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NORWALK. comm, TH’UESDAY, JUNE 1.7.1897.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

. '. I saw ’em goin’ up the road like flashin’

, streaks ‘0’ light,
An’ I didn’t blame my geod ole biy fur
shyin’ at the sight, ,
And in the distance minglin’
I 'Bells an' laughter kep’ a jinglin’

Till, tcr tell the truth, I felt a heap

more envious than polite.

The bay, he tried ter ketch ’cm, but a
wreath’o’ dusty cloud

Was all that in the distance told the
presence 0' the crowd, _

An’ I says ter him: “Ole feller, ’taint
no use 0’ arguing;

Tile hoss is a back-number, an’ the li
cycle’s the thing.”

’I‘wus jes’ a bit ’fore twilight when
them people came along;

They wus goin’ home on foot. "Twus
plain thet suthin’ had gone wrong.

The broken bottles scattered
By some tramps their hopes had
shattered.

I never see a more dejected, weary
lookin’ throng. 7

They all sung “Home, Sweet Home.”
I harnessed up an’ took ’em there,

An’ when they gladly paid two dollals .

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, each by way 0’ fare
The ole bay winked one car at me an’
tried hisbest to say,
"' he bicycleain’t in it, an' the boss
is here ter stay. ’7
Washington Star.

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It is expected that Alexander, the
winner of the Irvington—Milburn road

race on Memorial Day, will be in Stam-

ford to participate in C. Ford Seeley‘s
road race, which takes place July 8.
Entry blanks for this race can _be ob—
tained of C. Ford Seeley, "Stamford,
Conn.

» The bicycle is ”a good investment and"

pays a higher interest than most peo-
ple suppose: In car fares alone the
saving of 20 cents a day for say 200

1 days in the year, a very conservative

estimate, would result in the saving of
$40, which on a $100 wheel would equal
an income of 40 per cent. on the origi-

. nal outlay, with probably not one cent
‘ for repairs.

And then if one were to
add the saving in shoe leather, doctor’s

' bills, medicine, and the money expend-
‘ ed for other forms of sport, it may be

easily seen that to purchase a new $100
wheel every year is quite within the
means of the average'person.

As the new edition of the Connecticut
road book is about to go to press. Chief

' Consul Philip W. Westlake of the Con-
. necticut' division, L. A. VL, who has

charge of the work, desires all cyclists
and others who may so wish, to send in
corrections to him at Bridgeport at the
earliest possible moment. Local obser-
vation while aw'heel will enable the
practi'cal'cyclist to rectify errors as to
the general condition “ of the roads
in his immediate locality. that niay ap-

. pear in the present edition, and these

bits of information collectively make a
read book accurate.
nished free to Connecticut members of
the League of American VVheelmen.
The'origin of the movement for im-
proved roads in this country must be
accredit-cl to the riders bf the bicycle
even by those strenuously opposed to
road. improvement. Opposition is based
chiefly on the ground of exypnse, but
at the best. such policy has been proven
Over and over again to be false econ—
omy. To the rider of the wheel, the
poor Condition of the average Ameri‘
can read is a never ending source of
annoyance, and his advocacy of high-
way improvements is as firmly implant-
ed in him as‘his religious creed. The
movement has been until, recently one
of slow growth, but the rapidly increas-

ingnumber of cyclists during the past

fewyears has enlisted in its support
men of the highest rank socially and
professionally, and it is destined to
command the respectful attention of
legislative bodies in a marked manner
in the near future._

The book is fur- '

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Bicycle Lore.
It is a wise man who looks to his bi-
cycle before he takes it with him on
" the road. The last ride may have loos-
ened a nut here, a screw there, or
strained some little part to which a
moment's attention will prevent a
. complete break-down.
I Other bicycle proverbs from St.
Paul’s are to the following effect:
A wz'sz man feareth and dcparteth
from crowded streets; but the fool
rideth and is confident.

A scorcher lovcth not one that re-
proveth him; neither will he go into
the police station.

A flat road maketh a cheerful ~coun-
tenance;but by a steep hill is the spirit
broken.

When a biker’s ways please a Consta-
ble, he maketh even the ’bus drivers to
be at peace with him.

VVhoso mocketh the divided SKINS,
reproacheth his manhood; and he that
is glad at a skirt lifted by the wind
shall not be unpunished.

