The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-07
'POULTRYMEN
AT BANQUET
Pleasant Social Feature Added
to Annual Exhibit
LARGE NUMBER PRESENT
Show of Poultry Is Continuing With
Increased Interest-Awards Are
Being Made as Judges Com
plete Their Work.

citation added memorable event to III
history by the banquet held in the vestrl
, OF the Congregational church last even
ing. The banquet was a new departure
inaugurated by the association this yeal
: in connection with its annual exhibit ant
was complete success in every way
The banquet was served by the Ladies
Aid society of the church and was de
lieious, bringing forth enconiums from
| the whole company. There were 100 peo
pie. seated at the tables, which wer,
lighted with candelabrums and single
shaded candles.
Among the invited guests Of the even
ing were several state officials and mem
bers OF the legislature. During the ban.
quot music was discoursed by Harris's
orchestra. The silver prize cups OF the
association were displayed on tables in
4 the parlor for the company to inspect
After all the good things had been served
the president of the association, T. NJ
4 Lyon extended a hearty welcome to the
company in behalf Of the members of
the association, saying that the people
OF Barre and the guests had shown
their interest in the efforts of the asso-
citation by their presence in so large
number. The association, he said, in
tended to continue to hold these BAN
quats each year hereafter and on even
larger scale than this one. The presi-
dent then introduced A. w. Allen as
toastmaster, who, he said, was well
known all over the state as semitic
farmer, an expert hen fancier and a
humorous gentleman.
Mr.. Allen proceeded at once to put
the company into jovial frame Of mind
and his jokes and stories and apt intro
ductions were an enjoyable part OF the
past-prandial program. He said that
he was most surprised to hear the pres
ident call him scientific farmer, az he
had been farming only eight years and
the first FIVE Of tha. time had been q
series Of experiments that were the talk
of his neighborhood for miles around
and as for the hen business he said his
wife was responsible for all that and
he doubted IL such was not the case
with every hen fancier in the associa-
ton.
We have some men here this evening
prominent in educational matters who
win no doubt solve for us the perplexing
question, why is henfn and also
there is q railroad commissioner present
who win tell us, why does q hen cross
the roadf" The toastmasteF then said
that he wanted to state for the benefit
of the visitors present that Barre was
the most hustling. the most progressive,
the most cosmopolitan and what is going
to be the most populous city in tho
state. There is no reason why we should
be at all modest in speaking about our
city. he said, and ] am going to cali upon
several here to tell US about some of
the things we have here in Barre.
He then called upon Judge Allan @.
Fay to speak on the City hospital Mr..
Fay said that a few years ago some of
the public minded citizens Of the city
saw the need Of hospital and they got
together and formed an association which
finally resulted in property being pur-
chased and hospital opened that has
been practically self-sustaining. The
past year III patients were treated.
The hospital is not yet able to do any
charity work, but in time it is hoped
that 1t will find benefactors enough so
that there will be an endowment fund
and charity work can be done
Prof. O. ID. Mathewson was then called
upon to tell about the founding Of the
Aldrich library. In speaking of the
donor Mr.. Mathewson said that he was
a man of rugged integrity, endowed with
abundant common sense, and a practical
business man who saw the need of d
horary in Barre. As to the use being
made Of the library, he said that there
were 1900 adult patrons and 1900 chill
dren already enrolled, and that the limit
had not yet been reached was evident,
as 81 new names had been enrolled in
the last TIVE weeks
State Railroad Commissioner S. Hol-
lister Jackson was then asked to speak
on the railroads. He said that he was
in position where he could not speak
against the railroads without overstep-
ping his rights, and if he spoke for them
he would be accused of holding brief
for the roads However bad we may
think our branch road is to-day, it is far
better, he said. than it was. We now
have a new station that at least is larger |
than the old one built by the people of
Barre years ago. We now have thr e |
railroads between this city and Mont |
palier and the fact that they are all |
prospering shows that we are prospcring |
and growing larger every year. Stats
tics show that each years business done
by the roads exceeds the last years
business. The Central Vermont, he said, |
has purchased the large Bolster store
house, and as soon as the rental lease |
expires the company is to erect large
modern freight shed. Two of the Judges /
at the exhibition. George p. Coffin and |
A. C. Smith, the latter saying that per-
haps the show was not so far advanced |
as seen in some other states, due to the |
fact that the poultry business has not
been fostered in Vermont the way it
has in other states. He believed in the /
states appropriating money for the aid |
of the poultry business and in many
states instructors in the poultry indus
try are being added 10 the colleges.
DR.. Q. X. Hollister of Goddard semi
nary told something Of the history of
Goddard seminary and the work It Is
doing. The school was started over for
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