The Newtown bee., 1896-07-17
A. (, BAKERS AID

Did you never think of II how much like ancient Rome IIawleyville is At least the 1 old saying that ''alI roads lead to ROme," is 1 1uuully Applicable 10 nawIey vile. Julius 1 CHsar lOs his lite in q conspiracy or reVOlu- slOn among few old Roman "wheeI horses | ~u 10 speak, Nnd our last years faithful office eat met similar tragic fit c within 50 feet of our ltoiL door WhlLe stflV1ngl 10 check an or | ganiIed revolution among the drive wheels of n Ntw tnglNnd freight engine, and at the 1 clos" "t lic minor revolutions that followed | in train he whole nine lives Ot that devoted companion were crushed out and he was gathered up here anu there III pieces, every 1lfcc ueut -GtGAd as Jul us CiUSaF-We ilSB tlli7 expression As comparative and not A. a quotation of slang.
 Rolu1,s populAco were wont to feast their eyes upon the tragic and blood cIudling acts of the arena, gladiatOuaI c0mOats to tho halt StArNCd and fUrOCiOus wild beasts amid the plaudits of the brave and the tair.
 uuWlcyYjIIe exhibits every now and then a giA'liatOrial combat to the death between two monster engnCS, and the CruuChing Ot mems bones D5 jllt D3oou ullIoIy' unIauLed aht ncV- CT salRtleu ear bumper. ll4d some Of the tragedies here enacted been suddenly sprung upon Au old Roman audicnce 50 per cent Ol
 1hose VaIOrOaS Romans would have been
 tuund under the hay stacks and In the tall
 trees instead oi applauding from the crimson
 cushioned boxes.
 Rome hud her great aquatic reservoirs and
 waterways, but she had nothing to compare
 with our great north frog ponds and polly
 WOE hatCherieS, where-until they are drain
 tu and AOOiIshed-We can produce more mi. Asnltic Dreezes, twin pOllyWOgs and double yCIkGu CRRS to In6 square IOOJ Lil;lu Rome could to the yard. That we can beat old
 Rome on this point we are positive. (Only our extreme mOdesty checked from add Ing that we could almost do ii on q COmpeti- tive display OI artistic turniture) but what if we do OuLuumb6T Rome in some things and resemble her in others, we shall strive to do What cure we tor arenas and COllOseuIns, and scUptuTed walls and chaTiOts of gold, and gates of bronze, and tribuLe to Cesar? We pIGleI our 0" II EOlltnJIc ana rural ollhp4lclIy, natures handiWOrk, to Roman grandeur. Our unsidewalkcd walks and trails. Our grassy hliIS and stately forests: SiOund made hal lowed and dear by reCOllecbtons Of the past anu lhe same forests und0r the same blue dome where our fOrefathers fought and bled for freedom, and where the mOCcasined feet Ot our predecessors the noble rednen" trOd. " here he shot down the bison and the bear and the gleam from his evening camp fire uugcu the forest leaves and iIlulnin6u hill uHd dale Where he Camped his tecpees, kin died his fires and smoked his skins and veni- son in the morning. sWapped Jack knives, numD4e,te-peg during the matinee hours Of the afternoon while the gentle sQuaw dexter OUsIy roasted quuhangS and chestnuts and tortured inc palc-taCed captive to the beat of the tom tom ill the central foreground, and black signal smokes pulled Heavenward on the distant l1l18, revealing the fortunes of the day and telling Ot the plans tor the morrow. " 6 know not what Hawleyville's future may be, but W hat q past to look back upon What stimulating food tor thought What scenes are thesC for the imaginative and soaring mind to dV ell upon How the dim outlines Ot the past loom up and pass before us in panoramic pantOmime, while the central
 figures becOmB-DecOme. We can see plainly that .the subject is too exhaustive for any thing short Of & book. We started out to Say something in regard to furniture and carpets
 and mattiugs and retrigeratOrs and baby car
 riages, but you can see for yourself there has
 not been ghost of a chance to get word in
 edgewise; no more chance than thore would
 bo to attempt an introduction of the VeneZu-
 elan boundary question at A sewing society,
 must refer you to the exhaustive ads
 ot other furniture dealers to be found else
 where in the columns of this paper. Good
 men alLOf them and true, but if they don't
 keep W hat you want then you will have to
 come to Hawleyvllle While waiting tor
 trains don't forget to stroll into our waiting
 and reading room where you can sit in the
 front windows and"see the wheels go round"