Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-03-15


Man is an animal of varied locomo-
tive powers. He canwalk, like a god,
run like horse, jump like a tiger,
crawl like snake or climb like a mon
key and he can zip on the impulse of
steam cross country at the rate of sixty
miles q minute. He can plunge into
water and swim like mermaid or
skim over its surface like goose. He
can soar beyond the clouds and drop
from his dizzy height like the price
of wheat on the Board of Trade. Man
can locomote extensively but he cant
fly, except on the wings of love to his
waiting Dulciana. But the time is ripe
for the flying man now and fortunately
the flying man is ripe for the time. in
few weeks, travel between distant
points may entirely cease, and in such
crisis we have either got to stay at
home or fly. We cant stay at home,
therefore we have got to fly. Forum
ately for us in this emergency, news
comes of flying machine completely
equipped and ready for flight which one
Won Vechmar, in Germany, is ready to
throw on the market for the moderate
price Of two hundred gulden. 1t
doesn't state in the account whether
Won Vechmar is Of the heroic mold of
the immortal Darius and has tested his
invention at the risk of his own shins,
but we have his word for it that
his ''flugapparat Int gefogeu and
the American who is not willing to
accept the word Of an honorable man
in such matter is unworthy the name
of American. Won Vechmar moreover
is man of great mind. he argues in
favor of human flying in mastery
way. He says man can walk faster
than bird, therefore man is better
suited for flying than is the bird. Those
who fail to accept Won Vethmar's un-
supported statement in regard to mis-
machine, will have no hesitanoy in put
ting on wings on the strength of this
argument OF course one might con
tinue tho argument and say that be.
cause bird flies faster than man now
4 bird would walk faster on walking
machine, but what would be the use of
haggling over point like that, when n
question of such vital importance is at
stake. The thing to do now is to Get
the machines and begin dress rehearsals
at once. 1t will be great drawback
to the timid and modest that they must
fly all over the sky, as it were. instead
of being able to practice in the back lot
but then it is we'll TO get used to an
pearing in public. and there are almost
always plenty Of clouds lying around
doing nothing that can be utilized as
screens till one gets used to being
bird. Here is field for public enter
prise. or private philanthropy The
'llugapparat must come, if the loco
motive will not 90. And now the ques.
ton presents itsef-how can this best
be accomplished If Congress be petit
toned in the matter the flying ma.
chine bilr' will be vetoed, for Grover
wouldn't look pretty flying. jay
Gould aud Russell Sage might redeem
themselves by the purchase Of four or
five hundred thousand flying machines.
to be distributed by flying machine
bureau, and so down into history yet
as public beuefactors; but we cannot
rely upon influencing public sentiment
to bring this about in time. There is u
tide in the affairs Of men that taken al
the flood leads on to fortune. 4 flying
machine tritSt can be formed that will
soon drive the railroad monopolies to
the wall. Far sighted men will not fail
TO seize this opportunity and import
several shiploads Of "augappara,e'
Immediately, canvassing the country
north. east, south and west, with the
opatent so feet winged, self adjustable,
air cushioned. Won vcchmar Flying
Machine