The Yale expositor., 1896-05-15
BIKERS.
A Few Items That May Be of
interest to Those Who
Ride Wheels.
"A lass. a lass is what WANT,
The tandem rider cried,
THE drop frame part is vacant

"A lass. lass Is what L want,
The tandem rider cried,
The drop frame part Is vacant
And want the place supplied.
Glenn Balentine rode to Port Huron
Wednesday.
Will Harris has a new Kensington.
1t is beauty.
Hold Lathrop is the happy possessor
of new bicycle this week.
Bicycle riders should always keep to
the right, and thus avoid accidents.
Pearl Grinnell purchased new
Ideal from King Holden this week.
Miss Maggie Powers, of Emmett, Wis
tied Yale friends awheel last Friday.
For all it is early in the season, there
is quite demand for wheel repairs al
ready.
Frank Minnie scorches on Mary
street now. He bought Pearl Grin
nelPs Acme.
An agent for the Rambler Bicycle
Co. was in town last Friday, showing
fine line of wheels.
Henry Welch contracted the fever
this week. A Special bought from
Harris is the outcome.
Tink Plank sold his wheel to Wal
lace Adams this week, and is now the
possessor of new Ideal.
Porter Harris rode to Port Huron
last week. His cyclometer registered
twenty-six and half miles for the
trip.
Quite few of the lady riders of the
village are taking early morning rides
preparing for trip to Port Huron in
the near future.
Wheelmen should not use the side
walks any more than is necessary. The
streets are in first class condition. and
accidents are not so likely to occur on
them.
number of our lady riders have
decorated their wheels with streamers
of yellow and black ribbons, bearing
the word Yale and the initials of the
owner.
The season is now at hand when the
small boy who wishes to spurteth on
to first sprouteth the last edition of the
potato bin.
Joe Stevenson, of Port Huron, was
in town last Saturday with a tandem.
Many Of our local riders (?) are now
talking about the advantages of riding
a bicycle built for two.
Mrs. w. b. Savile last week received
from the Rambler Cycle Co. u water
glass, neatly engraved, she being the
only Rambler bicycle rider in Yale.
Mrs. Saville is proud of her present.
The latest reports from Hades says
that a large addition is being added to
the department for those who throw
banana skins on the sidewalks and for
those who throw broken bottles on the
highways.
Don't give this away-we saw one of
our ladies in bloomers the other even
ing, trying to learn the art of cycling;
at least we thought they were bloom
ers until somebody told us she only
had her dress pinned up.
1t is suggested that the Fourth of
July in Yale be celebrated by u bicycle
tournament as the main attraction.
Liberal prizes could be offered, and
large number of bikers secured to take
part in the contests. Other amuse-
ments could be added, and the largest
crowd Yale has eyer witnessed would
be here that day.
Last Sunday morning the early riser
may have seen Geo. Matzen and Guy
Beard toiling southwark DER Ruby's
hills, and for some unaccountable rea-
son not returning until the following
morning. The return pace was q hot
one, and by the time Brockway was
reached one rider was entirely out of
wind-excepting that in his pneumat-
les. A short consultation was held.
The two wheels were converted into a
tandem by the addition of ten feet of
rope, and the way the wind whistled
through the spokes of the rear bike for
the remainder of the journey was q
caution.