The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-22
A Thousand People Cat 8
at West Topsham 70
Event 81
WHOLE OK WAS 3
RoAsTEDAND ST sIED
Sports and Dancing Help
to Make Day a
Success

The first annual barbecue held at the
Moses Hood home in West Topsham
Yesterday was grand success. Fully
a thousand people took advantage Of
the ideal weather and the novelty Of
the affair to make it point to attend.
a barbecue is something which Yer.
nonters Of the present day are not
very well acquainted with but in the
days Of our forefathers it was one of
the events of the season The affair
yesterday was not confined to Yer
monters alone for among the cars lined
up along the road in the vicinity were
a number from Massachusetts,. OF
course the feature of barbecue is the
roast steer and for the purpose Of sup
plying the wants Of everyone Mr.. Hood
ordered 450pound OK suspended over
the flaming pit The cooking of the
animal was in the hands of Gildo
Cappio of this city and Joseph Christ
of Middlesex Needless to say the Job
was well done and it was an appetizing
sight to see the animal being turned
slowly on the huge pit which was
made of heavy galvanized piping set
upon to huge crotches to make the
turning easier. Roast beef was lib
orally handed out when the animal had
been cooked to turn and the general
verdict proclaimed it as excellent.
Baked potatoes cooked by throwing
them onto hot metal plates under
which fire had been built went to
help complete the meal but the real
novelty was biscuits baked while you
waited in real brick oven Each one
was q delicious crispy brown and there
were very few who could resist them
after once having partaken. Home
made cake and coffee, as well as corn
on the cob and brown bread. made up
the rest of the meal.
The craving of the inner self having
been satisfied at noon the crowd. was
sager for the afternoons entertain
nent which consisted of ball game
between the Barre Legion and the East
Barre town team. The local team was
n the lead for the first fe winnings but
Cast Barre finally got the range and
lrove baseballs all over the lot so that
he final count showed a score of Ii to
in their favor. The lineup for the
al 10, p~ll
'omolli. Wilson, Ironside, Ingram, Muir
ay and johnson. East Barre's team
ras made up of w. Dobbs, f. Roark, d.
)obbs, Taplin, Steve Marchesi. Crow
ey, L. Roark, Salter and Beaton. Bea-
on and Taplin were the battery for
Cast Barre and johnson, Wilson and
'omolli formed the Legion battery
he heavy hitting of Joe Comolli. for
ner |. A. @. star. was the feature of
he game, the old slugger making a
hree e-bagger in the first inning.
Owing to the bad roads and the short
ime il was impossible for Mr. Hood
0 get the speakers to the grounds and
he aviator scheduled to take up pas
rngers, after inspecting the grounds
! the vicinity, found no suitable land
lg field so both OF these numbers had
, be omitted from the program. Re-
-eshments were on sale on the grounds
nd they reported remarkable sale.
In the evening the steer was once
lore placed over the fire and an ex-
'llent supper was served all present.
great many young people stayed over
IT the dance which was held in the
,wn hall with Hal and Jacks famous
ew York orchestra furnishing music
ON p. m. until a. m. for large
owd. great deal of which was com
,sed Of young people from this city
The barbecue was an event white
est Topsham will remember as it il
long time since people have gathered
erc for a single event in such mum