Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
The Wurra Wurra Club

was preceded by the Christmas exercises which were intensely interesting and more or less exciting. The big Christ mas tree was to large to stand up in the club-room, so the committee laid it down on it's side. It looked like load of hay dressed up. Charlie Adam played Santa Claus and kept the members convulsed with oonvulsions by his pointed and funny sayings and actions and things The literary and musical feature of the program was earned out while the tree was being skinned, and it was altogether one of the loveliest times.
 Santa Claus handed Frank Hitchcock hymn-book with one hand, and Jay Underwood package of cigarettes with the other, referring to them as "the heavenly twins" while Frank Wilcox sang "One little, two little, three little engines" Santa Claus reached for train of tin cars labeled for Hen Ives, and, losing his balance, tipped himself over among the branches, set his cotton flannel whiskers afire and smashed a leather looking-glass which Ford had hung on the tree for Ross. The incl dent would have started panic had it not been for the presence of mind ex- hibited by Harry Lylss. who instantly ran out of the room and locked the door after him. Joe Parsons received a tin prestidigiator made of some kind of material or other, and threatened to re- sign when Clint. Rorabaok dared him to spell it. Badgley and Walters per formed vocal quartet entitled "We Shall Meat Each Other There," in a manner that inspired Landlord Baker to make the criticism that ''it seems tough to butcher tender lines that way" liar riman got a tin rocking-horse and promptly tried to enter it for the sweep stakes singing contest by the Wurra Wurra Glee Club. but Rob. Peirce, as starter, disqualified it. This match, be. tween such vocalists as Lew Rhoades, Wigglesworth, Finney, Whitford, Free man and Fuller, who sang the Sym phony of the Bug House" in one fiat, was thrilling feature, and Rhoades got through first. Santa Claus picked 8 setting hen off the tree for Ed. Warner, followed by an exhibition of hypnotism by John s. Reed, who put Lester Adams into a comatose state and made him on juggle imaginary cannon-balls while standing his head on revolving globe, after which Marvin got bag of colored popcorn and Burt Peirce recited "Three Blind Mice" and What the-What do We Care" fer an encore.
 After the Christmas services. the pres. ident called the Club to order for busi- ness. The wicked member remarked that Pleasure before business" was 8 poor rule, and moved that the meeting adjourn. The bald-headed member, who had gone out several times during the evening, said he doubted it." and refused to discuss the matter. The pres ident declared everything out of order and called for another motion.
 The pious member offered resolution that the Club endorse the efforts being made to resurrect the Board of Trade, and calling upon the officers of the old organization to get up banquet as a starter.
 The fat member struggled to his biE feet. "Now got my own notions about some things, as we'll as some other things" said he, "an' I don't see no sense in waIln' up th' old Board O Trade if it don't want t be woke up. It's all right enough t have sech thing in tn town if it'l stay awake an get a wiggls on an do things. But I've no- ticed that when it comes t' layin' out work fir it that's goin' t' cost money, tn interest petres out am each member lays it t' tn others. Now as a Board O Trade can't talk up public Improvements half so we'll anywhere else as it can at 8 banquet, I'd be in fav'r O wakin' up tn treasurer fust, fir I understand he's got about hundred and twenty-five dollars O. tn Boards money, an invitin' him to organize a dinner with tn poodle. That'd wake up the rest of'm an then we could find out whether they want t t stay awake between meals, or doze off again. An any how, it'd git tn cash into circulation" The stuttering member wow-wow- wondered if old members would have to pup pup-pay for their now dud-dud-din- ner tickets when the bub-bub-banquet was gug-gug-given, if the now hundred and ut-tuttwenty-five dollars wasn't enough to sus-sus-settle the bill?
 "There you've got it !" exclaimed the fat member. "Is It any wonder the Board O Trade don't seem anxious t git woke up."
 The resolution was finally put to vote and carried, and the meeting adjourned.