r . YEAR [A.D.]1903.
Containing a Compleate T
KALBNDAR and Abundance
of Obſervations. Receipts,
Signs, and other Particu-
Jö7;S Of Very Conſiderable
Matters both useful and
Entertaining to all good
People. The whole perfor.
med without Invocation.
r Con # by ALFRED
BARTLETT in his Attic
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Do not the Hiſtºries of all Ageſ
Relate miraculous Presages, ſ
Of ſtrange Turns in the World's Affairs.
Foreſeen by A/rologerſ, Soothſayerſ,
Chaldeanſ, learn'd Genethliacſ
And some that have wrote ALMANAcks.
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ARIES TAURUS GEMINI CANCER LEO VIRGO LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORNUS AQUARIUS PlSCES
Upon the Twelve SIGNs
ARIES, the Head & Face the horned Ram doth rule,
TAURUS, the Neck and Throat are governed by the Bull.
GEMINI the Twins, the Arms & Shoulders guide,
CANCER, the Crab-fish on the crafty Breaſt doth ride.
LEO, the Lyon strong claims both the Back & HEART,
. VIRGO, the Virgin chaſte defends the Belly-part,
Ars LIBRA, the equal Balance weighs the Reins & Loins,
- SCORPIO, the Scorpion the Secrets always claims.
SAGITTARIUS the Archer, boldly owns the Thighs his due,
CAPRICORN the Goat, will have the Knees to view.
AQUARIUS the Legs & Ancles governs true,
PISCES the Feet, with which I bid aaleiu.
The Difference of the TIME of High Water at Boſon
Č5 the Following Pacer
Four hours later than at Newport; three hours & twenty minutes later at PROVIDENCE &
AMBOY; two hours & three quarters later at New York, NEw LONDON & TARPAULIN Cove; one
hour & three quarters later in SAYBROOK. Bar; one quarter of an hour later at New HAVEN;
four hours & fifty minutes later at PHILADELPHIA. One hour earlier at SANDY Hook, & two
hours earlier at ALBANY.
FRIEND's Yearly Meetingſ are As Follows, to wit
At SANDwich the 6th day before the last first day of the third month; at GREENwich the
last first day of the fifth month; at RHODE ISLAND the 2nd day of the sixth month; at NANTUCKET
the 4th sixth day of the sixth month; at KINGSTON the 2nd first day of the eighth month; at
PROVIDENCE the 4th first day of the eigthth month; at SALEM the 4th first day of the ninth month;
at SCITUATE the 1st sixth day of the tenth month; at DARTHMOUTH the 4th sixth day of the tenth
month; at SwansEA the 2nd seventh day of the eleventh month.
ASTRONOMICAL Obſervationſ for the Year
The tranſit of Mars through Cancer will influence SCOTLAND with his hot rays & fury. Mars
is an ill defender of religion, the prieſts and he are not well reconciled. But the public affairs
seem to be more settled than they were some time ago, especially as to action in a martial way. It
is true Mars is entering Leo, from thence he squares the Sun, which aſpects was very likely to
affect ITALY, perhaps Venice, or the Morea, for it looks like a Turkiſh project, which is man-
aged by ſome knavish leaders who are very likely to fall into the ditch they made for others. Good
news for induſtrious merchants may be expected.
é About & Concerning Eclipses
Although the last Year, many conjurers had like to have made April-Fools, both of themſelves
and other Folks too; ſome being (as it happened) on one Side & ſome on another; yet (as they
ſay) we’ll at them again; and once more venture to tell the honest Reader, not only that there
will be more Eclipſes of the Luminaries this year, but more than any Man in this country will be
able to ſee, without going a great way from Home. I shall not pretend to tell what any of all theſe
Eclipſes portend as moſt of them happen a great way off; therefore think they will affect us in no
greater Degree than a Sirloin of roaſt Beef will an hungry Man's Stomach at tive Miles Diſtance.
Indeed the ſmall Defect (as our Aſtrologers are pleaſed to call it) in the Sun, may damage the
Ayes of thoſe, who shall be Fool's big enough to ſtare at it without the aſsistance of SixPENNY
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adjuſt the Scale Of Europe's Peace
when other Stateſmen fail; By thee
protected & thy siſter Beer, Poets
rejoice, nor think the Bailiff near.
No sweeter music man can boaſt
Quoth our Sir John the vicar;
Than he that hears a nut-brown
O n To B A c. c o'
Poison that cures, a Vapor that affords Content more
solid than the smiles of Lord, Reſt to the Weary, to
the Hungry Food. The laſt kind Refuge of
the Wise & Good. Inspired by thee dull.Wits
toaſt,
Cry hiſtl in humming liquor!
St. AGNES Day.
In this month on the 2 1/f day
thereof maids who are without
sweethearts go faſtynge.
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This is the season for good / Huſband, to lop
and prune superfluous Brancheſ from Fruit-trees,
uncover their Rootr; set all kind of Quick-sets and
Fruit-trees in the New of the Moon. Be sure the
Wind be not North nor East; and set the same
sides to the South and West which grew at the
first. Set Beans, Peaſe, and Parſnips. The Weather
mild and Moon decreaſing, dig gardens, drench
weak and fick Cattle, Kine with Verjuice, Horſes
with Water and ground Malt, sodden with a little
Bran. In this Month let not Blood, nor use Phyſick,
unleſs neceſſity conſtrain thee. Beware of taking
Cold, for Rheums and Phlegm do much increase
this month. It's hurtful to faſtlong. To drink White-
wine faſting is good. Use Meats that are moder-
ately hot, for the best Phyſick is warm Diet, warm
Clothes, and a merry honest WIFE.
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A Comfortable SoNG, very suitable for long INUight,
and Cold Weather
Fair VENUS, the goddess of beauty and ,
love, arose from the froth that swam
on the sea.
Minerva jump’d out of the cranium of
JOVE, a coy, sullen puss as most
authors agree. "
Bold BACCHUs they tell us, the Prince
of good fellows, was his natural son;
but attend to my tale.
All they that thus chatter, quite mistäke
the matter,-he sprang from a barrel
of Mottingham ALE |
Mottingham ALE | Nottingham ALE | No
liquor on earth like AVottingham ALE |
Ye Bishops and Deacons, Priests, Cur-
ates and Vicars, when once you have
tasted you’ll own it is true; e
-That Nottingham ALE is the best of
all liquors, and who understands the
good creature like you?
It dispels every vapor, saves pen, ink
and paper, for when you intend in
the pulpit to rail,
It will open your throats—you may
preach without notes, when inspired
by a bumper of Nottingham ALE.
& g" , Mottingham ALE, etc.
Ye Doctors who more executions have done, with powder and bolus, with potion and pill,
Than Hangman with halter, than soldier with gun, than miser with famine, than lawyer with quill;
To dispatch us the quicker, you forbid us malt liquor, till our bodies consume and our faces grow pale.
Observe you who pleases what cures all diseases; ’tis a comforting dose of good Mottingham ALE
Mottingham ALE, etc. *
Ye Poets who talk of the Helicon brook, the nectar of gods or the juice of the vine;
Who say none can write well unless he invokes, the friendly assistance of one of the Nine.
This liquor surpasses the streams of Parnassus, Wine, Mead or Ambrosia on which gods regale;
For experience will show it what makes a good Poet is quantum sufficit of Mottingham ALE.
Mottingham ALE! NOTTINGHAM-AZEl No liquor on earth is like Nottingham ALE1
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O BS E R V ATIONS
This is the month to ſtir about your potatoes.
An excellent method is the following. Take a bunch
of the appler of any sort of potato. Hang it up in a
warm room during the winter, and in February sep-
arate the seeds from the pulp by washing the apples
in water, and preſsing them with the fingers. Then
dry the seeds upon paper. In the month of April sow
the seeds in drills, in a bed of earth well dug and
manured with rotten dung.
With rings and gloves and ribands meet,
Now Valentiner each other greet;
Sealing the match with Kiſter sweet.


