The Newtown bee., 1896-06-19
A, 6. BAKERS AID

Did you never think of 1t how much like anclrnl Rome HawleyViLG isZ At least the old ~!ty Ing that gall ro1tS lead to Rome, Is equally applicable 10 lihWloy Vllle, Julu5 t;,'7lr lost his life in a conspiracy or rCVOIu- tiOu among few old Roman "wheel horses" Su iO spcHH, and our last years faithful office cal met a similar tragic tL 6 within 60 feet Of uur front door while striving to check an or pHniIed revolution among the drive wheels of a New England freight engine, and at the close Ut the minor revolutions that followed in train the whole nine lives Of that devoted cOmpnntOn were crushed out and lie was gathered up here and there in pieces, every piece deud-dGad Juhus CESar.-W6 use this expression as comparative and not as Ii KoGne's popuiaco were wont to feast their eyes upOn the trugic and blood cuTdllng acts nt the arena, gladlatorlAI c0mbatS to the death, and the Crunching of mems bones by half starved and terocious wild beasts amid the pluudits of the brave and the talr.
 IUwIuyVilIG exhibits every now anu then gIitblatUriAl combat to the death between two monster engines, and the CrunChing of mons bones by the blood thirsty, untamed and nov- | CT satIAtud car bumper. Had some Ot the tragedies here enacted been suddenly sprung upon an old Roman audience, so per cent Of those NAlOrOUS Romans would have been found under the hay stacks aud in the tall trees instead ot applaudinG from the crimson cushioned boxes.
 Rome had her great aquatic reservoirs and waterways, but she had nothing to compare with OHr great north frog ponuS ana pony wOg hAtCheries, where-until they are drain q and abOlished-we can produce more mi HsmatlC breezCS1 twin pOuyWOgS anu double NOIkCQ eggs to the square foot than Rome could 10 the yard. That we can beat old Rome on this point we are positive. (Only
 our extreme mOdesty checked us from add
 ing that we could almost do ii on cOmpeti-
 tive display of artistic turniture) but what If
 we do OutnumDer Rome in some things and
 resemble her in others, we small strive 10 do
 50 no longer. flaw leyville is no 1mltatOr.
 What care we tOTarenas and COllOseums, and
 7culptured walls and charlots of gold, amd
 gates of bronze, and tribute to Caesar? We
 prefer Our own romantic and rural simplicity,
 natures handIworB, to Roman grandeur. Our
 unsidcWalk ed walks and trails. Our grassy
 hills and stately forests q OunQ made hal
 low cd amt dear by TecOIlCcuOnS of the past
 and She prices Of the present. The same hills
 and the same forests under the same blue
 dome W here our foretathers fought and bled
 for freedom, and where the mOccasined feet
 Gt our pTCdpCGsSO SOrS the noble red men" tTOd.
 Where he shot down the bison and the bear
 and the giean from his evening camp fires
 tngcd the forest leaves and lllu mined hlli
 and dale Where he camped his tcep6esk kin
 son in the morning, sWapptd jack knlVGS,
 skinned the luscious muskrat and played
 mumble.te te peg during the matinee hours Ot
 the afternoon while the gentle Squa" dexter
 OualY roasted quahunRS and chestnutS and
 tortured the palC-taced captive to the beat of
 the tom tom in the ce5 tFal foreground, dn't
 black signal smokes pulled HeaVenwaTd on
 the distant huIs revealing the fortunes of the day and telling of the plans tor the morrow. We know not what Uawleyville's future may be, but " hat a past to look back upon nat Stimulating food tor thOu4ht! What scenes are theso for the imaginative and soaring mind to dwell upon! How the dim outlines Ot the past loom up and pass before us in | panoramic pantOmime, while the central l figures becOme-become. We can see plainly | that ,tho subject is too exhaustive for any ! thing shOrl of book. We started out to say 1 something in regard to furniture and carpets | and mattings and retrigeratOrs and baby car ! riages, but you can see tor yourself there has moi been ghost Ot a chance to get word in
 edRewise; no more char ce than there would | be to attempt an introduction Of the Venezu
 elan bnupdary question at & sewing society. | so we must refer you to the exhaustive ads 1 of other furniture dealers to be found else i where in the columns of this paper. Good
 men all of them and true, but if they don't 1 keep what yOu want then you will have to come to HawleYVille. 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."
 A. G. BAKER, HaWleVville. Conn.