The Newtown bee., 1895-11-22
A. G.. Bakers Ady't.

Florida's principal industry was paralyZed
and millions were lost by the great freeze of
| 1894 History repeats itself and now Hawley-
ville's greatest industry has become para lyz
| ed and she has lost her millions, yes, co unit
less millions, by the present freeze of 1895.
w @ refer OF course to our great north frog
ponds and pollywog hatcheries. Now to those
| who are not lovers OF frogs legs or "wog on
toast" all this will be as uninteresting as a
| dramatized rendition OF Webster's Unabridg
| ed, bat just for the sake OF showing what
| Hawleyvine could do to save the country in
| case of a protracted wal, blockade and famine,
we went up one day last summer and took a
/ census OF one little spot about the size of q
porous plaster. We enumerated 165 fat,Sleek
| healthy looking wogs, who all seemed to be
| at home in that little given space. The restless
hoating population we let pass unenumerat-
| ed. W. busted off our old arithmetic, turned
to the tables and carefully computated the
| number OF porous plasterS to the acre, multi
plled this by 165, then by the number of acres,
and again by the average depth OF water and
| 1rog spittle. Then added estimated births be-
tween date OF tr1a1 census and date OF computa-
| ton, subtracted known and estimated natur-
| al deaths and daily consumption by subma-
r1ne monsters. and we We're able to arrive at
| seemingly correct census at least one
that has never been condemned or disputed
as was our 1890 enumeration in some OF our
large cities, but the result was alyzing and
came so near dethroning our reason that for
your sake we will kindly omit figures and mi
| number to every man, woman and child in
| the United States giving to each a number to
| compare with the slices OF toast that we
| might reasonably expect to be able to fur
| nish in time OF war and famine. Then we
/
| ca, struck balance and found that we had
| only drained place the size of small tar
| nip patch. We then figured in the whole civ
| iliZed world and the Tammany organization,
| but happened to think just in time that in
case OF war as we were SupposIng we should
| then be furnishing supplies to the enemy,
and while obeying scriptural Injunction,
our act Would hardly be sanctioned by the
| major genera commanding our forces and
and shot. That wouIdn t be pleasant, so still
| being desirous OF carrying out that scriptuf-
al mir
| and gave them all right over to the furniture
men OF Danbury, Bridgeport and Waterbury,
knowing well that their expense OF carrying
on bnsiness is so heavy that their families can
| never hope for taste ct either wog or quail
| on toast except through the generosity Of the
| charitap1y inclined and after all this We still
had nearly quarter acre left that in case OF
/ leteat all along the line and hasty retreat OF
our forces would bave to be blown up with
| dynamite or else left to fall into the hands OF
the enemy. Now this is an enormous indus
| try to lie aormrnt and undeyeloped as it were.
| comparatively few mature and attain to fhe
| stature OF full grown bull frogs. They REQUIRE
| no more care and are just as easy to raise, up
TO the time OF their birth. as any choice vari
ETY. of weeds. Did you ever realize or think
| about the laying qualities and possibilities OF
the frog? Why, one good healthy female frog
can in one night, when she is feeling like III
| lay eggs enough to almost stop navigation in
| streams OF third and fourth magnitude. five
we can hatch what an inexhaustable supply
! OF frogs legs we would have to d4aw from, but
i "ili AZ pI+O ~ AOOh dlLcT IQGm IN GlG1r lntan-
cy, millions go down to untimely graves be-
| Iore their teeth are cut Or glims even begin to
swell. They have their trials and troubles
right through life just like the rest OF us. Yet
II by reason OF their great strength they attain
| to the age OF three score days or more there
i comes along great tidal wave OF reform, or
disease, or some other subtle unseen influ.
ence that causes every tail to drop off, and
they are just like some OF us when we cease
| to have something or somebody that we can
wag and thresh about from side to side at our
own sweet wills, We are no longer happy
Then comes along the cold and dhiilfEg No
vember weather and the tadpole silently and
lmysteriously disappears from off the face OF
the earth and is no more seen until the new
crop springs into existence the following sea
son.
1 For all there is such a wonderful chance to
open up and develop the tadpole at Hawley-
yllle and millions in it to where there are
hundreds in furniture, we are still going to
keep struggling right along with furniture for
our battle cry just as of old. Our new show
rooms are now completed and stocked with
| the nnest grade of furniture ever displayed
anywhere in this section. We inyite inspec-
ton. We have just bought line Of carpets
| that will be sold very low, and 100 rolls of the
prettiest patterns cotton warp mattings we
ever saw.