Connecticut western news., 1914-10-08
The Wurra Wurra Club

1t was In the after-g ow; the dark ening period that follows the gloaming mot exactly the fore part of the eve- ming, nor yet the hind-part, but just about the trump, as you might say. The sun had We never were -was-have been-worth cent at parsing these plu.perfe"t adverbs. ) The sun had went down, and the moon had came up, and was shedding its mild and genial effulgence into the glimmer of the after glow, like a quart of milk tints up a scuttle of tar. 1t was getting late not too late for some things, and not late enough for others. When hark l- No you needn't hark just yet, come to think; the sound of approaching foot steps doesn't come until later. It's best not to be in too much of hurry about this. It was in the after glow the same after-glow referred to above, only more after than glow, because it was later. It is never-failing conse- quence of comparative gradation, that when an after-g glow, blending into the glimmer of gloaming, is agitated in the moonshine. by the vibrations of ether-that is to say, what is com- monly known among the higher critics as space, or something that you cannot tell where it begins nor where it ends, like a snaKe's neck, for instance, of which astronomy teaches us that there is great deal-much more, in fact, than almost anything else. It was with this worthy resolve that the presi- dent, MT. D. Sweeney, Gone of several of our next selectmen,) called the meeting to order and commanded Will Beebe to read the minutes of the next meeting. Beebe done it. Then the chair ordered MT. Horace Humphrey to sing the Opening Ode, which he did, in clear and husky tone, accompanied by Mir. Will Wright on his shoe horn. The collection of dues, fines and assess ments was then attempted by Fred Collin, who was rescued, after the first few solicitations, by Deputy Sheriff Rhoades and escorted to place of safety.
 The meeting being then declared open for the transaction of business MT. W. J. Reel, (one of several of our next selectmen,) arose and moved that a committee be appointed to find out what had ever become of the railroad s assurance that the noise and smoke nuisance would be abated, especially on the Sabbath day, when the worshippers are devoutly worshipping in their several places of worship and the up-train goes up, making more terrifying racket than an Austrian army boldly by battery besieging Belgrade.
 The fat member seconded the motion. "I'd like C go t' church," he said, "but what's tn use, when that awful noise is goin' on all tn time tn minister is preachin' an ye can't hear y'rself worship? It ort t be stopped"
 MT. Vosburgh got up to assure the fat member that as matter of fact the noise lasted less than two minutes, on the average, and really didn't spoil the whole service; therefore it was poor excuse for staying away from church. The fat member replied that it was good enough excuse for him, any way, and that was all there was about it. Nevertheless, the motion was seconded and the following were appointed as committee on kick: Messrs. Frank Hitchcock, Fred Gillette, Theodore Adam and E. w. Warner.
 Mir. Seneca B. Strong got up and said he thought the Club ought to offer the use of its quarters to Landlord Baker, who is member of the organization, for hotel purposes, until such time as the Garfield is repaired.
 "Do you offer that as a motion ?" asked the chair.
 'Of course do, Y" replied Mr. Strong, with some show of spirit. Did you think offered it as a recipe for making ginger-snaps or thing to clean pipe stems with ?''
 The motion was seconded by ex- Mayor Rowe, but when Fred Collin moved to amend by substituting the words "bar-room' for "hotel, the ex- mayor withdrew his support and when it came to vote the proposition was defeated.
 George w.. Ford started to address the meeting on the issues of the cam paign but Lew Rhoades yelled fire, Y" and stopped the performance. Every body went home.