| Show invention for walking on the water an invention for walking on the water has been invented by VV W J allen alien of put in bay Island which for oddity practicability etc caps the climax of all water crafts ever yet invented and possesses merit in principles never before adopted it combines five distinct principles I 1 first ag As a water wate shoe for sports men to wear on their feet in swails swalls marshes and open water in pursuit of game fish etc each shoe shoo being air and water tight having a buoyancy of from one hundred and sixty to two hundred and eighty pounds and only weighing from fourteen and one half to twenty nine pounds which is not lifted but slid with ease and rapidity through swamps and water second by coupling two shoes together from four to seven feet apart they form a safe staunch and beautiful sail boat they they being finely modeled for speed third when propelled by pad dle wheel as ex exhibited tho the operator rides forward instead of backward fourth by adjusting the third shob shot or boat each playing loose on an axle and being beling side by side and from five to eight feet apar apart t having another attached from f nive five ive lve to ten feet in front in line between the two hind boats acting dpn swivel hin bin hines hinges bines es and us used ed as a rudder which is guided by the feet having a paddle wheel between the two hind shoes from four to six feet in diameter propelled by the hands fifth by attaching steel runners or skates to the keel heels they form a complete iee ice boat that can navigate any condition of ice lee or water with great speed and safet abety f Y the inventor proposes to race the fleetest crafts now on water even first class steamers and beat their j time with one man power their exceeding strength lightness buoyancy safety and speed is a marvel beyond description these wonderful shoes will be be on exhibition in this city in a short time when the public will have an opportunity t to 0 witness the novel perlor performance mance and examine the operations of an invention which if as represented by the inventor renders po possible sible sibie a feat that been accomplished since the days of the apostles peter sandusky register He Be gister |
