The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-23
PLEASANT ENDING TO
ENTERTAINMENT
Visitors Voice Their Appre-
ciati0n of the Varied Pro-
gram Provided, as They
Departed To-day to Their
Homes All Over Country

"Barre Day." the official designation
for yesterday, when the city through
y its four allied business and civic organ,
izations, the Board of Trade, the Gran.
ite Manufacturers, the Quarry Owners
and the Retail Merchants associations.
kept open house for $50 guests repre-
scnting the National Retail Monument
Z Dealers, recently in convention at Boston,
had it's formal ending in Howland hall
last night, when more than $50 people
sat down to banquet at o'clock.
In the banqueting company were the
men who are pushing the reputation of
Barre granite into distant states-the
statesmen; there were the National Re-
tailers, some 200 strong and more, with
their wives; then there We're the Barre
business men, the quarry owners, the
manufacturers and the merchants, the
men who were responsible for lannch-
ing the most unique, yes the most sue
eessful, get together that the Barre gran
{ ite industry has ever seen. Measured
! from every angle the day was NOV
ing success, from the moment the tour
ing party boarded special and regular
trains at Boston Thursday night until
every man and woman in the hall last
night joined in singing Aud Lang
Syne," at the conclusion of the post.
prandial exercises
1t is significant fact that the en-
tire program was marred by no un-
toward happenings Thanks to the de-
tailed arrangements made bye the com
q mittees representing the -four local or
ganizations, the several features that
went to make the occasion successful
were carried out with almost elock-like
precision.
The banquet began at o'clock and
aearly an hour elapsed before the tables
were cleared and the last item on the
menu served, the cigars, Meanwhile q
capable detail Of walters had cared Tor
the every want of the banquetters Eacn
course was served in an appetizing man
Iner and the different dishes, be it said,
were prepared with degree of skill that
had its reflection in the satisfied mood
that marked the bearing of the diners
as they settled back in their chairs for
the post prandial program. During the
banquet, Riley's singing orchestra had
played sweet strains from an arbor at
the north end of the hall and the music
lost none of its charms when the players
We're called upon to intersperse the
toasts with catchy melody
One of the evenings hits was the
Retailers hymn, II Would Not Have
You Live Away" as rendered in stir
ring style by the orchestra. 1t was dur
ing a lull in the after dinner program
that members of the committee passed
down the rows of tables distributing
copies of Vermont, the Land of the
Green Mountains" the handsomely Illus
'trated books provided by the secretary
of state through the state publicity de-
ipartment. Here in the Green Mountains
everyone is familiar with the charming
book that depicts Vermont's scenery at
its best, but among the visitors from
other states, the favors were received
with more than passing appreciation.
Their, too, there were strikingly
mounted pictures, the group photographs
taken in Batchelder's meadow in the
forenoon as the party started for the
hill. To each guest of the evening was
presented one of the pictures. The like
mess was pronounced excellent and the
recipients were not at all backward in
making their pleasure known. The pic
ture was taken by f. C. Eaton, one of
the city's well-known monumental pho
tographers.
The Speech Making Opened
President L. A. Bugbee of the Manu-
faeturers' association opened the after
dinner program with fitting little ad-
dress of welcome, in which he introduced
the toastmaster, S. Hollister jackson.
In the course of his remarks, President
Bugbee spoke of the pleasure which
his organization had felt in being able
TO assist in entertaining so many of
the retailers. In closing he urged the
visitors to prolong their stay in the
granite center and to inspect at their
leisure the plants which are daily turn
ing out the finest specimens of monu-
mental work in the world.
In responding to the introduction, Mr..
jackson made happy speech and con-
tinued to act gracefully in his position
at the head of the table. Before turn
ing to the program, he asked for cold
water toast to the guests, declaring ma
ture's beverage to be "the manufactur--
ers' medicine. the quarry owners quest |
and the retailers delight In intro
Hucing ex-senator John w. Gordon, the |
chairman characterized the next speaker |
bs a man whose gospel was the law.
Old Days Recalled.
"Old Days" was the subject of time
~ message from Mr.. Gordon, who traced |
the development of the stone industry |
from the days OF early Rome, up to the !
present time. Mr. Gordon spoke as ono
who had once been in the granite bust /
hess and much of his brief discourse was