Connecticut western news., 1914-10-01
The Wurra Wurra Club

everyday night: 1t was more or less dark, and twas more or less light. The stars were like buttons of gold in the sky, but you couldn't unbutton them, they were so high. And the musical drone of the cricket's soft hum was mixed with the bullfrog's "Gr-r-ruml jug-o' -rump' Gentle reader, you with the soft blue eye, believe us, that was unintentional- honestl We didn't expect to drop into poetry-hope to diel Itwas something that must have been left in the type writer last week by that minister, and 1t gushed out like a streak of molasses the instant the keys were fingered. Oh, had he only poured it over his be- fuddling introduction to the last weeks session. Oh, had he only started that introduction at the end and worked it backward Oh, had he only run it through a wringerl Oh, had hel We read it up, we read it down, and both ways from the middle; and lastly. like a crazy clown we tried it on a fiddle. There it goes again. But why repine It was night, just as he said, and the sky was fastened in its place with gold buttons, just as he said. Now why was it so? It was because whenever the clerical mind, actuated in its men, tai processes by contemplation of the star-bejeweled panoply of heaven, sometimes called the Big Dipper, and known as the Little Dipper or fre- quently both, as the case may be, though they control the planets which are familiar to the astronomers as the asteroids and hemorrhoids and predict wars, fam1nes, railroad accidents and cholera infantum, and tell in another | part of the same almanac, how to cure them for 89c. a bottle, marked down from $1. Therefore the president, MT. Joseph l.. Parsons called the meeting to order, and commanded Dr. Lee to read the minutes. The Doctor evidently had gotten his minutes twisted, and began reading graphic report of the recent discussion of the necessity for sewer extension up in Peaseville, but was stopped by an objection by Pope Chapman, of Falls Village, who wanted to know where the money was coming from, and the chair ruled them both out of order. Dr. Lee went right home. The Opening Ode was sung in perpendicular pianissimo, by Charles Laffargue, accompanied by Gus Cald- well on his motorcycle, after which i the exercises proceeded.
 Mayor Clint. Roraback rose to point of personal privilege, and said he would like to inquire whether a meet ing of the Club was held last week. The chair informed him that that was not point of personal privilege, but a conundrum and the Club was not in session for the purpose of answering conundrums. "Read the paper" said the chair. The Mayor said he had done so, at his home at Twin Lakes, and was all at sea. "Then read it on Toms Hill, '" suggested the chair. "You won't be at sea there. The fact is, as the paper reported, the meeting of last week, which was held during adjourn ment was postponed temporarily in order to allow the business to be trans acted as usual during the recess which occurred while the session was in ses- sion, without discontinuing the regular proceedings or interrupting the recess" !" The Mayor said that was just the way the report affected him, and asked if there was doctor left in the room. Before pr. ,Corwin could reach his side, George W. Ford sprang forward and said he didn't know much about medi- cine, but he would like to read a chapter from the Statutes relating to | quarantine in case of infections dis eases. He said the dominie's report, | last week had affected others in the same way, and started a regular epidemic. The chair ordered every body to sit down and called for the next case.
 Ex-Mayor Rowe moved that the chair appoint a committee to wait on Joe Allyn, mayor of Peaseville, and ask him to call a mass meeting of the Peasevillains to discuss the sewer ex- tension proposition and ascertain the sentiment of that thrifty district, with regard to the matter.
 The fat member got up and said he "wouldn't serve on no such comity am tn chair needn't app'int him." Said he, "I was sued once, long time ago, fir past'r COWS on tn turnpike, an hain't had no use fir suers sence If any O them Peasevillians wants t' sue anybody, let'm, but don't b'lieve in puttin'm up to it am maxim suers of a hull community of law abidin' citi- zens if they hain't inclined that way"
 Nevertheless, the motion prevailed and the chair appointed as conference Messrs. Rowe, DeHart, and Horace Hump rey.
 Mir John Armstronp offared e motion ] that the Club manifest its interest in public affairs by endorsing the ticket.
 (Which ticket ?' demanded Frank