Connecticut western news., 1911-05-18
The Wurra Wurra Club

 time by the reading of the minutes of the last meeting by Secretary Lyles, who read entirely from memory, having left the minutes at home.
 Ed. Warner offered a motion that every member of the Club be assessed 80 to help out the fund for the Fourth of July celebration, and at the same time handed $5 bill to the secretary as a guaranty of good faith. The motion was seconded by nobody, so Mir. Warner seconded it, himself, and called for a vote on it. Al. Herriman protested that it.was against the constitution for any member to second his own motion, and insisted that under the circumstances there was no motion before the house. Warner got mad then, and demanded his money back. The secretary said he had uo authority to give out any money without being so instructed by vote of the Club, whereupon Warner made a motion that the secretary refund. Mo- body seconded it, and the chair ruled that there was no business before the house, and hinted that what some mem bers needed was a little instruction in the first principles of parliamentary practice. Warner observed that he had just paid 8 to learn one principle of it, and if was going to cost S5 a principle he would stop taking it by the principle, and sign a contract, for the whole code in a lump. Then he went out. l George Roger asked the secretary if the Club had any interest in the matter brought up at the Business Mems smoker, concerning the neglect of a committee appointed last winter, to re- port on the proposition to have a half dozen additional hydrants installed at various places about town, for use in case of fire. "Now that we have a fire company" said he, "it would seem not out of order to have the facilities made to correspond with our readiness to use them" The secretary said he under stood the president of the Business Mems Association to state that it was up to the hydrant committee, and that that com- mittee would make report at the next meeting. "I shall be there," said Roger.
 Speaking of hydrauts," observed Al. Briggs. "what about oil for the streets? Are we going to have any? or are we ain't?" The chair stated that he under stood the selectmen would see to it that the streets were properly greased in time for the Horribles and Grotesques to slide over them on the glorious Fourth, and the matter was dropped.
 Chairman Vosburgh of the subcom mittee on Clint. Roraback, reported another competitive poem for the Bridge \ Celebration sent in by MT. Ross, the dentist, author of "The Rocky Roads to Dublin," "Come All Ye," Shakes. peare's Complete Works, " "Hiawatha, " "Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight" "Laugh and the World Laughs With You" Beautiful Snow, What the What Do We Care" and other national airs The author said he would like to read it, himself, ito show how it goes" It went SO:
 "Why shouldn't the spirit of mortal be
 proud?
 Most any old spirit would. where such a crowd
 Assemblies together to meet and unite And make such a perfectly beautiful
 sight.
 Now who are the men to whom honors
 are due
 For making this pleasure for me and
 for you,
 By building this structure so noble and
 grand,
 Forseeing posterity's coming demand? Then it's hip and hooray let us cheer
 them forthwith
 Cheer Hardenbergh first, and then cheer
 Reel and Smith,
 Those brave city fathers who"
 Say, how many verses is they to that?" asked the fat member, interrupt ing.
 The poem has forty-six stanzas," re- piled the author.
 'I move we adjourn" shouted Hen. Whitford.
 "A motion to adjourn is never in order" said the chair. However we will omit if you please, the second, third and fourth stanzas likewise the fifth, sixth, and so on up to the forty sixth. Is there any further business ?"
 Judge Ford said he would like to hear from the committee on Woman's Relief Corps, as to whether it was proposed to institute the organization and install its officers at this session. Chairman Sam. Camp, of the committee, said the in- vestigating committee that was inquir- ing into the charges of fraud in the Relief Corps election, had been unable to agree on a verdict, but would with out doubt have the difficulty all straight ened out in time to allow the installation