Connecticut western news., 1912-12-19
The Wurra Wurra Club.

The meeting was called to order promptly a half-hour late, to the minute, by Watson Hardenbergh, in the absence of President Al Herriman, who was go- ing the rounds of the stores selecting Christmas presents for his children. Freeman Dempsey was invited to sing the Opening Ode, but pitched the tune about a sixteenth of an inch under the leger line above the staff and hIs voice blew up on a semiquaver just this side of the cadenza; and there he left it, half sung. Chairman Hardenbergh absent mindedly ordered Ned Roberts to "read the moments of the next meeting" but Roberts said he was neither a prophet nor the son of prophet" and then went on to read the minutes of the last previ- ous meeting.
 Brother Ed. Warner asked that Chair man Ives of the Leap Year committee, be instructed to report the list of mar riageable and eligible old maids, young maids and merry widows of Canaan, to supplement the bachelor list as ordered at the last meeting. Mir. Ives stood up to point of order and stated that inas- much as d Hartford specialist had order ed him to wear his game elbow In sling for six weeks, he was unable to compile the list, and requested that the task be assigned to some young fellow who is unmarried and has nothing to live for. The chair declared the point of order we'll taken, and Sam Siegel was appoint ed to compile the list for the next meet ing.
 Mayor Rowe, chairman of the com mittee on Santa Claus, who had been appointed to compile list of suitable Christmas presents for various members of the Club, to be hung upon the Christ. mas tree next Tuesday night, when the big celebration is to be held, stated that in making up the list he had taken the liberty to depart somewhat from the usual and stereotyPed custom of selec- ton, and compiled line of holiday gifts that were out of the ordinary, as he be- lieved in breaking away from the old fashioned idea of making the same kind of presents year after year, such as slip Pers, smoking jackets, books, cigars, photograph albums and things. He sub- mitted the following list with his recom- mendation for the approval of the Club:
 For Frank Hitchcock, bass drum.
 Fred Collin, setting of parrot eggs.
 Harry A. Holt bunch of shingles.
 Ned Roberts, locomotive headlight.
 E. w. Warner, bundle pitchforks.
 Clint. Roraback, thousand pressed | brick.
 Dr. Ross, bale of hay.
 D. (. Whittlesey, cook stove.
 Ivanhoe Scott, pair of crutches.
 Dr. Adam, slide trombone.
 John $. Reed, cord of railroad ties.
 George w. Ford, yoke of oxen.
 A. P, Briggs, pair forceps.
 Rev. E. C. Gillette, bag cement.
 pr. Camp, stone-boat.
 R. D. Peirce, sky-lght.
 H. B. Ives, hand organ.
 pr. Lee, barrel lime.
 K. T. Farnum, wooden leg
 Sam G. Camp, locomotive cowcatcher.
 A. A. Hubbard, hens nest.
 L. C. Rhoades, pulpit cushion.
 Frank A. Baker, load fence-rails.
 Seneca Strong, keg nails,
 Allyn Fuller, telephone pole.
 Dr. Corwin, package lampblack.
 George M. Bullock, grindstone.
 H. D. Humphrey, stone crusher.
 H. E. Lyles, glass eye.
 A. w. Holsapple, length sewer pipe.
 The fat member said he'd "like t know what tn mayor had been takin', t have sech a dunn nightmare as he must ha' had t conjure up that junk-shop con glomeration O Christmas presents" whereupon the mayor resigned from the committee and went home mad, and on motion of Joe Parsons the list twas placed on file for further consideration.
 On motion of w. A. Wright seconded by Lester Adams, Santa Claus was elect. ed an honorary member, and the meet ing adjourned.