, 1922-12-28
NOW IS THE TIME
GET YOUR ALMANAC
This Household Necessity for the
Coming Year is Ready
for Distribution

Member the time in c%hildhood's
happy days when the annual almanac
was an event in every household and
how you went down to the drug
store and asked the .tiredlooking
druggist for one OF the gaudy book
lets and he said Take two, so IN
get rid of 'em quicker" We didn't
know then what made the druggist
look SO tired, but we do now. We
we're his fourth customer that bright
int morning. The first had asked
TO. change for a five dollar bill, the
second bought a postage stamp IL
the third used the telephone.
But to return to almanacs: NO
n seems to know who got out the
first one, but Ben Franklin, under
the alias of Poor Richard maze
them famous. They don't seem to pc
nearly as popular as they were ~
odd years ago for some reason yet
they are still on the market. iree
gratis for nothing, too. Compound
srs of pink pills, blood purifiers,
tonics and liniments continue to dis
tribute these little literary gems and
thus disseminate Slathers OF informa-
ton which we would miss otherwise.
~ ;he first %,----c-- "ary
almanac is always that poor naked
gink who represents the IL signs OF
the zodiac, among which the Bull ana
the Crab and the Goat always were
and still are frequently encountered.
people born under these IL different
signs. which cover certain periods OF
The twelvemonth, have widely diff
ferent characteristics and attributes.
Prior to the advent OF the comic
supplement the almanac was a re-
IA --I ypN cnmQ nf
which still lives and is regularly re-
printed, ferinstance:
Johns quit smoking.
SO has Bill.
They smoked last
In a powder mill.
The Moons Phases
Considerable attention is given 10
the moons phases. for as of yore, anc
in spite of the 18th Amendment and
other rules and regulations. inc
moon still persists in getting full
once a month. 1t is thought BY
many that for this reason moon
was given its name. January J..
1928. which is nov close upon US. is
more than merely that according to
the almanac. It is the 2.423,42lst
day since the commencement of the
Julian Period. This glad new year
is also a lot of other things. II IS
the 6636th ear of that same period
and corresponds to h year 56S4 OF
, the jewish era and the 2676th since
the foundation of Rome. II is hard
to understand how any well-regulat-
ed family can get along without these
useful bits of knowledge.
Four eclipses are scheduled for
1929. but as nom Of them will be
visible in this county lit.le need be
said about theme except h a we may
get a sidewise glimpse OF n total
eclipse OF the sun slated foreSeptem-
Der 10. Spring begins officially
on March 81 Mt 1929 n. m. and sum
mer takes hold on June % at sos
a. M. but few IL my will be up that
early to welcome the change.
Big Days OF the Year
This coming year New Years Dav
will fall on January l and Thants-
giving Day will in all probability be
on n Thursday. sometime in Novem-
Der. We might as well make a note
Of the fact that Easter Sunday viii
fall on April l this next year be
cause this is so much easier than
memorizing the old formula: The
first Sunday. after the first Monday
after the first full moon. after the
21st of March," which is the correct
way to locate Easter.
Christmas Day in 1929 will come
on Tuesday and 1t so happens thn'
New Year's Day 1924 will fall on the
same day Of the week. 1t should he
noted by the studious that Sept
uagesima. Sexagesima and Qnin-
ouagesfma Sundays fall on January
2s. February 4 and February II re-
spectiveiy and that ITO find the
amount of corn In a crib ION the earl
YOU divide the number OF cubic feet
by ~ II the corn Is OF good quality
and by an II the corr Is poor" The
humble little almanac fairly teens
NTH In larmall0n