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AsTRoNoMICAL Calculations
There are many Aspects in this month and those
of a different nature; from hence we say that in
many Places Men are in fear of Danger approaching,
but notwithstanding we have great hopes there are
little Ground, for such Jealoufies and Suſpicions.
Notable things may now be in conſultation in Spain.
Also the Emperor of Germany seems very ačtive
and vigilant in preventing many inconveniences he
apprehends may arise in some part of his Empire.
A great Part of this month is spent in Councils,
& moſt judicious contrivancer moſt judiciouſly man-
aged still. Tending to the Reconciliation of Differ-
ences yet depending. . * *

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O BS E R V ATION S
This month the Sun will take up his night's
lodging at the Sign of the RAM; and he will stay in it
till the 20th April when he will get up betimer in the
Morning & remove his Ouarterſ to the Bull'ſ HEAD.
In March use ſuch Meat, as purge and sweeten the
Blood. It is good to bathe but not to purge or bleed
much. Remember the Poet ſays
Now bluſtring March comes in 'tis beſt beware,
And of both /Health & Money to take care.
There will be great trading at this time in LoNDON
for oyſters; & to mend the matter, the prudent Com-
mon-Council wives of Billingſgate have by a Statute
provided & declared, that for every buſhel of oyſters
remaining unſold there ſhall be a box on the Ear.

