Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1889 — He Was Against Horse Cars. [ARTICLE]

He Was Against Horse Cars.

“It’s not far,” said, a Chicago man to a visitor, “catch that street car and it will take you directly to the place.” “Much obliged, but I have made it a rule not to travel by horse cars.” “Why is that?” “Because I found that in almost every instance by the time I had caught the car I had covered about two-thirds of the distance to my destination.”— Merchant Traveler.