Connecticut western news., 1915-06-03
The Wurra Wurra Club

A number of absentees were noticed among those present at the last meet ing, as a good many of the members. had gone to NorfollF to attend the re. hearsal. Among them was the presi- dent, Messrs. George Mather. who sings sasferilly in the chorus. In his un- avoidable absence the meeting was run by the genial, obliging and popular 1 sexton of the Club, MF $. Boozehater Strong, who volunteered to preside in order to save the time that would be wasted in e!ecting a temporary chair man pro tenn. Calling the meeting to order, he requested Al. Herriman to read the minutes of the previous meet. ing, which he done so. The Opening l Ole was then sung in falsetto tempo iii valse by Mir. Lyles, accompanied by himself on the Company's pulmoter. The deputy sheriff, MT. Rhoades, then proceeded to collect the fines, dues and assessments. after which the chair called for any old kind of business that might be in order or otherwise.
 Mr. Charles Shaw moved that com, mittee be appointed to wait upon some. body who had any sand, with a request that the town roads, that were recently oiled, be sprinkled with some kind of dirt. especially on the west side'of the Camp hoss bridge, (which, by the way. has never yet been cerenloniously dedi- eated.) He said he supposed West Main street ought to be mighty thank ful to get even smudged up with oil. and it might seem unreasonable to ask for sand on top of it, hut the raw oil certainly mate q mess. and
 At this point George Ford inter- rupted 10 observe: Speaking of oil and sand reminds me of that familiar old poem:
 '''I remember, I remember, the day
 where I was born;
 The little widow where the house came
 peeping in at morn.
 It never came a week too soon, or brought along today, Oh, how wish l had the bread that
 once l threw away" That's a remarkable feat of mem ory," said Chairman pro tenn Strong. ''I used to be able to recite pieces by heart. and 1 could do it now if could only have memory like yours. '"
 ''I could recite poetry just as long as wanted to, if wanted to-. said Mr Ford, modestly. Its all matter of the mental intellect. "
 'But what about the sand ?'' in- quired Mr Shaw. 'I fail to see just how that poetry helps the situation on West Main street. "
 "The gentleman's motion is ruled ont of ordeg,'' declared the chair. Gall the next case.'
 Dan Sweeney rose and got up. Said he: "Mr. Chairman, one trouble with the difficulty in this town is, We ought to have fair, just as they have in Norfolk-a cattle show, with big pumpkins, and apples, and crazy quilts, and embroidery, and fancy work, and I toy balloons ana cookie stand, and all the rest. Here Norfolk's fair has just got q present of $500 from Andrew Carnegie not for publication but as an evidence of good faith. We want more enterprise in our public spirit, and less knocking. Now we conld get up just as big show as-''
 "l move to amend the motion by knocking out the word knocking" said Bert Brewer. Its waste of time to knock the knockers, especially us we all know they don't count any way"
 "There is no motion before the house." said the chair.
 "Mr. President" said Druggist Far mum. "I move that committee be ap- pointed to draft suitable resolutions. :"
 Resolutions on what ?'' asked the chair.
 "I don't care what" replied Far. mum. "Only 1 think resolutions lend dignity to the reports of any delibera- tive body ''
 "There is still no motion before the house" said the chair, hitting the desk a whack with the stove.poker.
 "It seems to me-" said Druggist Dempsey, "that we ought to arrange for summer outing for the Club, at some resort where the members may enjoy the benefits of the merry go round, and the fortune. telling, and the burnt leather card cases, and the fool ish-house looking glasses and so forth. Life is serious enough, at the best"
 "Does the gentleman offer that as motion ?" inquired the chair
 "Oh, mercy, mol" said Dempsey, sarcastically. "I merely offer it as a sample copy of one of those things you catch the smoke in when you take flash light photographs.
 II make a motion we adjourn" said the chair, "and the motion is carried. ,"
 And it was, too