Connecticut western news., 1916-07-27
The Wurra Wurra Club

There was a good attendance, 1t looked like paying house, but it wasn't, as Dan Sweeney found cut when he started to collect the dues, fines and assessments The meeting was called to order by President Davia Whittlesey, who was flaming himself with cigarette holder. The roll was called by Ed. Warner, who omitted the names of few members that he didn' t like, and the minutes of the previous meeting were read by Allyn Fuller, the town clerk, in his charming falsetto voice, and as an encore he recited Cur. few Shall Not Ring Tonight--or to. morrow night; we forget which. The Opening Ode was attempted by Dr. Lee, but he started it off the key and was promptly quarantined by the chair. He was accompanied, both in the at- tempt and into the quarantine, by Ovid Gillette on his Hamburg chopper. And then, as the fellow said. there was something doing.
 Samuel G. Camp, Esq, got up and said he would like to ask if the mayor had taken precautions against possi. ble invasion of the town by German submarines. They've got so now," said he, "that they come clear across the ocean, and I don't see as there is anything to hinder them coming right up the Housatonic river and into the and torpedoing every motor boat at Pease's boat. house, or every stone boat on Fred GilTetteTs farm, and all the fishing smscks along the coast. "
 "How would they get over the dams ?' queried Frank Hitchcock.
 "They wouldn't have to get over them," replied Camp, "they'd 20 under them. Don't you know what the word submarine means? What do you suppose those Germans care for dams If dams could discourage them they would have thrown up the sponge long ago, for they've hal them in every language of Europe. But I would like 10 heau from tine mayor.
 Mayor Clint Roraback took the floor and stated that inc had instructed the fire district committee on submarines to string barb.wiEe fence across the below the power plant, to prevent hostile under. water craft from the fire district limits, and MT. Lyles had set Charlie Shaw and Lew Hester at work fastening sharp spikes along the top of the Con- necticut Company's dam, so if sub. marine attempted to climb over they would puncture it and it would sink. It would be un easy matter then, to fish it out with boat-hooks, just as the rescue party pulled the billy.c out from under the Dutcher bridge. "The river has been mined" '" sad the mayor, 'so that in case a sub. marine is lucky enough to get past the barb.wire and the dam spikes it would blow up and bust when it got past the mouth of the Blackberry; and in the event of the mines failing 70 halt it, the gang at the coal shute would throw stones at it when it came under the railroad bridge at that place. These precautions are deemed sufficient to guarantee the security of the town against possible hazard from sub. marines.
 Has anybody got motion to make ?" asked the chair.
 ''I make a motion that the billy COD ort t be put back on duty" said the fat member. With all tn dangers that we read about an hear tell about, on all sides, tn town seems t be in a delicate condition, am hain't got no perfection. There's that blue sea sar- pint over t Twin Lakes, jest as likely t come submareenin' over tn hill some day an bitin' somebody; an s'pose they'll be pink ones, an waller ones over there, now that tn craze has started-they mulUiplies fast, them snakes, an is likely t inherit most any color. Then there's bran new holler about tn danger O gittin' keeled over with bicycle ridin' on tn side- walks, that's got t be noosance am makes life mis'able fir tn pedestrin that walks on foot an hain't got only two eyes in his head. An tn reckless automobile drivers that go around that Railroad street corner at tn rate O five hundred miles minute. An now we got tn submareens t worry about, not to say nothin' about them man. eatin' sharks. tell ye. we're in bad way, an suthin' ort t be done about it. "
 Twill the gentleman embody his
 ideas in the form of a motion ?" sug. gested the chair.
 "Yes sir, will, said the fat mem.
 Der. II make a motion that we ad.
 journ. So voted.