The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-01-31
GROUNDING
GETTING READY
On February 2, He Will
Come Forth.
Date Has Long Been Regarded
As Weather Prognos-
ticator.

Somewhere down along the banks Of
the river the ground hog is busy gsfr1ing
ready for his annual appearance on
February End. On this date. acco ding
to a time-honored custom. this busy
| little aniSnal awakfms from has s.lor.
winter sleep and assumes the iole Of
! al wfntfer praohe.. II the sam is fsfSn-
ing and NE sees his shadow, ne coils
hilmseff Up again after short ap-
psarance,s and reta~,s to his hole TO
| enjoy "a little none sleep and winter
sontinuosis couraeyeousiy ther cold and
qasAyraenbae course for a period Of six
wrecks. but IL the sky Is cloudy AMI
shadows as- invisible, the lirtle animal
-enans Arom his burpow, for winter is
bvoken and spring is coming.
The hhodarn science of matsorolngy,
einensfrIy from the mist AMI darkness
or igponant guess and surmise, has left
its path strewn with many a slrautarcd
idpi. Jupitsr Ternns the Tlsumasrer,
Plu,sus sfle Isalnmaksr and hundred
o:fpsr wTa'her gods faM from Hh.ir
pedastals ages ago. while St. Swhth;r
and his two-s,ore of SANITY colleagues,
whose days dominated the waau.1r for
most of the ysar, have been quite IS
SURELY and MORE recently dathIonen by
the dsitolte insirums.:s ard skillful
calculations of the moiern weather
ma,a.
Yill It is interesting 10 view in the
light of modern res:,arah the many fa.-
Saeies that have ba'an ;correaaed AMI
&sre s,oapstithons that have 6stsm Mvai
down. In the CENTURIES that are gone
rsach went as panent; natures mpo3s
ware not inteuprsted adequately in
Ds,ms of cause and effect. AS a con-
sequence, the weather prophets were
dfkely to forecast that which was most
wished for. and to hay down as a gen
eral if not infallihie law ahaa wtht,h
was mene coin9iderns of toaally ir
dependant events.
The enormous extant 10 which such
forefelling has bAen Carried on Is
shown by the vast ARRAY nf waarav
proverbs and adsges tnndsd down
from the past. Candlemas day. Feb,m-
airy End, COMMONLY called gsound hog
clay. is handed down by proverbs Hike
the others. According 10 old tuaditso1s
was a great day Dor weather lfoy-
nosticaulons. NUMEROUS and once pop
ular rhymes in England and SSqtla,li
many years ago embody this IwsaalIe-
superstition which many vet hold true
Fapl weauher Is no news: faal, rain
and SNOW
Are now expected. and esteemed no
Nay. us an omen had. the y,eomen say.
II Phoebus shows his faae Nhe second
This old Scotland proweub,
II 0and,amas day be bright and fair
Winter will have anothsir faishts
II ON Candlemas day 1t lhe shower AMI
main
Winter is gone and will mot come
again.
Gives an tdsa how the people in Eye
oiden times'' regandsd Februay ID as
a weather prosaosutsator
In Germany there ape two pronenbial
expnessbous concerning this subject.
ons of which follows: ",phe shepherd
wpuh rathar see the wolf enter ais
salble ON Candasmas day than the
sun. This, of course. conveys the
same meaning as the two othar say-
ings. The other is a sunenstftAm con-
cefning the badger. and 1T Is h,om ah,s
one thnt the AMERICANS set the apuun
hog tradition. Tive Gaumans hold ahat
on Februsuy ID the badger Awukens
fsom his AiAeraat,ns s!ad,ber. sursaches
htmyssaf Md Hosnss out of his hole
10 fioek 1es.,lals ,shndow II i've finds II
-'uhnt Is. II 'the sun he ss@nAns ont
OF a clssr SKY - phst NS'e hsdger
oists shadoI-he Ghuaries back 10
hds hole and TO sleep asa4. sDcwlns
that It u but tampaary change.
hhEeh must speadiiy be followed By a
renawpl Of winter 80 larity. But Il the
seky be ovenrast and the sun OBJ
SECURED. and the. day he cold ard cssaer-
less. the badger casts no shadow; then
he exults and disports himself ant
counts his slambers as at an end. De-