The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair, page 1 by Charles McCellan Stevens
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annum. No. 108. June, 1893, Entered at Chicago P. O. as second-class matter.
Chicago
LAIRD & LEE, Publishers
1893
[Illustration: "Apples, pears, bananas, sweet oranges."]
The Adventures
OF
UNCLE JEREMIAH
AND FAMILY
AT THE
Great Fair
Their Observations and Triumphs
By "Quondam"
With Sixty Illustrations
Chicago
LAIRD & LEE. Publishers
1898
COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY LAIRD & LEE
(ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
To UNCLE JEREMIAH AND FAMILY And to All those Interested in the WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION This Book Is Respectfully Dedicated
CHAPTER PAGE
I. On the Way 7 II. Now for the Fair 20 III. Around the World for Twenty Cents 33 IV. Escort and Body Guard 38 V. Columbia Avenue 51 VI. Dancers of the Great City 63 VII. On Board the "Illinois" 76 VIII. La Rabida 87 IX. The Plaisance Prophecy 102 X. Plaisance Society 113 XI. A Startling Mystery 128 XII. Beauty Show 137 XIII. Sunday and Conscience 148 XIV. Sight-seeing Galore 163 XV. A Terrible Experience 174 XVI. To Buy a Dog 183 XVII. Cairo Street 194 XVIII. Uncle in the Lock-up 205 XIX. The Lost Found 220
UNCLE JEREMIAH AND FAMILY
AT THE GREAT FAIR
CHAPTER I
ON THE WAY
"Apples, pears, bananas, sweet oranges, five cents apiece."
"Last call for dinner in the dining car."
"Ah! this is comfortable," soliloquised Uncle Jeremiah. "All the nations of the earth contribute to our appetites, and millions are spent to transport us comfortably. Going to the World's Fair with Mary's two children, me and Sarah. Say, stranger, what time do you think we'll arrive?"
"In about two hours if we are on time, but so many people are crowding on, that I doubt if we can get there before six o