Excerpts from farmers’ almanacs celebrating wit and wisdom
Two longtime American almanacs full of wit, wisdom and weather are celebrating milestones. The Old Farmer’s Almanac from New Hampshire is marking its 225th anniversary and the Farmer’s Almanac in Maine is ringing in its 200th. Here are some excerpts from the early days, with some spellings modernized for today’s readers:
“As to my judgment of the weather, I need say but little; for you will in one year’s time, without any assistance of mine, very easily discover how near I have come to the truth.” — Robert B. Thomas, in his preface to the first edition of “The (Old) Farmer’s Almanac in 1793.
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“To cure a pimpled Face, and sweeten the Blood: