Connecticut western news., 1916-07-20
The Wurra Wurpa Club

There was a paying house present, so far as attendance was concerned, as the hour approached for opening up proceedings, and as more members con- tinued to come, the attendance dwin- died away to a mere handful by the time the meeting was called to order by the president, MT. Henry Scutt. The minutes of the other meeting were read by the secretary, who also called the roll, and the Opening Ode was sung by Grand Juror George Van Deusen, accompanied by "Ves" Mar shall on his percolator. The chair then announced that whosoever had any thing on his mind would be given an opportunity to throw it off.
 MT. Con Hitchcock said he would like to compare notes with any mem- bers who had observed the eclipse of the moon, Friday night, in the inter. est of science, and he thought it would be splendid thing for posterity to have the observations recorded in the Clubs records SIS a contribution to astronomi- cal lore for the benefit of future genera. tions.
 Judge Ford arose and said he was going to make just such motion, but the gentleman had taken the words right out of his mouth. Hitchcock Jumped up again and said he hadn't taken any words out of angbody's mouth, and didn't have to, as lac hap pened to have a few words of his own that he could make to answer his pur- pose under ordinary circumstances. The Judge said he had no doube about that, but he doubted if future genera. tions would be either interested or editied by the recording of them. The chair at this point butted in and called down both disputants, who took their seats and said no more.
 The fat member got up and said his sympathies were with both gentlemen, and he thought the eclipse ought to be given some attention. "I didn't see it, myself" said he, "b'cause was out O town that night; but my folks seen it, an my son.inlaw got good look at it through MT. Creevey's big mic scope. He sez Creevey's mic scope is big round as a stove. pipe am as long as from here t tn sec 'tary's desk, an has got a lot O little Hampers in it, an stop cocks am triggers an faucets am things, t make tn stars big or lit. tie, t. suit near sighted folks, an cock. eyes an folks with catarax an blear- eyes an goo goo eyes am all tn other eyes that flesh is heir to. He sez when tn shadder b'gun t 'clipse they was jest circ lar dent in tn left.hand side O tn moon, like if somebody had took a bite out'n a big silver plated pan. cake. Then Creevey p'inted tn big 42 centimeter mic'scope an got tn range, an frightened up tn safety valve thumb screw an adjusted tn do. funny that makes tn focus, an told my son in law t take a squint. Which he done so. He sez at fust squint he thought tn hull insidss O tn dunn thing was all afiIe at tn butt. end, twas so bright; but Creevev told him it wasn't nothin' but a part O tn moon, an that it was magnlfied so big tbat it couldn't all git into tn mic'- scope. Then he squinted ag'in, an could see tn shadder 'clipsin' tn moon, but tn dent was on tn right-hand side. Creevey told him twas tn mic scope that done that-it turned th' moon wrong side out. He sez it's great though, t. watch tn moon clips. in in a mic'scope. It's like great big candle. snuffer gradu'ly snufficatin' a bright light. You could see tn big black thing crawlin' over shinin' platter an squeezin' tn lights out of it. Creevey explained tn show as it went along, am told my son in law where t look fir tn penumbra, an tn numbsella, an tn dumbach, Chats tn man in tn moon gittin' his day 1 lights squoze out, an told how it's all done by tn shadder O tn suns effulg- ence strikin' diag'nal acrost tn parallel O tn earth's 'quator an glanc. in off t tn moon an turnin' 1t black. He sez tn sun has got t git around on tn hind side O tn moon b'fore it can do tn trick, am that's why it does it in tn night time, when it's dark. Tn | light fr'm tn sun has to come a million dozen thousand hundred miles t git t tn earth, an it travels so fast that it can go forty.eight years l think it is, in one minute. That's goin' some v .Pshaw," said Judge Ford, that's nothing. Now I'll tell you what I've seen-'
 "I move we do now adjourn, '" shouted MT. Vosburgh. And his motion went.
 "Have your son any arduous duties, Mrs. Nurich ?''
 "I'm afraid not. He says there isn't one thing about his job that he likes v