Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-25
THE GROUNDING.
nis HEyiLEHs ruLL, ANswrnEu
Tho Truo and Faiso weather prophots-rho
Faithful and the sconcrs-Uo to his
ioIe nnd be Wise

Faithful and tho sconors-Uo to his
noie ana be wise.
Tho political weasel Of tho lNTELIIoEN.
CIR sooms to DO IA unreliable this year as
its other pet attache, tho grounding" "-Neto
IRA.
Much line weather aud valuable time Is
being wasted by tho grounding. IIo is
snoozing away in his hole. c."--Mio Holland
Clarion.
"The lNrELLi0ENCER's grounding has
not proved such fraud aCtor all - ColVpI
bid Currdnt.
Notwithstanding the retirement of this
animal into his hole the other day with tho
intention Of remaining there through seven
weeks of wintery weather, ho roappeared
on Tuesday last in field on tho farm of
B. Frank Eshleman, esq near Greenland
IN East Lampeter, and was shot dead 10y
MIR. Abraham Dillcnbach. -kdHcdsler
Inquirer.
Those of our readers who believe with
us that the grounding should be punished
for giving us such miserable weather as we
have been made to endure for the last two
weeks, will thank the bard Of tho Llucas.
tor lNTELLIGESCER for writing tho
efiusions descriptive Of his prophetic
powers. The grounding Is great digger
and very tenacious Of life, but if to can
stand all this (and survive) no is tougher
than wo believed him to be. - Cecil Dem
otrdt.
Tho above are only few sample com.
ments of the press on the groundhOg's
prophecy that wo should have six weeks
continuance of wintery weather from Can.
dlemas day, (Fob. 2.) 1t will bo noticed
that some OF our esteemed contemporaries
make light Of the groundhog's gift Of
prophecy; others find fault with him as
being tho cause Of the untoward metooro.
logical conditions prevailing, whilo tho
Era aud the Now Holland Clarion fly
squarely in tho face of facts aud DENY
the correctness of tho groundhog's prog.
nostloation. With such confirmed iniilelS
argument were vain. II tho terrible ice
freshets We have had In all the northern
states, the unprecedented floods, on tho
western rivers, the destructive cyclones ia
the south and southwest, tho Borean
billiards. from the north and uorthgest
the fearful loss Of lifo by flood aud iloo aud
whirlwiud, for tho past throo weeks, arc
not sufficient to compel our uubelieyiup
contemporaries to acknowledge that the
ethereal mildness, Of gentle spring is not
yet dawning among us, aud that the
grounding is wise ia keeping iu his com
Portable quarters, then indeed arc their
hearts steeled against tho truths Of prUph
ecy. Like hpAraim they are joined to
their idols" aud like him thoy are dough
heads-"oakes not turned
AS TO the shooting of grOundh1g tho
other day by Mr.. DiGcnbach, rs recorded
IN tho Inquirer, that proves nothing against
the grounding philosophy When all
nature is being uphcavcd by storms and
| Hoods, when the s,outcst buildings that
can DO erected by man are being swept
away by the cyclone, is it to be wondered AZ
that the comfortable quarters Of our un
fortunate grounding should be invaded by
the underground streams, that he should
be driven To the surface 10 seek dricr
quarters Tho groundhog doesn't like to
sleep in wet bed any more than the edi
tor of The Inquirer does. We should not
wonder II a few moro OF tho wise anmala
were TO be drowned out but one thing is
cer'ain-we will have at least three weeks
moro Of wintery weather. The grounding
hath said it the seer hath seen, and We
shall see, also.