Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-15
Il 13OO-MIlE TRIP
man lFOOT--FAMIlY
IN vlh--HERE FRIDAY


mats q determined old saying and
1t mas been the means of tiding many!
over difficult places. Such was in the
case when Mr. and Mrs. William Lee
and their four children OF Dayton,
Ohio, decided they wanted to come
back home to Stetson, Maine. They
had the will and the way is turning
out in the form of a single horse
drawn van, the work of Mr.. Lee. The
Lee family in solving the high cost
of travelling by going most mex
pensive way, And to make it per
haps more remarkable is the fact
that Mr.. Lee has thus far, walked
most of the way, about 1900 miles,
when the trip is completed, that the
same horse has been used in the en-
tire trip, that Mrs. Lee has walked
about 500 miles of the way and that
the little girl of the family has ridden
about 700 miles of the way on her
bicycle.
The Lee family was in the city,
Friday forenoon on their last lap to-
wards the goal And Mrs. Lee, a
CHEEKY little woman, active and full
of good courage. said. Il shall be so
glad when we get there" On the
night before the family stopped at
the farm of Walter Pierce on West
ern avenue, in Manchester They do
not stop in hotels or rooming house
Or the like. but they generally go to
some farm house and ask for room to
spend the night in the barn. I'VE
have never been refused this sort of
lodging, except in one case, in all our
trip" said Mr. Lee.
They do not cat at hotels or restau-
rants, but rather, camp just outside
the city and eat in the open. pre-
pairing their own meals. Mr.. Lee was
out of work for nine months and the
| family decided that they wanted to
come east. where Mr.. Lee would per-
haps have better chance of getting
work.
In the party are Mr.. and Mrs. Lee,
Pauline. aged IA, Francis. aged u,
aged 16 months. All the children
have been happy and healthy all
throughout the trip this far. Little
Francis. suffers with asthma and for
that reason has not been very well
in the course of the journey. But
when the children were seen. Friday
! forenoon with their family and their
travelling, they We're romping around
and thoroughly enjoying themselves
They were all very good natured and
looked very healthy as well,
1t was on August II that they
started out from Dayton, Ohio. Their
journey has carried them through
Cleveland, Ohio, Erie. Penna., Lachz
awanna, Buffalo. Rochester, Walling-
ton, Geneva, Utica, Schnectady and
Troy. ~. Y. Burlington, VT. Man
chester, n. H., over Peru Mountain,
Chester, VT. Clarcmont, Newport,
Lake Sunapee. Andover, Franklin,
Tilton. Laconia, Mendall, Lake Win
nipe saukee, Georges Mills, Moulton-
boro. West Ossipee, Silver Lake, Con-
way, n. H.. into Maine by way Of
Fryeburg to Bridgton, Wehbs Mills
Poland Auburn. Greene, Winthrop
Manchester. Augusta. Their trip viii
! continue on to Vassalboro, Water
vile, Benton, Burnham, Pittsfield,
! Newport and the destination, Stet-
son.
! The family will be left in Stetson
with friends and Mr.. Lee will contin-
lie on to Bangor where he will look
for work. A journey of 1900 miles, al
most all of which was on foot, for
job. will he Mr.. Lees distinction.
| The same horse has been used in
the course of the journey and when
viewed by a man who knows, horse
! flesh the verdict was that the horse