Connecticut western news., 1913-05-01
The Wurra Wurra Club.

When all was in readiness for the be- ginning of operations it was discovered that the president, MT. G. Junius Vogel, was unavoidably elsewhere, and the sex. ton, Mir. Seneca B. Strong started to call the meeting to order. Joe Parsons reached the platform ahead of him, how ever, and called for nominations for chairman pro tenn, just as Seneca ap. pointed Rob Peirce to that office. There was sharp parliamentary wrangle for a few minutes, until the crowd hooted both gentlemen down, and in order to fore stall riot Deputy Sheriff Rhoades took the platform, himself, and said he guessed he would take charge of the proceedings. He ordered Secretary Hardenbergh to read the annual report, by way of vary ing the proceedings. Mir. Hardenbergh said he had no annual report handy, but would go out and borrow a copy of ex- Mayor Rowe's annual report of the fire district, which would doubtless answer all purposes; and he went out, but didn't come back. H. E. Lyles was ordered to sing the Opening Ode. He said he was somewhat hoarse, as he had tonsils in his throat, but that if somebody would give him cough-drop or troche he would "attempt to oblige." Mir. Farnum said he didn't happen to have any troches or cough-drops with him, but he had n box of tip-top worm-lozenges that might answer the purpose. Mir. Lyles took one of them and sang like a filliloo-bird.
 After these preliminaries, the sheriff asked if anybody wanted to make any motions or anything, and his brother, June, jumped up and said he'd like to make motion that committee be ap- pointed, if there is no appropriate stand ing committee already existing, to call on President Mellen and ask him to re- quest his locomotives to make less nasty black smoke while they are monopolizing the Main street crossing or switching back and forth through the center of the village. The motion was carried and the chair referred the matter to the com mIttee on heterogeneous miscellany.
 Landlord Frank Baker got up and said he didn't want to make a motion, but he would like to suggest that the Club ought to organize glee club to sing patriotic airs on the Fourth of July, in connection with the celebration-if there isNa cele. bration. He said he noted that a num- Der of the members belonged also to the choral union, and they ought to be able to form an attractiye Fourth of July sing ing club.
 The fat member got up. Said he: "I don't see no objection to that. Our sing in members is doin' fine in the chloral union, an maxim big headway. A neighbor O mine, that's out late quite good deal, went up to one O th' re- hearsals few nights ago, an he sed he was 'stonished, tn way they're gittin' along. He sez t me, That there con. ductor, Mir. Paine's wonder, tn way he's conductored them singers in that Samson an Della op'ra. It's circus t set there an watch tn way he sandpapers 'em down, an joshes 'em along in tn work. He'll git sarcastic when they fall down on a stretch O notes that they had down fine tn last time they tried 'em, an then he'll jolly 'em along with taffy an fust ye know they'll hit 1t up ag'in an go through it as slick an smooth as a bunch O Metropolitan Carusos. When they do it nice, he acts as grateful as if they'd done him pussonal favor that he wouldn't never fergit, tn longest day he lives; an like as not they'll kick it all over on tn next stretch an git another sarcastic dig that puts 'em in tn mood | do it right or bust at tn next attempt. They're sure gittin' there in great shape, an it's all in tn conductorin.' They hain't no better-'"
 "There is no motion before the house." said the sheriff. "Will somebody offer something"
 al move we adjourn" said Jay Under wood. Adjourned.