Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-30
A WATERBURY SUCCESS.

The Butchers Barbecue the Event of the l Year-Thousands of Strangers in the City-A Handsome sum for the Hospi- tai Fund.
 The butchers of Waterbury could not | have expected nor selected more suitable | day for their barbecue. Everything seemed to favor them in the successful | carrying out of their intended programme, | and such an amount of enthusiasm was | inst filed into the different ceremonies that even Wate rbury, with all her grand pre-
 vious parades and entertainments, has seldom witnessed such sight. Promptly at 10 o'clock the gates at the base ball grounds were thrown open, and imme
 diately the eager crowd of sight seers com menced to fill the enclosure. The point of | interest which seemed to attract the most attention was the kitchen. With no cover
 ing to hide the mysteries of the chief cook and his able staff of assistants, everything was performed openly and before the eyes of the wondering people. Two large pits. each 90 feet long and feet ill depth, con stituted the rude but serviceable ovens Fires had been built within the ovens and some of the roast meats were slowly cooking when the
 spectators had arrived. The appetizing odors from the boiling beef and mutton seemed inviting the sharpened tastes of the crowd, and even the dyspeptic and in valid were making great calculations for
 the coming feast. It seems incredible, but it is none the less true, that twenty-five steers and twenty sheep Were considered
 none too many to satisfy the craving appe-
 tites of the Waterbury public and her
 large quota of visitors. The peculiar mode
 of cooking is the point on which was cen
 tered all the interest. Two iron bars were
 driven through quarter of mutton or . beef and stretched across the oven, the
 corps of assistants stood ready to saturate
 the wasting flesh with melted butter to
 prevent its burning as we'll as to give It
 flavor. From time to time the meat was
 turned and returned and at the end of four
 hours the carvers performed their work of
 giving out the tOOthsOme dish. 'W hat an
 appetite l have" was the exclamation on all sides, and even persons who before
 would not dare to look at a rare piece ot meat now munched with evident relish. The meats were cooked to suit everybody ! rare, medium or we'll done, and there was no one dissatisfied orleft the table without
 delicious and plentiful feast Fifteen hundred lOaves of bread furnished by the , different bakers of Waterbury sutficed tC fill the greedy public, and such an amount of hungry applicants never sat down to 8
 more appetizing meal. Five hundred
 pounds of butter was consumed in the
 cooking, aud the amount of tavOrinE eN
 tracts in the line of snlt and pepper was
 immense.
 At 1 o'clock the parade started with the
 right resting north of the green. The pro
 gramme as announced in Tuesdays DEMO
 CRAT was carried out. Louis M Meyer acted as marshal, assisted by James Cough
 Ian and Theo Setter. The parade was headed d by the American band followed by the Waterbury butchers cavalcade of l5t
 men, Each man wore the uniform but
 cher apron, surmounted with a blue sasl
 and rosette The silk hats of the mel also added to their handsome appearance
 The carriages with the veteran butchers } invited guests and friends followed. An
 sonia brass band, with the meat cutters from Ansonia, Shelton, Seymour and Dan
 bury, so men, wearing the insig ignia of thell
 trade, and high white head gear, preceded
 the tal'y-ho coach containing the Bridge
 port delegates. Ralph Blakeslee's bus
 drawn by four handsome greys and toul bays, carried more friends and guests anC innumerable carriages of every description
 brought up the rear. Associations from
 other towns were anxiously expected, but
 up to the time of the parade they had no arrived. Fully 300 men formed the line o1
 march and scented from afar tht Arriving at the grounds, no delay was made in attacking the tOothsome sand
 wiches turned out from experienced hands and on all sides the Waterbury barbecue was declared a success. It is estimated that at least 10,O 900 people witnessed an6 participated in the festivities and celebra tion. Everyone seems to be in jolly frame of mind and bent on pleasure at tht time of going to press, and the butchers
 barbecue will not soon be forgotten by tht a visiting friends and citizens of Waterbury The purpose for which it is given wa alone sufficient to attract crowd and thu Waterbury hospital fund will receive al extraordinary impetus from the proceed of the entertainment