Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-24
GLOBE CIRDLER'S feat
How He Circled the Earth on
q Five Cent Capital.
COINED MONEY DRAWING PICTURES
Churchill, Who Returned to New
Thousand Dollars In Cash, Tells Of
His Trip-Wiu Tour the World In
an Automobile Next Year.

His Trip-Will Tour the World II
an Automobile Next Year.
Verno Churchill, who left the Wal
dorf- Astoria hotel on a wager New
Years day, 1901, to circle the globe il
twenty months, arrived at New YORK.
the other day on the steamer Majestic
two days ahead of time. says the New
York World. He started out with only
q nickel, which was presented to him
by Admiral Dewey, part Of the
! wager being that he must earn enough
as be travelled to pay all his expenses
and bring back surplus of $1,000 in
cash or diamonds. The man with
whom he made the bet was Paul Boyn-
ton, the swimmer.
Churchill, arrayed In suit of white
duck and wearing about five pounds of
medals, called at the Office Of the above
mentioned paper the other night to an
nounce his return. He is thin, forty -one
years Of age, feet inches in height
and weighs 100 pounds. He has newspa-
per clippings recounting his adventures
from all the countries through which
he passed.
In his tour Churchill has always
Travelled first class and put up at the
best hotels. He is "lightning artist
BY profession and has paid his way
around the world by making pictures.
In countries where he could not speak
the language he made known his wants
in pictures.
when I left New York." he said,
Il walked to Yonkers as did not
want to spend the nickel which Dew
ey had given me. In Yonkers | gave
an entertainment in the Park Hill
Country club and got enough to pay
my railroad fare to Hudson and to get
some things l needed. l worked nv
way along to Buffalo, giving entertain
ments In various towns. In Buffalo
stopped at the Pan-American fair for
seven months and made $1,4O0. At
Helena, Mont, frescoed the big Au-
ditorium free and then gave an enter
tainment which Melted me $500. |
agreed to grain the walls of the Audi
forum before | left but was bound
and gagged by bandits. who stole all
Or my S1,SoO. | had TO borrow sd tie
next morning to pay my fare to Seat
lie. and there | sold ring to pay NY
fare to Japan. In Yokohama NY first
was given at the Club |
hotel. the resort for Americans and |
visited many Of the
Japanese towns and made much mon.
".
My next jump was by boat to Vlad-
vostok. Russia, and OH the way we
We're wrecked and driven ashore in
me OF the seas of Japan. | travelled
'ooV miles across Russia and Siberia.
making pictures wherever | went.
would go into public place where
mere We're lot of officers and men OF
ank and without word would sketch
he most prominent chap in the outfit.
hen Id give him his picture, and he'd
i've me or 5 rubles. Then every one
lse in sight would want picture of
imself at the same price, and Id reap
harvest.
when ! finally reached the Russian
rontler, they sent me back 800 miles
Warsaw to get my passes fixed up. 8
stopped there at the hotel which, |
m told, is owned by Paderewski.
rom Russia l went straight through
Berlin and so on back to London
nd then Liverpool
Next New Years am going to start
'ound the world in an automobile"