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Concerning The INDIAN
The Americans, believe that all creatures have SouLs, not
only men and women, but Brutes, Vegetables; nay, even the
moſt inanimate things. They believe the same of all the works
of Art, as of Ruins, boats, looking-glaſs; And that as any of
theſe things periſh, their Souls go into another World, which
is inhabited by the Ghoſts of men & women. For this reaſon.
they always place by the Corpſe of their dead friend a bow &
arrows that he may make uſe of the souls of them in the other
world as he did of their wooden bodies in this. How abſurd
soever such an opinion as this may appear, our European phil-
oſophers have maintained several motions altogether as im-
probable. Some of PLATO's followers, when they talk of the world of
ideas entertain us with Subſtances & Beings no leſs extravagant
& chimerical. Many Ariſtotoleans have likewiſe spoken as unin-
telligibly of their subſtantial forms. I shall only instance ALBERTUs
MAGNUs who in his diſsertation upon the Loadstone obſerving
that fire will deſtroy the Magnetic Virtue, tells us that he took
particular notice of one as it lay glowing amidſt
an heap of burning Coals, & that he perceived
a certain Blue Vapour to arise from it, which
A he believed might be the Substantial Form
that is in the Indian phrase, the SOUL of the
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O BS E R V ATIONS
This will be a welcome Month to them that
have but few Coal and less Money; because they
may bask themſelves on an hillock in the Sunſhine,
when the Earth begins to shew that she has put
off her Frieze Garment, & put on the new Livery
of Flora. The good Wife's Dairy begins to come
in, and the Cow now pays well for her Winter'ſ
Keep. Now the Air obtains an equal Temperament,
whence the Pores of the Earth are relaxed, and a
vivifying Fume evaporating aſcendeth by the cold
and chill roots of Herbs and Plants, & produceth
their Vegetable Life. In this month freely bleed or
bathe; and to purge the Stomach is good. Drink
moderately; for it is more dangerous now than at
any other Time of the Year; and forbear Salt Meatſ.



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How to Be Safe in THUNDER Storms
If a person in the open air be surpriſed by a
Thunder Storm, he will know the diſtance & his
danger by obſerving, on a watch, the Time which
paſſes between the flaſh and the crack; & reckoning.
a mile for every four ſeconds & a half & a little
More. For Sound Travel, at the rate of 1142 feet
in a ſecond of Time. The velocity of LIGHT in those
ſmall diſtances is not to be Effimated. In those cir-
cumſtances, a perſon would be safer by (ying down
on the ground than erect; and ſtill safer if within
a few feet of his horſe which, being then a more
elevated animal will receive the ſhock in preference
as the cloud paſſes over. - - - - - -º . . . ;-
Now Ned a bargain maker ſº
with NANcy & ; :
And they together eat
a Tanſey.

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M A Y. h a h 3 1 D a y “s
O BS ERVATIONS
This is the month for birds wherefrom ye may
know the Signſ of FAIR WEATHER, & here they are.
Larks riſing very high, and continue swinging so a
long Time. The Kite also flying aloft ſhows fair &
dry Weather. The reason of which may be becauſe
the Kite Mountſ moſt into the air of that temper
wherein he delights; for this aſpiring bird affects
not so much the Groſſneſ of the air as the cold &
freſhneſs of it; for, being a bird of Prey & therefore
hot, he delights in the freſh air, and many times
flies againſt the wind, as trout and ſalmon ſuim
againſt the Stream. Swallows likewiſe flying high
Preſage fair weather; and plovers, or lapwings fly-
ing high and then low, making also continual crier
foreshew warm weather. -
In this month you may greatly purge the Body
or Blood upon occasion, or open a Vein; 'tis whole-
some also to drink clarified Whey; but forbear
Wine, & all meats that are of a hot Quality.

