Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-06-29
" 0rld'S Fair Letter,
June 9th, 1895.


June a4th, 1895.
We arrived in Chicago early ON
Thursday morning hale and hearty
after an all-night's rest in one of the
luxurious sleeping apartments fur
nished by the Chic. Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway. Almost our first ex-
perience in the city was getting &c
quainted with the keeper OF a restau.
rant opposite the Union depot who
charged $1.1O for some poor coffee
and steak and four bananas for nv
self and wife. may us we'll remark
here, however, that our subsediient
experience with these fellows has
been more satisfactory. Food and
lodging can be obtained here, except
on the grounds, just as cheaply as
anywhere else in the United States.
dreat hotels have been built in the
vicinity OF the fair for the accomme-
dation OF visitors, and the greater
number OF these hotels are SHINY
filled with guests. Leaving our
wives at the depot, Mr.. Ostrom and
myself started out to find q stopping
place, and we naturally drifted tow
ards the Fair which is located about
seven miles from the center of the
city We secured good rooms at the
Security Hotel, Minnesota enter
prise, projected by the late Col. Hans
Madison. We found the genial Capt.
81. Eustrom, formerly OF Hallock,
Minn., in charge, and he made us
teel lat home" all at once. This no.
tel is large, well bnilt, cool and airy,
and is neatly furnished. Julian
Hawthorne, the son OF Nathaniel
Hawthorne, the famous author, is
staying here with his wife. The ho-
tel is easily reached from the city by
taking the Illinois Central to Park
Side station. 1t is located but
short distance fom the grounds on a
street car line.
Being we'll located our next bust
ness was to see the Fair, which we
did in the afternoon. We thought
1T wise the first day not to enter
any buildings, and view the heauti-
ful and magnificent buildings from
the outside. AS one takes O stroll
towards the Administration build
ing, scene is presented to the eye
that can never be forgotten. One
can not help but imagine himself
transposed to fairy land as one
beautiful view after another bursts
upon the eye. Structure after struct-
ure, white, grand, imposing, beauti-
ful in architecture, with an endless
array OF statuary and sparkling
fountains meet our gaze 1t is worth
a trip to Chicago merely to see the
buildings. During the afternoon we
registered at the Minnesota building.
The most most conspicuous thing
about said building is Fjeldes statue
OF Hiawatha which is placed at the
entrance. 1t shows an Indian war
rior carrying an Indian maiden in
his arms, and is supposed to repre-
sent the following lines OF Longfel-
lows great epic:
"Oyer wide and rushing rivers,
In his arms he bore the Maiden
The state buildings are used prin-
cipalIy for headquarters for people
from the different states, where they
may meet, rest, receive mail, and at
tend to their correspondence In the
evening we made tour OF Midway
Plaisance, which in pure English
means the pleasant place on the mid
die. Life in this resort is never dull
and the goose always hangs high. |
With music, song and dance and |
other pleasures too numerous to |
mention, dull care is driven away. NJ
merous representatives from orient
al countries, notably Turks with
their red turbans, wandered to and
fro. A buxom young lady stood at
a doorway, and that proved too
drawing card for Mayor Ostrom
who proposed that we pay 10 cts.
each to see the mysteries in her little
den. She took us to Jerusalem (bv
panorama) and showed us several
other pictures. But it was all a fake.
Next day we visited the Transporter
ton building and it was very inter-
esting to see the different means of
transportation used by man from
the earliest times to the present day.
Ever since God gave the command
to man to scatter about on the
earth, it has been necessary for him
to study the means by which he
could transport himself from place
to place. Here one can see illustrate
ed the most primitive modes OF loco
motion from a bark canoe, or canoe
followed out OF a single log, to a
modern steamship, and from q dog
sledge or OK cart to u palace car OF
to-day with ponderous engine, max
ing a speed of 112 miles an hour. 1t
would fill whole book to describe
oil that we saw in this building, and
the SHEAF has not space for more
than this short glimpse. 1t was
very interesting to me to study the
development OF the steam engine as
applied to railroads, and it made
quite a comparison to see the engine