The Newtown bee., 1895-11-15
p""' ~. a. G. Bakers ,Advn1tt..a -.

FIorida,s principal industry was paraly zed
and niIii8hs we're lost by the great freeze BIT
ville's greatest industry has become paralyz
ed and she has lost her millions, yes, count
less millions, by the present freeze of 1885.
We refer iote coarse to our great Hbrth frog
ponds aud pollywog hatcheries. Now to those
who are not lovers OF frogs legs or "wog on
toast" all this will be as uninteresting as a
ed bot just tor tha Sake d 81 Showing what
lHawIeyville could do to save the country in
,we went up one day last summer and took q
census OF one little spot about the size Of b
healthy looking wogs, who ALI seemed to be
at home in that little given space. The restless
floating population we let pass unenuInerat'
ed. We busted off our old arithmetic, turned
to the tables and carefully computated the
number OF porous plasters TO- the acrs. multi.
Piled this by l65, then by the number of acres.
and again by the average depth OF water and
frog spittle. Then added estimated births be-
tween date oitrlal census and date efeomputa-
al deaths and daily consumption by snbma-'
srine monsters, and we were able 10 ARRIVE al
"a seemingly correct census or 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 para1y zing ,anff
came so near dethroning our reason that for
your sake we will kindly omit figures and mi
number to every Iahl Norihah aat child iA 10
the United States s,giving to each q number to
compare with the Slices of toast tBat I'VE
might reasonably @ expect to be able & to fur m
n1Sn Time OF 'WHr ana fa1n1tfe.i TlBn itp6
took in the whole OF Nor tn and South Amed,
ca, stEnek Q balance and .tound That we had
oiny oihy aaeb aas Phe iR9 sl19 Is II m sae sar
>ilized world and the Tammany ofganization,
but shappaned 10, think just in, time that in
then be furnishing SUPPLIES u the he eheS snSna
and ivy hiie, iobeylng a isoriptrial dnjuhctiont
our act would hardly be sanctioned, by, the
WEI Hhenla gnd ndoRttealy be court ulnHFtia4ed
and shot That wouldn t be pleasant, SO, still
al fh5 51nctfon we CUT oil die enemies etfppifss
andigaye them al right over to tue, farnitured
knowing We'll that their expense OF carrying
on businessis sofheavy that I'LL tainilidscAH
never hope tor taste of either, wog op quail
on toast except through the generosity Oh the
char1tably inclined, and after all This we still
mad nearly a quarter acre left that in chse OF
defeat all along the line anda hasty retreat OF
onS 5erefs would M A haye g to & he biogni np with,
the enemy Now this is an enormous indus
try to lie dormant d nd uniev elopett as it were.
-Of all these countless millions OF tadpoles
comparatively few mature and attain to the.
statitre OF full grown bull frogs. They require
no more care and are just as easy to raise, up
to the time OF their births as any choice yam /
ETY. of weeds. Did you ever realize or think
about the laying qualities apa Rossibilities qt
can in oaenight, w hen she Isl feeling like iI,
sg Ct 9r3Hga q alm9 fo9S s5oa 3ayigat9n n
could raise but one tenth part 81 the number
we, can hatch what an exhauStsble supply
OF IfOSS legs we Would, nave to dflWl lfrOn1, but
with no one to look alter them in their infan-
ey, millions go down to nntfmefy graves be-
fore,their teeth are cut or gums even begin to-
swell They have their trials and troubles.
right through life inst like the rest OF us, Yet
If by reason of their great strength they attain
to the age OF three score days Sornmore there
comes along greatItidal wave sot reform, orr
disease, or some other subtle unseen infin-
ence that causes every tail to drop off, and
they are just like soTne OF us when we cease
to have something or somebodyythat 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 chilling No.
vember weather. and the tadpole silently and
mysterionsly disappears tron of, the tace OF
the earth and is no more seen until the new
crop springs Into existence the foliowfng sea
son. iasHt EHit ~ eiif3u ssd fiaHl4TH mol.
For all there is such q wonderful change to
open up and develop the tadpole at HaWleyl
VILE and millions In it to where there are
hundreds i'm furniture.l wei are still, going to
keep struggling right along With furniture tor
our battse cry just as Of old. Our new sshpW
rooms are now completed and stocKed with
the dnest grade of nrniture ever displayed
anywhere in this section. We inyite fnspec.
ton. We have just bought line OF carpets
that will be sold very low, and 100 rolls of the
pgett1ssS eTer ajS RatssSas e2t.9n u