The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-31
ARE NEARLY HOME.
Trans Continental Tourists BY Auto Re-
late Experiences.

Camping at schoolhouse with an old
unoccupied church on the opposite side OF
, the road. We find lot of such churches
on our route every day. We ask the
reason and they say they cannot raise
the funds necessary for church work and
the churches are allowed to decay. We
are encamped beside u field of beans,
probably 80 or 40 acres, that is not in
blossom yet, and the corn here is the
poorest we have seen for 100 miles. The
soil is light and sandy and the land very
level but they do not farm it here as in
Vermont progressive Vermont farm
er would raise six times as much on the
same land, think.
1t is cloudy here but no rain, although
heavy rain is reported 100 miles south
of us. We are about Is miles south OF
our route west through this part OF In
diana. Oak forests are quite plenty, fur
nishing fuel for farmers.
i Evening OF same day at the second
schoohouse we came to in Ohio.)
This morning we had to make sew
eral detours on account of the main
roads being torn up preparatory to build
ing cement roads. Cement roads are
much the best roads we have Travelled.
! Here in the east, where it freezes, the
road is made in square blocks, the width
Of which is from 10 to 20 feet square.
In California they We're made continu
GUS, as there was no heaying and they
were roads that made automobilists
happy. Graveled roads are not bad, but
stone roads such as have been built in
| Vermont for the past few years are sim
ply abominable here The stones work
to the top and make them rough. We
have passed through many quite large
cities to-day; most of them have cement |
streets.
In the morning we expect to go north |
erly to Toledo, which is on Lake Erie,
then pass south OF the lake to Buffalo, |
which is over 400 miles from here. We
get our gasoline for nine and one-half
to 10 cents per gallon now. Less than
IS cents a day to run the Ford.
We passed through a large section to-
day that is well farmed, although few
farmers cIt their corn. They drive
teams through the corn fields, pick the /
corn or the best of it. then turn their
cattle, hogs and horses into it, and pillow
in what is left
Some kind OF a sign is usually put Up
at each end of city or village. To-day
one placard said, "Speeders wanted; on
the other side of board. Thank you, call
again" At another place. IF you can't
stay with us, call again"
Very few groeers or garage men here
in the Middle West try to overcharge us
for goods or work. To-day we called at 1
a Ford garage for repairs TO ear. 1t took
him Is or 20 minutes and he furnished
some new parts but he would take only |
10 cents for pay. He was Brattleboro, ,
Vt, boy He was glad to see someone ,
so near his home. He said his father ]
was lawyer at Brattleboro, Charles S. :
Chase. When we stop in any large place I
to buy food or gasoline a large Srowd
gathers around MS, asking all kinds Of
questions about our trip. Both our cars
are placsrded, vermont to California"
or california To Vermont" C
Near Norwalk, O., Aug. 271
We reached Toledo yesterday noon but
did not make very long stop. In the
afternoon our progress was rather slow c
on account of detours. The main roads c
were torn up and they were making ,
cement roads. The completed roads are "
inst grand. Here in the west there is a o
'oad around every square mile and to n
make a detour we are liable to have to RI
70 three miles TO get one, but we gen
rally pass on a parallel road for several Il
niles. Yesterday we went on a road that =
,aralleled the main road for % miles, -
hen back the one mile 20 the main :,
DAD. :
We passed lot OF the Ohio oil wells !,
yesterday. Sometimes the wells were in :,
he middle Of a corn field. The soil Is :.
III titled except paths 10 get t. the ~
wells. We are now getting into the fruit :.
ountry south of Lake Erie. We haven't ~
'ot TO where the corn is large enough TO \,
cast yet. u
tAt our camping ground on The shore I;
4 Lake Erie, about 10 miles west Of
iuffalo, n. W
We have been travelling a few hours
his afternoon. The first time we have
raveled IN the rain since we were here N
. New York going west. We had
hover in Nebraska going west and an
Their little shower in coming cast at
ort Steel, Wyo. We have set M our 70
cnts, ate supper, and il stiil rams. ne
bout ? p. m. to-day Dix car I've were "
INNING cars without chains. as il lad u
My just commenced TO rainl skidded. ~
urned halfway around and went OF = 60
ank five feet high into the ditch. but TO
Drtunately did not oyerturn or hurt tha
scupsnts seriously. In about an hours
me, in pouring rain. we cot the car
ack into the road again with it, own
over. That Old Cadillac car il doing Or
bod service yet and has got one tire
ith Vermont air in IL. and that IVES
b old tire when We started from home.
has probably run with the same inner ~
Ibe in Il and same air loO00 mice. -,
Yesterday We ate dinner near Cleve. -
nd. o.. campei near the pennsFirauia -
ne in Ohio. Passed through PennsvI- ~
mia this morning, stopping an hour al -
re, looking over the ruins 81 the ao,sl =.
Aug. ,. Thirty nine people were
owned and s2paOqg Of property De-
royed IN q few hours TIME. We sisa
opped yesterday a. Ashtahula. -. aid
~ thc bridge where q train ~ cars
ere deTaiied inta tire river e few Frars doi
- and great many lives lost. In
Tbs is noisy place where - Bre lum
mpine. one haH DOZEN ~ Wore chr ian.
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