Connecticut western news., 1914-05-21
The Wurra Wurra Club

It was evening in the valley. And for that matter 1t was evening also on the mountain-tops, amid the murmur- ing pines and the quartered oaks-in fact, it was evening all through the neighborhood that evening. The shades of night had fallen upon the earth, and all was silence. We call your parti- cular attention to this fact for the reason that generally, when anything falls upon the earth, that way, there's the deuce of & fuss about it. You would, yourself. And so would you, and you. 'Twere futile to deny it. futile. And when we say futile we mean futile. This idea of saying one thing and meaning another is-but let that pass, for the nonce. Speaking of nonces reminds us-but let that pass, too; really it should not have been dragged into this at all 1t was even- ing in the valley, as aforesaid; like wise elsewhere. When harkl What sound is that? Can it be? It can. 1t can't. 1t is. It isn't. Just the same, it was. Sure enough, it was the sex ton, Mir. s. Beguiling Strong, shaking
 
 paratory to the regular meeting. Anon the members came dropping in, and all is ready. MT. Strong makes announce mont that the president, MT. Herbert Weaver, won't be present owing to something or other that ails the hind tire on his auto, and appoints Horace Humphrey temporary chairman pro tenn. Mr. Humphrey declines the honor, as usual, then accepts, as usual, and business begins.
 "The Opening Ode will now be sung by the Glee Club" said the chair, whereupon Howard F. Slats got up and sang it like John Barbieri sings Bananas" accompanied by Decker, the plumber, on & monkey wrench.
 The minutes of the previous meeting were then read by ex-Mayor Eugene Rowe, who pulled out the tremulo stop when he came to the place where the fat member resigned and went home. Judge Ford then proceeded to collect the dues, fines and assessments, with indifferent results. And that ended the preliminaries. Now then:
 MT. D. Webster Sweeney proposed the name of MT. A. E. Creevey for membership, and there being no objec- tion the nomination was referred to the committee on moral character.
 MT. Holsapple moved that, in view of the fact that the new DuPont powder magazine was already stocked up with explosives, the committee on protest be changed to committee on encourag- ing new industries. The motion was seconded and went through a'whoop- | ing.
 Judge Ford, chairman of the com mittee on calithump serenades, report cd that he had done his best to ascer- tain when the respective prospective bridegrooms would be "at home," but without much success thus far, though he had appointed John Graves, Harry Holt, David Rogers and Tommy Mo- Clellan subcommittee on vigilance, to find out for him. The report was stabbed.
 George Hardenbergh moved that the members of the Club, in body, attend the mass meeting to be held in Town Hall, in the interest of the visiting nurse proposition, on the evening of the 21st, us an indication of the interest of the organization in the project. The motion was promptly seconded by the fat member, who said his wife would mt let him into the house if he didn't whoop'er up for the visiting nurse. The motion was carried.
 The fat member himself then hoisted himself up out of his chair and made motion "that tn comity on greasin' tn roads git busy an have sumbody look after some oil fir tn streets. Tn dust is flyin', suthin' scand 'lous," he said, "an' we're all goin' t be choked t death if tn fat waggin' don't come round putty quick an lubricate tn roads," Judge Ford, of the sidewalk committee, got up and said: "I would like to second the gentleman's motion" " "Well, why tn thunder don't ye do it, then?" exclaimed the fat member. "I have, sir,'' replied the court. The chair forestalled hot controversy over the point by, putting the question to vote. It was carried.
 Ed Warner said he would like to hear from Hen Ives, who had just returned unexpectedly from the Adirondacks. MT. Ives said he had nothing exciting to report, except that there was a snow | fall of three inches on Wednesday, and Dr. Ross was fishing through the ice and catching them, too. MT. Ives could not be persuaded to tell whether the natives up there ever saw Farnum's cat, which has the reputation of hay ing visited at Ross's camp for a few days last year, and walking all the way home alone.
 Meeting adjourned.
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