Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-14

men who bumped over the handles un-
der the idea that they would thus get
there before the front wheel did and
others did It TO show off sheir shapes,
but he was no such man. If the presi-
dent of the club wanted him to abandon
that hump he would do 50, but If q ere
were no objections ne would continue
as he had begun.
al has also noticed dat when Gineral
Socrates White am out wild us his face
takes on a 'spreshun dat bring public
criticism" continued the president. "If
he had his nose ober tar bar'l an ex-
pected to be bit on de heel BY snake
de same time he couldn't git his face
twisted up no wuss. Sometimes I think
it's look of joy, kase he's found dol
lar in de street, but mint later Pm
suah he's lost all his fam'l by smallpox
and has got case of billyus collie his
self If de gem'lan will riz up an
'splain what ais his face on SIGH occa-
shuns l shall feel much obleeged."
General White said in reply that
there were about seven different kinds
of the bicycle face" as is called. He
was sure he had one of them, and It
was all the fault of his nose. That nose
of his would go a whole year without
itching as long as he kept walking
around, but FIVE minutes after getting on |
a bike he was gone coon. That is, he |
was coon whose nose began to itch |
and ache and demand attention. Some
riders could even scratch their backs
without taking a tumble, but let him
raise hand to his nose and away he
went. His only safeguard was to fix his
thoughts on something else and keep
tight hold of the handles Between the
nose, his thoughts and looking out for
distractions his face worked up into a
circus and menagerie combined and he
was aware that small boys cried out in
'anter and adults stopped dead sill for
second look, He was now trying the
of sandpapering his nose
ust before leaving the hall and then
coat of mutton tallow, and if
he horsefiies would only leave him
lone for few minutes he was in hopes
hat his countenance would wear :
lacid smile as he worked away at the
edals. If nothing else worked he ,
-ould either wear a mask or learn to g
de backwards =
Gan while on dis subjick," resumde
lie president, al should like to ak Brud- g
er Whyfo' Jackson bout dat singular
ose he assumes wheneber he mounts a
IS bike. Let him walk along the n
rect an he am so timber an so grace ST
j, an has got SIGH a glide on him dat al
ks stop and pint him out as a dancin' a,
aster. Jist de mint he gifts up on is
Ike, howeber, de scene changes. His III
yht shoulder humps up, an his left III
oulder lops down. His backbone am pr
least TO- inches outer plumb, an one be
ell turns in an de odder out De gin
Al idea of folks who observe him is tn
he is jist fell out a tree an landed on tic
bike" TT
Bro. Whyfore replied that he could w,
plain. While on the earth he felt WI
ure against everything but lightning. wi
e instant he found himself elevated tn,
began to look out for cyclones, tor
los, runaway horses, cloudbursts and
engines, His position could doubt
) be termed the "bicycle scare" He Ad
5 trying to improve on it by stopping
ears with cotton and biting on a ten :
ny nail, and in time he hoped to be 49,
Adonis of the club. The heel saS
oh turned out had once been caught ell,
threshing machine and heightened hin
our inches, but he would try to am and
lte the elongation.-M. Quad in St the
is Republic not,