The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-21
MONTPELIER

Miss Minnie Hill of Washington. d.
/ c., called on Governor Clement one day
this week to secure his signature and
letter from him stating that Miss
Hill had called upon him. This letter
was sent to the Boston Post, by which
| Miss Hill is employed, and it is under
stood she asked permission to use it in
her story of her travels. She left Wash
1 ington some weeks since and has visit
ed each governor i'm this section of the
country excepting the governor OF
Maine. She left here Thursday morning
to walk to Augusta, Maine. She told
Governor Clement she would ride with
| him upon condition that he leave her
at the place where she commenced her
ride He had explained to her that If
he saw her walking in Vermont after
her visit he should ask her to ride.
This offer she accepted, on the condi-
! tion stated above. Governor Clement
gave Miss Hill short letter, express.
| ing to the editor of The Post his pleas
ure at meeting Miss Hill and listening
to her travel talk Some time ago she
walked through the West on wager
She pays her way, but must walk, and
on this trip she had trouble in securing
| food at the ranches, for the women did
not want to sell her food. She climbed
Mount Washington on the crusted snow
and came here from Littleton, N. H.,
travelling to Montpelier from Marsh
| field Wednesday. She walks three and
one half miles an hour. She can walk
four miles an hour, but it is too fast
clip to stand, so she keeps her speed
at the above stated figure. Miss Hill
is probably about 40 years of age, and
then again she may be younger.
A. w. Spahing, employed by the
New England Telephone company, will
be laid up for couple of weeks at
least, as result of an accident which
took place Thursday afternoon, while
he was employed with other men on
line construction. He was riding
horse across the Winooski river, when
the horse apparently stepped into
hole and fell. Mr.. Spalding went with
it and at first it was thought he had
suffered fractured vertebra, but it
was later found that the injury was
only strain. Last night it was giving
great amount of pain.
The board of control held a meeting
Thursday afternoon, when most of the
time was passed with study of the
schedule of wages which the heads OF
the different departments forwarded to
the office. There is an upward trend IN
these, whether the heads of the de-
|partments recommended them or not.
and some of the help about the State
House have indicated that they will
change their employment unless they
secure a reasonable increase in wages.
One girl has been offered S25 a month
more than she is getting now, and 1t Is
understood that others are waiting to
see what decision occursvJuly !. An
other meeting win take place the 9th
of the month, when ii is expected that
those schedules that did not reach the
board Thursday will have arrived for
consideration.
A hearing will take place at the
State House this afternoon relative 10
the New Hampshire Stave and Heading
companys desire to operate trucks IN
Vermont
The officers of the Capital Poultry as
ISOLATION held a meeting in the Luce
barber shop Thursday evening when
further plans in connection with the
coming show were discussed.
James Hartness of Springfield was
local visitor to-day.
The supreme court has notified Har-
Nv A. Black, secretary of state, that
Il has selected Judge Harrie B. Chase
as he member OF the superior judges to