Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1869 — The Truth about the Velocipede. [ARTICLE]

The Truth about the Velocipede.

’O, A. Dana, who is the “best velocipediit'm‘N;ew York,” and ought to know, ahsWefs a correspondent thus : v “A correspondent atCafroL City, lowa, wishes us to inform him about the velocipede. We answer that it is a very amusing and 1 yfcry exercising machine for toebgbosioti. It consists, of two wheels, oile'before the other, connected by a steel or iron reach. . It is drivoh by pedals uttaelmd to the fore wheel, and keeping tne ruler’s legs very busy. On a perfectly smooth track, itiefr as‘ a board floor, a oh on of asphaltum pavement;'’ok har>,i earth road m the court try,!* cd&im driven at the ratq oPfifisefl or twenty ,piilcs an hoyr, without very great effort! Ml on‘ a roifr'b ready it* proprtteidfi irf lAb«£ in operation every, '.Ati riding* feehuol of . the Messrs. Pear-Bull.i-onifr amlTwvn-