Project Gutenberg 2012-07-10 Public domain in the USA. 252 Billings, Josh 1818 1885 Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Henry W. 02006082 Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1870-1879 Josh Billings' Old Farmer's Allminax, 1870-1879, with Comic Illustrations Produced by Margo Romberg, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1870-1879" by Josh Billings is a humorous almanac written during the late 19th century. This unique work blends wit, folk wisdom, and practical advice, providing insights into rural life and domestic matters through a comedic lens. The text primarily focuses on farming wisdom, humorous anecdotes, and traditional lore, aimed at both entertaining and educating readers about daily life in America during that era. At the start of the almanac, the reader is introduced to a variety of quirky and humorous observations about the months of the year, beginning with January. Billings includes insights on weather predictions, suggestions for domestic management, and a satirical take on societal customs and norms. Each month offers folksy advice, odd recipes, and entertaining commentary on everyday scenarios, presenting an amusing perspective on domestic and agricultural life while showcasing Billings' distinctive voice and playful language. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40191/40191-h/images/i_covera.png en Almanacs, American PN Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Other 333918 333927 2024-09-17T04:46:23.384796 2023-09-17T13:02:19.454858 text/html text/html 334757 2012-07-10T12:07:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 11320327 2012-07-10T12:08:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 11441394 2024-09-17T04:47:43.637875 application/epub+zip 11443325 2024-09-17T04:46:58.979094 application/epub+zip 197734 2024-09-17T04:46:24.772788 application/epub+zip 20647914 2024-09-17T04:47:51.874906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 20684273 2024-09-17T04:47:09.036035 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414519 2022-09-18T11:58:20.198786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 569949 2024-09-17T04:46:21.198820 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 569794 2012-07-11T11:16:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 182741 2012-07-11T11:18:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17664 2024-09-17T04:47:52.033838 application/rdf+xml 33891 2024-09-17T04:46:24.898792 image/jpeg 3474 2024-09-17T04:46:24.835750 image/jpeg 11430352 2024-09-17T04:46:23.833773 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog