Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-10
iremenS Tournament ut FiHd!ay
Ohiu. Aur, 5ii 1871.

Inc tOurnameht WAS the most uec'ut'
success OF the season There were Somr
forty six Il ,Stinrt organizations prestnl
and some twenty seven hundred iirrmen
in the procession Prominent amongst
tticm were the ..DrXter" Hook AMI l.ad
der Company and Wyandot Chief Hose
Compiny. OF this place. Owing t. an
unfortunate accident the Hose Company
were unable ro take Il prtzr-thc coup
ling coming uucuupled tirouIh l break.
Tueir chances were tirstrlte for "c.ean-
ing them ali out" but fate seemed against
them
There were number of firSt-cass
Bands present. hut none of Them attract
ell the attention of the people as that ot
Prof Martins, of this place. Tnev were
niaretI ut the hcad OF tHe process sion and
kept tnere during the parade. Charley.
the snare drummer and Richard the Cor
net player. attracted the attention of the
young iadies. The music was simply
splendid.
Ma tins Orchestra was engaged to
play iGr the dance in the evening anu
they say they never attended Il dance
That rrn''errd such general satisfaction
| and good order a. the one at t'indlay.
The Hook and I.adu"r companies ran
10 rods. stacked Il 80 foot ladder with Il
IN IN on top. as follows. Tor 500 in gold
an' Il beautiful prize ladder:
DeXterS, Upper Sandusky.. 81 sec.
stars, htntou -...............lO Ava -
Stalls, Marion ............40l5 -
Crescent. Ilifn....-... .....4tl2
Rescue. Urbana ................ Al :.
Chioi iiihil -..-. 44t2 "
Buckcye. BucyruS. ......-....... 3651 -
Olympic. Bcllriont;linr. -. AZ
lie Bucyri,> "iiooNs" We're composed
of bully set of boys" and carried of
| the prize. They ran very gracefully
the carriage Swaying less tnan that oi
any other Ii WAS truly rrniark abe i'll
the manner that Paul Widma;l flew up
the latt.cr. lie won tne admiration oi
ali the young ladies present tnat Wit
neS>ril iS ass, ion.
Tnr Juvenile companies riiii the sam
distance and stacked Il ~ fu0u iadder:
Empire. Thin ;. =. .40lI set
EXlcl>iorS. Btllefohtaine.. 40
The Hose Companies test resulted as
follows. tney running 80 rods. ami lay
ing uhr $50 feet OF hose. anu attaching to
engine and nozzle, ior $50 in gold:
Crc>tiine, No. l.. ..-........ II sec.
MOhawhS, Fremont. nt..............336 SO
Gallon. NO. : :. ..............40 40 g
Young America, Tiffin -. .....a -
There were three nose companies that
from some cause or otner dill not run
rough for tiIc prize.
The prizes were awarded amid tumult
uous cheering on the part ot the winning
ompanieS ANA much swearing bV | tc
defeated ones. But taken altogether, il
Was tie most orderly crowd we have ever
seen. Ihcr. We're no disturbances OF
ANY sind tn mar the pleasures of the day
lt is seldom that you can get forty rival
companies aud l2,000 people together.
without more Or less fights and riots.
The firenien We're ali perfect gentlemen.
anu d serve TIE thanks Ot all our citizens
TOR their cOn.iucL and 2eatlenanly be-
ilavior. The different companies started
iIon,t. in tie evening apparently we'll
satisfied with their treatment. and salts
fled tnat Justice had been done t. al.
IL is reported that Il member "i tue Cr-
bana Hook ana Latider Company over
eXerted himself to such an eXtrlit aS tU
cause his death before leaving town.
Your reporter is under many obiiga-
tions To the MeS>rS. GieSsner for the mag
niticent manner i'm which he was el>ted
and entcrtained-ne will be happy to re-
ciprocate.
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