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Show t f Walt Mason GROUNDHOG DAY. The Day of Oronndhogd closer grow: lt nothing you deject! The groundhog I then will break his doze, tbe climate to j correct, and all the banks In town will close. In token of respSOt. Throughout the months Ol Snow and rime, tho lusty I groundhoe snore-, but soon, with mofivei most sublime, he'll quit such drowsy choree; In every state, in every clime, the banks will close their doors. The ground hog. from sleep's shackles looao. cornea from his hole, kerflop, and If no shadow he'll produce, he'll bid the v. inter stop, and. having such u good excuse, the banks will shut up shop. And if the good old groundhog sees no shadow, he will say. The folks will simply have to free..' nil winter fades away;" and, noting all such facia an llieae. the banks will close all day. The groundhog Is a wise old buaai. he does not rank with bores; he gnzes west, he gazes -ost. and then resumes re-sumes his snores: and bankers say. "By .ludah's prb-st! We'll have to cioso our doors." The holidays corns thick ami fast. .ind Workdays are. but few; 'twas dlff'ronl in the gaudy past, before my noso waa blue; then bankers didn't close, dodgast, whene'er a cow cried "moo!" (Copyright by George Matthews Adami I |