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| 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 6 |
7| s | 9 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 8
1 4 || 1 5 || 1 6 || 1 7 || 1 8 || 1 9 || 2 0
2 I 22 || 23 || 2 4 || 2 5 || 2 6 27
28 || 2 9 || 3 0 | . . . . . . . . . . .
REMEDIES —

A Cure for Convulsion Frts &
Apply the breast of a live Pigeon (the feathers
being plucked off) to the breaſt of the perſon af-
fected—in a ſhort time it will have the deſired effect.
A Safe & Eaſy Cure for a Polypus in the Noſe
Take the Root called blood-root, dry & powder
it, & uſe it as ſnuff. . .
To Cure PIMPLEs & other Deformitieſ of the FACE
Damask Rose Water, one Quart; Salt-Petre in
fine Powder, two Drams; mix and diſſolve over a
gentle Fire, and keep it for use.
A Receipt to Kill Lice
The bark of Saſsafra, reduced to Powder and
rubbed among the Hair of a child whose Head is
louſy, will, in one night's Time, deſtroy all the LICE
if the Hair be tied up with a Handkerchief to pre-
went the Powder falling out.
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J U N E h a 1 h 3 0 , D a y s
O BS E R V ATIONS
There is more work in this month for haymakers
than, for Tallow- Chandlerſ. Sol in his full career,
will soon mount the back of Cancer, the cots be
forſaken, and the sons & daughters of Induſtry fly
into the field. Hail honeſt souls' May mirth & song
alleviate your Toil, and help paſs your laborious
/Hourſ. You have somewhat elſe to do now than to
read A/manackſ except it be to consult the weather.
On that point this Booke will never deceive you.
This is a notable active month as well in Courtſ &
Citieſ as in Camps. Now expect great preparations
for Sea-action by moſt Chriſtian PRINCEs, who about
this Time send forth famous Fleetſ of Shipſ. Great
Council are diſsolved about this time, and some
Differenceſ may arise amongſt the Nobility in several
Nations of the Earth.

S V N M O N | TV E S W E D | T H W FR1 SAT
1903 O. O. 1 || 2 || 3 || 4
3| 6 || 7 || s 9 || 0 || 1
12 || 3 | | 4 || 1 , | | 6 || 17 | 1 s
1 9 || 2 0 || 2 || 22 || 23 || 2 || 2 5
2 6 || 2 7 || 2 8 || 2 9 || 3 0 || 3 || | . .
Tom TRIM, & c.
Now doth the dairy-maid kind N AN,
Invite Tom Trim, the serving-man,
With Robin for to have a club
At drinking of a Syllabub. .
Robin brings Sugar, Tommy ale,
To meet her at the Milking pail.
Now wanton Lads & Laſſes make the JHay,
Which unto wanton Paſſimer leads the Way;
With tumbling on the Cockr—which ačted duly
Will make them think hereafter on this JULY.
Who in the Alehouſe now doth lurk,
And will not put his hands to Work;
A good HoRSEWHIP ought to redress,
To cure him of his idleneſs.


J v i y h a t h 3 I D adºy s
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obs ERVATIONs
In this Month there will be plenty of Hay-mak-
ing at the beginning of it. Signs of weather are
many in this Month there being ſuch ſtir of life
everywhere. From insects we may glean much; as
Spider'ſ webs in the air, or on the window glaſs
and trees, which fortell very fair & hot weather.
Other ſignſ of fair weather we have from bees when
they fly far from their hives, and come late home.
Great ſwarms of gnats preſage the same; so do glow
-worms by Night. These are thoſe night-animals
with their lanthorns in their tails. They are the
JHuſband’ſ monitors to bring in the harveſt.
This month maketh the largeſt quantity of Sun-
ſhine in the year and is very welcome to young
Lads & Laſses. But moſt welcome of all to the in-
duſtrious Farmer if the Sun will but ſhine while
he makes his //ay. The dog star beginneth now
to ſhine by Night.


