The Newtown bee., 1893-12-15
One Day Last Week

we saw q car of gunpowder standing right in front Of tn" depot at HawleyVille and we thought what il H thunder shower should hap pen to come up and lightning should happen to strike that car and il should happen to strike it right in the middle so that 1t burnt both ways at the same time, it would very HtCly tear the depot all to pieces before the c:r could be shuntcd in on the siding and then we'd have brand new one built and in that case we should undoubtedly have q big meet ing at lawleyvilie of all the prominent rail road men connected with the Consolidated, the \. '. X x. F., the Berkshire division, inc b. N, the Bethel branch and the S, l.. X \. railroads, and we would adjourn to the banks of the "I.ittIe Jordan" and have q clam roast "liil champagne sauce, Ia poiiyWog, and al ter dinner we'd have tOasts and speech 1nak- iNG anu VI tltt ""uiH i' pIi -ti nlS l'7'',t
 knee and they'd sing old college songs and drink Mrs WnSlOw's soothing syrup, and tell tie red school house, ana roast cEeStnutS oFel the same fire, and would remind each other how much better it is tor "hrCthren to dwell tOgethcrin peace and unity, and mutual tears Ot repentance would roll down and make a record on Mir McLeOds immaculate shirt front and then they'd smoke the pipe Ot peace and fill it up mot only seven times, but seventy times SeVen," and let by zones be by zones and agree to join hands in building a fine. large u nion depot and vie with each Oth CT ln each striving to pay more than hls snare : and the new depot would have both a ladies' and a gents waiting rOOmpand a stove with q real fire in it, and they'd have toilet rooms, and light, pleasant freight offices and a cana " bird and a parrot hung in the ladies' wait | iug room, and the whole thing would be GOV | cred with fresh paint all over the outside and ! they'd do every thing to make it real home l like and pleasant, and while they were in this | frame of mind and full Ot smoke and syrup | and good thoughts, Baker would step across | ana suggest a more friendly interchange Ot | freight rates so that furniture could be trans | ferred from one road to the other without l breaking the ten cOmmandments,an and perhaps | suggest q comparison and revision of paSSen- ger timetables and connections. This latter, however, would work untold injury to Baker, aS now everybody expects long wait at flaw 1 leyVille and they go prepared to pass away the time buying furniture. We thought what
 a wonderful change tor the better all this | would make, but come to look around there
 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 off 8 car of gunpOwder we
 didn't know just how to do it, not even with a
 safety match, and we felt a little afraid, al
 though when a resident of Colorado we used
 to hunt with and occasionally fire off a Sharp
 buffalo gun, which, take it, amounts tC
 about the same thing so far as general near | by results are concerned, but we have grown timid since then and let the opportunity
 and the pass, so, dear friends, you vii
 have to put up with the old depot while lon 1 ger. It makes no difference to us personally
 we are only kicking on general principles just because others do and because we like tt
 go nith the popular crowd. We can sell jus
 $ much furniture with the old depot in iron
 Ot us ith its one dingy waiting room, bnt Il yOu don't like ii you must step across and kll
 time, while waiting tor trains, in our WaltlnE
 and reading room, where you will ma thi
 daily papers, illustrated wCeklies, magazines writing materials etc etc, ali Of which yol
 are invited to make free use of, or if you don
 care to read you can sit in a nice, comtorta
 ble easy chair in our front window and "Se
 the wheels rOund."