Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1895 — A BICYCLE BOAT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A BICYCLE BOAT.

The Latest Use to Which the Revolving Pedals Have Been Put. A bicycle boat on the .Lake Bols dc Boulogne, in Paris, is attracting much attention. The seat, pedals and steering gear are similar to those of the bicycle, but the motive Is applied to turn a screw at the stern of the boat To the onlooker the man apears to be rid-

ing a bicycle in the boat and the novelty of the spectacle draws public attention. It is said that a speed of five miles an hour may easily be made in calm weather. No doubt we shall soon have the boat in use on all our pleasure lakes, for a novelty of that kind is sure to “take.”, i

THE BICYCLE BOAT.