Connecticut western news., 1913-11-27
The Wurra Wurra Club

1 There was an air of unusual interest about the Club room on the night of Nov. 20 when the last Club meeting was held. The genial janitor with the classical name was heard to mutter as he elbowed his way through the crowd that had already gathered about the door, "What's going to happen tonight, I'd like to know?"
 Dan Sweeney spoke right up with that real Irish wit of his, Don't you know that what's going to happen has already happened?" and he took big puff on cigar with a look that seemed to say "there's nothing like wedding cigars" In fact every man seemed to be smoking a cigar of the same brand and the ianitor was heard to say that he expected to be a smoked herring before that meeting was over.
 In fact also too every man was specially dressed up, kinder as though they had wedding garments on and hadn't bother ed to change them. pr. Ross had new jabot on and Henry Ives was sporting a split shirt in the latest cut, whiie Harry Lyles looked quite English "doncher- know" and was overheard to ask "I. H." what he thought of his chances if he ran for parliament or something like that. There was such a hub-bub that the president, George Vogel had great difficulty in calling the meeting to order. When the gavel fell Harvey Strayer was heard quietly whistlng the wedding march over in the corner. The secre- tary, Harry Holt, read the minutes to the same tune. The president declared the meeting open for regular business but as kind of precaution made the rul- ing that no man could make speech ard whistle the wedding march ht the same time.
 George Ford arose as though he was addressing himself to a great subject and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, though I i see the ladies are absent, his has been a great day in the history of Canaan greater even that the day the bald-heads were here. Something happened that never happened before. l will say for the benefit of any who weren't there that John Rodemeyer was made a benedict. understand, Mir. President that the Business Mems Association made the happy couple a wedding present and what I want to know is whether this Club is going to come over with the money and honor the man who has made this Club famous"
 "Waal now, l dunno about that" in- terrupted the fat member, pulling him. self to his feet, "I dunno as John Rode meyer done SO much for this Clubs all that. He's the only man in town as i hain't lined this Club atall; he's always snoopin' around to lind out wot we done here to put in his paper, an my wife sez as how he's always maxim fool O me. But ain't got nothin' agin' John an if had I'd forgive and forgit now. An'I don't know nothn' about his changin' his name to Benedict, I supposed she changed hern t Rodemeyer. But I do ! l The meetin' house was chuck full an 1 heerd tn parson a sayiu' that he'd like t get John ter git married every Sunday mornin' ' git tn folks out. My, but didn't John look scart when he come through that little side door; an I could hear him sayin' to hisself, Git Together. Pull Together, an my how he wuz try in t pull hisself together, an he done it too am when tn parson said f him, i John wilt thou have this woman | thy welded wife" John spoke right up like little man an said, I wilt Am he said With all my worldly goods thee endow' jest as ef he wont DO editor an had some O them worldly goods. Am goin' t make a speech ter a banket? Sez he jest afore tn weddin' was put on, I'd go t anythin' John Rodemeyer got up 'cept his funeral Now my wife'd say 'ain' you goin' ter say nothin' about tn bride? Course 1 be. Want she jest fine though? l got married onct an never got no second chanct but ef l had. John Rodemeyer'd had a run fer his money. kinder hinted that t my wife an she sez, sez she, 'Ye old fool ye don't 'spoze she'd married you, do you an don't 'spoze she would-not with John lovin' offer ever sence she was gal, as the New York papers wuz sayin'. What gifts me is why John didn't wake i up years ago an "-
 "Mr. President" interrupted Ned