Connecticut western news., 1914-12-03
The Wurra WurPa Club

Twas a starlight night, and the moon shone bright, away, way up in the sky; and the doodle-bug sang like an orang-outang, while the lollypop began for to cry. The foregoing, it will be readily observed, contains good deal more poetry than truth. It is calculated primarily to illustrate the tiexibility of the poetic license. Granted that there is little or no truth, and still less sense in it, yet it is poetry. If the poetic license were re- voked the above would be impossible. The question therefore, naturally arises, Is the poetic license blessing, or a curse? Let us consider the problem in it's bearing upon the ethics of it. As- sume if you please that the poetic fire, or divine inflatus, is gift, or birth mark, like a mole, or the appetite for rum, and cannot be helped. Very we'll. Now take the poet who is not built that way, and has to do it by main strength. See what we mean Now then, what possible ground is there for the argument that the lyric muse, or Olympus, known as the three
 
 quire very little preparation and give much pleasure to the spectators con- stituting the audience, or congregation, or crowd, viz: "Two's company, three's crowd" meaning you're not wanted, which ought to be hint enough for any one with bIains-that is, the intellec- tual nerve centers which communicate sensations 10 the understanding and tell us we when are insulted, or have pain, or injury in either the big or little toe, or having leg cut off, or an organism extracted, which is purely physical condition and may be brought about either by over-indulgence, or through the criminal act of careless friend, or patchwork in the hospital, or critical diseases, of which there are several varieties, as follows: yellow fever, the gastric juices, tapeworms, hectic flush, convalescence, chilblains, rigor mortis, asphyxiation and liver complaint; but thanks to the advance of modern science, death from these causes has been robbed of it's terrors for 98c per bottle, for sale by all druggists. And so the president, MT. A. A. Hubbard, declined to wait any longer, but called the meeting to order and demanded that the minutes of the previous meet ing be read aloud by MT. A. F. Chap man, of Falls Village, who was present as the guest of George w. Hall, who vouched for him. MT. Chapman kindly obliged. Gle was in excellent voice. The Opening Ode was then sung by Seneca Strong on his vacuum cleaner. The meeting being then open for busi- ness, MT. Ed. Warner got mp and said he would like to bring up the subject ] of an outdoor Christmas tree, which was becoming feature of the Yuletide celebration in the neighboring towns. Said he: Nobody seems to be seriously opposed to the outdoor Christmas tree proposition, but on the other hand, no- body seems to care to set it in motion. It seems to me that this Club, which has engineered so many other praise worthy schemes to the point where they might have been made a success if somebody had only gone ahead and done the work, ought to take hold of this matter and boom it. "
 "Does the gentleman offer that as a motion ?'' asked the chair.
 'Oh mo-" replied MT. Warner, j1st as sarcastic as he could be, "I offer it as hens nest, for chickens to eat out of"
 "Mr. President" said Clint Rora- back, jumping up onto his feet, "the gentleman's proposition appeals to me and if he lacks the patriotism to make motion embodying his idea, I will make it..
 "I'd like to offer an amendment" said Dr. Corwin, land that is, that the outdoor Christmas tree be fixed up for the Fourth of July, and that we have fireworks and a lawn party in con- nection with it.
 "I offer an amendment to the amend ment," said Allyn Fuller, "that all members of the Business Mems Asso- citation who are in arrears for their an nual dues, pay up before the first of January"
 What's that got to do with the out | door Christmas tree ?'' asked Joe Par sons.
 Because it is my duty as treasurer, " was the conclusive reply.
 The amendment to the amendment | to the motion was rejected, after which | the amendment to the motion was sub- l jected to the same process, after which | the motion was similarly treated, and | that ended the outdoor Christmas tree ! at least for the time being-and MT. Warner put on his hat and went home, mad.
 The chair asked if there was any fur ther business, but nobody had the cour- age to offer anything, and the meeting | sort O went to pieces.
 Some people own automobiles who ] cannot properly afford them, and others