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SEPTEMBER,] Men have been born to assist each other.
[1890.
The Moon's Changes.
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N. Moon, 14th, 7 53 in. | F. Moon, 28th, 1 aft.
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Partridge Sliooting begins.
Fire of London began, 1666. (See
Stray Notes.)
Oliver Cromwell died, 1658.
French Republic proclaimed, 1870.
Louis XIV. of France born, 1638.
September is the May of Autumn.
14th Sun. aft. Trinity.
Great Storm, 1741. (See Stray Notes.)
Battle of Flodden, 1513.
Francois Guizot died, 1874.
Forethought spares afterthought.
Francis I. of France born, 1494.
Charles James Fox died, 1806.
15th Sun. aft. Trinity.
14. Duke of "Wellington died, 1852.
Charles V. of France died, 1380.
Mont Cenis Tunnel opened, 1871.
Dr. Samuel Johnson born, 1709.
Battle of Poictiers, 1356.
Battle of the Alma, 1S54.
16th Sun. aft. Trinity.
21. Sir Walter Scott died, 1832.
(See Stray Notes.)
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
Siege of Paris commenced, 1870.
Lucknow relieved, 1857.
Louis XIII. of France born, 1601.
17th Sun. aft. Trinity.
Michaelmas Day.
Little and often fills the purse.
LONDON.
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^ Jloto of ^peccl).
V^EAN PA'UL RICHTER observed that if a lady officer wanted to give
tMt the word " Halt," she would do it in the following strain : " Vou
^ soldiers, all of you, now mind what I say, I order you, as soon as I
have done speaking, to stand still, every one of you, on the spot where you
happen to be. Don't you hear me? Halt 1 I say, all of you."
Upon this a strong-minded woman, in an American paper, makes the fol-
lowing comment : — "Now, Monsieur Jean, it was an unlucky day on which you
wrote that sentence. M:iy you never hear anything hut that little concise
word ' No ' from every rosy pair of lips you meet. May you halt wifeless
through life. May your buttons lie snappish, your strings knotty, and your
stockings full of holes. May your bootjack be missing, your feet corny, and
your shaving water cold ; your razor dull, your hair stand up, your collar lie
down. May your coffee be muddy, your toast smoky, and your tea (?) water
bewitched ; and, with a never-dying desire for affection, may you crawl
through creation a meek, miserable, nasty, forlorn, fidgety, fussy, ridicu-
lous, ruined, dejected old bachelor."
STHAY HOTEIS,
AUTUMN.
Laden with richest products
of the earth ;
Its choicest fruits, enchant-
ing to the eye,
Grateful to taste, and court-
ing appetite.
This is the ninth month
of the year ; anciently it
was the seventh, as its
name imports, which is
compounded of septem,
seven, and imber, a shower
of rain, from the rainy sea-
son usually commencing at
this period of the year.
Our Saxon ancestors
called this month " Gerst-
monat, for that barley
which that moneth com-
monly yeelded was antient-
ly called gerst, the name of
barley being given unto it
by reason of the drinke
therewith made, called
beere, and from beerlegh it
come to be berleah, and
from berleg to barley. So
in like manner beereheym,
to wit, the overdecking or
covering of beere, came to
be called berham, and after-
wards barme, having since
gotten I wot not how many
namesbesides. Thisexcel-
lent and healthsome liquor,
beere, antiently also called
ael, as of the Danes it yet
is i beere and ale being: in
effect all one), was first of
the Germans invented, and
brought in use."
2.— There is a description
of the Great Fire of Lon-
don in a rare tract, pub-
lished in the year 1667, en-
titled, "Vincent's God's
Terrible Voice in the City,"
which begins as follows :—
" It was the 2nd of Sep-
tember, 1666, that the an-
ger of the Lord was kin-
dled against London, and
the fire began : it began in
a baker's house, in Pudding
Lane, by Fish Street Hill;
and now the Lord is mak-
ing London like a fiery
oven in the time of his
anger, and in his wrath
doth devour and swallow
up our habitations. It was
in the depth and dead of
the night, when most doors
and fences were locked up
in the city, that the fire
did break forth, and appear
abroad like a mighty giant
refreshed with wine."
5.— Two Irish gentlemen
walking in the Place Ven-
dome, stopped before a
celebrated statue of Vic-
tory holding the crown of
laurel over the head of
Louis XIV. A French
officer was enumerating
the splendid deeds of that
heroic king, and called par-
ticular attention to the at-
titude of Victory. "Pray,
sir," said one of the Irish-
men, "may I take the