 

It is better to ride alone on a “bone-
shaker” than with a .brawling' woman
on a tandem.

It is the glory of wxnen “to conceal
their ankles; but the honor of men is
to display their legs. '

Many seek the Constable’s favor, but
every biker’s judgment comcth from
a magistrate.

V Who can find a woman who can cycle
with safety 2’ For her price is far above
rubies. '

She girdeth her legs with knickers
and covereth them with a skirt, - '
Jive—her puncture-proof tiresand let
her riding praise her in the parks,

The man who tests his bicycle by
riding off the curbstone will sh01tly
have no bicycle to test.

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The mid-summer meet of the Connec-
ticut division of the L. A. W. takes
place at Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport,
on the afternoon of July 4. -Riders
from all L. A. W. clubs may enter.

The annual prize bicycle parade of
the Evening Post. and morning Tele-
gram will be held in Bridgeport on the
morning ‘I of July 4. Stamford riders
are planning on having several tandems
in line that day.

Thus far this season cycle race meet
promoters in NewEngland have had to
contend against unfavorable Weather
conditions and have suffered in many
instances severe financial loss through
postponements, etc. There are a large
number of meets scheduled for J uly, 3
and 5 and with fair weather all losses
will be easily made up. _

A feature of the constitutional con-
ventions of the Connecticut division,

this month, wi. be the organization of
a board of local conguls. ~ United action
can by such a body he quickly obtained
in favor of, or against legislation relat-
ing to the cycling fraternity, and it is
expected it will'provea valuable aid to

I ' the division board of officers in enlarg- :

ing the membership of the league
throughout the state; , '

 

- we look with longing‘fondness

« the town, was unfortunate enough to

, dle bar and clamp, with the broken por-

 

Of all the jokes the dearest
That hangs on memOrie’s wall,
The old. old joke of the summer girl,
I It seemeth the best of all.
The ships have passed in the night-
time; '
Big sleeves are getting passe;
Trilby has gone to the bow-wows.
And bloomers have .had their day.

At what we spurned last fall,
And the old, old joke, of the summer
girl,
Seemeth the best of 'all.—London
Advertiser. I

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No one has more frequent occasion to

I .There is no more becoming decora-
tion for a wheel than the L. A. W.
colors, royal purple, whether it be in a
knot of ribbon, or the color used in
something else. There are many royal
purple frames in the state. One lady
member of the L. A. W. appeared 'in

of her wheel, and another with an
equally large cluster of English violets.
Both these flewers are very near the
royal color, and were very effective. '

“Keep to the Right,” is one of the
.signs that should be posted in the mind
of every bicyclist, if not at every cor-
Iier where there IS a signpost. Why
some wheelmen will persist in riding
on the wrong side of the road when there
is an equally good path on both sides,is
a problem which old and experienced
riders are past finding out. The driver,
be he ever so young and unused
to the road, knows that he must keep
to the right in, order to avoid'accident,
but some wheelmen persist in keeping
the wrong side of the path. “The only
reason that suggests itself is that "it's
English, you‘ know. ”

 

make emergency repairs than‘the bi-
cycle rider,_and as no One can tell be- '

cur, what injury is likely to be suffered
or what defect is likely- to appcar—al- '

to have his sharpest wits and his most
brilliant ingenuity right by him when ‘
the necessity occurs.‘ Apropos of this
the Writer will relate an incident in
the experience of a well known New
Haven wheelman during a bicycle tour
of the eastern portion of New York
state. flowers on his way to New York
from Putnam county and was coming
down the acqueduct from Croton lake.
He reached Sing Sing just before noon.
and while descending a short hill into

have his crown tube (the tube brazed
to thecrown fork at the bottom and pro-
jecting up through the head of the ma-
chine and fastened to the handle bar
stem by means of a clamp) break short
off below the handlebar and clamp and
above the top head bearing. The ban-

tion of the tube, immediately came out,

 

