The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-15
THE FIREMEN'S MUSTER.
Nickwackett of Rutland Takes the First
Prize--UniOn of Salem, the Second,
and the NJ. ID. Little Of Glens Falls,
the Third.
Large Attendance of Firemcn.

Large Attendance of Fireincn
Notwithstanding the fact that Wednes-
day was cold, disagreeablc day, yet it was
great day for Cambridge, which was fill
ed with citizens, firemen, bands of music,
the great attraction being tircman's mus
ter at which prizes amounting in the aggre-
gate to $500 were offered, to be competed
for by hand engines and hose companies.
AS was announced in our issue of yester-
day, Nicllwackett of Rutland, was present
and participated IN the trial, and as pre-
dictcd by u.s. she has again achieved an
other victory. This last one probably be-
ing the most important one she ever achiev
ed, for yesterday she had to compete against
eight of abe best engines in western New
York, nearly every one of which would
probably rather have seen her beaten than
any other one that was there, and the sun
never went down on better feeling lot of
boys than were the Nicks last night. If
any company of men have reason to feel
proud of a machine the boys that man the
brakes Of Nickwackett have just reason to
be proud of her she having taken two
first prizes within five weeks-amounting
to 5000. The boys left home Wednesday
morning at o'clock by special train. At
Castleton they were joined by special
train containing two engine and two hose
companies from Whitehall and one engine
and one hose company from Glen's Falls.
Proceeding on their way, at Salem, Union
engine and hose company from that place
were taken on board. The train, when it
arrived at Cambridge, consisting of eight
passenger cars, every one of which was
full. Here they joined the engine, which
had been sent down the night before. and
remaining over night af Salem, had started
early in the morning, reaching Cambridge
about s o'clock.
Soon after their arrival at Cambridge n
special train arrived from Troy, on viii, h
were several engines and ladder truck
from West Troy. Two engines had al
ready arrived from Greenwich, and one
came by the overland route from Benning-
ton. The scene around the depot while the
different apparatus was being unloaded
and placed in position ready to form the
procession was quite pleasing and attract
i've. The red and blue uniforms of the
firemen, the fancy uniforms of the bands
from Albany and Troy, the shining engines,
all minglng with the crowd that was in
attendance, formed one of the most pleas
ing attractions ever witnessed in that Sec
men were in the procession, which was a
mile in length, and occupied three quarters
of an hour in passing given point; and
five thousand people were in attendance.
But little unnecessary time was spent
after the engines and hose carts had been
unloaded, and at 10. 80 a. IN. the column
was formed near the depot in the follow
ing order
Chief Marshall j. j. Gray and assistants.
Chief of Police Mccall and assistants.
Dorings band of Troy, IS pieces.
J. J. Gray Engine and Hose company,
70 men, &. ID. Warner foreman, escorting
the following visitors
Sullivans Tenth regiment band, Albany,
N. Y, 25 pieces, j. II. b. Sullivan leader.
pany No /, West Troy, n. Y, 40 men,
VIM. Collins foreman. Accompanying
this company were forty invited guests,
and attired in their winter uniform and
drawing their splendid truck, the company
were the finest in the procession and were
much admired.
Sand Lake band, 10 pieces, w. II. Fur
gerson, leader.
Hope engine and hose compa y, Abba,
N. Y, so men, Jacob Williams, foreman,
engine, Button build, s inch q Under, 10
inch in stroke.
Bennington cornet band, IS pieces, NJ.
Bates, leader.
Stark engine and hose company, No. /,
Bennington, VT, j. Williams, foreman,
engine, Zimmerman build, inch cylinder,
10 inch stroke.
Rutland military institute drum corps,
pieces, BERTHE Pike, drum major.
Nickwackett engine and hose company,
Rutland, rs men and invited guests, $. g.
Staley, foreman, engine, Cowing & Co.,
build, inch cylinder, inch stroke.
Union engine and hose company, Green
witch, N. Y, 90 men, w. N. Weaver, fore
man, engine, Zimmerman build, 8 inch
cylinder, 10 inch stroke.
Knickerbocker hose company No. /, Sa-
ratoga, N. Y, 20 men, j. II. Lyle, fore
man.
Salem band, IA pieces, Henry Russell,
leader.
Union engine company No. 1, Salem, N.
Y, 90 men, James Gibson, jr', foreman
Engine Van Ness & Co. build, inch cyl
inder. II inch stroke.
Independent hose company No 2, Sa-
lem, N. Y, 20 men, j. r. Lytle, foreman
Giens Falls cornet band, ID pieces, By
re Kenyon, leader.
M. b. Little engine company No. 2,
Glens Falls; N. Y, 65 men, John Feeney,
foreman. Engine Button build, o. inch
cylinder, 7 inch stroke.
M. u. Little hose, Glens Falls, N. Y, 20
men, Michael Dougherty, foreman.