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A RECEIPT to Make a Perfect
METHopist
Of the herb Hypocrisy and the roots of Spiritual Pride, of
B each two large handfuls. A sufficient quantity of Ambition,
Vain-Glory, & Impudence; boil them over the fire of Sedition
untill you can see all theſe Ingredients Swim at the top. Fer-
ment them with the Spirits of Revenge, then add six ounces
of the Sugar of Deceit, & a quart of the Tears of Diſsimulation;
put all the above Compoſition into the Bottle of Envy & stop
it with the Coré of Malice. When all theſe ingredients are
properly subſided, then ſtiffen them up into pills [which may
easily be done by having SELF-INTEREST enough] called Con-
spiracy againſt CHURCH & STATE. Take a quantity of them [just
as your Conſcience can Bear] every night & morning; but be
sufe you let them go over the Zongue of Slander. Then go to
the Society House, hear Nonſense & Blaſphemy; and [by way
of exerciſe] fall into Pretended fits. Then you may ſafely go
home, cant, sing, & say Your prayers to be heard all around the
neighbourhood. This METHODICAL proceeding will produce ſuch
an afteration, that under this Cloak, you will have a sanction
sufficient to cheat all you can senſe while you are able; revile
the CHURCH; rail againſt Government—and—when opportunity
serves cut the throats of all your Gain-Sayers. If theſe Direc-
tions are punctually obſerved they will become an Infallible CURE.
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. A v G v s : T h a t h 3 l D a y s
OBSERVATION S
This month look out for DROUTHS. Albeit they
can in no wise be prevented that is known of
Fruits ripen now & if the froſts were late in the
Spring the drought will ſpoil more than Common.
This is the ſupreme month of Marſ who when he
ſmileth bringeth immoderate Heat & scorcheth the
Fruitſ of the Earth. He moveth Hot & Peſtiferous
Winds and brings Tempeſts, Hail and Lightning.
Being with Tauruſ he portends turbulent Winds,
threatening Shipwreck, dangerous Sea Tempeſts &
Calamities upon the Sea; but of his own Nature
he ſheweth Diminution of the Waters, the Drying-
up of Springs & Rivers; exceſſive //eat, & drouthy
Weather. Now beware of bleeding & purging, and
drink but little Wine, but to eat Sage with your
Meats is very good. Refrain Venery & all immod–
erate Exerciſe. Beware of taking Cold, and of
eating ſuch Meats as do breed Melancholy.


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2 0 || 2 || 22 || 23 || 24 || 2 5 || 2 6
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OISTERS
But let them rail, and ſcold & Curſe,
Their OISTERs will Eat none the worſe.
That this is true None can deny, -** *
Nor is it any fallacy;
That being well waſhed down with Sack,
OISTERs no Commendation lack.
But yet ('tis true) as Grogin ſays,
. There's fault in OISTERs divers ways;
As firſ; they are ungodly meat,
'Cause without Grace men do them eat.
Uncharitable too; for why?
The poor no leavings get thereby. '
Thirdly, Unprofitable too,
'Cauſe without Wine they will not Do.
Yet, give me OISTERs; give me Wine,
I’ll either Sup with you—or Dine.
"y ... . s— Wil/ Wimble

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S E P T E M B E R h a t h 30, D a y s
OBSERVATIONS
Now beginneth the Hunting SEASON, the mod–
erate use of which Exerciſe is the beſt kind of Phys-
ick for mending a bad Conſfitution. This is the Time
in which the Orchards abound with the choiceſt
Fruitr, and consequently the propereſt Time to make
Cyder. Lamentable muſt now be the case of thoſe
poor Women that happen to long for Green Peaſe
or Strawberries. Some nowabouts under the Notion
of Soldierſ ſhall sally out at Nights upon Pullen or
perhaps lie in Ambuſcade for a Rope of Onions. In
this month it is good to purge & to that end is highly
recommended Caſſia newly drawn; that gently
purgeth & comforts Nature; and to use Cordial
Powder in your Broths is good now.

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This Seaſon AUTUMN is by some very learned
Antiquaries said to take its name from Apple-time.
Now the verdant Green will be wearing off apace
from the Face of Nature, and the Fruits of the
Earth being nearly grown up to Maturity, will be
ripening, ſoon to be cut down for our Uſe. If
there be great Store of Apples, there is like to be
Plenty of Cyder; If Plenty of Nuts there will be
much Time ſpent in gathering & cracking them.
For CoRNs. Cut them close and lay on a plaiſter
of burnt Allum, the heart of an oiſter dried and
powd’red, & a little Venice Turpentine. Or, tye on
bruiſed //ouſeleek. A

