The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-25

power 70 Identify his kind. Tho tsbooed msrino'
% unceremoniously yanked from, his lair and held
UP "a scorn during the remainder of tho day OF
until all the uncontayntnsted eroundhoes which
have been captured safely slowed away In
the stomanhs OF their cAptors. The disreputaole
woodchuck Is then boxed up and shipped 10 Col
FRAME RIpoEwAr OF Pittsburs. and when stuffed
and mounted is placed conspcuously In the Pitts
burg weather bureau There he remains As
horrible reminder Of the fate that awaits the fore
caster who makes mistake in his predictions.
A warning to weather prophets. a
race that delights to stuff the world
OF the many Gates at the dinner, sue
culent chunks Of chuck have the most
engaging flavor to the palate Of the
sociologist- AS subterranean food the
chuck had to be purified from rheu-
matip tendencies by 'oopious draughts
of DR.. s. j. HUGHEs's celebrated ground
hog punch" condensed fuel much in
use in Punxsutawney. When the wood
chuck had been well washed down, the
Official Declaimer, the Hon WILLIAM
FArNMAN, high-vaulted happily:
When COLUMBUS landed. when the noble rod
man roamcd these hirls. when the Pilgrim fathers
pioneered when WARRINGTON cut the cherry tree,
when the Wild tigers stole through this wilderness
before coRxwAIln had surrendered a. Yorktown.
before MEADE had thrown back the Southern hosts
from the bloody held Of Gettysburg, and before
GRANT had taken the starr and bars At Appomattox,
there lived this historic spot citizen that We ali
have grown 70 honor and respeot- Hs name Is
Brer Grounding. tChecIs.I
COLUMBUS has gone, the noble Tod man has
gone. the Pilgrim fathers have gone, the cherry
tree has disappeared. the wild tigers have et their
pelts on the hardwood noors, grass has grown
on the forsaken rampaIts At Yorktown, tombstones
stand on the neld Of Gettysburg. and We have for
given and are trying TO forget all that closed there
at Appomattox, but hero among us-in our midst,
as the country editor would say-is Br'cr Ground
hog and Mistress Groundhog. waxing each Of them
fat and hearty
After wild cheers for the chuck and the
chanter, q very noble poem was sung to
the tune of sIn Cincinnati by the Hon
c. NJ. PAYNE, Artist and Sonneteer:
I've travelled quite little bit in many foreign
land.
Berlin is quite . city and the ashs arc simply
u. grand:
Ny eyes were opened quite . little bit In gay
Paree,
But stn there's only one inc place In an this world
for me-
IN Punxsutswney. In Punxsutawney.
In Punxsutswney, oh. that's the place I want to
For real enjoyment, wen. declare.
You can't beat Pun1sutswney; tell me. were you
ever there!
Our correspondence takes In quite lot Of quee,
named towns,
We write to lots of places that don't speD Just like
they sound
The superintendent Of the mails viii back up what
say
The name that makes Us stop and think and then
spell tho wrong way
rs Punxsutawney. Is Punxsutawney-
It's likely youn forget to put the IS behind tho K
OF mi1ed-up lctsers there's quite a bunch.
And you can't spell Punxsutawney I'LL YOUR
full OF Groundhog Punch
A glorious day for sporting, meteorol-
ogy, gourmandisnn, eloquenoe, poetry,
punch and the Woodchuck- At an early
hour this morning the Hon. CONRAD
ALpENBERaER, geologist, telephones that
the club Is still rocky