Connecticut western news., 1913-07-31
The Wurra Wurra Club.

Considering the number of members who are away on vacation, at Saratoga, Newport, Long Branch, Europe, Asia, Africa, Lake Buel, Litchfield and North Norfolk, there was pretty fair attend ance and commendable degree of in- terest in the proceedings. The president, MT. John S. Reed, was absent and the genial, popular, efficient and obliging sexton, MT. $. Bouillon Strong, kindly rose up on his feet and explained that MT. Reed could not come because he had to stay away. MT. G. E. DeHart, first assistant deputy vice-president of the committee on spraying elm trees, was nominated for chairman pro tenn, and accepted the honor in a brief speech full of well-chosen words which were in his happiest vein and nicely delivered. After the applause had subsided he sub- poenaed MT. L. C. Rhoades, the genial, obliging, popular and efficient deputy sheriff, and instructed him to sing the Opening Ode, and Mir. Rhoades done it as good as he could, after, which the minutes of the previous meeting were read in high soprano by Allyn Fuller as- sisted by Harry Holt. who beat time during the performance. .-. .
 By this time it was time to get down to business, and Chairman DeHart didn't mince matters in saying so. He ordered MT. Dan Sweeney to get up and make a motion thanking the selectmen and MT. John VanDeusen for the two broad tar cross-walks that have just been spread out at points where they were most needed. Dan done it, but Fred Gillette got up and said he was opposed cross-walks would not be approved by the automobile tourists who go flying through the town and do not like to be tossed up into the air when they go over these walks. "It will be a great incon- venience as we'll as nuisance to these tourists, if they have to slacken their speed at a cross-walk," said Mir. Gillette, 'and will detract from the pleasure of l running time down from Go miles an hour to 5o miles. It seems to me that as a matter of courtesy and consideration for the automobilists we should be will ing to get our own shoes a little muddy in bad weather, rather than maintain these cross-walks for the convenience of pedestrians, in disregard of the feelings of the auto tourists"
 After hearing MT. Gillette's objections, Chairman DeHart ordered MT. Sweeney to withdraw his motion. Dan done it.
 Mir. ]. Clinton Roraback, the we'll known criminologist, arose and stood up. Said he: "Mr. President. 1t seems to me, in view of all the celebrity that has come to this town through the medium of Farnum's cat, that we should take some action to ascertain to just what extent the cat is guilty. The cat is being talked about, all over the state and the country, and is accused of having deserted Dr. Ross in the Adirondack Mountains, and hoofing it back home, ISo miles, all by itself, presumably following the same route travelled in Dr. Ross's auto, which would take it through so or Go miles of mountain wilderness and through 40 big cities and towns. This achievement would seem incredible, if Dr. Ross had not owned up that it was so. We have these facts to consider: Dr. Ross planned to take the cat to his mountain club house, when he started on his vacation : the cat disappeared at about the same time pr. Ross did; two weeks later the cat came back, wild-eyed, skinny, fright ened and starved; Dr. Ross wrote that he arrived at his clubhouse, with the cat in good condition, and that the cat disap- peared on the second day. Now"
 "I don't see no use foolin' away no time bout that cat story," said the fat member, putting in. "If Doc Ross says tn story is true, that settles it."
 "But how does it settle it?" asked Clint
 "How does it settle it'" reiterated the fat membeh "We all know Doc Ross, don't we? Well, then"
 The chair said he thought it was about time to adjourn the meeting, and it was adjourned.