Connecticut western news., 1914-10-22
The Wurra Wurra Club

The mantle of darkness overspread the earth, and the rain was falling, gently falling, falling, falling-that's three fallings in succession, which ought to be enough to keep it down. Everything was getting wet, including the mantle of darkness, which over- spread the earth, as has already been stated. Did you ever stop to think, you poor, unsuspecting innocent by stander, why it is that the mantle of darkness is called a mantle We'll, it is called mantle because it is not a mantle. Such is the perversity of what is known as nomenclature, or, calling things names, that whenever the application is made with regard to appropriateness, sometimes called apro. pos, being the Spanish adverb, or gram mar-that is, Sodom and prosody-and conjugating the first, second and third persons, like he, she, and it. which constitutes what is known as education, or elite, revealing itself in the clothes and the sandpapering of the finger nails, Awhile those who do not have it, do not do so, except, as we have said before, it is born into them. But it so happened that just at that instant, the president. MT. Holsapple, declared the meeting open for business and ordered Lew Rhoades to reading the minutes of the last meeting, which did not con- tain anything really worth while. James Graney then sang the Opening Ode, to the tune of "You Never Miss the Water," accompanied by Clint Roraback on his habeas corpus. Then, says you, the program became livelier.
 MT. Roraback got up and proposed that the Club endorse the editorial can didate for justice of the peace, who is the direct opponent of Justice Ford on one ticket, and Ford's colleague on two others. Mir. Ford jumped up and de- clared that inasmuch as the candidate referred, to is not member of the Club, and that he, (Ford, is, he thought it would be unjust to himself for the Club to grant the endorsement.
 Mir. Roraback said he "thought the candidate would be willing to join the Club if the members would endorse him and thus put him on an equal footing with MT. Ford, who had, by some means or other, gotten his name on every ticket in the field, and even claims to have the suffragist support, and move that we elect him to membership. Ford | insisted upon 8 vote by ballot. and read section from the Statutes, to fortify his demand. The fat member was chosen moderator for the election; the ballots were prepared and voted in short order, and the fat member pro- claimed: N
 ''Has all voted which wish? If so, declare tn clothes pole" The count followed, Messrs. Sam Camp and Allyn Fuller acting as tellers. The result, as declared, was tie-223 for, and 223 against the candidate.
 "I win!" shouted Ford. Virtue is its own reward" % #. z.s.-@
 "One moment" interrupted Mr. Roraback. "I am authorized, on be- half of Candidate No. 8 on the demo- cratic ticket, to present the following challenge:
 T hereby challenge MT. Ford, my opponent, to a series of joint debates on the issues of the justice of the peace campaign, under the following rules and regulations:
 Said Ford to talk between the hours of 1 a. m. and 6 a. m., the balance of the time to be allotted to myself.
 Said series of joint debates to begin Saturday, October 24, and continue, daily, until the morning of Tuesday, November 8.
 Said series of debates to be held on the public dumping ground, on the back road to Ashley Falls-no admis- sion to be charged.
 In case the said Ford refuses to con- form to the requirements of the debate, hereby challenge him to swim the Hellespont, from Pease's boat-house to the west end of the Housatonic river railroad bridge; or I will run him foot-race; challenge him to tourna- ment of mumblety- leap-frog; | button, button, who's got the button; draw poker; bean bags, or any other i contest of skill, science, physical en- durance or kindred demonstration of i fitness for the office to which we both i aspire, and let the voters choose be- ! tween us. y
 What's that place he wants to swim ?'' asked Mir. Ford.
 "Hellespont, replied Mir. Roraback. |
 Well, gentlemen, I can inform you i right now that I shall pay no attention to any challenge from any person whatsoever who makes use of profanity i in his public declarations, said MT. l Ford. "I shall stand on, my own record, and let the voters be the judges" Then he picked up his hat and went home.
 The subject was not referred to | again, but the episode put the meeting out of humor for any further business, ! and adjournment was voted.