Samantha at the World's Fair

"[...] And feelin' as I did-all wrought up on the subject of Christopher Columbus-it wuz a coincerdence singular enough to skair anybody almost to death-to think that right on the very day Christopher discovered America, and us (only 400 years later), and on the very day that I commenced the fine shirt that Josiah wuz a-goin' to wear to Chicago to celebrate him in-
That very Friday, if you'll believe me, Christopher Columbus walked right into our kitchen at Jonesville[...]".