Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1898 — Fifty Years from Now. [ARTICLE]

Fifty Years from Now.

“Say, pa,” inquired little Johnny Sprockett, “what is a pedestrian?” “A pedestrian?” repeated Mr. Sprockett, scratching his head in a thoughtful manner. “Pe-des-tri-an,” he mused. “Let me see! Oh, yes, of course. Why, that is what they used to call people when they walked.”