Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
The WrFra WurPa Club

transact. the Eapeting was called to order by the president, MT. Thomas Abbe, who oryie7sd the roll called by the secretary, af'fsS which Mir. Strayer read the minutes Of the previous meet. ing. and the Opelring Ode was s1ng i'm demi- mi-semi-quavers 5y Sam Camp, nc. companied by James Keenan on his.im. agination.
 ! A motion to adioUnn, by Representa- { tive Graves, was referred to the conn mittee on unfinished business.
 r Henry Whitfor1. offered a motion that all members who were willing to stand at the intersection of Main and Railroad streets ceTtain honrs of the day and night, and do billy cop duty while the regular billy cop is in the' hospital, be requested to stand up. | Lew. Rhoades offeped an objection. FBe said he, for one; did not propose to, run the risk of meeting the fate of theI original billy, and have some joy rider come along in the middle of the night and toss him into the tail-end of Ford
 
 the river. He had other plans for himself than sprawling under bridge and getting water-logRed. However, he had no objection to Mr. Whitford playing billy cop iffhis- tastes ran that way.
 MT. Whitford insisted upon his> motion being put to. vote. 1t was, seconded by Dr. Ross and overwhelm- l ingly carried. The chair then re. quested all volunteer billy cops to- stand up. Nobody stood mp. So that settled that.
 Ed. Warner gotr up and said hsi thoueht it wns nighttime the Club, or somebody else, took a, hand in curbing thu. propensities of the rising genera ton, here in Canaan, for pure cussed- ness and wanton deviltTy. He said. the Kidnapping of the billy cop was. not the worst outrage that had been perpetrated here; he could see that there might possibly have been d. motive in that, even, though it was a, pretty mean one. He had particularly in mind the tendency of young boys, who make Il practice of playing the
 
 work deliberate and destructive mis- chief, and make themselves obnoxious. | The fat member took the floor. That same thing has ben brought uPl in this Club before," said he, shifting his quid to the other side of his face. They hain't no doubt that we've got nasty el'ment comin' up here, that out t be squelohad, not only f'n tb' good O tn boys theirselfs, but f'r tn good O tn community gen'ral. | They's too plany boys lowed R run loose. nights, am make noosanoas O theirselfs around tn streets, firm tn youngster O tan years old to tn smart young squirts. O. sixteen am seventeen am over, that strut around with pipes in their mouths, thinkin' they're real men if they can smoke am swear 'an talk sassy. Not but what we've got 1 lot O decent boys here-boEs that's goin' to make respectable men am good citizens. Bot tn rabble O. ruff -skuff ort t' be took care of; an tn state re. formatory hain't gittin' it's just share. Whats needed is t have a few ex- amples made, am some O tn young rowdies fetched up with short turn | by tn 'thor'ties. An' | hain't sure ! but some O th' parents ont t' git over. haulin' fust. Any father or mother that's got sense ort t' know tn street hain't no place t. eddicete children, an | tn youngster that has tn run O thA streets all hours O night is gittin' eddicated fir tn gutter, an fir jail, an fir hell. It's tn devils best trafnin' l ground, fir either girls or boys, am parents find it out, sooner or later. If a father is a good cit gen he hain't go. in t bring up bad ones; an if he's breedin' toughs an good.f nOthin's he hain't no good citizen. If he can't govern or control his boys, he knows how t. git lem controlled by tn law, an if he hain't interested enough f want lem controlled, then rh' law ort t make him take a interest. The parents is respons 'ble, an tn law is respons' 'ble, am if it's come t tn pint whar decent folks can't go long tn street, nights, without gittin' sassed an insulted by gang O young rowdies, or ye can't leave nothin' out. doors without havin' it smashed or stole, then it's time tn citizens rig up an demanded that if we've got any law we git some O the benefits of it as we're entitled to. One O my naybrs sez they hain't no law ag'inst nothin' in Canaan, but reckon it'll wake up, one O these days, an, show that that hain't so. 1 second MT. Warmers motion .''
 "I didn't make motion," said MT. Warner. ''I stated grievance.
 "Wa'al, I second tn grievance, said the fat member. Whereupon the chair said it was time to adjourn.