Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1898 — Hoped to Improve. [ARTICLE]

Hoped to Improve.

“This bicycle riding is nllj a nonsensical fad'.” exclaimed the man who is wrapped up in political enthusiasm. “Perhaps it is,” replied his wife. “You don’t see me working like a daylaborer pushing a wheel around the country.” "No. But give me time. Perhaps after awhile I'll get sufficiently sensible to abandon the bicycle and walk eighteen or nineteen miles with a torch over my shoulder, regardless of the weather, every time there’s an election or a ratification meeting.”—Washington Star.