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VELoCtrii)* A* wtj I *4 •wry rcaaoa to expert, Etta Claire I* .h loaftr without her velocipede*, |1lt;7 bttvo came and havo been geaemllj advertia-elt;^^od pretty generally ruldc i. Their power of endurance can ©bly b^pccarate-jy Mli mated with; that of ^bt ol | colored individual bf Virginia who 'aether tired.’ They'are a git ap tod gil,y*ammile” witboet the “inxtefclm riifcr. Two ofthom ere BOW at the new Yetojc^eJe riuk, ob« of the original french njarjifoctere, and oho of American detfgaLJ Already *ou»e if our town* people kit a become expert* in riding thii modern ^nd wonderful wooden eqatae, 0»r A’ftriemi ox a vf locipedo rider i* neilhcr fallen ngor encouragidg. Wt wonlaaigo a think ofgetting an I ride of an idea ttnd | i spending upon it* Jocomotiit powtrktoki Ana'bith* «r amJl thither, a* to rely aj^j one of theae !ou*arrin varmint* ^ftcarry u* merrily to our dinner a Uowever, om experience i* !«lt;* criteri-od to go by, a» some of the noting men about lo«n.who»e experience U ;iant*d to two ori three day’* practice ly vtloci* pediri^—are yowjrinuj tbw trrtber ln-aona ip propelling th4 t^n\ i put, the velocipede, and already thp hpt/oa about towfi^horc aerviccr now pre j I jdiapeofti-ik, are beginning to droop theUftaiU and | lament over the probability ofjfiing tup* pUotad bja new wooden eieatfi iof man's device that don't “eat hny.f Howell i)rskf, the hay man, i* no^ ©oaitively knovtt to be ia leagua ajiib ajb.rge body of eqaiuea, threatening niter; frxtinetion to the modern wooden home *ii iuaiant death toiU propagator*, Aro^ u eminent. The storm cloud de^y/na, look out for the abpwer. , Meantime tue reloci-pede* and their admirem are thoroughly fortified at thf rink and hare j ireo out tho JcKuul threat that, let what come may, they are bound to *g0 oo with (%• show.**
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Eau Claire Free Press Weekly
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Apr 01, 1869
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