The Newtown bee., 1906-03-02

town down to the present hour. He has a peculiar gift for this sort of thing; and was it not Paul's advice to Timothy (my Concordance is packed away in Newtown, and Brother Wright | can look 1t up for mel, Exercise the l gift that is in thee?" Let not Ban- croft wait for a McMasters, but let 1 Johnson be his own addendum.
 I came across little incident, the other day, in connection with the eel ebratiop, which as you rubbed up my reminiscent bump, I'll put in here. The old servant at the Brooklyn home which for 55 years was in possession of the head of this branch of the Barker tree, was in to see us last Week. She said the postman on our beat knew all about Newtown. He took his family to Sandy Hook last summer. "Do you know Otis Barker?" asked the maid of all work. 'Why, yes, I heard him give the Address of Welcome at the Bi-Cer tennial celebration there" So, you see, Brother Smithy, you are not SO bad off as if you lived in the land of mud, mosquitoes and miaSma-New Jersey-and so were uut of the world. I have been so glad since heard that, that my unknown friend heard me, for I consumed many Browns Bron- chial troches that morning in clearing decks for action. We'll, we did have a | big day of it, and no mistake. Even now as sit here and look out of the window upon the prosaic junkman with his clang of discordant bells and | the son of Abraham seeking to pay fabulous prices fer discarded clothes, l can shut my eyes and another scene passes into view. There is Newtown Street, so gay, so festive, so glorious that it seems the Wonderland that lovely Alice saw; there is the plat form down at the Fair grounds and On it we little chaps who feel so big be- cause the Admiral and the Governor are on our right and left; there is be- fore us that great throng, and where on earth did they come from? There is the bewitching scene at night when the glories of Leopard's pyrotechnics mingled themselves with the glOrfes of the stars. Gone the events, on and on their undying memory lives.
 Mark Twain was once down in Geor- gia where poor fellow had been caught by the flame from seven-times heated furnace and been roasted alive. When asked for an appropriate in- scription to write on the poor man $ memorial, he took a slip of paper and simply wrote, "Well done." do not want to write your epitaph now, my dear friends; but I do want to say, as I sum up my feelings about your book, "Well done."
 Faithfully your old friend,
 OT1s w. BARKER.
 352 Hancock street, Brooklyn, N. Y, February 26, 1906.
 President Me]len has shown far sightedness in every act since he as- Sumed the reins of management of the Consolidated road, and in this latest move for reduced fares he has struck a popular chord. The reduced rates take tffect on our local division. the Berkshire, March l, and we predict an increased traffic. It is estimated that the proposed reduction in passenger fares on the system to the flat rate of two cents mile will cut eff about S6O0,O0O income, and the lowering of the freight tariff will sacrifice about $4OO, 900 more. But such estimate is based wholly upon present standards and does not take into account the increase of business bound to follow the reductions. Travel is going to be stimulated by the cheaper rate and the commerce of New England must grow with an easier tariff on freight shipments. TIE BEE predicts that in