A Correction About February's Full Moon
By Editor
WE have received several letters, calling our attention to a little item that appeared in Number 11 of the SIGNS, to the effect that the month of February, 1886, had no full moon. It seems that the almanac says that there was one, and our correspondents want to know whether the error is in the almanac or in the SIGNS. No doubt we shall have to confess to being in error, for it wouldn't do to impeach the almanac. The error on our part consisted in republishing an item that was going the rounds, without verifying it. McCarty's "Annual Statistician" says that it was the month of February, 1866. The substitution of an "8" for a "6" is a very easy matter. If this is not correct we hope to be informed of it. We are glad that the SIGNS has such close readers. We hope that they will scan the Bible arguments as closely, and take the trouble to verify them.