they are arriving when? // bringeth

[Dave Monroe]

--- mikebailey at speakeasy.net wrote:

> did somebody animadvert on the idea already that the
> Chums arrive on Columbus Day of 1892?  textual
> evidence (which unfortunately the book is at the
> house) says something about a tetracentennial which
> would be more apposite for 1892 than 1893, n'est ce
> pas?

World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition (also called The
Chicago World's Fair), a World's Fair, was held in
Chicago in 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of
Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World....

[...]

Opening ceremony

Opening ceremonies for the fair were held on October
21, 1892 but the fairgrounds were not actually opened
to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued
until October 30, 1893....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Columbian_Exposition

> also, wrt to "sleep that bringeth not rest" 
> Ecclesiastes 2:23
> For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief;
> yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is
> also vanity. 

Thanks!  John AND Mike Bailey (NR?) back ...


 
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