The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-03-26
The Yefoctpede.


II you haven't, you arc behind the
times.
II you have any capital invested In
horse stock, / should advise you to sell
out. ... ,
Horses will be at discount next sum-
mer, and race courses will be turned into
velocipede schools.
The time will come when every man,
woman and child will be master or mis-
tress of veloclpede, and travel indepcnd-
ent of railroad companies.
MANAGING THE vELocrPrpE
Is just as easy rs skating when you know
how to do 1t. .rr.
Ittakes you little time to learn how.
al you have got to do Is to keep the
velocipcde up and keep 1t going.
You can't do either Of these separately,
and have to do both at once.
Which makes the difficulty.
Because II the velocipede stops, It falls
down.
At the same time II It falls down, 1t will
stop.
The first law of veloclpedestrianlsm Is
motion.
On the beautiful philosophical princl.
pie that necessltates the perpetual motion
Of the planetary bodies, comets, ecllpscs,
meteors, aurora borealiscs, and things
which are continually going on.
Or like mans credit, the moment II
stops running. he goes up.
Only In the case of the velocipedc nc
goes down.
First, you must start the ycloclpcde be-
fore you mount, then jump oil while 1t Is
running.
II you have had any practice rs n cir
Gus rider, this comes easy.
All you have got to do then, is to cntcl
the pedals with your feet, and keep the
wheel revolving.
Steering is very easy, when you get nc,
customcd to Il; all you have to do Is to
turn the wheel the way you want to go,
and you'll go 1t.
You must not, however, 60 upon the
principle that one good turn deserves
another, because too many turns may
wind up with an Overturn.
Any speed may be attained by increas-
Ing the velocity OF the velocipede, which
is done by lively agitation of the driv.
ing wheel.
The more revolutions you make, the
faster you will go.
That Is why think the Mcxicans Will
be the greatest velocipedlsts on this con-
tincnt.
As the French have been In Europe.
The next thing after driving and steer
Ing Is to learn 10 manage the brake.
THE BRAKE
Is very useful and must be looked after.
II is necessary In order to keep the hind
wheel from running faster than the front
wheel and putting the machine out
A painful accident happened recently,
at Ceicago, through neglect of the
brake.
A man was running race on time, and
was going at the rate Of three miles min
ute. d.
The hind wheel kept gaining on the
front wheel, and In the attempt to pass Il,
made the veloclpcdc turn summerset.
The rider was thrown ahead, the velocl-
pede went over him, cutting him clean In
two, lengthwlse.
The sections were promptly collected,
put together again with India Rubber CO.
mcnt, and stuck Ike Secretary Stanton,
but the man hasn't fully recovered yet.
No wise parent buys new piano for
his children to learn to play on.
1t Is cheaper to let them damage hired
one, for year or two.
50 would advise you not to
Bur vEtocirEDE
Till you have learned to ride.
You can get lessons with the use Of q
veloclpedc for twenty dollars a quarter.
A robust and drrlng rider can knock
twenty dollars worth Of damage out Of q
vclocipedc In week.
10 say nothing Of personal damage
to his own anatomy, which Is Mt his own
risk.
But don't be discouraged by such trihes
rs bruised ankle or q dlslocatcd shoul-
der.
II at first you don't succeed, try, try
again.