O C T o B E R h a t h 3 1 D a y s
O BS EIRVATIONS
. Now begin many DISEASEs, eſpecially Pains in
the Back & Privy Parts, Quartan Agues, Humours
and Vertigos, Falling-Sickneſs, Head-Achs, Tooth-
Achs, Achs of the Back, and in too many Achs
of the Purſe which may bring them to Achs of the
Heart also. This Quarter thoſe of a Sanguine Con-
ſtitution enjoy Health beſt, but the Melancholick
are very ſubject to Diseaſes. If now there be fre-
quent North Wind & dry Weather, then are men
and women of the moſt phlegmatic Conſtitutions
beſt in./Health. This month your Body waxing dry,
& the Brain moist it is therefore good to eat Roaſed
Meatr, and to drink, pleasant new Wine, & to let
Blood, & purge as Occaſion requires.

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——
Burton ALE-A Sonnet
While other Bards in ſtrains ſublime
The queen of graces hail,
The pleaſing task be ever mine
To sing of Burton ALE.
Yes! charming theme, my pen shall praiſe
Thy juice, both mild & stale;
The muſe delights to spend her days
The man of pray'rs forgets his cares .
And tells a sprightly tale;
Old-faſhioned priggs, with grizzled wigs
Can ſing o'er Burton ALE.
The man of grief with this relief
Will cheerful be in jail; *.
The man of ſong shall all day long
In tippling Burton ALE. Sing praise of Burton ALE.
Apollo's self, that harping blade The Quaker prim, forgets his brim,
Whose muſick fills the gale, The Zawyer quits his bail;
Wou’d gladly leave his piping trade
To drink ſweet Burton ALE. *
while here I sit it whets my wit
The grave Divine delights to ſhine
In praising Burton ALE.
To Gray’s-Inn lane I oft resort
And joys around prevail; And quit both hill & dale;
Old grey-beards quaff & raiſe a laugh By summer's Sun to drink my quart,
O'er mantling Burton ALE.' Of ſparkling Burton ALE.
But when bright days away shall paſs
(For mortal man is frail),
By winter's fire. I’ll fill my glaſs
With brimming Burton ALE. *
QUAERE Answered by Calophiluſ
An extravagant Spendthrift may comparatively
be called a Rake, becauſe, though he deſtroyes his
Health & diſpater his Fortune, yet he accumulater
Poverty, Shame, Diseaſe & Death, and treaſurer
up to himſelf Wrath againſt the Day of WRATH.
§
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. No v E M B E R h a th 30 D a y s
OBSERVATIONS
The diſmal month with Darkrome Aſped, this
day commences. The Sun now withdraws his ſcarce-
comforting Rayſ, & leaves the world to darkneſs
& ſilent meditation. Now over the gloomy Emberſ
fit the matrons of the village, talking of old-done
deeds, and former friends, who now only ſurvive
in their Memorieſ. Now too are repeated the
ancient Taleſ of goblings, and every pariſh ghoſt;
till the watchlight in conceit burns blue, and the
company creep closer together. In this month Me/-
ancholy increaſeth, & Blood decreaseth. It is now
good to purge sometimes, but Bathing is not good.
Eggs & honey are held to be very good, and Salt-
powdered Meats may now be eaten without Preju-
dice. And begin to take heed as much as may be,
of taking cold. t t

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WIN T E R ;
But see, the WINTER Quarter. It comes like the
fag end of a bad Market; yet is welcome upon ſome
. Accountr& for some Reaſonſ; firſt, becauſe it brings
CHRISTMAS-DAY when the rich Folks feaſt, and the
poor are (or at least ſhould be) fed & feaſted by the
Rich. Secondly, for New-YEAR’s-Day when the rich
ſend Gifts to, or feaſt one another. Thirdly, for
VALENTINE’s-Day, when Tom, Bob & Dick beſtow
Ribbons & Gloves upon Moll, Kate & Sue. Laſily, .
becauſe it is certain to be immediately followed'
by the Spring. We may now reaſonably expect ſuch
Cold Weather that Charity itſelf ſhall catch Cold;
and such froſty Weather, that Miſer's Purses ſhall
have their Mouther frozen up. The Belly- Timber
suitable to this Quarter is Ribſ of good Roaſt Beef,
Minced Pies, Plumb-Puddingſ,Roasted Gooſe, Should-
er-of-Mutton, Chinerof Pork, Barrel’d Oiſters,&other
F or D E C E M B E R
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This month has the ſhorteſt Dayſ and longeſt
NLightſ; dirty Roads, and I fear many hungry Stom-
achs; eſpecially if it ſhall happen to be as Severe,
and Belly- Timber of all Sorts as dear as in the laſt
Winter. This month is welcome to the Poor, be-
cauſe it always brings CHRISTMAS along with it. But
Pride, Gaming & the like often turn good Houſe-
keeping out of doors, when we find Charity to be
full as cold as the very coldeſt Weather. Straw-
berries & Cherries will be full as ſcarce this Month
as Guineas in the pockets of a poor Poet.

