Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1895 — A Bicycle and a Dog. [ARTICLE]

A Bicycle and a Dog.

Going up the avenue on a cable car last night I heard twe or three exclamations of wonder and surprise on the rear platform and went out to see what it was all'about. “You can train ’em to do anything, can’t you, sonny?” Inquired the conductor of a boy .who was riding a bicycle at the side of the track. “Yes, indeedy,” was the cheery response. ' “See, I can't even shake him off.” Here he, violently shook his body. I looked closer andj’saw that a black dog was clinging to the boy's neck, with his hind paws holding precariously on to ajiout an inch of the projecting fiear of the bicycle seat, while his fore legs were over his young, master's shoulders. The car stopped to let a passenger off at 19th street and the conductor, whefi the youngster and his pet went skimming off in the da&ness, told me the lad was a telegraph or district messenger and “could do anything with a dawg but make htar tawk.”—Washington Star.