The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-04
MORE ABOUT THE FAIR.
What Shenandoah visitor Has to sa
About It,


What Shenandoah Visitor Has to Say
About IT..
Colonel NJ P. Fowler is home fiom the
Worlds Fair after having good time and
seeing one hundred cents worth for every
dollar he spent. He is bubbling over with
information and has a full supply on tap for
breakfast, dinner and supper. He went to
the Fair to see the sights, and he saw them;
and he was not imposed upon, either, for the
Colonel KNOWS a thing or two," as the song
goes He had been there before
But" said Col Fowler last night, as he
drew his breath after telling of the wonders
in the mines and mining building and at the
same time gave Bob" Oliver the wink,
sightseeing at the Worlds Fair soon be.
comes tiresome, the novelties of the Plaisance
commonplace, and even the dizzy dances Of
the Midway pail upon the average appetite.
When all these fail, study of the crowds
absorbs interest. III tell you something
however, and don't you give me away. l
went to the village of Dahomey and would
you believe it2 one Of the dusky rascals
recognized me. He said he was in Shenan-
doah about five years ago with Billy the
bootblack, and seemed quite anxious to
know how Billy was. Another fellow who
hadn't enough clothing on him to cover
good sized watermelon wanted to know if
old Harry Ray was still living in Tamaqua.
But in the Irish village l had the fun. l
met some of Pat Kings and Uncle Jim
Dutfys acquaintance and thought l would
never get away from them The German
Village takes the cake, though. II is one of
the most interesting of all the sights on the
Plaisance, 1t was here l got the new
German ancestry and of the exhibit at the
Fair | am sorry to say that all of the often
sive impudent, nervy Dick Turpin ducks l
ever ran across, the German walters at the
Worlds Fair take the palm. If you value
your life and have any plans for the future,
don't take any unnecessary chances ON the
restaurants or dining parlors' in the vicinity
and outside the Fair grounds.
There are some things that must be said
of Chicago and the Worlds Fair that are
creditabe The street car people, the
elevated road guards the Columbian guards
and Mayor Harrison's finest 1 found uni
fOrmly polite and painstalling This is
especially so with the Columbian guard, who
has been spoken of as the jay with his jaw
strapped on They perform their duty with
patience and forbearance that are commend
able, if not surprising l was pleased to find
that ore Of my most important witnesses in
my contest with Billy Felthofr some years
ago was wearing Columbian uniform"
"The Worlds Fair affords great oppor
tunity for the study of human nature" con-
tinued Col. Fowler. "For instance, one man
from Mt, Carmel who stopped at my hotel
went three days in succession to see Buffalo
Bills Wild West show another made eight
trips on the Ferris wheel, and another spent
a whole day looking for the building where
they keep the lagoons But perhaps the
most perseverance shown by any of the Mt.
Carmel men in ferreting out particular
object of interest was Tom Sanger who went
on a hunt for a rubber COW. He had heard
there was such thing on the ground and
that it gave milk. After considerable in
quiry he landed at the dairy building, where
he was directed to the Midway, and there
among other curiosties he found genuine
rubber bovine, with fair-haired milk maid
drawing the lacteal just as natural as though
it was a real live bossy and likely to kick the
pail over any moment"
While in the West Col Fowler paid a
flying visit to Galesburg, Illinois, town of
2l, 900 inhabitants having 81 saloons each of
which pays an annual license fee of $1,000.
The money derived from this source is used
in street paving and other town improve
ments. The paving is of fire brick which is
extensively manufactured there. Paving of
this kind laid ten years ago is almost as good
to-day as it was when first put down. First
there is a layer of sand then a layer Of bricks,
laid fiat, the roller is then used, and finally
another layer of bricks, on ends is added.
Galesburg is a beautiful town four miles
square with fine farming country all around
it. The place has five banks and several
educational institutions. Colonel Fowler
fell in love with it and if he were little
younger and not so much tied up by business
interests in Shenandoah he would not hesi-
tate to locate there. His son-in-aw, Frank
Boyer is doing a splendid dry goods business
in Galesburg, employing thirteen clerks.