M. A. R. M : A' L A D E. T E A
cc I have just received by a piece of string tº
A pot of Marmalade Tea & a Book”
! * > —Ler Deux Captiveſ.
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ATHER Scarlet Strawberries with their
Stalks on a dry Day before they are too
Ripe, & lay them separately on a dry Diſh;
beat & fift over them twice their weight of double-
refined Sugar beaten ſmall; cover close; let them
ſtand in a Kettle of boiling Water till soft & the
ſyrup is out of them. Strain them through a Muſlin
Rag in a toſſing pan, boil, ſkim, and when cold,
put in the whole Strawberries, and set them over
the Fire till-milk warm; then take them off & let
them ſtand till cold. Take your ORANGEs without
freckles, carve the outſide of them according to
your fancy; make a Hole at the Stalk end, ſcoop
out the Pulp, and tie them ſeparately in Muſlin.
Tie several bunches of CURRANTs together to a Stick,
lay them on a Sieve, have your Pan on the Fire
with Syrup in it, boil it twenty Minutes on a briſk
Fire. Put Strawberrier, Oranger, and Currantſ in
Bunches into the Syrup for three minutes, then
ſtrain Syrup. What remains, place in a porcelain
Teapot, pour in gently boiling Water and infuſe
for two minutes. º

A F E w R E c 1 P E s
Hereof teſted & tried aſſo Improved by the
PUBLISH'R the ſame in nowiſe Responſible if
Reſults in Kind be not Obtained.
O Make Good INK. Five ounces beſt NUT-
GALLs, breake them in a Mortarſnot ſmall];
then put into one Quart clear Rain-Water,
or, if this can not be got, soft Spring- Water; let them.
ſtand four or five Days ſhaking them often. Take
of white GUM-ARRABICK 2 ozs; of double-refined
Shugar an Oz; of Indigo I piece & put to the ſame
and Shake them Well letting it ſtand 4 or 5 Days
More. Then Green CopperAs 2 ounces [the larger
the better] & waſhing its filth away put it to the
reſt & alſo a Piece of clear Allum [equal unto a
Walnut] to set the Colour, & it will be Fit for use.
NLota Bene. A glaſs of Brandy or spirits put in
will keep it from Freezing.
E. S. P E C I A L N O T . I C E
Mº. Alfred Aartlett deſires to call attention to Himſelf inasmuch as He is & will be AGENT
for the tranſacting of Buſineſs for THE CRAFTSMAN'S GUILD which aſsociates the
Making & Publiſhing of very Meat and Pretty B O O K S & T H Y N G S which ſame are
Illuminated and Coloured by the Hand. Mr. Bartlett has been Spoken to & Told [& he with an
humble Heart repeats so all Peoples of Intereſt may surely Appreciate the same] that theſe above
mentioned BOOKS are & be Coloured in ſuch a manner of Art that unto this Day there have none
whatſoever appeared like unto them in the Colonies, & even not excepting the Philoſophers, the
Cranbrook Folk, nor the far-famed Roycrofters make or do their equall. The Titles of theſe
BoQks are as here set forth, to wit: [a] THE PERFECT WOMAN; theſe volumns be even now
so rare as the Title’s Object, & thereof but 375 were done on the Hand-made and 50 [onlie] on
the Vellum of Şapan; this BookE & its Title is from & about the XXIst Chapter of PROVERBs;
its Lettering after the Style of the Hebrew of Olde was scribed by Cora jºume Cady. [5] TWO
LYRICS, a BOOKE of very good Parts, the ſame being by the Reverend & Father John B. Tabb,
a learned man & gentle from the Colonie of Maryland, to the South; it [the Booke] was lettered
& decorated by Mr. T. B. Hapgood, Junior, of BOSTON, than whom none there be who can
more cleverly make & deſign letters & thyngs. [At thys time it may not be amiſs to say & ſtate
that both of ye foregoing Books were coloured by Emelie Marthecia Whitten a Member of the
GUILD whoſe work in the Stained Glaſs wins many encomiums. [c] and laſt—GRAY'S ELEGY
by Thomas Gray an Engliſh Gentleman & moſt beautifully deſigned, lettered & planned by Mr.
Berbert Gregſon, Artiſt. Now, if information more full & compleate would be had concerning &
about theſe three beautiful and timely Books herein mentioned, it is to you to ſend & prepay
a Post-Letter to the first-mentioned Mr. Alfred Bartlett in CoRNHILL the northſide, of Boston
in N. E. who will promptly & with gladneſs reſpond in entirety.

