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The Wonderful Gopher. 
Four business men sat in a Third avenue car 
on their way down town yesterday. Looking up 
from his newspaper one of them said: 
“Here’s an item that says gopher holes make 
horseback riding dangerous on the plains. Now, 
I'd like to know what a gopher is anyway,” 
looking around inquiringly. 
“A gopher is a striped squirrel,” said a tall 
man in a tone of quiet assurance. 
“You’re mistaken, sir,’”’ said his neighbor. 
gopher is a land turtle, that burrows.” 
“TI shall have to differ from you, gentlemen,” 
interposed the fourth man. “A gopher is neither 
a striped squirrel nor a turtle. It is a kind of a 
rat.” 
A man on the opposite seat, who listened to 
the conversation with evident interest, said: 
“Excuse me, gentlemen; but you are all mis- 
taken. A gopher is a snake. I’ve killed lots 
of ’em, and I know what I’m talking about.” 
“Are you willing to back up your opinion?” 
asked the gopher-squirrel man, taking a roll of 
bills from his pocket. 
“Certainly, sir. Here’s $5 that says a gopher 
is a snake.” 
The money was put into the hands of the 
gentleman who started the discussion. He ac- 
cepted it under protest, saying he was positive 
that a gopher was a gray burrowing squirrel. 
He had often seen him. ‘A heated discussion 
followed, ‘in which the words gopher, snake, 
squirrel, rat, and turtle figured prominently. 
The money in the stakeholder’s hand soon 
amounted to $25. It was agreed that Webster 
should settle the dispute. The gentlemen 
alighted from the car, went into a hotel, and a 
copy of the “Unabridged” was procured. 
“Gol-gop-p-p-p-gopher—here it is,” said the 
stakeholder, as he ran, his finger down the page: 
“Gopher—An animal of several different 
species. The name was originally given by 
French settlers to many burrowing animals from 
their honey-combing the earth. In Canada and 
Illinois the name was given to a gray burrowing 
squirrel; west of the Mississippi and in Wis- 
consin to a striped squirrel. In Missouri, a 
common species is a pouched rat of a reddish 
or chestnut brown color, with broad, mole-like 
forefeet. In Georgia a snake is called by the 
same name, and in Florida a turtle.” 
As the stakeholder refunded the money, he 
said: “Gentlemen, it appears that we are all 
right and all wrong. But we have, at least, 
learned something.—Sun. 
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