RECREA TION. xv 



PISECO HEARD FROM ! 



BUFFALO WHEL COMPANY. April the 26th, ' 94 . 



Dear Sirs ; 



I am visiting my brotherinlaw hear in Syracuse n y my home is in Piseco n y I have a boy Peter 17 yrs 

 old, wais 117 lbs. quite a chunk of a boy and he is all over fer a bickel. I cant aford to pay a big price fer one. 

 now, we have a handy black smith to our place an he said if it want fer the whels he culd git up as good a bickel 

 as ever was made his name is jud spencer, he is owin me fer apples I sold him last fall and is a leetle tuff to collect 

 from. 



I spoke to my brotherinlaw bout it an he said you made whels so I rite to find the cost, do you charge the 

 same for painted or not painted whels, and are the hubs board the rite size fer the axletree. I thot if the holler 

 works, the iern part, was better than the solid, Id have jud boar out some bars, but his boarer is short an im frade 

 wont do. my brotherinlaw says the frame work shuld be holler by all meens What do you think I culd git some 

 y 2 in. gas pipe hear cheep an think it wuld do. Do you put on rubber rims to your whels and be they wide so as 

 to balenc esy. I herd suthin bout ball barins but I gess they dont mount to mutch only for ornment. 



Now bout the cog whels do you think the frunt cog whel aut to be obelong er round, an do you put cogs on the 

 hind hub Can I by the drivin chane by the foot or do you think jud culd make it I hev a hay teder chane but gess 

 it wuld be too hevy. Wuld it need a brake jud thinks he culd make one to work with the foot but if it aint neces- 

 ary I wont go to the expenc. jud ses he has a bran new reeper seat he culd put on. I want the bickel done fer 

 my boys birthday wich is in June. Now when culd you git out the whels an how mutch be they, rite me all bout 

 it fore I go home next week so I can send the money. 



Jud giv me this drawin of bout what it aut to be he sed. pleas return it fer jud to go by. 



Yours truley 

 John Martin 



adress to No street. 



Surely that boy is a vara avis — a simon pure, unpolluted class A eligible, so we sent our best man to see 

 Mr. Martin. " Peter" now rides a " NIAGARA." 



A letter from Peter, dated June 20th, says : — 



" I just beat Jud Spencers black mare Jenny Jud was coming from the city, Jenny was hungry and he let 

 her out. I past him but dassent slow up and had to run over the Deecons best drake which killed him. Pa says 

 tell you the hollow piping must be tuff. Pa had to pay for the Judges hitchin post I broke down before I could 

 ride good. Do you want a testimonial ? Write me one out and I will sign it." 



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