The Newtown bee., 1896-07-03
A, (. BAKERS AID

UId you never think of It how much like ancient Rome iIawleyviIle is? At least the old saying that "ulI rOud5 lead to ROme," is equally applicable to IIawleyVilIe. Julius ( tVSaT IOAI his lie in R cons piracy or reVOlu u"u among few old Roman wheel horses -O 10 speak, and our last years faithful office Hlr front door while striving 10 check an or. -itJILhH revolution among the drive wheels Ot a New EuGlnnd freight engine, and at the E'n~' "i lhc lHInor I6Noiutl0nS that followed 1 llt train tine whole nine lives Of that devoted companion were crushed out and he was %llhored up here and there i'll pieces, every ! TiFct NCjut dead as Jullus CNsar.-We use 1 lHi5 expression as comparative and not as a GuOtAtlO of slang.
 Romc's populacc were wont to feast their eyes upon the tragic and blood Curdling acts uI the arena, gladiatOrial cOmbats to the death, and the CrCnChing of mems bones by uati starved and IerOCiOu5 wild beasts amid jAe pIAudits of the brave and the fair.
 uuWIcyviIlO exhibits every now and then a EauiiatoTial combat to the death between two monster engines, and the crunching of mems bones by the blood thirsty, untanIed and nev- or 7aii~tcd car bumper Had some Of the tragedies here enacted been suddenly sprung upon an olt Roman audience, 30 per cent Ot
 those YAlurOH4 Romans would have been
 found under the hay stacks and in the tall
 trees instead of applauding from the crimson
 cushioned boxes.
 Rome had her great aquatic reservoirs and
 waterways, but she had nothing to compare
 with our great north frog ponds and polly
 WOB hHtcneIies, wheTe-until they are drain
 'd ana ADOIl7hed-We can produce more mi.
 aslu0tiC UrCCZes, twin pOllywOgs and double
 yDIkCQ eggs to the square loot than Rome
 could 10 the yard That we can beat old
 Rome on this point we are positive. (Only
 our extreme nOde5ty checked us from add
 ing that We could almost do il on a COmpeti-
 tive display Of artistic turniture) but what ii
 W6 do OutuumDGT &OmO in some things and
 resemble her in others, we shall strive to do 70 no longer. IIaWleyVille is no imltatOr.
 What care We for arenas and COIIOseumS, and
 ~culptured walls and chariOts of gold, and gates of bronze, and trlbuCe to Cmsar2 We prefer our own romantic and rural simplicity, natures handiWOrk, to Roman grandeur. Our unsidCwnlktd walks and trails. Our grassy nils aHd stately forests Gl oHnu made hal lowed and dear by TeCOlIectiOnS of the past and She prices Ot the present. The same hills and the same forests under the same blue dome where our tOrctathprs fought and bIed for freedom, nnd where the mOccasined feet Gf our predecessors the noble red men" trOd. and the gIeam from his evening camp fire liuKcu tie forest leaves and ilIu mined hill
 and daic- Where he C6mpcu his teepeeS kin di"t tlla fires and smoked hlS sk lns and Eeni- con in the morning, swRppod jack knives, skinned the luscious muskrHt and played mUluDIG.te-ptg uullNB the matinee hours Ot the afternoon whIle the gentle squaw dexter Ously roasted quuhanPs and Chestnuts and tortured the pale.iaccd captive to the beat of the tom tom in the central foreground, and black signal smokes putfed HeaVenward the distant hills, revealing the fortunes of the " 0 know not what HawleyvilIe's future may be, but W hat past to look back upon W hat stimulating food for JhOught! What scenes are thcse for the imaginative and soaring mind to dwell upon! How the dim outlines of the past loom up and pass before us in panoramic pantOmime, while the central figures becOme-becOme. W can see plainly that the subject Is too exhaustive tor any thing short of a book. We started out to say something in regard tO furniture and carpets and mattings and retrigeratOrs and baby car Tiages, but you can see tor yourself there has not been aghOst Of a chance to get word in edgewise; no more chance than there would be to attempt introduction Ot the V6neZu- elan boundary question at a sewing society, we must refer you to the exhaustive ads of other furniture dchIer5 to be found else
 where in inc columns of this paper. Good men all of them and true, but if they don't keep W hat you want then you will have to come to HawleyviIle. 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."