L. A. VVifi to ;’oe held the latter part or

tach a handle bar to. e sought out a
repair shop and aiked them if they
could make a temporary repair of it in’
some way so that he could go on. The
repair man replied that the only way to
fix that break was to put in a new
crown tube; that he could probably do
it during the day and evening and the
rider could have his machine again in
the morning. But our Connecticut
wheelman was disinclined to wait. He
said to the man: “But, my dear fel-
low, I want to ride to New York on
that machine this afternoon.” This
was declared an impossibility. And
right here is where the genius of Con-
necticut rose to the occasion, fobthe
rider immediately igsserted: “If you
can’t fix, that I can. ” The repairer
graciously tendered the use of his
shop and tobls and‘the wheelman went
to work. He first fileda half round key
way down the rear side of the handle
bar stem, and then filed a similar key
way inside the back of the crOwn tube,
using a file abopt half the size of a lead
pencil; then taking a steel wire nail
and slightly tapering it, he drove it in-

handle bar in position. Total time for
making the repair, 15 minutes. Having
completed it, he turned to t 'e repairer
and said: ’ '

 

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“There. It’s ,done. What do you
_ think of that?” .
i To which that individual replied: .
. “Well! if.I ever saw a Y ankee trick,‘
that’s-one. You don’t have to tell what

forehand what accident is likely to 00- i '5‘:

ways "without warning-it behooves him i ‘

leaving nothing above the head to at- '

to the two key Ways, firmly locking the '

- indifferent success.

Last week at thd office of Secretary
Abbott Bassett in Boston marked the
largest number of applications ever re-

the streets of a town in the statethe,
other day, with an immense cluster of .,
fieur-de-lis fastened to the handle bars- , ,

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In Russia bicycles are not carried in
railroad carriages unless entirely
stripped of all luggage and tool bags.

The Associated Cycling clubs of Long. ~
Island will hold their annual century I
run July 19, over a course to be select— ‘
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It is doubtful if the force of a blow
delivered by a" bicycle rider in rapid
motion, say in collision with another
cyclist or a pedestrian, is fully appre-
ciated. A man weighing 150 pounds.
and moving at the rate of lllgfeetla'
second, which is only 7 miles an hour,
has a momentum of 150 pounds, not
counting the weight of the wheel.
This is sufficient to upset any pedes-
trian with terrific force. A collision be»
tween 2 wheels, each with a 150 pound
rider spinning at the moderate speed
of 7 miles an hour, would result in a
smash-up with a force of 3,000 pounds.
’Seven miles an hour, however, is a

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coaster or scorcher often reaches 20
mileS’ and it is no small wonder, there-
fore, that bieycle accidents are fre-
quently .of a serious nature. I

The annual Westport bicycle road
race will take place in that Itown on
June 30. There will be three races,one
for colored riders, an open race and
one for local riders.

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ceived in seven days in the history of
the League of America-.1 W heelmen—-
2,164, which makes the league 82,392
strong. Pennsylvania made a gain on
New York last week by turning in 701
names, whi :11 gave the Keystone state
10,387 members. 'New York came in
second with 689 applications, making a
total of 21,554. Massachusetts made a
good" showing with 348, a total of 10,480.
The other divisions to make- the best
showing were: New Jersey with 141,

25, total 2.560; Wisconsin 90, total

2,137; Connecticut 36, total 1,152; Mis-

souri 52, total 1,757; Michigan 42, total
1,582; Maryland 39, total‘1,455; Rhode
Island 24, total 1,373.

 

Tandem races have been run in sea-
sons prior to thisseason, but with very
The number- of
these machines in use now, and the

various teams, will enable the, meet
promoters to place tandem events on
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part of the country you came from.” .

 

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total 5,418: Illinois 82, total 3,266; Ohio_

‘ to take place at an early date, under

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Although the~members of the Stam-
ford Wheel club have had hardly time
to become acquainted, they are already
talking of a twenty-five-mile road race,

the auspices of the new organization.
The idea of a floral bicycle parade is
suggested. Those who have visited
Newport, Bar Harbor ‘and Lenox have-
seen what may be done in this line
with .horses and carriages, and why
cannot the" same effects be produced,
in a smaller way, with the wheel. We
are now in the month of roses in New
England, and no section of the Union
is richer in wild flowers than this.
Unlike the lantern parades the floral
parades must come during the day, but
there is opportunity enough for them.
The Fourth of July might be suggested. “ _
The wild flowers alone of this season of . i
the year would make a most brilliant _
display—f ‘daisies and buttercups and '
all the pretty flowers.” And then .5,
there are the roses and all the beauti-
ful flowers of the garden and green-‘
house. “ "

 

 

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