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Show GROUND BOG AWEATflEit PROPHET Whether or not the; groundhog saw his shadow today depends largely upon up-on what tlmo of tho day -bevmadehis experimental venture from "h(s holo "and how long ho romalned nbove ground. Tho hour at which tho four-footed four-footed meteorologist looks for hla shadow ls-n point which never has been satisfactorily settled by tho adherents ad-herents of tho groundhog theory, but It is popularly" held that the critical mo-nieiy mo-nieiy is at noon There are not many groundhogs residing re-siding In tho vicinity of Ogden. so It Is doubtful If the omen has much to do with the weather In this part of the country, but it is snid by somo that tho bear acts as a substitute for the woodchuck in Utah and goes through tho sllhouetto stunt on Feb-uary Feb-uary 2, with tho same regularity of his more mundnno brother of the east. And Mother Grundy says that the boar Is possessed of tho samo pro-photic pro-photic Instinct which, If ho sees his shadow, causes him to skulk back into in-to his hole and curi up for six more veoks of slumber. If this happens, woo to tho farmer who goes ahead and plants his ciMpsi expecting an early spring, for there" Is certain to ffo six weeks more of winter- If February 2 happens to bo like today then thoro is always a question ques-tion as to whether tho animal saw his shadow, and thore is room for "I-told-you-sd critics to urgue either way. according ac-cording to weather conditions which follow. Just how the superstition of "groundhog day" originated Is lost In a maze of tradition, but Jt Is thought to be connected In somo mannor with tho Candlemas day of the Catholic church. In this church, this Is Candlemas Candle-mas day. v |