Decatur Daily Review Thursday, July 7, 1892 Dignity on Wheels Hon. John V. Colegrove commenced the year 116 of the American Independence with a brand new suit of clothes. 'Squire John looked at himself in the glass. The suit looked well, fitted well, felt well, became him, and in short the 'squire looked charmingly. But he not only looked charmingly he felt that way. It was a feeling of serene happiness which the 'squire hadn't experienced for a long time. He seemed to like this feeling and concluded to experience it some more. He kept on experiencing and at last got gay. Now, as the 'squire is naturally of a melancholy turn of mind this gayety affected him greatly, he himself didn't just exactly know how. This much, however, he did not know, viz: that something had to be done, and the 'squire actually did something, 9snother astonishing occurence). the first thing in the line of amusement that suggested itself to the 'squire's mind was a bicycle ride. Of course he had never ridden one of these animals: but this fact didn't discourage him, for he reasoned, and reasoned logically, that as he had never before worn a first class suit of clothes, and yet the very first effort in that direction ahd been crowned with success, therefore what would be the matter with a bicycle? Why nothing." Without any further deliberation the 'squire went and hired a wheel, and not being fond of notoriety he took the creature to a back alley. It was with considerable trouble that John managed to get on it, but strange as it may seem after a spin of less than ten steps it was without any troublew whatever that the machine managed to get on him. The bicycle rode the 'squire until some sympathizing friends, that is - of the 'squire's, not the bicycle's - took it off him. The 'squire's new pantaloons are now at the tailor shop undergong a series of repairs. For further particulars it might be well to state that his honor reached the repair shop by the aid of a couple of newspapers in lieu of less transparent nether garments. Source: http://content.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=7099&iid=NEWS-IL-DA_RE.1892_07_07_0008&rc=152,2196,224,2229;187,2396,263,2429;339,2396,510,2429;201,2488,270,2521;503,3546,572,3579;725,192,798,225;831,592,898,625;1492,2208,1584,2241&pid=467901448&ssrc=&fn=john+v&ln=colegrove&st=g

Oh thank you for sharing that! That is truly priceless! Tom Colegrove On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:55 PM, <casamommy@hughes.net> wrote: > Decatur Daily Review Thursday, July 7, 1892 > Dignity on Wheels > Hon. John V. Colegrove commenced the year 116 of the American Independence > with a brand new suit of clothes. 'Squire John looked at himself in the > glass. The suit looked well, fitted well, felt well, became him, and in > short the 'squire looked charmingly. But he not only looked charmingly he > felt that way. It was a feeling of serene happiness which the 'squire > hadn't experienced for a long time. He seemed to like this feeling and > concluded to experience it some more. He kept on experiencing and at last > got gay. Now, as the 'squire is naturally of a melancholy turn of mind this > gayety affected him greatly, he himself didn't just exactly know how. This > much, however, he did not know, viz: that something had to be done, and the > 'squire actually did something, 9snother astonishing occurence). the first > thing in the line of amusement that suggested itself to the 'squire's mind > was a bicycle ride. Of course he had never ridden one of these animals: but > this fact didn't d! > iscourage him, for he reasoned, and reasoned logically, that as he had > never before worn a first class suit of clothes, and yet the very first > effort in that direction ahd been crowned with success, therefore what would > be the matter with a bicycle? Why nothing." Without any further deliberation > the 'squire went and hired a wheel, and not being fond of notoriety he took > the creature to a back alley. It was with considerable trouble that John > managed to get on it, but strange as it may seem after a spin of less than > ten steps it was without any troublew whatever that the machine managed to > get on him. The bicycle rode the 'squire until some sympathizing friends, > that is - of the 'squire's, not the bicycle's - took it off him. The > 'squire's new pantaloons are now at the tailor shop undergong a series of > repairs. For further particulars it might be well to state that his honor > reached the repair shop by the aid of a couple of newspapers in lieu of less > transparent nether g! > arments. > > Source: > http://content.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=7099&iid=NEWS-IL-DA_RE.1892_07_07_0008&rc=152,2196,224,2229;187,2396,263,2429;339,2396,510,2429;201,2488,270,2521;503,3546,572,3579;725,192,798,225;831,592,898,625;1492,2208,1584,2241&pid=467901448&ssrc=&fn=john+v&ln=colegrove&st=g > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COLEGROVE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >