The Newtown bee., 1892-09-02

:. TO MONOPOLIZE.

Webster says, is to engross or obtain by any tain point, so according to Webster we are en- toying at present a monopoly of the furniture business at Hawleyvillc. Can't find another the first ward to the fifteenth, from capitol hill to the gas works and away down to the great frog ponds, and Bakers is the only fur niture establishment on the line. Just think what an immense monopoly, and Wlliie the sna rngs dees work that way at all at Hawleyville. Customers are docking in from all directions to buy inrhi- ture of Baker, the Monopolist.
 0 course this is very pleasing, but "eyery silver lining has It's ciond." We are in deep sorrow this morning. We hear the sound of ming to grow. Now this is too bad. W came 2 away oat here last year. bought land If and put put orabIe thai we might be able to conduct our business in rural simplicity for nnmber sr 9t 3t of '' q peasimistio e turi ' Of mind said we blowed his horny. Here in this quiet nook. far from the hum, hustle and wickedness of city lite, we thought we could buy and sell led with the demands of the city buyers t for polished oak sideboards and mahogany milk here last september great forest trees could be seen in all directions from our office win the biue ozone and a we @ could hear the almost constant cry of the wild crow and the profane New England freight conductor. We have Scch uchfSB uccEs DoOh tsAhtt agents, pole cats and wild turkeys within easy rife range of our front door. This was, however, when MT Van Amburg and Mr fore- paugh passed through here and all our abie- bodied hunters in Danbury attending GIT cus. Everything was carried on here ln rufaA and reckless simplicity and ease New Eng land freight engines dumped their coal ashes in our front yard and squirted red hot water into our flower beds, but now In less than one little short year how changed. As number of buildings are going up right on the COW path leading to the north frog pond. City ord1nan- ces have been passed regulating the dump ing of engine fire boxes. Freight conductors the floor ot the ladies' waiting room in the un ion depot only when the office or outer doors are closed. The sound of the saw and ham,
 mef is heard in no less than five different To- calities. vision of a future city looms up before us filled with vile smells from leaking gas pipes or death from live wires or busted water mains. City taxes, absconding cash the tace. Some other fellow is liable to come in and start an opposition furniture store and s'run us into the ground" but no, he dare not do that, tor he knows that we would get out in our might and our linen duSter and just mop the floor with him; but until all these ed and the court house mOrtgaged we are go- ing to keep right on selling furniture at the same old Hawleyville prices. Our stock is growing finer and more select every day. You will not find any "before the flood" pat terms in our stock. We do not buy articles of furniture because they are cheap unless they are pretty. We have large and growing de- them. Call in at our reading room while wait ing for the train and, when you become wea, ry Of reading. look out the front window and "see the wheels go round."