Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-09-05
To . Msld Refusing Marriage.
An unwed girl d lihe . pearl
Unset-iu risk Of los.
Therefore, though man b dross,
Let him get you, just 70 ser you,
Albeit in q cfoss.
WHY SHE LOVES 4 WHEEL.


Il II Never Cross o. Jealous and Cures the
Gosslpplng Habit.
It Ia interesting to note the care and con
their machines. Il Just love mime said 4
girl in one Of the academies yesterday,
land II nearly breaks my heart to lend IT,"
LEND I'll" fairly screamed . bloomer
girl who thinks nothing Of riding sixty
miles . day. why, l wouldn't lend my
wheel to the dearest friend / have. It
gives me Infinitely more pleasure, and Il Is
never cross, ugly, mean or Jealous. /
really think I'm . better woman since /
took tn wheeling. It seems to have
strengthened my character as well as my
muscles, and after you've ridden Is much
as l have you'll understand what 1 mean.'
"What do you mean?" inquired an elder
~, gr~ave-looking woman.
II mean simply this: Often things come
up to worry me. and / feel myself giving
way to my temper. The time was when /
couldn't resist this feeling, but would raise
Can as the saying goes. Now / bite my
lips, jump into my boomers. mount, aud
am off like the wind. II l haven't much
time, l ride three or four miles out from
home. which means an hour of fresh air.
wholesome exercise, and q complete chana e
of scene. return in perfectly good humor
and with that satisfaction which comes
with the c%oDquering Of the spirit"
s'Since you've made that admission"
said a meek little mother, .'l'd like to make
one-mine is more OF q confession. never
was one OF the advanced women, and used
to be perfectly content to talk of nothing
but my neighbors and their clothes, and /
really enjoyed q tiny bit of gossip II it
wasn't too wicked, but"
Who'd ever have thought that Of you,
you innocent-lOOking little thlng!!" Inter-
upted another bloomer girl.
"You wouldn't let me finish," continued
the little mother. II was about to tell you
that since I've become . devotee TO cycling
l don't care anything about my neighbOrs
or their clothes. Why, only yesterday,
when one OF them dropped In Just for a
minute to tell me something In strict conf
dence about another, l hadn't the slightest
desire to hear II, 30 excused myself, telling
her that l had IN engagement TO 60 o the
road"
"Good for you!" cried . neighbor who is
sixty-three years old and has children and
grandchildren riding with her.
Eyes, ! love my wheel almost a. much
as l do one Of my babies"
speaking of that" put in q buxom
matron, 1.-THE head instructor here told me
that he was desperately Ill SIX weeks with
fever. and while he was delirious nothing
would do but that he must have that wheel
in the room. His mother would bring 1t
to the bed, and then he would order his
nurse to oil It and rub It up, and sven went
SO far az to have the tires inflated. Then
he would beg to get on. He said he had
the feeling that q spin would cure him, and
he craved 1t just as . topper does rum.
When able to sit up, he mounted the wheel,
made his brother lead him q block or two,
and in a few days he could ride q short dis
lance by himself, though he would return
utterly exhausted. He claims that the ex-
ercise infused new life into him with
lightning-lide rapidity, and that he simply
was too tired to mount 1t, he sat by it and
strOked 1t as a wOman would a pet cat."--
NJ Y SIM