Connecticut western news., 1914-05-28
The Wurra Wurra Club

A storm was brewing. Louder grew the reverberations of the rolling thunder that rumbled and grumbled ominously in the lessening distance; the wind swept through the forest, bowling and missing among the tree tops, which bent low and bowed in terror before the rushing hurricane that heralded the coming storm; blinding flashes of vivid lighting darted through and athwart the black and portentous storm-cloud whose wide-spreading pinions extended over all-that is to say not its extended overalls, but wide-spreading pinions-these were they, or them, that foretold, as well as the laundering tree-tops flashing in rumbled misses of lowing hurricanes that swept through the vivid overalls, that a storm saw brewing. It was brewing fast and furious, and it was evident that the brewery was work ing on a rush order, at full capacity What moral lesson we might draw from this, if only we knew enough, and had room for it in this article. What is that moral lesson? Some will say one thing; some will say another thing. But after all, what boots it? In other words, who cares rap? Therefore we shall not do so. A storm was brewing. It looked like a rotten night out; but it would take something rottener than that to keep the sexton of the Club, Mir s. B'dumsite Strong, from doing his duty -ooty- -ooty like a man. Therefore it was not surprising to find him on deck, with the Clubroom all alight and scrupulously swept, when the members assembled for the regular meeting. He announced that the president, MT. A. H. Herriman, was unable to be present, as it was his birthday, and he was other wise engaged entertaining the trustees and executive committee of the Cornpop and Sasf'rilly Club. MT. Strong nomi- mated School Principal Strayer as tenn porary chairman pro tenn. and MT. Strayer took the Ichair and called the meeting to order.
 The Opening Ode was sung by MT. George J. Vogel, accompanied by MT. Charles Laffargue on his well-digging machine. There was an encore, but as Laffargue's machine plays only one tune, there was no response. Dan Sweeney read the minutes of the pre- svious meeting, from memory, as he had no notes. Then the chair called for motions, resolutions, petitions, con- i plaints, or any old thing that might, either properly or improperly come be- fore the meeting.
 Mir. Henry Ives got up and moved that committee be appointed to wait on Dr. Ross and request him to give a lecture before the Club, at some con- venient date, describing his experience automobiling to his camp in the Adiron- dacks. MT. Ives assured the meeting that such narration would be highly edifying, if the Doctor would give it in detail. The motion prevailed, and a committee appointed, consisting of ex- Mayor Rowe, John S. Reed and Joe Parsons, to arrange for the affair, with instructions to have feast after the lecture, with lemonade, boiled oyster soup and ladies' fingers on the bill of fare.
 The fat member hoisted himself up to make a speech. "Mister Pres dent" said he, "I want t make a motion that ! this Club don't tend them Norfolk con- certs, in a bunch, this year, jes' tn same as we didn't last year. My wife got froze out az in, after she'd helped lem t rehearse all winter, an got tn chorus so they know their parts. She'd jes' got measured an cut fir a new frock t wear on tn stage, an now she's notified that she hain't in it, COZ she can't sing good enough, or coz she skipped six or eight rehearsals, or suthin', an she's kind O gravelled about it. We hadn't ort t incouridge that sort O thing, of cuttin' out tn best singers after they've sung their selves hoarse t git tn chorus into shape. That's why make this mo- tion." The motion was not seconded, whereupon the fat member got mad, put | on his hat and went home.
 MT. w. J. Reel got the floor. II move you sir,'' said he, that a com { mittee be appointed to hurry up the oil | wagon, and get our streets fabricated as f soon as possible. The dust is absolutely i unbearable. " MT. Ford interrupted to . say that the subject of oil was becoming . a chestnut, and it was waste of time ] to discuss it. "We've got to eat our peck of dirt, and then eat another peck for chaser" he said. The subject was then dropped, with Q dull, sicken- ing tliud.
 On motion of MT. Holsapple vote of thanks was extended to the promoters of the visiting nurse movement, for the .edifying mass meeting and the fine start which the movement, has toward ulti- mate success. The meeting then ad-