The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-23

bpt that the motion Is called riding, and
the thing fsshionab bic. we'd heap prefer
walking. Walkingis easier too. and safer;
when you stop. you don't have to fall of
and muddy your clothes, bruise your nose
or skin your knuckles, or run over some
body or against fence, or something Of
that sort.
The construction Of the bycicle is unfor>
sunate, 1t can't stand without help, and aside
from its stripes and colored paints, for sim>
plicity, moral excellence, capacity and gen.
eral adsptability to the wants of mankind ,
we give the preferepce to the wheelbarrow.
The wheelbarrow can bs bought for three or
:6Ie dollars; while the other ID ten or fifteen
times as much. We have one Of the former
and will allow anybody to work 1t down to
Norman q: Cos after g. sack Of corn i,
and never charge cent? 7-bat Rhodes at the
Rink, will charge you 80 cents an hour for
riding, and never make allowance for wear
and tear Of clothes or furnish sticking plas>
ter, for bruises. There, are many things to
be preferred. TO the Velocipede, which are
too tedious to enumerate, as grocery keep
ers advertise; II, fact il Is q hunbus, and
wears out ones knee joints. and for that
reason should be condemned.
We don't blame the Rinktum man, It's
bis business. and It pays, and long as he
finds boys enough who are willing to 60
through the sweat ordeal, and thereby aid
him in getting his bread without paying the
inevitable penalty. why let him run bis ma.
chimes and sit in the cool; every ono has to
live. The motion of the Velocipede at the
Rinkis circular and beautiful-to look at
from an elevation. bus exceedingly danger
ous where liable to run over You. The pedists,
there were four of them. two stripped to
shirts and pants, were doing their best and did
not fall of oftener than cou'd he helped. but
the othertwo were all the time engaged in get
ting mp or calling for somebody TO help
get their legs out of the velocy. Each of
the four looked fatigued and deserved great
credit for the indomitsble energy with which
they worked ont the hours worth. and their
good nature and perseverance in gymnassi.
eating so long and under such peculiarly
aggravating circumstances for the benefit Of
a large but mixed audience Of men, boys,
niggers and tan>tartien:.
The next time we did not 60, there were
fer ladies out or rather in the Rink. and
had there been any unoccupied machines,
they, would have ridden. Ii is thought ad-
visable to establish . female rink, but IL
this is done, the ladies are warned 10 wear
paataloons and leave their waterfalls ct
home otherwise the consequences TO fem ale
riders not thus apparelled will be dreadful.
The veloc is no respecter of persons or dress>
%. and it is best TO be careful or perhaps the
unlucky neglecsfal one may find herself
thrown through the window into the mid
die Of next week, or dashed against the wall
and smashed up into mince meat. Better
not ride. at all, girls. Let the boys run the
risk, endure the toll, and pay the cost, while
you look on. This is our baud.
Ast6 that report now. Some ore, we
wish we knew who, says that the senior has
been seen oa bycicle and going round like
any oiher-nice young man. We pronounce
Il I'm 'iufsmous-no' such thing. Our legs
never crossed one Of those things. no, never,
and never will In fact the thing never hap>
pened in reality, bat only in dream. We
had one, it was A No. l.. TWO forty, and
cost $50, taken out for advertising. We
u>ed is principally in pursuing after delin>
queut subscribers. non~payin. advertisers
aua haithiess baukrupts and criminal as>
siguees. 1t was Sale>Day. We were after
one Of this latter character, he ran, we fol-
lowed, his coat tail STOOD out Straight. might
ave:plased marbles omit fear of capture and
forced payment leant him wings, he few (;
the velot, was iar behind. VIC could not keep
mp, the machine would not work. went
crooked. got into the crowd round the Court
House, and wen. ker ham against the mile
post which stands in front. The shock was
considerable, and we woke to find that We
had been trying the speed Of the broom and
had tumbled over the cradle. We don't
like velocipedes. and with this exception
have never ridden. -.
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