Show something about our almanacs even a early as the almanac makers arc busy of cobrac tin almanac compilers arc meant copy for issues of 1888 taic number and variety of the almanacs aliat aro placed before us with each recurring year are well calculated to fill us with astonish ll 11 Is estimated were moru than five proprietary prie tary more aban 1 almanacs for other advertising purposes and circulated the united slates and canada for abo year this involved alic outlay of hundreds of thousands of dollars and called for the employment of many rapid presses which threw off many of copies each day for months in addition there was the expense of circulation which must have been something enormous then were numerous almanacs which were published anil sold on their merits lucli as nrc issued each year by many of gift lending newspapers abu church annuals and that wonderful conglomeration of statistics and weather predictions put out every months by our worllie librarian of congress the number of hanging folding card and oilier calendars wa simply in this year ft care lold ire arc to have more almanacs than ever one immense priming house in new york will get out copies of one almanac for 1888 another has contracted to furnish copies of another these aru of the medicine variety there arc historical aln lis licul religious auli religious scientific literary humorous lural and other almanacs ail ining tum and literally to paraphrase lu suit the present purpose of making many almanacs ifcic is no end it cannot be denied that all of these publications have in them some clement of utility and there are few nho read aliis who will not thai buu of the inoel useful things in everyday life is the ever present and always handy almanac the household almanacs are circulated throughout the country by alic man of patent no strums ar according to their character utilized as cook books family doctor books handbooks livorse books books joke hooks song books and even dream books hiie farmers almanacs have been popular in agricultural districts almost from time yesterday we saw in a prominent library a copy of a publication of this character which at once attracted our studious is a transcription of page citizens almanac for lb c year 1802 being the second 1 car in the century containing besides the astronomical trono mical calculations by joshua alic inauguration speech of thomas jefferson philadelphia printed and sold by john locci no 1 north third street A brief of this old pamphlet may not be uninteresting anil if one would the progress in as well as in astronomical abid general information lie lias i to draw comparisons between it and the beautiful devices put foith by some of the almanac publishers of loday lo day ficht came a schedule of the for 1802 which was followed by a long familiar showing how the anatomy of mans body is governed by the twelve constello lions then came an article on I 1 he character and nature of alir planets A number of verses under alic lilac of 0 woman came next in order which were of a character to suggest that sirs should have kept u watchful eye on author and after came inaugural address of president jefferson which covered several pages of the and preceded a poem here was inserted an inscription on alic gravestone of mar garet scott who alicd at in scotland in 1738 following aliis were an original from a quaker to a and notes on an elder tree an account of alic origin of alic stocking loom court calendars arc given showing dates of courts of the united states and of stales by counties aho tables showing the value of alic federal money aiice of alic currency of the several slates tallies of standard weights and measures and tables of interest at different rates on dollars and pounds A list of alic stage and various port lowus from philadelphia in different directions has a prominent place and presents a to our modern travelers guide and costly and complete railway lime tables for the government of our some excellent kilei of economy ocic inserted for hie moral improvement of abc people ul largo a number of essays of a icci diameter and for abc dene of youn people of bolli sexes entitled cursory kliots on matrimony 11 by a sailor who a sad sea dog and having traveled to have known whereof lie wrote if be daiil not among other things near the close we find a to aliss fatally and and a few remarks on A good constitution A glance at the court calendar for pennsylvania us clial at that time there were only twenty four counties lu alic slate among the oilier curio iia bilings which go to laako up alic contents of tins old is an anecdote of a pack of cards answering abc of an almanac antl anil prayer book which relates aliat a certain nobleman in loubon abu hail many considerable confidence in one of ilicin thus exciting the jealousy of alic others who hoping to prejudice mister against libin accused liviu of being a notorious gambler a charge winch he inisha have disposed of by a simple denial had not a pack of cards been found on his lint equal to the emergency jock staled he did not know buu card froia another and proceeded to show haw he usual aucin for ibo good purposes whereupon ihu nobleman became giorc pleased jock than before freely forgave him raised his wages and discharged bis who informed bk |