Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-08
BUTCHERS REvEL.
The First Annual Barbecue at the Island
Park.


we have read of in books and seen in every
day life, held undisputed sway over the
Island Park all day yesterday. OF all the
representatives in trade there is no class
that serves the general public longer hours
or more diligently or faithfully than these
self-same butchers, and why shouldn't they
have an outing once in awhile. While
some few may have been Inconvenience a
trife by the closing Of the meat stores,
surely there was not a person in the city
who begrudged the proprietors the good
time they were having, and the best wishes
for the success of the picnic were every
where presented. After eight o'clock the
meat stores throughout the city were
closed, and there was not a porterhouse, a
sirloin or a rump to be had in the city for
love or money outside the Park.
The ball was set rolling at nine o'clock
with parade of the Butchers OrganiZa-
ton, headed by the Opera House band
With their slouch hats, glittering eagles
and stars
AND WAVING PLUMEs,
they presented a rather unique and pleas
! ing spectacle. There was the glow OF
health in every check, and a smile and elias
ticity of step that told they were ready and
awaiting for the carnival of the day. The
parade was noticeable in another respect
and that was the almost uneXampled array
of physical development. At the conclusion
of the parade, which included many Of the
principal streets, the members all repaired
to the Park, where by this time large as
semblage had gathered. They even came
from radius Of many miles, and teams OF
every description could be seen in all parts
OF the Park.
AS the noon hour approached people
poured into the park in steady stream
and this continued through the early hours
of the afternoon II is estimated that there
were not far from 5000 people present. OF
course the chief feature Of the day was the
barbecue Wheeling butchers have had
picnics before, and heaps Of other socia
events, but this is the first time they have
ever had a barbecue. TO the credit OF
James Coleman, CHIEF dc cuisine at the Cen
tral Restaurant, who personally prepared
the feast, it was a signal success. He was
assisted in the
GREAT CULINARY FEAT
by Louis Ford Of the Hotel Windsor. II
was a barbecue by a new process. \
trench was dug in the earth over the TOP
of which was placed an immense pan, in
which the doomed bovine was placed. In
| the trench beneath the pan was the fire
while on a cover which was placed above
the OK was another blaze. The prepara
tion of the feast began at eight O'Clock
Wednesday evening and the meat was
ready 10 serve at nine o'clock yesterday
morning Mr.. Coleman remained on the
grounds all night, kept the fires uniform
and looked carefully after all the details
Two oxen weighing 1900 pounds apiece
l ghnap "A G.
roasted. and altogether there was enough
to feed nearly 5000 people All ate theiI
| fill, and pronounced the meat good enough
TO make king smile. The meat was
enclosed in sort OF plateau witt
the four sides formed Of tables, and large
corps of walters neatly served the meai
with other raccompaniments in wooden dish
es Perhaps what made the beef taste all the
better was the fact that il came from higt
grade cattle. The oxen We're the Dcvor
stock. and came from the Sisson farm, "a
Roney's Point, and were the twin calls
that took prize AT the agricultural fail
last year. The committee who had
CHARGE OF THE BANQUET
was composed of Charles II. Loeilier
/ Charles Rohrig and Lewis Zoeckler.
Throughout the day there was dancing
| in the pavilion, and all who could get up
on the floor ayailed themselves Of the op
portunity. There were enough different
games and devices going on at tue park tC
delight the heart Of any picknicker. In
some respects il reminded one
Of a miniature Coney Island.
4 scrubb game of base ball was played
by two picked mines in the early Afternoon
and other contests were informally in
dulged in, more for the merriment than the
record.
At 3:30 there was half mile horse race
between flyers owned respectively by
Andy Mckinley. John Kample and Mr.
Zicgler. The judges were Samuel John
son, John Habberlield and Levi Cassell.
The prizes were $50 for the first horse and
a saddle and bride for the second. McGin
] ley's stopper won the first heat, with Kan
pie second Time. 2:02.
The second heat was also won by McGin-
ley. time ] -. The third heat went like
wise. time 2:03. The time keeper who
hung on to the stop watch with both hands
was Daniel Biggs, the nocturnal clerk al
the Mcclure House.
The Butchers Organization is 10 be com
mended for the excellent manner in which
/ they handled
THIS IMMENSE THRONG
of people, ana comparative quiet and good
order rcigned throughout the day. Mr.
/ Charles Hoffman, President of the organi,
zation. was everywhere present, and aided
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