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P hysiogno y Predic ti ons of the Weather — n k D S ickness Lu ck y a d U nl uc y ays . S ynopsis of H istorical E vents d ur ing the Last H undred Y ears 5 8 - 7 2 INTROD U C TION N E H U NDRE D YE A R S A GO the thir teen original states were poor f O f t and eeble colonies , with a population scarcely hree mil T x lions . hese have n o w e panded intofia mighty empire extending Of P westward to the shores the aci c , and comprising on the r A n O f A k no th the rctic regio s las a , while the three millions have x grown into a population O f si ty millions . m ON E H U D E A R S A G O NDRE Y railways , stea boats , the telegraph and the telephone were unk nown and there was little machinery O f a n y sort ; the mortar , the pestle , the saddle bags , and the tinder b o x we re things O f daily use . What a contrast with the surroundings now . ON E H U NDRE D YE A R S A GO the agriculture of our country was i n F Of the most primitive condition . armers were ignorant every k fio f h o e thing li e the scienti c cultivation their land ; the plough , , s k t k e n pade , harrow , for , scy he and sic le composed almost the o f s b ut b tire list their implement , year y year, labor saving machines ha s c o m have been produced and improved , until farm labor been le t e l f p y revolutioniz ed in the U nited S tates , and now the science O agriculture holds its pla ce among the most . important sciences Of the age . TH M N R A A H x E I E L WE LT of this country is ine haustible . T s o f k reasure gold , silver , copper, lead , iron , quic silver, coal and petroleum have been and are continually being discovered in va r i o us r O f pa ts of the country , but the development the mines has r eally only begun , and large as their proceeds are there is little doubt that what is yet concealed in the bowels o f the earth is vastly ine xcess Of what has been revealed . A TH E N N E TE E N T C E N TDR Y A L M A N C OF I H . D E A R 1 80 9 1 8 1 5 1 8 26 1 C A LE N A R FOR TH E Y S , , , 837 , 1 843, 1 85 4. T . JU LY M . ‘ I E B G O 1 2 S E PT. 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 8 2 4 2 7 2 8 2 9 3 0 3 1 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 9 3 0 18 1 JUN E 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 8 — o _“ 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 3 0 N A TH N N N T E N R Y A LM A C OF E I E TE E H C TU . D R F R TH E E A R S 1 8 65 1 8 7 1 1 8 82 1 8 9 3 1 C A LE N A O Y , , , , 8 9 9 . 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