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Show DOES WASHING ON BICYCLE. Virginia Man's Device Makes the Day One of Pleasure. II. G. Hltncr has boon exercising his Invontivo genius, and tho result of his offorts Is that tho weekly family wash day, instead of being a burden, as It Is to most people, Is tho day bo enjoys most of any of tbo six whereon mnn Is permitted to labor. Ho Is tho owner of a rotary washing machine which ho geared to bis bl-cyclo bl-cyclo after tho latter had loen suspended sus-pended In a frame. After tho clothing cloth-ing has been plnccd In tbo machine,! with the usual supply of water and soap, Harry lights a cigar, mounts his bicyclo and wheels away. lly tho tlmo he has pedaled enough to tako him to Now Market IT tho wheels wero on tho ground, tho clothing hns been washed, ho has had an enjoyable ride, and bo nnd his good "ife aro correspondingly happy. This Is only ono of tho ninny now things that havo been Inaugurated in Edlnburg during (ho last few months, nnd It l.elps to provo what ovcry ono says about us viz.: "Tho old town Is surely on a boom." P. S. SInco Inst week tho weather has gotten too hot for Harry to pedal, so ho has nttached County Treasurer Hutchcson's motorcyclo to tho machine, ma-chine, and bo now swing's In tbo hammock ham-mock and basks In tho early morning sunshlno whllo tho motor-cyclo does tbo washing. Edlnburg (Va.) Seatl-nel. |