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stones were being lifted out of the quarry 
just as the visitors arrived. 
Crossing the brow of the hill, the tour- 
ists descended into the Smith Co.’s big 
quarry at Graniteville. Here they had the 
first diverting experience of the trip, for 
near the surface of the quarry a photogra- 
pher had been posted, and it was soon after 
the train halted that the party stopped to 
be snapped. Continuing up the railroad, 
the next stop was made at Jones Bros.’ im- 
mense deposits and the Barclay Bros.’ quar- 
ries. Swinging around the road again, the 
to judge for themselves whether a whole 
village can be kept as attractive in summer- 
time as a cemetery. The journey back to 
Barre was started in the late afternoon, 
but every car arrived in the city sometime 
before dusk. 
A get-together banquet was held in the 
Howland hall the first night, with about 
250 people participating, including the Cem- 
etery Superintendents, Board of Trade, 
Granite Manufacturers, Quarry Owners, 
and the Merchants’ associations. 
It was nearly 8 o’clock when the ban- 
was an appropriate inscription. The pro- 
gram follows: Remarks, H. J. M. Jones, 
“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, 
is counted wise” ; address of welcome, Al- 
derman John F. Cook, “Are we to mark 
this day with light or dark granite?”; re- 
sponse, Henry S. Adams, superintendent 
of Forest Hill Cemetery, Jamaica Plains, 
Mass., and president of the New England 
Association, “From the four corners of 
New England they came”; “Barre Gran- 
ite,” Secretary Charles H. Wishart, of the 
Granite Manufacturers’ Association, “Our 
NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENTS IN E. L. SMITH & CO. QUARRIES AT BARRE. 
visitors stopped at the James K. Pirie 
quarry and the mammoth plant of Bout- 
well, Milne & Varnum. A thorough in- 
spection of the quarries there ended only 
when a large number of automobiles from 
this city parked near the company’s office 
and the visitors got aboard for the scenic 
ride to Williamstown Gulf, where lunch 
was served out in the open air, and after- 
wards an automobile ride was enjoyed by 
all to South Royalton, where the cars were 
parked in the village square and the su- 
perintendents were given an opportunity 
queting began. Covers had been laid for 
upwards of 250 people, and there was 
scarcely a vacant place at the long rows of 
tables. The dinner was served by the 
Barre Woman’s Club, the members of 
which were assisted in the serving by a 
number of young women of the city. 
PI. J. M. Jones, acting in the capacity 
of toastmaster, was a happy master of the 
occasion, and his entertaining sallies were 
provocative of much mirth. The order of 
exercises was printed on attractive fold- 
ers and beneath the name of each speaker 
mountains, at a distance, appear airy 
masses, but seen near at hand are Barre 
granite”; “Our Merchants — What They 
Are Doing for Barre,” D. J. Morse, presi- 
dent of the Merchants’ Association, “God 
hath made man upright, but they have 
sought many inventions” ; music, orches- 
tra; cornet solo, Mr. Forsell ; “The Quar- 
ries,” Douglas M. Barclay, president of 
the Quarry Owners’ Association, “Rough 
quarries, rocks and hills, whose heads 
touch heaven”; solo, Thomas J. Mercer; 
“Municipal Organizations,” President M. 
