The Newtown bee., 1896-05-15
A, G. BAKERS AD

Did you never think of 1t how much like l ancient Rome Haweyville is? At least the l old saying that "all roads lead to ROme," is 1 equally applicable to Hawleyvile. Julius | Ca'sar lost his lite in conspiracy or revOlu- 1 ton among a fine uld Roman wheel horses" l su lO speak and our last years faithful Off7ce l eat met B similar tragic tA within 60 feet Of 1 cur front door while striving to check an or l A,aMilnd revolution among the, drive wheels Ot ! H New England freight engine, and at the ] close Uf the minor revolutions that followed i in train the whole nine lives of that devoted 1 gathered up here and there in pieces, every i ii. ce deIi-dead as Julius Ca,5ar-We use
 this expression as comparative and not as a | quotation of slang.
 Koue's popuInce were wont to feast their l ey yc3 upon the tragic and blood Curdling acts or me arena, glaulatOfIal COmDats to the | death, amt the Crunching Of mems bones by l halt starved and terOciOus wild beasts amid | Luc plAu'tts of the brave and the tair.
 1 HaWleyVilIe exhibits every now and then g.Adiatofial combat to the death between two 1 monster engines, and the crunchtng of 1nen's 1 bones by the blood thirsty, untamed and nev- l CT Satated car bumper, Had some of the l tragedies here enacted been suddenly sprung 1 upon an old Roman audience, 30 per cent Of l those ValOrOUS 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 aquntic reservoirs and waterways, but she had nothing to compare ] Wlll our great north frog ponds and polly wOg hatcheTiea, where-until they are drain d and abONshed-we can produce more mi asmatic breezes, twin pOllywogs and double yOlked 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 from add
 ing that we could almost do ii COmp0ti- tive display of artistic turniture) but what if
 we do Outnumber Rome in some things and resemble her in others, we shall strive to do
 % no longer. HawlevvilIe is no fmitatOr
 What care we for arenas and COlloseums, and Sculptured walls and ChariOts of gold, and gates Of bronze, and tribute to CBsar? We prefer our own romantic and rural plicttY, natures handlwOrk, to Roman grandeur. Our unsidcwalked walks and trails. Our gras sy hills and stately forests, G4Ound made hal Io"eu anu dear Dy recoIlectlOnS or the past and :he prices of the present. The same hills and the same forests under the same blue dome where our tOr6tatherS fought and bled tor freedom, and where the mOCcaSined feet of our predecessors the noble red men" trOd. | When he shot down the bison and the bear and the geam from his evening camp fire ungcu the forest leaves and ilumined hill and dale where he camped his teepees, kin son in the morning, swapped jack knives, 1 skinned the luscious muskrat ard played luumble-te-peg during the matinee hours Ot the afternoon while the ger tie sQuaW dexter Ously roasted XuAhangS and chesUnuts and tortured the pale-taced captive to the beat of lle tom tom Tn me central foreground, and black signal smokes putted Heavenward on the distant hills, revealing the fortunes of the day and telling of the plans tor the morrow. We know not what HawleyvilIe's future may be, but W hata past to look back upon What stimulating food tor thOughtl What scenes are there 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. We can see plainly that .the subject is too exhaustive for any thing short Of 8 book. We started out to say something in regard to furniture and carpets and matti0gs and retrigeratOrs and baby car
 riages. but you can see tor yourself there has
 not been ghost Ot a chance to get word in edgeWise; no more chance than there would
 be to attempt an introduction of the Venezu- elan boundary question at & sewing societY, so we must refer you to the exhaustive ads
 of other furniture dealers to be found else
 where in the columns of this paper. Good
 men all of them and true, but ii they don't 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."