Connecticut western news., 1912-10-10
The Wurra WuPra Club.

| regular meeting, and as the president, Mir. Herriman, was away on the bull moose circuit with Spellbinder Rufus H Whitford, the meeting elected Sam Camp president pro tenn, who took the gavel and pounded the .l.eeting to order. | Clint Roraback tried to sing the Opening | Ode in c sharp, but his voice broke into hoarse croak and he switched it to the key of A flat. It went better there, but was nothing to brag of, at that. ,Ozzie Vosburgh read the meeting of the last minutes, and then went out and didn't come back.
 Mayor Rowe, chairman of the wager commission, reported that agreements had been filed with the subcommittee on fool election bets, as follows: Fred Collin pledges himself, in the event of Wilson's election, to carry Henry Ives on his back from the Canaan depot to the Great Bar. rington depot and return; the said Ives,if Taft is reelected, agreeing to roll pea nut from the Garfield Hotel to the Ma haiwe Theatre, with a toothpick. Con-. tract filed by Ned Roberts and Billie Reel, stipulating that if Roosevelt wins, Billie is to wheel Ned to the top of Ca naan Mountain in a wheelbarrow, and If Governor Baldwin is not reelected Ned will keep the east side of his face and the west side of his cranium close shaved for two years. Frank Hitchcock agrees to acknowledge Taft's victory by conduct ing the Thursday evening prayer meet ing in the Methodist church for four suc- cessive weeks. pr. Ross will, If Roose- welt is defeated, walk the whole length of Main and Railroad streets, in a hobble skirt and Merry Widow hat, while the worshippers are on their way to church on the Sunday after election. Clint Roraback agrees, if Chafu wins, to carry a keg of beer on his head, from the Can field to Abe Coons' residence, on Christ mas. If Judge Studley loses, Allyn Fuller will get married within a year. If Studley wins, George Vogel will for period of six months. go bare-headed and wear his hair pompadour. If Taft wins, Judge Ford will sit on the horse-block in front of the postofice and eat a gallon of sauer kraut and a dozen pigs pickled feet while the 943 north-bound mail is being sorted.
 On motion of Will A. Wright the re- port ot the Mayor was accepted and the committee continued.
 Burt Peirce moved that the Club take a straw vote to ascertain who's going to be the next president. The motion was carried and the chair appointed John Sheridan, Lester Adams and Henry R. Whitford tellers. The ballots were col lected in the hats of the tellers, and when the vote was counted it was found that there was a deadlock, Taft, Roosevelt and Wilson receiving I26 each. John S. Reed suggested that the deadlock be un- locked by the tellers Tipping up a cent. This was done, and Whitford won, thus making Roosevelt the unanimous choice of the Club.
 Seneca Strong then moved that the Club take straw vote on the license question, but he was ruled out of order. He refused to be convinced, however, and shouted: "I shall keep on battling for righteousness, and my permanent post office address is Armageddon."
 The fat member jumped up. "I've heard hull lot about this R. McGeddon," said be, "an' while hain't got no p'tic'lar grudge ag'in' MT. McGeddon, it does seem t me these furriners is buttin' in to our 'merican politics putty strong. Jes' look al tn dem'crat can'dates fir con- gressmen in all five O tn deestricts in this state-Lonergan, Mahan, Reilly, Donovan an Kennedy. Them don't sound like tn names we used t."
 "One moment~ interrupted Clint. Roraback, shaking with suppressed pas sion. "I protest against such innuendo. The gentlemen mentioned are all good, loyal American citizens who have been found worthy of being honored by their | fellow-men, in their various districts. Glass distinctions and race hatred won't go here. l make the point of order that the corpulent gentleman is out of order and should be suppressed" And the chair so ruled.