Show A gentlemanly SWINDLER he no rode a who wheel and lived off ills victims the bicycle has abundantly demoa demon its adaptability both to pur poses pc cs of pleasure and of business if it does not meet a long felt want it certa aly satisfies one that has been newly created and seems to work in a wonderfully facile way into all the economies and newly developed feces sius of soc ety but our most useful and commendable institutions are al ways liable to perversion any new force Is as susceptible to wrong as to right direction and the measure of its potency for good is also usually th the 6 measure of its po ver tor for evil the bi cycle is no exception it is claimed and arid no doubt truthfully that ethe machine came into such common use burg ar es espee al Y in country places have greatly increased with the swift and silent steed the mian delpreda tors can plunder several unprotected hamlets in a night and return to the trackless city before the break of day last summer a gentlemanly swindler passed a delightful vacation in the v estern part of the state and through connect acut and new york by means of his wheel he was affable and in situating and he was anxious to pur base a farm in every community there w wie ww w some man who wanted to sell one he would open negotiations and remain tor for two or three days the guest ol 01 the farmer eating and drink ing of his best and being shown the most attract attractive he spots in the neighbor hood he always told his host that his particular farm was the very piece of 0 property he had been looking tor for and that he aou d hear from him definitely in about a week then he would ride on and repeat the operation this cost him no more than the life of a hobo yet he be lived I 1 ke a gentleman boston Bo torl tran r pt |