A N. A D.V E R T I S. E M E N T
Which same is an Announcement by the Publiſh’r.
of this ALMANAck, telling about ſome of the Goode
Thyngs [& mayhap in some worthy People's minds
otherwiſe] he has Iſſued, or has in immediate Con-
templation from hys Attic in CoRNHILL, towards the
Milldam, ſometime Numbered 21, but now at 69;
the Towne of Boston in New England.
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§ & Thiſ, now is the LY S T E
E it Therefore KNowN that Mr. Alfred Bartlett under Licenſe from the Great
Court doth Publiſh & Issue at every Quarter of the Year otherwiſe the Months of
October & December, March & June the valuable and inſtructive Booke of 36 pages
which same is called THE CORNHILL BOOKLET. The Price thereof is 2s Id
Yorkſhire or say 50 cents in current monie of the Realm for the year [or four
Numbers as above]. This Pamphlett contains in each Number some eſpecial Article or careful
Selection of Great Literary Merit. It is well & happly printed upon the toned paper from john
Dickinſon, hys mill in England. T *
& Also
THE same Mr. Alfred Bartlett publiſheth, maketh & has for ſale a small number of Books [of
which manny having been ſold it behooves the reader to quickly ſecure a copie should the
spirit so move him] entitled THE BALLAD of READING GAOL & the same being written by
one Oſcar Wilde. Thys booke is said to be a Good Thing. For 50 cents you may have one [if
there be any left].
& Also
This same Mr. Bartlett publiſhes & sells a Collection of ſheets neatly printed & in two colors-
[which are Black & the Old Red] the whole forming a CALENDAR that is Unique. As there
were but mighty few printed & the Demand for the ſame is Great, Fortunate indeed will be he
Who is Quick to get one for hys own pleaſure & profit. For [A. D.] 1903 Mr. Bartlett issues Two
of theſe Collections, the one THE SYMPHONY CALENDAR & the other termed A CALEN-
DAR OF PRAYERS by Robert Louis Stevenſon. The former has Sentiments ſpoken by many
famous Literaries, and both are carefully tied up with Silken Cord & done into a Box. 4s 2d
[or $1.] be the Price of the Firſt whilſt the Second 6s 4d buys. Albeit the price matters not so
much as to ſecure one [i. e., the CALENDARs] before they are all Gonne.
./
- & Also *
R. Bartlett has made & Publiſhed from time to time & is still deviſing New Iſsues of THE
CORNHILL DODGERS. Theſe cards are so well known that superflous is any deſcription
to the Literati. New ſettlements there be frequently in the Colonies & to such as have never seen
The DODGERs would I state that they are masſe & conſist of Poems, Verſes Proſe, &etc. Com-
priſing some very & moſt excellent Sentiments contributed to the King's Engliſh by Noted Gen-
tlemen & Gentlewomen from all parts of the Countrie & Abroad. The DoDGERs have found great
favour in the sight of so notable Perſonages as the Honourable, the Dr. Edward Everett Hale,
the Honourable Henry van Dyke, the Honourable Edwin Markham, the Honourable Hamilton
Wright Mabie & many others, and are in fact very Pretty & Wholeſome Objects of Art. The
Price is Ten [Iol cents for one copy in the Popular Edition; Is Ad [25 cents] the each of Edi-
tion de Luxe, the sale & diſposal thereof taking place in every ſtore wherein Books are Sold.
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THIS them being the END, we Reſpectfully bid our READERs Adieu & Humbly beſeech
Them to permit Us to lay adown Our PENN & to enjoy with Them the Earlie Camdel-Light of ye
Winter Evenings, & hereunto subſcribe that Magic Word
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