Produced by David Edwards, Verity White and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) +----------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document | | has been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected; | | please see the end of the text for details. | +----------------------------------------------------+ The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family At The Great Fair 60 Illustrations The Pastime Series--Issued monthly. By subscription, $8.00 per 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_ CONTENTS 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?"