Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-03
sun DOES NOT SAVE c. HOG
Little Animal Has His Door on Dark
Side of Block.
EARLY SPRING, THEREFORE, DUE
Judge Day and h Bees speciai
ProEnosticator show by science
that Tradition IL n
Dead One.

Papa, what are the squirrels doing?
Laughing at the grounding, my son.
This was at S o'clock this morning, when
two fat and furry little red tree-men were
having a circus and pantomime frolic at
the foot of a big tree on the northwest
corner of a large lot.
At Z o'clock a fussy fox terrier had ap-
preached the habitation Of the grounding
and had whispered down his hole, III you
show up today. I'll lick blazes out OF you
He meant IL, too, but very soon something
attracted his flighty attention and away
went the terrier.
The grounding. being Of the real game
bird variety. paid little or no attention 10
the threats sent down to his winter head
quarters. So. when he had rubbed his
eyes and worked the sleep-cramp out OF
his dexter hind leg, he proceeded to make
a roueh-hand toilet and sailed up the iett
gallery to the main door Of his vault
Now, II the ~groundhog's hole had been
on the northeast corner of the DOCK nc
would have seen his shadow as clearly as
a white cameo on an ebony ground. But
Il bannens that Mr.. G. Hog has his SOD
the dirt cabin on the southeast corner OF
the block in which he lives, and hence II
follows with mathematical exactitude that
the official grounding of Omaha could
not possibly have seen his shadow when
he made his appearance this morning
though II was a clear dawn. Father Rigse'
the Creighton astronomer can Verliy 'nhs'
EARLY Spring sure.
The Bees special weather prognosticator
who predicted an open winter the year oe-
fore the pesky dandelions almost choked
Judge Days avn to death insists that an
early spring is dated for this region beyond
possibility of change. In partial corrooora-
ton he points to the plentiful and fast-
springing crop of candidates for the sun
light of public favor. Threats OF cold stor-
age scare such to death, and at certain
times. when the wind is right. they can
scent a frost afar off. But now they are
! plunging into the possibilities with laugha-
BILE abandon, simply and solely, as the
special prognosticator asseverates, because
they have a bunch that the burgeoning and
the blossoming are to come along ahead
Of regular schedule.
Judge Day. aforementioned, has been a
close and interested observer OF all the
necuIiarities Of seasons for a long time,
with the late record-making piece oil
weather under the spectroscope, or gyro-
scope. he has been able to reach the con-
| clusion that squirrels know considerable
| more tina they can tell, except by ocular
Interpretation.
They are solemnly wise" says the
| Judge, and wisely constituted. Theli
frisking and frolicking has purpose and
| every positive swing of their tails doth Q
tale convey to observers who are on theii
visiting lists. So, taking outdoors by anc
large, with squirrel lore for our shee'
anchor. we may safely say that a ground
hog living on the southeast corner or 9
block. with all the signs as they were THU
morning, and the sun rising early to take
an advantageous position could not By
any possibility have seen his owr
shadow. He dare not fare far afield
as that is against the rules, and hi:
momentary observations being made clos'
to his own door. he Is light. now preparing
to get out and hustle as a wide-awak'
grounding should do"