A collection of vignettes chronicling the misadventures of Josh Weathersby, a simple-minded farmer from the village of Punkin Centre, both in his hometown and while on a trip to New York City.

'Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories' by Cal Stewart is a hilarious collection of tales featuring the lovable and eccentric character of Uncle Josh Weathersby. From his adventures in New York to his encounters with lightning rod salesmen and fire departments, Uncle Josh's experiences are sure to make you laugh out loud. With titles like 'Uncle Josh in a Chinese Laundry' and 'Uncle Josh Plays Golf', these stories offer a delightful glimpse into rural simplicity and the lighter side of life.

Wall he wuz a bligin sort of a feller, and he told me thar wuz a place round the corner whar a feller done all the washin’, so I went round, and there was a sine on the winder what sed Hop Quick, or Hop Soon, or jump up and hop, or some other kind of a durned hop; and then thar wuz a lot of figers on the winder that I couldn’t make head nor tail on; it jist looked to me like a chicken with mud on its feet had walked over that winder...FROM THE BOOKS.

Uncle Josh Weathersby bring an optomistic, rural simplicity to the big city.

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The one particular object in writing this book is to furnish you with an occasional laugh, and the writer with an occasional dollar. If you get the laugh you have your equivalent, and the writer has his. In Uncle Josh Weathersby you have a purely imaginary character, yet one true to life. A character chuck full of sunshine and rural simplicity. Take him as you find him, and in his experiences you will observe there is a bright side to everything.

Uncle Josh Weathersby is an imaginative character. He is a happy man full of humor and rural simplicity. For Uncle Josh there is a bright side to everything in life. These stories are meant to bring a bit of his humor to his readers. Stories in this collection include My Old Yaller Almanac, Arrival in New York, Uncle Josh in Society, Uncle Josh in a Chinese Laundry, Uncle Josh in a Museum, Uncle Josh in Wall Street, Uncle Josh and the Fire Department, Uncle Josh in an Auction Room, Uncle Josh on a Fifth Avenue 'Bus, Uncle Josh in a Department Store, Uncle Josh's Comments on the Signs Seen in New York, Uncle Josh on a Street Car, My Fust Pair of Copper Toed Boots, Uncle Josh in Police Court, Uncle Josh at Coney Island, Uncle Josh at the Opera, Uncle Josh at Delmonico's, It is Fall, Si Pettingill's Brooms, Uncle Josh Plays Golf, Jim Lawson's Hogs, Uncle Josh an the Lightning Rod Agent, A Meeting of the Annanias Club, Jim Lawson's Hoss Trade, A Meeting of the School Directors, The Weekly Paper at Punkin Centre, Uncle Josh at a Camp Meeting, The Unveiling of the Organ, Uncle Josh Plays a Game of Base Ball, The Punkin Centre and Paw Paw Valley Railroad, Uncle Josh on a Bicycle, A Baptisin' at the Hickory Corners Church, A Reminiscence of My Railroad Days, Uncle Josh at a Circus, Uncle Josh Invites The City Folks to Visit Him, Yosemite Jim, Or a Tale of the Great White Death, Uncle Josh Weathersby's Trip to Boston, and Who Marched In Sixty-One.

An American recording icon of the early 1900s, Cal Stewart created the popular Uncle Josh Weathersby character; Joshs town, Punkin Center; and the many colorful characters who inhabited his fictional town from Way Down East. Stewarts recordings were among the bestselling of the period, and through his satire he showed life in a fast-changing world. The actor, singer, songwriter, and author performed across the nation with his Cal Stewart & Co. group, consisting of his wife, the Indiana violinist Hazel Gypsy Rossini Waugh, and her younger brother and sister. For millions, Cal Stewart was the king of rural comedy.