WHEELMEN.
Xiianf* r tii nwrlo. fort>f<.r in n. -Wheelman coming up behind fanner's waggon, wants to pa^s. Wheelman (politely) : "Koom on your left, please.'" Fanner: " (!o to thunder with yer old hoopbkirfc ! \e am t got no right on the road sbeerin' horse*, nohow." Wheelman (who know* hi> rights*, j-harply) : '' I'll a^k you just once moie to let me pass ; if you refuse I'll ten c you as I served that fellow yesterday. " Farmer, not wanting 1 trouble, driven into a ditch to let him pa.**\ Farmer (after w heelm.in i? -afely by): " .Say. what 1 ju do to that feller yesterday '.' " Wheelman: "Ahem ! I got down '.' Will Cariebon thu-> commend* bicycling in ver>e : — "We claim a great utility that daily imM increa c ; We claim for inactivity a sensitive release : A con-tant mental, physical and moral help ■we feel, That bids us turn enthusiasts, and cry, ' God bess the wheel !' " An English exchange says:— "They speak of the dangers of cycling; what spoit is there that ha? not dangers ? In football you are liable to get your bones broken and i jour shins barked ; in cricket to get \our head ciacked with the ball, and othei petty injurie- : and I ihink it will be found the same with every spoit under the &un. Danger ! It is the danger in our sports that makes us* the bold and fearless Englisnmen that Me arc."
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 272, 13 June 1888, Page 6
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233WHEELMEN. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 272, 13 June 1888, Page 6
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