The Newtown bee., 1893-12-01
One Day Last Week

we saw a car of gunpowder standing right in front of the depot at Hawleyville and we thought what ii n thunder shower should hap pen to come up and lightning should happen to strike that and il should happen to strike it right in the middle so that it burnt both waVs at the same time it would very likely teawthe depot all to pieces before the car could be shunted in on the siding and then we'd have a brand new one built and in that case we should undoubtedly have q big meet ing at HawleyVilie Ot all the prominent rail road men connected with the Consolidated, the N. Y. X N. E., the Berkshire division, the D. N., the Bethel branch and the S., L. < N. railroads, and we would adjourn to the banks Ot the Little Jordan" and have a clam roast with champagne sauce, a la pOllywOg, and at- ter dinner we'd have tOasts and speech mak- ing and Mir Clark would sit on MT McLeod's knee and they'd sing old college songs and drink Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup, and tell how they used to go to school in the same lit tie red school house. and roast chcstnuts Ovel the same fire, and would remind each other how much better it is for "brcthren to dwell together in peace and unity" and mutual tears of repentance would roll down and make record on Mir McLeOd's immaculate shirt front, and then they'd smoke the pipe ot seventy times seven," and let by-gones be by zones and agree to join hands in building fine, large union depot and vie with each Oth- CT in each striving to pay more than ms snare, and the new depot would have both a ladies' and gents waiting room and a stove with a real fire in it, and they'd have toilet rooms, and light, pleasant freight offices, and cana ry bird and parrot hung in the ladies' wait ing room, and the whole thing would be GOV
 
 they'd do everything to make it real home | like and pleasant, and while they were in this | frame Ot mind and full of smoke and syrup and good thoughts, Baker would step across ana suggest more friendly interchange Of freight rates, so that furniture could be trans l ferred from one road to the other without breaking the ten andmentS,and perhaps | suggest a comparison and revision ot passen- ger time-tab and connections. This latter, | however, would work untold injury to Baker, | us now everybody expects long wait at flaw | leyVille and they go prepared to pass away | the time buying furniture. We thought what | a wonderful change for the better all this l wasn't a thunder cloud in sight. We had in our vest pocket a box of these patent sweed safety matches, but never having had Occa- sion before to fire of car of gunpowder we didn't know just how to do it, not even with a satety match, and we felt little afraid, al though when resident of Colorado we used | to hunt with and occasionally fire Of a Sharp s buffalo gun, which, take it, amounts to about the same thing so far as general near l by results are concerned, but we have grown timid since then and we let the opportunity and the pass, so, dear friends, you will ger. It makes no difference to us personally
 we are only kicking general principles just because others do and because we like to go with the popular crowd. We can sell 1uSi as much furniture with the old depot in front Ot us with it's one dingy waiting room, bnt i yOu don't like it you must step across and kll time, while waiting tor trains in our Waiting daily papers, illustrated weeklies, magazines writing materials, etc etc., all of which you are invited to make free use Of, or if you don1 care to read you can sit in a nice, comforta
 ble easy chair in our front window and "set the wheels go round"