Connecticut western news., 1911-06-29
The Wurra Wurra Club

l Gne JdultOr, Ill the absence or HToSlQenG Lyles After the singing of the opening ode, the fat member offered a motion that a committee be appointed to go to Hartford and urge the passage of a law compelling all horse drawn vehicles to be kept off the public highways which are travelled by automobiles. My son.in- law has got ortomobile, !" he said, "an' he tells me tn teams are dunn noosance on tn avridge, an he sez they'd be a good eel more enjoyment Tn ortoin' if it wasn't fir tn hosses. O. course they s some decent drivers that'l git out out O tn way an climb up tn bank or over a stun wall when orto comes along, but most on 'em won't give over half tn road, am make tn ortos turn out part O tn way, t git past-an' it's dangerous. You take a ortomobile goin' fifty or sixty mile an hour, an tell ye it's got t go putty straight, an keep putty cluss t th' middle O tn road, or else it's likely t git upsot. They wouldn't be no kAOhbAS aOOub Ab II Ab NhSA b I Il LII bCthllEs . When tn chuffer has t' turn out fir ev'ry team he meets he's either got t slow up an lose time, or run Uh' risk O gittin' dumped. Now if we had law t keep teams off tn roads"
 But we have automobile laws now, ? broke in Clarence Humphrey, "but the auto drivers pay no attention to them. Whats the use of having laws if"
 That's all right" persisted the fat member. "Them laws is mostly f'r tn benefit O tn waggin drivers. Now if we had law ag'inst tn waggin drivers, tn ortomobile drivers would see that tn law was respected, all right. Don't ye f'git it."
 On motion of Fred Gillette the matter was tabled. '.'
 Joe Parsons moved that the Club at- tend the firemen's dance next Tuesday night. in body.
 "I'm in favor O that" remarked the fat member, "an I'll go in body if any body else will, an I'll be wilin' t vote in fav'r of appropriatin' tn expense O tn tickets out O tn Club treasury, t help tn boys pay fir that comfcal engine, b'lieve we orto be public-sperrited in"
 But my motion contemplates the pur- chase and payment for tickets by each member individually" said Joe, "and not by appropriation of the Club funds.
 "Wa'al, 1 ain't no dancer" said the fat member, "an' never could see nc fun watchin' a lot O jumpin jacks per. formin' on a ballroom floor-looks t me as if they want no sense to it. reckon I can get long without begin. min t go t them affairs at my time O life, an I'll vote az inst th' motion"
 Nevertheless, observed Judge Ford ''there is public spirit in Canaan, and lots of it. Just look at tl:e amount of money that has been raised Iere, by popular subscription. within a few weeks, notably something like $500 foI the fire company, and $500 for the Fourth of July celebration. That's @ splendid showing for a little town, and proves that no worthy cause appeals ir vain to the people of Canaan. We may get impatient at times at the lack of en thusiasm shown in certain matters that we think ought to wake the people up tc a lively interest and induce them to get out and yell and snort and hurrah but when it comes right down to the ques' ton of loyal support for good cause we know where to find them every time that is, the great majority of them Of course there's once in while onC who would be willing to get the credit for being public spirited at somebody else's expense"
 "Meanin' me ?" broke in the fat mem Der.
 Meaning nobody" said Ford. q move the previous question" The pre- vious question was voted and the ori ginal motion was carried.
 Chairman Badgley, of the committee on allegorical float, for the parade, re ported that hls committee had decided to rig up a tableau representing tho Genius of Canaan, but had not yet beer able to agree on the exact character as { symbol to represent the idea"
 "Why not have Dan Sweeney dressed up as Goddess of Liberty-pole, ridin' a bis1cllle an carryin basket O sassidge?' suggested the fat member
 Foreman Wigglesworth of Canaar Hose Company Number One, getting subscriptions to the iremens fund would make a corking allegorv for { sentimental float, representing Genius,