Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1914 — Remembers Some Ground Hog Days of the Long, Long Ago. [ARTICLE]

Remembers Some Ground Hog Days of the Long, Long Ago.

John O’Connor was reminiscently inclined today and recalled the ground hog day of 81 years ago, which, he,states, was as bright and warmer than today, with no snow and not a bit of ice on the river nor on Cedar Lake. That evening it began to snow and this turned to rain and then to sleet and the disastrous sleet of 1883 resulted. He went back eight years further and recalled that it was 39 years ago today that the thermometer registered 33 degrees below zero. Mr. O'Connor does not keep a, dairy, but has a vivid recollection of things that happened in the long ago and recalls the dates with exactness.

Mrs. 8., T. Clark and daughter, Mary, of Pueblo, Colo, who have been spending the winter with relatives at Monon, in hope .that it Would prove beneficial to Mary’s health, spent Saturday and Sunday visiting Mrs. E. L. Clark and other Rengselaer relatives.