The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-17
SEE SIGHTS in
GRANITE LAND
Continued from first page.

Spouse from the same singer. For his
second number, Mr. Mercer sang "0'Reil-
ly," Miss Bessie Spear of the orchestra
playing the accompaniment. Karl For
sell delighted his hearers with cornet
solo and he, too, had to play again
before the banqueters would be satisfied.
While cigars were being distributed,
members of the general committee cir
culated about the hall with large mount
ed pictures of the touring party, taken
by A. NJ. Troup at the Smith Co.'S quar-
ny yesterday afternoon. The pictures
were remarkably clear and there was
not one of the guests in the company
who could not distinguish plainly every
figure in the group. The photograph
had for its background side of the
quarry where square blocks had already
been channeled out. On the back of
each copy was suitable summary of
| what Barre is and aims to be, together
with a list of the members of the Barre
Granite Manufacturers association.
Dainty confectionery boxes were distrib-
uted to the ladies.
The Speaking.
| III. j. M. Jones, acting in the capacity
| of POSTMASTER, was a happy master OF
| the occasion, and his entertaining sallies
were provocative of much mirth. The
order OF exercises was printed on attrac-
| tive folders and beneath the name OF
| each speaker was an appropriate IN
scrlption. The program follows: Re-
marks, II. j. M. Jones, Even fool,
when he holdeth his peace, is counted
wise" address of welcome, Alderman
John f. Cook, "Are we to mark this
day with light or dark granitef"; re-
Spouse. Henry S. Adams, superintendent
Of Forest Hills cemetery, Jamaica Plains,
Mass, and president of the New Eng
land association, From the four corners
of New England they came; Barre
Granite" Sec. Charles III. Wishart of the
Granite Manufacturers association, sour
mountains, at distance, appear airy
masses, but seen near at hand are Barre
granite; Our Merchants-What They |
Are Doing for Barre" ID. j. Morse, pres |,
ident of the Merchants association, "God |
hath made man upright, but they have
sought many inventions" music, orches |
ira; cornet solo, Mr.. Forsell; "The |
Quarries," Douglas NJ Barclay, presi !
dent of the Quarry Owners association, |
Rough quarries, rocks and hills, whose |
heads touch heaven; solo, Thomas j. |
Mercer; Municipal Organizations"
President M. S. Rounds of the Board |
of Trade, Have we come to this-the |
undertaken; New England Cemeter
les" j. G. Scorgie, superintendent of Mt.
Auburn cemetery, Cambridge, Mass,
Lets talk of graves, of worms and cpl /
taphs" solo, Mr.. Mercer; BARRE as
First Saw It." John w. Gordon, "A poll
tician: come give us taste of your
quality "The Cemetery and Monument
Manufacturer" H. C. Whitaker of Chi |
cago, publisher of Park and Cemetery"
chorus singing, "Auld Lang Syne," en-
tire company
When it became known that Mayor
Ward would be unable TO extend a per-
sonal welcome to the guests, that duty
devolved upon Alderman Cook, who
spoke briefly of the happy circumstances
which made a welcome address possible.
A fitting response was made by Presi-
dent Adams of the association, who said
he encountered considerable difficulty in
finding words to express the appreciation
of the superintendent over the reeep
ton accorded them in Barre Secretary
Wishart interlarded an interesting story
of the development of Barre granite
with some very humorous quips. ID. j.
Morse speaking for the merchants, re-
ferred to the friendly spirit of co-opera
ton shown his association by other local
organizations and referred briefly to
some of the things the association hopes
to accomplish in the interests of big
ger Barre. Speaking for the quarry
owners, Douglas NJ. Barclay gave ret
view of quarry development
Board of Trade emphasized the necessity
for unity of action among the semi-eivie
of the city and paid a
tribute to the present-day undertaken.
Barre is making and preserving his
tory" said j. c. Scorgie, who spoke
briefly on New England cemeteries. Mr.
Scorgie spoke of the establishment the
had experienced in view
ing Barre quarries and joined with some
Of the previous speakers in lauding the /
native product. Himself Seotehman,
Mr.. Scorgie was able to relate some
highly diverting anecdotes in dialect.
John W. Gordon pictured an interesting {
study in contrasts between the Barre
Of to-day and the little settlement of 40 !
years ago, closing with some original
stanzas that were well received. The ;
last speaker, Henry c. Whitaker, laid
special stress on the community of in
terests which lies in front of the monu-
nent manufacturers, as well as the Gem
etery superintendent. Both are inter f,
ested in an effort to beautify our Gene :
teries, he said, and both should be able
20 work in concert.