Connecticut western news., 1914-01-22
The Wurra Wurra Club

The attendance was about the average no more, no less. For that matter, it would make no difference if 1t had been either more or less; the general result would not have been changed, for as the fellow said, "You push the damper in and you pull the damper out, and the smoke goes up the chimney just the same" It was so in this case, at least as far as consequences were concerned. It is to be hoped it will not be necessary to refer to this again. As has been said the attendance was about the average Very well. That being understood, the report may proceed. The president, Mir. E. V. Nestell, was not there. He was elsewhere. That stands to reason; and there is reason in all things, sometimes. The genial and obliging Club sexton, Mir. $. Banqueteer Strong also was not there. He was nowhere. That's differ ent. That doesn't stand to reason-but it goes. As the fellow said, "Eyerything goes except paper and envelopes-they're stationery" Don't laugh; that's an old one. Well, Sexton Strong was not there too, also. So Sheriff Rhoades called the meeting to order and declared the secre- tary in contempt for neglecting to place hot water bottle in the seat of the chair mans chair. The Opening Ode was omitted. So was the reading of the minutes. The rest uf the meeting might as we'll have been, for 1t was an intensely interesting session.
 Judge Ford started to say something more about his pet aversion, the danger ous sidewalks, but Mayor Roraback bobbed up with his inevitable objection. The Judge said he would like to file no file handy, short of Hugins' black smith shop, and he thought Ford could do more good with a snow-shovel any way, if he was anxious to get the side walks into shape. That settled Ford, and Ford settled down.
 Speaking about sidewalks" said George Vogel, "I would like to state that have friend who has a grievance | banquet, who ignored his request that he be seated at the table with the guests of honor. He sent his request in ample time to be acted upon, but no attention was paid to it, and on the night of the banquet he was obliged to sit between a man who had refused to trust him for a bag of flour, and another man who doesn't believe in infant damnation and votes wrong on the license question. Now trust that if any members of the banquet seating committee are present they will see to it that an apology is sent to my friend; otherwise am very much afraid he will refuse to go to the next banquet"
 'If hain't very much mistook, I can smell sarcastickism in th' gentleman's remarks" said the fat member, fattening up like porpoise. I cal'late he means me, an all gotta say is, I give up two dollars an half, good money, fir ticket t tn banket, an bought it airly so's t git front seat; an see men t tn best table that I know didn't git their tickets till that night-an' I dunno whether they even paid fir lem or not"
 cone moment" interrupted the chair. "Did you get everything there was on the bill-of-fare?" The fat member said he did. "Then you got all that anybody got," said the chair, "and so far as the supper is concerned any seat in the din- ing room was just as good as any other seat, just exactly. And when it came to the speaking, every guest had chance to move his chair where.he could hear and see without obstruction. Now there was no reasonable excuse for a kick on any feature of the banquet. The com mittee made it their business to make it so pleasant that nobody could find fault. And no man with a grain of common sense does find fault. The only possible fault-finders are those who would like to stir up trouble, but they can't succeed because they are too we'll known ard their motives are understood, and no- body pays any sort of attention to their bowling. By the way, are you a mem Der of the Association?" The fat mem Der admitted that he was not "OfI course you're not" the chair went on. "And you never attend a meeting, nor take the slightest interest in the work of Association, except to sheer at 1t and try to hinder it. Yet you would like to run the whole thing so far as the banquet is concerned. You make me tired. This meeting is adjourned"
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