Word: brighest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...star is a very prominent one now and its position can be easily described: It can be seen at about seven or eight in the evening by looking overhead at the brighest star in the zenith and following with the eye about one quarter of the area from that star to the western horizon. The distinguishing points are that it is very bright and is almost exactly in the centre of a triangle of three other stars. More specifically--following along that part of the Fence running from the Co-operative to Massachusetts--if one stands by the first post...