The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-03
GOVERNOR
WAS GUEST
Barre City Farmers Club
Entertain.
BANQUET AT CITY HOTEL
One Hundred Friends Of Club Partake
of Its Hospitality Occasion
Most Enjoyable
One.

What do we care for war or for bullets
What do we care for any political row,
As long as the country is in clover
There II plenty Of feed for the cow
So sang Farmer S. d. Allen, president
of the Barre City Farmers club, "a he
arose from the table at the City Hotel
last evening to announce that Farmer
j. Henry jackson would see 10 it that
all who wanted To, had chance to
speak
The City Farmers club il new OF
ganization, made up 81 men who are
able to own farms even If they don't
know how TO run them. As hosts, how
ever, they are a great success and the
farmers banquet Of chicken pie, roast
beef and pork, vegetables, doughnuts
and maple syrup, mince and pumpkin
pies, nuts and sweet cider, served By
Landlord Morse was as iine a spread al
has been served in Barre in long time.
Farmer Allen stated there had been
some delays ia holding the banquet; first
George Milne met with an accident on
Trow Hill and it was only until recently
the doctors would allow him any ex-
citement, John Smith had been delay
ed Ia getting new suit Of clothes,
George Cassie had sick horse, and
George always stays at home when
there's nothing else to do, II. j. Smith
had waited over at the Worlds Fair TO
see the President who wiped up his par
ty, and it was only now that they had
been able to get together. He introduced
DIR. Jackson as the leading farmer OF
the evening, and after the doctor had
tried to make the company believe Ne
knew something about farming he call
ed on Governor G. J. Bell.
Governor Bell said that while he'd
been farmer during most Of bis life,
he never felt more at home than lie did
in this company Of Barre farmers. He
expressed his appreciation of the ban
quet and thought the milk served was .
little better than what they had In
Walden. He thought the difference
might be in the fact that it was Jersey
milk they had in Valdez and he under
stood this was from Holstein stock
Growing serious in his remarks Coy
Bell said: Here in Barre is a great
enterprise which the state OF Vermont
should be proud Of and which the state
81 Vermontis il proud Of the great wealth
OF her quarries. Here in Barre was the
starting ppint Of the granite industry Of
Vermont, which Al yet il only in its in
fancy We arc all proud Of our granite,
our marble and our agricultural indus
tries
Lieut.. Coy. G. II. Stearns, the next
speaker, said the question il often asked,
what Is Vermont going to do when her
forests are all cut OF Barre has an
swered the question. The quarries and
minerals OF the state are going to do
more for Vermont than forests ever did.
Judge A. G. Fay responded "0ur Crop
of Indiscretions." He said he did not
believe there was place of its size in
the United States that has 40 few in
discretions.
"The Financial Crop was the theme
liz. G.. Howland was asked to talk on.
| Mr.. Howland said the financial progress
made by the members OF the Farmers
lclub in the past 20 years has been scme
thing phenomenal. You can pick 1000
men in Barre and an have more com
forts in their homes than any 1000 you
can pick in any city double It's size.
| Twenty years ago Barre had one bank
with $4,000 in deposits; today she has
1 four successful banks with deposits Of
| 1000 900. Barre Is growing in wealth
more rapidly than any place IN the state
with the possible exception of Burling
\ ton. Mr. Rowland closed by suggesting
that The Farmers club set itself to
building suitable hotel for Landlord
Morse
sThe best method Of preventing the
| largest apples from getting To the top
of the barrel, Z was the subject assigned
10 +. b. Mudgett lie related some OF
his inimitable stories and closed by
declaring that all the farmer there was
about the members Of the club was the
name on the badges they wore at the
banquet
eThe Granite Crop" was the subject
of remarks BY VIM. Alexander and
@The Advisability of Raising Seedless
Apples was discussed by Donald Smith.
Mayor Barclay thought he should be
entitled to membership in the club from
the fact that his parents were farmers
"The Orange Crop in Chelsea, was
the subject assigned Representative
Darling from that town, aud BY his
speech Mr.. Darling proved that it was
good one. In closing he paid a high
tribute to Representative Pape. He
said there was not man in the Houac
at Montpelier who stands higher than
your representative pape.
Representative Pape closed the speak
ing Of the evening.
Dnring the banquet music was fur
nished BY Cilbertson's orchestra. A. w.
Allen aud j. Ward Carver each gave
recitations and Angelo Scampiui gaFe a
few Of his legerlemain tricks. There
were fully hundred at the banquet,
including oil the members who are
George b. Milne. John E. Smith, John
q. Morrison, w. +. shepard, s. D. Allen,
George Cassie, Donald Smith, vi. C
Oninlen, w. d. Smith, r. A. Slayton w.
s. page. lleeorre i. MeFarland. Il c.