The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-11-30

HE number of people from this city
who inadvertently walked through one
OF the exits at the Worlds Fair grounds
Will appreciate the following on J. s.
Alan. 1t is written by gentleman who
has personal knowledge of the matter.
Jim and his wife made up their minds
that they were going to see the Fair
whether the silver bill pass ed or not, but
lnasmuch as Jim's principle property lay
IN silver mines, and the probability that
the Sherman law would be repealed was
SO imminent, they thought they would
take as little time as possible in doing
the great exposition. Consequ emily when
they arrived at Chicago, they took the
first train over the Illinois Central, and
arrived at the grounds some time dur
ing the afternoon. After they had been
inside while, they saw great throng of
people moving in enc direction. Mrs.
Alan said to jim, 1--WE want to see all
we possibly can while we are here, so let
US follow along with those people and
see where they ere going. There must be
something very exciting down there"
jim said he didn't believe there was any,
thing there worth eeeing,s so as tcbe prepar-
ed to say to his wife Il told you So" in
case there wasn't anythiD there of par
tlcular interest, but they joined in with
the thronG and hurried along with them
to what appeared to be- the. objective
point. and finally when the crowd began
to dlsprese and go In differ ent directions.
they found themselves outside the gates
the crowd was simply going home at
SIX o'clock. Jim Of course scolded his
wife little on the quiet, turned around
and paid dollar and went back in again.
He declared to her however. that it was
all her fault-in fact all the errors of man
were attributable to the inf uence of wo.
men, even back to the time that Eve
tempted Adam with the apple, SO he told
her that he wasn't going to expose him
self to the suspicion OF being from the
country by having her acco mpany him;
that after that they would visit the Fair
separately. The next day Jim TOOK. the
Elevated road and went out to do the
Exposition alone. Toward night when
he got ready to return to the city, he
started to look up the Elevated road by
which he had come to the grounds. but
mounted train on the Intramural road
instead, and settled himself down for a
nice comfortable ride to the city. After
he had made seven round trips. he re-.
marked to fellow passenger that heused
TO 1--we IN Chicago, but that the city had
grown entirely out of his recollection.
lie also said that he had heard the i'm
mense size of the Fair Grounds spoken
of. but he hadn't the slightest idea thar
that they were SO large; that he had been
riding something over two hours and
hadn't got Outside the grounds vet. that
IL must be sery long distance from
where he had got aboard to the station
down town. His companion asked him
where he was going, and whe Jim told
him that he was bound for down town.
he quietly Informed him the t he was on
board the Intramural instead of the Ele.
waited road, and that he hnd been riding
around the grounds ever since he got
ABOARD, and vas no nearer his place of
destination than he was when he started.
jim took considerable pleasure in telling
the story on his wife the day before, how
she rushed out of the grounds and led
him with her and they had to paw dol
lar TO return, but after he told her his ex-
perlence of the Intramural, lie agreed to
say nothing more about her mistake If
she would not let ont on him. 1t was
TOO good to keep, however, and Jim's
continuous passage was the subject of |
remark Of his friends as long as they
stayed IN Chicago.