Show ingenious plea made by rascal nobody Is worried nowadays bf the fact that the twelfth month of the year Is called the tenth december says a writer and no doubt ever the ancient romans soon got used tc the anomaly when the new year wa shifted back from march to january though the old names of the month were retained but there was one ol 01 them who made ingenious use of it a rascally procurator at lyons under augustus he insisted or having certain monthly payment made fourteen times a year arguing when december catoe round that a it was the tenth month ol 01 the year and there ought to be twelve there must be two more to be accounted for |