The Newtown bee., 1895-11-29
A. G.. Bakers Ady't.

Florida's principal industry was paralyze
and millions were lost by the great freeze OF
1894 History repeats itself and now Hawley-
ville's greatest industry has become paralyz
ed and she has lost her millions, yes. count.
We refer OF course to our great north frog
ponds. and pollywog hatcherles. Now to those
toast" all this will be as uninteresting as a
dramatized rendition OF Webster'S Unabridg
ed, but just for the sake OF showing what
Hawleyville could do to save the country in
case of a protracted wal, blockade and famine,
we went up one day last summer and took q
census of one little spot about the size OF a
porous plaster. We enumerated 165 fat,sleek,
healthy looking wogs, who all seemed to be
floating population we let pass unenumerat-
ed. We busted Off our old arithmetic, turned
to the tables and carefully computated the
number OF porous plasters to the acre, multi
Piled this by 165, then by the number of acres,
and again by the average depth OF water and
frog spittle. Then added estimated births be-
tween date ottrlal census and date OF computa-
ton, subtracted known and estimated natur-
al deaths and daily consumption by subma.
n seemingly correct census or at least one
that has never been condemned or disputed
was our 1890 enumeration in some OF our
large cities but the result was paralyzing and
came SO near dethroning our reason that for
your sake we will kindly omit figures and mi
nor details. We first apportioned certain
number to every man, woman and child in
the United States, giving to each number to
might reasonably expect to be able to fur
| nish in time OF war and famine. Then we
ca, struck a balance and found that we had
only drained place the size of small tur-
nip patch. We then figured in the whole CIV
ilized world and the Tammany organization,
but happened to think just in time that in
| then be furnishing supplies to the enemy, :
and while obeying a scriptural injunction,
our act would hardly be sanctioned by the
major general commanding our forces and
we should undoubtedly be court martialed
| and shot. That wouldn t be pleasant, SO still
being desirous of carrying out that Scriptur-
/ a lniunlfi0n los
and gave them all right over to the furniture
men OF Danbnry, Bridgeport and Waterbury,
Ion business is so heavy that their families can
never hope tor a taste of either wog or quail
charitably inclined, and after all this we still
had nearly quarter acre LETT that in case OF
defeat all along the line and hasty retreat OF
our forces would have to be blown up with
dynamite or else LETT to fall into the hands OF
the enemy. Now this is an enormous indus
try to lie dormant and undeveloped as it were.
OF all these countless millions OF tadpoles
comparatively few mature and attain to the
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
about the laying qualities and possibilities OF
the trog2 Why, one good healthy female frog
can in one night, when she Is feeling like it,
lay eggs enough to almost stop navigation in
streams OF third and fourth magnitude. II we
could raise but one tenth part OF the number
we can hatch what an inexhaustable supply
OF frogs legs we would have to draw from. but
with no one to look after them in their infan
cy, millions go down to untimely graves be-
fore their teeth are cut or gums even begin to
swell. They have their trials and troubles
right through life just like the rest OF us. Yet
if by reason OF their great strength they attain
to the age OF three score days or more there
| | comes along great tidal wave OF reform, OF
3 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 car
/ wag and thresh about from side to side at oul
own sweet wills, we are no longer happy
, Then comes along the cold and chilling No
Ivember weather and the tadpole silently anl
mysteriously disappears from Off the face O
the earth and is no more seen until the new
crop springs into existence the following sea
son.
For all there is such wonderful chance tx
open up and develop the tadpole at Hawley
vile and millions in it to where there are
hundreds in furniture, we are still going tx
keep struggling right along with furniture to-
our battle cry just as Of old. Our new show
rooms are now completed and stocked with
the finest grade of furniture ever displsyet
\ anywhere in this section We invite fnspec
! tion- We have just bought line OF carpets
that will be sold very low, and 100 rolls of tn,
prettiest patterns cotton warp msttings VI
ever saw.
A. G. BAKER, HaWleyville. Conn.