Connecticut western news., 1914-07-09
The Wurra Wupra Club

Faint heart ne'er wol fair lady. The moral ;s obvious. IT you have a faint heart, homely lady for yours. And right there the question arises, what difference does it make? Beauty being only skin deep, the fair lady is no fairer than the homely lady if you take the hide off her. But the faint-hearted man hasn't grit enough to do that, even if he could win her. And if she be thick-skinned, and the hide won't come off, so such the worse. All this is predicated on the assumption that the above axiom is true. Eut maybe it isn't. In fact, it isn't. Faint hearts do win fair ladies. Many white l livered mollycoddle is matched up with a stunning, high -gaited, Goddess of Liberty sort of queen. And many a lion-hearted investor in the lottery of matrimony puts up with what he can get, and lets it go at that. Twas ever thus. And why? We repeat it. Why? We'll tell you why. Because it is al- ways true that when the illusion of affinity remains unshattered by the stern realities of prosaic necessity, and pickles the idealism in the brine of eternal fidelity to the bonds and things that chafe and scratch and hurt and tickle, as it were, that is to say, the emotional part of it. It was with this thought firmly fixed in his mind, that MT. $. Bryanite Strong, the gentleman ! ly sexton, swept out the Club room and dusted the things for the regular session. And he didn't do it minute too soon, for the crowd entered at that very instant. The president, MT. Frank Hitchcock, was unable to be present, for the first time since the Club was organized, but sent word by Ed. Warmer that he wished MT. Lyles to preside, which MT. Lyles did. The | Opening Ode was executed by the executor of the bakers estate, MT. Joseph c. Roraback, accompanied by H. B. Ives on his grain elevator. The minutes of the last meeting were read in italics by Phil Orben. Then the meeting got down to business.
 The first business was a motion offer cd by the local druggist, that the Club petition the town authorities to estab- fish the custom of ringing the curfew bell i'll the early evening, to warn all children to be at home and abed, par ticularly on nights winch bridal couples are being "horned" by the callithump orchestra with lager variations. "The curfew bell might have saved lot of disagreeable developments if it had been in force three weeks ago." said the druggist. The motion was seconded by the local dry goods merchant, and passed by safe majority, and the secretary was instructed to see Select man Reel at once in the matter.
 MT. Creevey moved that vote of congratulation be extended to the pro- moters of the Visiting Nurse Associa- ton on the splendid success of their labors in securing the desired amount of subscriptions to the fund to guaran- tee the salary of a nurse for a year in advance. "It goes to show what may be accomplished when the ladies join hands with the men and pull together for a common cause, said MT. Creevey. | The motion was unanimously carried.
 Henry Ives moved that committee on veracity be appointed to pass upon the fish stories which Dr. Ross will send home from the Adirondacks dur ing his months sojourn there. "I know something about the advisability of it." said MT. Ives. q have seen him catch fish and have heard him tell about the fish that I saw him catch and"
 "What about the Farnum cat that walked back, 1SO miles, from Ross's Adirondack camp?" inquired Joe Par sons. Was that fish story, too?"
 "No," replied Mr. Ives, "I'll admit that the cat came back, on foot, and that Doc was square, on that story. It was proved by the way the cat al- ways got up and scooted out of the store every time it saw Doc coming, af- ter that. Has anybody seconded my motion?" Nobody seconded it, so Ives put on his hat and went home mad.
 George w. Ford got up and inquired why nobody had offered a motion or resolution concerning the Glorious Fourth in Canaan, and the safe and sane celebration of it. MT. Holsapple thought the least said, the better, and suggested that the discussion might bet ter be directed to the Do your Christ mas shopping early" movement. Niether gentleman offered motion on the subject, and the chair said it "looked as if the meeting was running empt'in 7" and declared it adjourned.
 Heck-"Can anything make a man feel worse than to have his wife contin- ually begging for money"
 Peck-''Sure To have her demand it. "-Boston Transcript.