Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1910 — Groundhog Saw His “Shadder” and “Ducked” in Deep Again. [ARTICLE]

Groundhog Saw His “Shadder” and “Ducked” in Deep Again.

The groundhog roamed around in gloom for awhile this morning, found out that his hide would turn water, and observing that the sky was dense with clouds wandered some distance from his front portico and was laying plans for his spring quarters when old Sol broke through a rift in the clouds and silouteted his figure on the ground. For a moment the little quadruped was inclined to bluff it out for he had just picked out a good place for his spring grub gathering, but old Sol bore down, hard on the intruder and he finally gave up the battle, turned his head to his winter quarters and beat his previous records in an effort to get back. From what can be learned he went into the hole headfirst like a bat from a belfry and pulled the hole in after him. Tradition leaves us to expect six more weeks of real winter, and no one seems to care provided it will quit when the probation is up.