The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-04
FEASTED AZ THE PARK.
Visit of Quincy Men Closed Wit,
Barbecue.

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entertained the visiting Manufactur-
ere Association from Quincy, Mass,
at unique banquet, as the closing
event in the visit of the latter organ
ization to the former The feast took
the form of Georgia barbecue, that
proved both novel ana satisfying to
guests and hosts alike. After the
| Quincy men and their entertainers, to
the number of over 300, had spent
Saturday forenoon in inspecting the
quarries on Barre mountain, they were
ripe for the exercises" OF the after
noon. On their arrival at Caledonia
park at about 2 O'Clock the entire
company was ushered into a large
tent, where long tables were spread.
Four hundred and fifty men sat down
to the tables and for over an hour the
click of knife and fork were heard,
mingled with the music. of the or
chestra. The menu, printed on fold
or that will serve as a souvenir of the
occasion, was Of an order to make one
hungry even to read. Actual partioi-
patton in the banquet was an expert
ence for an epicure. The menu was
as follows: New Orleans chicken
gumbo, sliced cucumbers, roast beef a
la Granite, Dreamed potatoes, roast
young pig la Vermont, green corn,
arbecued chicken la Bowers, spring
lamb la Quincy. watermelon la
mint. The company Of banqueters
was served by corps of twenty five
young ladies from Barre and Montpel-
Ter, and eighteen members of the Bar
re Granite Manufacturers Association,
who volunteered their services. After
everyone had satisfied his inner
man" pipes distributed by the wait
ers were lighted and the time inter
vening between the close of the ban
quet and arrival of the special train,
that took the party away from the
park, was spent in social converse.
No formal exercises were held, but all
seemed thoroughly to enjoy them
selves and the guests were loud in
their praise of the hospitality of their
brother craftsmen in the Twin
Cities. -
The largest share of credit for the
success of the affair is due to the COM
mittee from the local association,
that had the matter in charge. These
gentlemen put much of thought, en-
ergy and effort into the work. But all
that was recompensed by the success
of the entire program. The commit
tee was made up as follows: william
Alexander, d. f. Ryle, 7. E. Gala
han, J. ". Mcdonald, A. J. Young,
James Addie, James Campbell, J. G.
Brown, William Barclay, Jr., Dan
Mcleod, George Robbins and r. 9.
Bowers. The committee was assisted
by several volunteers. The Wilder
Orchestra, of ten pieces, enliveDed the
feast with music. The cornet and
xylophone solos by Messrs. Forsell
and Edison were enthusiastically re-
ceived, although all the music was
apparently heartily enjoyed.
The task of preparing and serving a
spread to such number of people
would seem huge to an amateur chef,
but to Mr.. and Mrs. O. W. Allen, Of
Lexington, Va, the preparation OF the
repast was an old story. All the
meats, Of which there was over 800
pounds, were cooked on splits over
charcoal fires built at the park. Three
loins of beef, twelve young pigs, four
lambs and nearly one hundred pounds
OF chicken are some of the meat items
All the above were roasted whole.
Into the soup went over one hundred
pounds of meat, besides some sixteen
different kinds of vegetables and con-
diments. The soup making was be-
was put over the coals'' about 10
O'Clock that evening A barrel and a
half of potatoes and 500 ears of corn,
were among the other large items in
the preparation of the feast. Mr.
and Mrs. Allen deserve great praise
for the manner in which they ulflled
their contract. They were assisted by
five men who worked with them all
Friday night and until after the ban
quet was over ON Saturday.
Part of the visitors vent to Barre
after the barbecue and part to Mont
pelier. The remainder of Saturday
and Sunday was spent in sight see
ing. Some of the Quincy men re-
turned home on the midnight train
on Saturday. but most of the men re-
manned until Sunday noon, when a
special train pulled out for Quincy.
The visitors expressed their thanks
and appreciation to the local associa-
tion. in no uncertain terms for the
hospitality extended to them. Their
wish has been a source of mutual plea
sure to all concerned and by the citi-
zens of both Barre and Montpelier and
the Quincy granite men will be re-