High Sun Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon Water Rises. H. M. H. M. H. 1 Tu 4 53 7 20 2W 4 54 7 18 M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. 8 19 4 57 7 15 8 19 9 27 5 4 Fr 456 7 16 5 Sa 457 7 15 6S. 4 58 7 13 7M 4 59 7 12 8Tu 5 0 7 11 1 7 10 Th 5 2 7 8 11 Fr 5 3 7 7 12 Sa 5 47 5 13 S. 5 5 7 4 14 M 5 6 7 3 9 2 56 5 7 6 22 5 10 sets. 6 57 sets. 5 22 6 47 sets. 7259 7 1 523 7 28 5 10 7 28 7 0 7 54 5 11 17Th 5 9 6 44 7 58 6 55 18 Fr 5 10 19 Sa 5 12 20 S. 5 13 21 M 5 14 22 Tu 5 15 23 W 5 16 24 Th 5 17 25 Fr 5 18 26 Sa 5 19 27 S. 5. 20 8.29 8 53 5 25 6 42 9 2 6 55 9 18 5 14 10 15 6 52 10 34 5 16 6 38 10 59 6 50 11 21 5 17 11 48 6 49 morn morn 6 47 0 17 5 19 0 28 5 30 6 35 0 44 6 46 1 45 6 44 2 51 642 3 44 5 22 28 M 5 21 4 0 29 Tu 5 22 6 41 rises. 5 23 6 30 rises. 6 39 30 W 5 23 6 49 5 24 6 37 31 Th 5 24 7 28 5 31 6 27 7 32 6 36 8 15 26 8 5 5 34 626 8 15 To find the time of high tide at fifty places in the United States, see page 5. AUGUST, like July, owes its name to the Roman Cæsars, the Emperor Augustus having followed in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessor by appropriating a month to him calendar it still continued Sextilis and had thirty days, while February had twenty-nine, self. Formerly called Sextilis, or the sixth month, when Julius Cæsar changed the and in leap-year thirty days. To gratify the vanity of Augustus, one day was taken by the obsequious Senate from February and added to August, so as to make his month equal in extent and dignity to July. August is associated, at least in this country, with intense heat and welcome vacatons; schools and colleges shut up, the cities pour themselves into the country, and seaside and mountain resorts are thronged. To find the time of high tide at fifty places in the United States, see page 5. SEPTEMBER is so called from the Latin septem, seven, because it was the seventh month of the Roman year, which began with March, until the change of the calendar under the second King of Rome. Though September became then the ninth month, and October, November and December, the 10th, 11th and 12th, respectively, instead of the 8th, 9th and 10th, the ancient designations are still retained, in spite of their total inaccuracy; an instance of conservatism enduring through ages, and still perpetuated. September is the month of harvest through large areas of the globe, and in Switzerland it is still called Herbstmonat, (harvest month.) Harvest moon is the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, (Sept. 21,) so called because it enables farmers to prolong the day's work during the autumnal harvest. In England and northern Europe the harvest moon rises near sunset several evenings successively; but this phenomenon is less marked in the United States because of our lower latitude. The recurrence of what was called an equinoctial storm at or about the time the sun crosses the equator, has ceased to be (if in fact it ever was) a thing to be depended on, AMERICAN ALMANAC FOR 1882. OCTOBER. Boston. New York. Washington. Charleston. Chicago. Sun Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon Water Sun Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon 1 Rises. Sets. Rises. Rises. Sets. Rises. at N. Y. Rises. Sets. Rises. Rises. Sets. Rises. To find the time of high tide at fifty places in the United States, see page 5. OCTOBER (Lat. octo, eight,) was the eighth month of the Roman calendar, before its reformation. This has given rise to the following quatrain: "October has its name from octo, eight; Though 'tis the truth, perhaps 'tis well to state, Such sixes and such sevens the months were knocked to, That ten became translated into octo." The splendor of October in the country, when the air is crisp and full of electric energy, and the green forests change to the gorgeous and many-colored hues of autumn, has been celebrated by many writers. High Sun Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon Water Calendar for Wash Calendar for Charleston, North Carolina. Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkan Sur Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon Rises. Sets. Rises. Rises. Sets. Rises. at N. Y. Rises. Sets. Rises. Rises. Sets. Rises. To find the time of high tide at fifty places in the United States, see page 5. NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine,) is now the 11th month, instead of the ninth, as before the change of the Roman calendar. Though frequently cold and blustering, November is redeemed almost every year, throughout a large region of the United States, by the delightful weather known as Indian summer, when for days or weeks the sun pours its rays mildly through a haze, and the soft and genial air invites us abroad to enjoy, as it were, a second edition of summer before winter closes in. November is also notable in the northern parts of the United States for its time-honored festival of Thanksgiving, which originated with the Pilgrim fathers at Plymouth. Formerly celebrated on different Thursdays, as fixed by proclamation by the various State governors, Thanksgiving has now come to be generally observed on the last Thursday in November, as announced by Presidential proclamation. To find the time of high tide at 50 places in the United States, see page 5. DECEMBER, (Lat. decem, ten,) the tenth month of the early Romans, has become the twelfth, rounding out the year. This is the month of the longest nights and the shortest days, as the winter solstice falls on the 21st of December. When the French revolutionized the calendar in 1792, and gave the months new and significant names, December was cut in two, the first part of it becoming Frimaire, (frosty,) and the last, Nivose, (snowy.) As the month of the Christmas holidays, which continue, where fully celebrated, from Dec. 24 to Jan. 2, or even longer, December's cold and gloom are enlivened with the joyousness, generosity and charity of the greatest festival in the calendar. |