The Newtown bee., 1896-06-12
A, (. BAKERS AD

Did y0u never think of It how much like 1 ancient Rome tIawieyVille is? At least the "'b ajt5 Ing tht1 al fotIuS lead to itoiIt' equally applicable tO HaWley Vlile. Julius l LI~ltr lost his lite in H conspiracy or revOlu tIon among few old Roman "wheei hOrsCs' tN 9pUutL, 4ud our last years faithful office ctt met a similar tragic ia @ within GO feet oi ! OU" front door while striving tO check or Ay>lniz4d revolution among the drive wheels O1 H \, W England freight engine, and at the clnsc of the minor revolutions that followed m il .Gu the whole nine lives Ot that devoted companion were crushed out and he WAS gathered mp here and there in pieces, every l;i CC Hritd dead aS Jul-us C;B5ar We use this expression as comparative and not as a quotation Ot slnng.
 Rnr.le's p0puIace were wont to feast their CA Cs upon the tragic and blood Curdling acts ul he arena, gladlntOral cOmbats to the death, and the crunching of mems bones by h3tiI starved and tCrOCiOus wild beasts amid t1s' 9luudit5 of the brave and the fair.
 INwlty vile exhibits every now and then a EiudlUtOTiaI combat to the death between two monster engInts, and the crumChing of mems bones by the blood thirsty, untamed and nev-
 CT satlated car bumper. Had some of the
 tragedies here enacted been suddenly sprung
 upon all old Roman audience, 80 per cent OI
 those FulOrO Is 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
 WOg hatcherieS, WhBre-until they are drain
 'd and abOltshed-we can produce more mi
 asinatic bTeeZes twin pOllywOgs and double
 yOikGN eggs to 1nS square TOOJ Lnan Rome
 could to 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 It on competi- tive display Of artistic furn1ture) but what if We do OutnumbGr Rome in some things and resemble her in others we shall strive to do W hat care we for arenas and COlloseums. and sculptured walls and chariOts of gold, and gates of bronze, and tribute to CHsar? We prefer our own romantic and rural simplicity, natures handiwOrk, to Roman grandeur. Our walks and trails Our grassy hills and stately forests. Gi Ound made hal lowed and dear by recOllectiOns ot the past and he prices Of Inc present. The same hills and the same forests under the same blue dome where our fUretathers fought and bled for freedom, and where the mOccasined feet of chr pTeGeCes sOrs the noble red men" tTOd. and the gleam from his evening camp fires Iiugru the forest leaves and iIlu min eu hill and dale. W here he camped his teepees. kin dled his fires ard smoked his skins and veni- son in the morning, swRpped jack knives, skinned the luscious muskrat and played during the matinee hours ot the afternoon while the gentle squaw dexter Ously roasted quahangs and chestnutS and tortured the pale-aced captive to the beat of the tom tom in the central foreground, and black signal smokes putted Heavenward on the istant hills, revealing the fortunes Of the day and telling of the plans tor the morrow. We know not what HawIeyville's future may be- but " hat a past to look back upon What stimulating food tor thought! What scenes Are these 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
 Iigures becOme-become. We can see plainly that the subject Is too exhaustive for any thing short of a book. We started out to say
 something in regard to furniture and carpets and matti gs and retrigeratOrs and baby car riages, but you can see for yourself there has not been ghost Ot a chance to get word in
 edgewise; no more chance than there would
 be to atte e,ppt an introduction of the Venezu-
 elan boundary question at B sewing society,
 we must refer you to the exhaustive ads
 of other furniture dealers to be found else
 where in the columns of this paper. Good
 keep what you want then you will have to
 come to Hawleyville. While waiting for 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"