Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1893 — A Free Country. [ARTICLE]

A Free Country.

New York Sun. “One of the most amusing and interesting things I saw in the capital,” said a gentleman who returned a day or two since from a visit to Washington, “was a mechanic trundling himself and his kit and outfit to work on a bicycle. Bicyc- 1 ling, by the way, seemed to me to be the chief means of locomotion io Washington. This man had his coat off»and was astride a pneumatic tired safety. Fastened’ in front of the machine, on a convenient rest, were his bag of tools, his lunch pail, and his coat, while slung across his shoulders, in a manner that made it. balance perfectly, was a ladder at’ least thirty feet song. As he turned into Pennsylvania avenue he created something of a sensation, but he bowled along seemingly oblivious of everything, especially of the people who dodged his ladder.” T Three-fourths of the earth’s surface can no| be cultivated on account of mountain ranges, deserts, swamps and barren ground.