The Newtown bee., 1897-02-05
A SKETCH OF THE FoUNl

1 A SKETCH OF THE FOUNDERS BUSINESS LIFE. l o how glorious and O how good To see the people of this neighborhood, 1 Who have assembled d here this day i Upon this our Founders day. 1 And unto the Founder our gratitude show For what he has done for us here below. The Founder was born on Greenfield Hill, Where they raise corn and carry to mill. Here he first saw the morning light, And the first darkness of the night. This babe the household did adorn, While his father was hoeing corn, And while his mother watched over him with tender care,
 Just as mothers do ,heir babes most every where.
 His parents did not then comprehend, That this child would live o the century end. Nor did they know the possibilities of this cbild, Whether he would grow up good or run wild. He grew fast and he grew strong, Characteristic to the race to which he did
 belong. .. In his youth he labored on the farm. He milk ed the cows and butter he did churn, He was youth ot many good traits, For he kept the bars up and shut the gates. In winter he attended @ public school, When disobedient he was punished with a
 hickory rule. At school he learned his lessons very quick, Studying the speller dedner and arithmetic. He soon became scholar that was very
 proficient, In so much that his learning was sufficient. This youth has now grown to manhood, Just as most boys will if they are good. The founders mind now takes & business
 turn
 And he leaves the old farm and the churn, And strikes out fer is fortune to make. But he nnds it hard the old home to forsake. He sought our town tor his abiding place, And here he commenced his business race. He was young man of great common sense Because he knew how to figure in dollars
 and cents.
 So he starts business in lumber and hard
 ware,
 Always treating his customers politely and
 with care- His business soon commenced to boom, Stand one side now and give Uncle Horace
 room.
 Large vessels of lumber could be seen, Sailing up our Westport stream. Also vessels with b ick, nails and crow bars, Hoes, spades, saws, oh aims and horse cars Bolts, wheelbarrows, hammers and staples, All consigned to our great merchant, Horace
 Staples. Westports business center did now shake, AS Ii It had been visited by an earthquake. Lumber on our wharfs was piled sky high. In order to get seasoned and to get dry. Customers came from north, south, east and
 west, They knew where they could buy lumber
 cheapest and best. The joiners' hammer could be heard early
 and late Driving the nails an q pinning the plates. is man now is making the dust, And he must find place for it, so he must. Con eqnently he becomes the president of
 bank,
 Which Is the highest office in it's official rank The founder now gets bee in his head, Tn It he must build ship that would go right
 hhead.
 contract was signed for a tw o-masted
 ship,
 But mind you Uncle Horace reserves all of
 the chips. The boat was built and launched on the river And she t on the water like duck on it's
 feather. Then she set sail and did circumnavigate Oyer many of our seas and lakes. And her earnings brought in lots of pure gold
 
 behold. Real estate with this gold he did buy. And he plowed it up and sowed it with rye Y And part he made into a pa ture field, And the cows their milk unto him did yield, The old stage coach most of you remember, Which was slower than molasses in Decem-
 Der.
 Our founder says we mus have better mode
 of transportation, So he and others entered into negotiation, And it resulted In a horse railway, But now this has passed away. In it's place there came a new motivs power, Which was the astc his hment. ot the hour. The electric cars were soon put in motion. And in the streets they caused quite & com
 motion
 In this enterprise our founder took hand And made it manifest by coming down with
 the sand
 Now in his mind he does contemplate To build 8 factory to make stove plate So he and the NasAes built the finest factory
 in town
 And the other day you all know burned down. Our veteran will build on the old site, And the people say he is doIng about right Now the best thing he did and the best Of all, Wss building this school house and assembly
 hall
 ADVERTISEMENT. Now from business point of view, l wish to make it known unto yCu, That this aged philanthropic business man l. still doing business at the old Stand
 MIR STAPLES WAS CALLED ON. For few words. He said he did not want to spoil what had already been said. He told how he had never had the advantages in his youth of high school and only went to school winters when all they taught was reading, writing and arithmetic, working on the farm in the summer time. Although unfit to teach, when 19 years old he commenced to teach on Greenfield Hill, in 1921. He taught for six years, after which he cam to Westport. He paid tribute to he excellence of the character of his mother. Although not on the program Charles G Jessup of New York, who eas p-eseas, was called on and express the real pleasure it was to him to be e.ent and bring the loving greeting f his uncle, Morris K. Jessup, to M Staples. He spoke in an interesting and | impressive way to the young people,