Connecticut western news., 1911-08-03
The Wurra Wurra Club

 chair, the meeting opened promptly fifteen minutes late, having been held up by a premature explosion of Frank Hitchcock's vocabulary as he stepped into a mushy mess of oil in alighting from his carriage in front of the club house.
 The reading of the minutes of the last meeting, by Secretary Felten, was fol lowed by d song entitled something about a red, red rose or something, by some body that Ed. Warner brought with him, who used to travel for q hardware house, years ago, and stop at Warner's hotel. He wasn't much of singer, and frankly said so, which wasn't necessary.
 When the meeting was finally declared open, under the good of the order, " Judge George w. Ford offered a motion "that the committee on plan and scoop be instructed to scoop the oil off the streets and bring suit against the state highway department for $I,ooo,ooo damages, in the name of the Club, for the ruination of dresses, petticoats, kid shoes, carriage wheels, carpets, rugs, hardwood floors, painted stairs and"
 "I ain't got no objection to bringin' suit fir damages" broke in the fat member, "but it strikes me it orto be brought by tn committee on contiguous expenses, an tn committee on morl character-th' damages is too diversified makes tn allegations sound too much like a rum mage sale catalogue. The contiguous expenses committee, bein' more scatterin in its speciality, could handle it better, with tn help of tn committee on mor'l character to assess damages to tn pros poets of gittin' int heaven by reason of tn cussin' an wrenchin' of tn spiritual glands caused by tn dunn stuff gittin' all over everything"
 "Does the gentleman offer that as an amendment ?" asked Chairman Whittle- sey.
 "T don't offer it as nothin' but my own private opinion. l reckon 1 got a right t that, ain't ," retorted the fat member
 "The gentleman is out of order, and the whole matter is ruled out as irrele- vant," said the chair "Cau the next case"
 The next case was a motion offered by Representative Ned Roberts, that an in vestigating committee be appointed to find out just how much truth there is in the assertions recently asserted, that the village of North Canaan has disposition to "hog it" on East Canaan in all matters of public expenditure, especially in road repair Nnd school improvement. The motion was seconded and carried, and the chair appointed John B. Reed, Rev. E. C. Gillette, Dewey Garfield and George S. Dunningi representing both villages, as such committee, with power to compel the attendance of witnesses, make them answer questions, and chop their heads off If they refuse to testify. The committee held preliminary ct ing in the ante-room and decided to hold the hearings on the Fourth of July picnic grounds.
 Chairman Billie Bullock, of the com. mittee on invitations for the Bridge Cele- bration, reported that had received replies from President Taft, Kaiser Wilhelm Teddy Roosevelt, King George, Gov ernor Baldwin, Pope Chapman, the Czar of Russia, Jack Johnson, Clifford Pinchct Congressman Hill, Col. Osborn, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Fred Scamerhorn, Anthony Comstock, Col Bob" Eaton, President Mellen and Roscoe Benjamin, accepting the invitation and assuring the committee that they would be present rain or shine, if the weather was favor. able, and on MT. Bullock's .notion it was voted to instruct the comulIttee on creature comforts to have three kinds of pie on the table on the Big Day of the celebration. Chairman E. Rhoades, of the creature comforts committee, rose and stated that in the absence of definite instructions he would make it three kinds of pumpkin pie. There was nc objection.
 Deputy Chairman Horace Humphrey of the subcommittee on sidewalk i'm. provement, moved that a special com mittce be appointed with authority to wait upon the Railroad company and de mand >that some definite date be set when the walks and ctossings over Main street may be expected to be put into shape so the adjoining property ownera may be able to make plans for construct ing new walks. The motion was unani- mously carried and the chair appointed MeSsrs. Humphrey, Carl Stoeckel and Donald T. Warner, committee.
 On motion of nobody in particular, seconded by Ed. WarneGs friend, the meeting adjourned