlilke
must have seemed the darkness that set
tied over the landscape, and how trem-
cndousy important the coming Of the
dawn and the return OF day! That wor-
ship should be given the great source
and dispenser of light and life was only
the inevitable.
The February moon comes in on the
1th, but We shall not get much of look
at her until q day or two later. as she
will not lie far enough away from the
sun before that time to make an impress
sion on unaidcd vision. Tho waning
crescent Of the old moon will be rs close
to the planet Mercury on the I'd as it will
he ~ anv otbor t;no NJ +bc month and
inst ofter tho now moon co,,es In II and
saturn will, bovo much nore intimate
r,,ot;n, ,b,,, tim, 9th Nercurx Those
ho,yor1y i,odios NJ, howe,,,r foo clo. ,
IN tbn ,,nivors,, .ourco ri ,ight and hcot
L "a ADMIT of our saoiro tbor, rho mao, .
ip,, with yopus or ,hn sth w;l, bc n worry
r,o,sipy ono ror nc IA wo,ch a,thoucb
Tho two oro NOR anita ,,oso cnourh to
eriva ne oro of ,hoso heoutifu, +ob,c,ux
,bat u.a b,vo Soon nm rornoer similar oc.
c,.ions
IN tbc ,nth 1.uno and tho nlarota-v
king cor,c rcaror than ANY othor cn,,hi
ra.io, ,o ,,,,,i,, ~. ,vc,,;,r c,;+b dol,g,,
although tho roor on tint nirh. will,
porbon. h. r,tbor ,on nouorrr, "a ,1mi,
=, 1un;,nr.. .biri,g y,;,h f,l .ffect rbis
,,;,l an tho t;th ho somoub,t nors tho
c,so vbor Nen,,no,s turn coroa ,a tbo
pIonet will not bo disclosed 10 us and
,ha ,,oor 10 much poaror tbs f,I, On
tbc ,t,h Mara AMI tho waning disk ~ oir
s,to,litc ARC foirlv ,,ose while NH. Some.
what unsatisfactory ,ronth,v showing
cIo.os nm tho lac, d,v or the month with
a f,i,,v distant noct,oo with Uranus
Az ,vo look at IA. sl,v I,to NJ nipht wc
find the snlondid consolidation Of Orio,
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