Connecticut western news., 1916-04-06
The Wurra Wurra Club

The attendance was simply fair nothing to brag of; but then, even if it were not so, bragging doesn't prove anything, though sometimes it will work, like we'll sustained bluff, in which case it answers the purpose without costing anything, and comes under the head of sssuming'a virtue that you haven't got, or gotten, accord ing to your bringing up. Nevertheless, the attendance was nothing to brag of, as stated above, but it was just fair attendance, as likewise stated above. The president, MT. Robert D. Peirce, selectman, cast his eagle eye over the assemblage, then called the meeting to order and commanded the sexton to close the outer door and lock it. Then he gave the order:
 "The registrar will take inventory of the crowd"
 The sexton hastened to whisper in the ear of the chair, and the latter revised his command:
 "The secretary will call the roll. Il thought we were having a choral union rehearsal" '"
 The roll was called by Secretary | HardenbeTgh, (eIther Watson or George; we've forgotten which-it doesn't make any difference any way. and Nat. Storm read tnc minutes of the previous meeting. Then the Open | ing Ode was sung by Mir. J. Clinton Roraback, mayor, with croaking thrills and grace-notes which he explained were caused by frog in his throat that had got a'straddle of his Adams apple and wouldn't get off, accom- panied by Talbot Freeman on his versatility. Then, says you, there was something doing.
 Will Wright got up and said he was ready to receive the prize for shoyelling off the snow mountain from the front of the CsnfSeld block; but Lew Rhoades bobbed up, like 8 jack in the box, to make point of personal privilege. He said he had shoveled bigger hole in the mountain than Wright, and had a better claim to the prize. "Bill' Morris butted in at this point to claim prior right to the prize, and offered to show the blisters on his hands. Sam Camp put his oar in, and said he con- sidered himself entitled to the prize, i by virtue of the fact that he had in- 1 tended to clear away the whole heap, alone, but the other claimants had stolen 8 march on him, and he offered to show the shovel he was going to do | it with. Landlord Parmelse said he could prove by dozen pinochle players that he said, only the night before the scramble began, that he was going to 1 get up early the next forenoon and wrestie that snow bank; and he claimed the benefit of adverse useE," on the ground that the mountain belonged to the party who challenged it first l Judge Ford said he was tunnelling his way across the street with a broom and a fiddlestick, intending to, attack the mountain in the windward side, when the others began to get busy. He offered to read chapter from the Statutes on the right of eminent do- main, but Chairman Peirce settled the whole matter by declaring that two- thirds of the mountain was removed by the sun, and furthermore there never was a prize offered for its re- moval. That ended that. A number of snow shovellers took their hats and went home after the decision.
 Mir. Creevey moved that the chair appoint committee to wait on Vic Coe, MT. Finney and Jim Keeuan with ! a view to having a train annouuceF on duty at the railroad station, such as they have at the Grand Central, to keep patrons posted as to what's doing. He said there are so many trains in and out of Canaan, nowadays, most of which are not on tine time tables. that the hanger. on at the depot is apt to get confused and fall under the wheels; and he thought that if some man with big voice were to stand at the corner of the depot, or saunter through the waiting rooms and yell, he would fill long. felt want For instances: Train Mum. bah sev- -en ty-eight! Stops at the coal .shute, Barnes Switch, South. Kent, Satan's Kingdom, Ore Hill, Mill. River, West st-Stockbrldge, Pine. Grove, Pough- keepsie- Bridge, Botsford. Pepacton, Lime Rock, Hartford, Pittsield, West Winsted, Hitchcock 's. Crossing, Sandis- field and New York! Track Mum. bah Two-o.o! All aho-o bard r' He thought such an announcement wonld prevent much of the confusion that now exists. Mir. Lyles seconded the motion, which was unanimously passed, and the chair appointed as con. ference committee Messrs. Creevey, Lyles and Holsapple, with instructions to recommend as announcer either Allyn Fuller or Fred Collin.
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