Connecticut western news., 1911-10-05
The Wurra Wurra Club

that any appeal from any ruling ot the chair would be ruled out of order and the appellant disbarred for further practice in the deliberations. He preuded the exercises by announcing that the first regular meeting of the Business Mems Association, for the coming season, would be held on the first Thursday evening of next month, and invited "all members of the Wurra Wurra Club to be present, and by theiE presence at least, give en- cOuragement to the organization that is devohng itself to the effort to make of the town a dwelling place that every in- habitant will be proud to live ina pro- gressive, enterprising, clean, up-to date burg whose inhabitants realize the bene- fits of getting together and pulling to- gether and working together in harmony for the good of everybody"
 "Will this fust meetin be another smoker, with suthin' to eat2" asked the fat member.
 Possibly" was the reply, "Why do you ask?"
 "Oh, nothin', only sometimes can't allus git out, of an evenin', as convenient as what I can some other times"
 "The chair is ready to entertain a mo- tion," said the chair.
 Victor Coe said he'd like to a hear of report from the committee on Trolley Opening Day, whereupon Chairman Frank Baker, of that committee got up and read it. The report reported the welcoming of the first trolley car by a Committee of One Hundred attended by delegation of several other hundred citizens, who Paraded through the princi- pal streets carrying the conductor and motorman on their shoulders, with the Citizens Cornet Band at their head; a banquet at the Hotel, with speeches by the local clergy and the local doctors balloon ascension with parachute drop from the Depot Green; basket lunch in Hardenbergh's woods; no baseball game i; grand ball in the Hall, and fireworks in the evening.
 "When did all that occur?" inquired Sam Camp.
 "Well, to tell the truth, and not lie, as a matter of fact it didn't occur at all, re- piled Baker. "This report was prepared in accordance with the program concoct- ed by the committee, which would have been pulled off if the trolley had played the part it was expected to. It made two or three different dates for its first ap- pearance, but didn't keep them, and finally sneaked in when nobody was looking, and the committee didn't know it had come until after it had gone. The report simply tells what the proceedings would have been if there had been any"
 On motion of Principal Eldridge the report was accepted and the committee discharged.
 At this point the election returns be- gan to come in on the private wire that had been strung from Roraback's office to the Clubroom, where Operator "Vic" Coe was at the key.
 "License vote not yet completed, but indications are that the town has gone No License again by over hundred, announced Coe, after listening to the clicks.
 "Hooray p shouted Donnie O'Neil. "I told you sop Horace Humphrey was getting crazy to get out and start bon fire or something, when the clicker started again, and Coe read
 "Burt Peirce reelected first selectman by 75," and John VanDeusen threw up his hat and gave three cheers.
 "George Roger unanimously reelected collector" clicked the clicker, followed by the cheering assurance that, "in spe- cial session of officials the town treasurer was authorized to purchase rubber shirts and patent leather pumps for all the members of Canaan Hose Co.," which moved the fat member to jump up and start for the outside door, with the re- mark that the town officials were evil dently either drunk or crazy, and he was going up to the hall see about it.
 "Find out how Walt Goggin came out for constable" suggested Henry Ives, but just then the clicker went on to state that "Walter Goggin carried New Haven county and fifteen wards in Waterbury and the Scientific American comedies his election"
 II. E. Lyles remarked; "There's some thing mighty queer about these returns and Pm going to see what's wrong. No body ever dreamed about such results in this election" and he started for Rora- backs office, while the clicker went on:
 "Sodom solid for greased highways, while East Canaan gloats over the defeat of the suffragettes' bill for mufflers on squeaky wheelbarrows, and the re- peal of the law of gravitation. Lady fingers and cream exceed savory scallops. Wow-woww
 Judge Ford, blazing with wrath, hopped