Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-03-09
THURSDAYS BARBECUE
Goidsboro Chamber OF Cons
e j Entertain distinguished

Goldsboro CHaaa1.r OF Conn
merce Entertain distinguished
Vi>itol~,t G"t.at.. +-ts3.
Thursday wac d. .t,~l >.as lJf &
country outing. There were init
nations of spring ain the air and
everyW here" and especially cut al
the beautiful Country CIGD, wnere,
ii would seem, ''slulIlng Spring" Is
preparing to pay "ber earliest VISIT
The broad expanse Of picturesque
pond that forms u Southern back
ground for the handsome club house,
under the kiss OF springs balmy
breath, shinuIered with s'unnum-
bered laughter'' in the golden sun
shine of a perfect afternoon, as il
glad to greet u distinguished visit
ors from the yet Wlntry North to
this sequestered Southern retreat,
while within the clubs spacious
halls was every accOUtrenent of hos
pitality and every evidence of a
Southern welcome, SO thai the guests
of honor were made TO feel entirely
at home from the moment oftheira ar
rival. These were MeSSIS. Marsden j.
Perry, of Providence, II. L., presl-
dent OF the Rowland Improvement
Company; Frank s. Cannon, of New
York, vIce-president of the above
company, and Judge l.. B. 3. Colt,
of the u. S. Circuit Court of Rhode
island, whose brother, Col. Colt, is a
large stakeholder in the Rowland
improvement Company, lessee OF
Cne Atlantic and North Carolina
railroad.
The special train provided for the
occasion by the Gold7ooro Chamber
of Commerce, under whose auspices
the entertainment was given in honor
vi the above-named gentlemen, left
the city shortly after noon, With
near a hundred gentlemen on board,
including members of the Chamber
and their invited guests, and in a
few minutes were landed at the club
station. A Driet Walk brought them
70 the club grounds and the scene OF
the barbecue familiar enough
sight to the ''home folks" but a
novelty indeed to our Rhode Island
visitors. The pigs, in goodly num-
Der, were st1Il-and purposely So
in process OF cooking, slmmerIng
and bro Wning over. the Goals, with
old "Uncie joe" the noted DarDe-
cuer, Of the ante-bellum school OF
darkies, in charge, and apparently
feeling the unusual importance OF
making this the best ''cue" he liz.
ever cooked, for he had Understood
that there were some .'D4s, whit.
ge'men from the 'Norf' down n1le
TO eat it," and his reputation Was al
stake, tor '.he knoWed his own Whit
folks had done told dem Visitors
what good barbecue he could COOK"
After taking in all the minutiR
of the barbecuing process and Whit
ing the voraciously a%ppetizing aroma
is indefnable in words, and
d~istinctively sui generis-the party
were ushered within the wide open
portals of the club mansion, where
preliminary features of the feast
were already in waiting and very in
wiling. Here for some two hours
,eIore the ''cue" was served the
officers and members of the Chamber
Of Commerce entertained informally
and cordially, and every moment
was one of real enjoyment, but ever
and anon, under the re5istless aroma
that permeated the atmosphere from
the cooking "cue," there was a wan
of many down to and around
the barbecue pit, while their appe-
tites became whetted to such an
pitch that each II began
to secretly entertain serious fears that
there were not enough pigs to ego
round"
To n who had been s'through
the mill" and knew just the situa-
ton it was superbly interesting and
enjoyable. Finally, Mr.. Perry, fol
the dozenth time, wandered again
toward the cooking pigs, and the
ARGUS man, divining the chief con
Germ of the visitor, walked witt
him-ju5t to stake notes., and here
is the conversation that took place a
the pit between Mr.. Perry ano
"Uncle Joe":
Mr.. Perry -"EUncle joe, itseemee
to me those pigs we're ready to TAX
off when we got here, nearly tw'
hours ago. Aren't they cooked yet?'
Uncle Joe-"N0, sir, Boss".
MI. Perry-"How long have the,
been cooking ?"
Uncle Joe -"Since 4 O'Clock thi
morning, Boss'.
Here Mr.. Perry consulted hi
watch and, making the calculation
found that those pigs had been owe
the Goals for exactly nine and a hal
hours. A look of surprised enquir,
settled over his countenance. LII
returned his watch TO his pocket