Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-09-13

a case Of drunkenness was seen.
The Newburyport men, who carried home
the first money, were one Of the finest com
panies ever seen here. They evidently knew
their business, and attended strictly to it,
No company attrncted more attention. or
made better appearance than the Deluge of
Northampton. They were handsome body Of
men who volunteered specially for this occa
sion, and their uniforms Of straw hats with red
lands and white shirts 'set them or to eN-
cellent advantage. They were in command Of
| Col. Luke Lyman of their town. and were
accompanied by Chief Engineer Warner of
the Northampton fire department. TIM PHu-
NIX desires to acknowledge the compliment of
three hearty cheers from them as they passed
its Office in the procession.
Ouc Of the most notable and pleasing fea
lures of the procession was the appearance of
the Moodus Drum and Fife Corps, in hand
some uniform. Their performance was
happy reminder Of 'the good old times" to
many Of orr older people
The shower which came up when the hose
race was about half through necessarily oper
ated very unfavorably against those compa-
MES who ran after the rain began. The skill
and deSterity of movement which marked the
| q. c. Whipple company Of Lebanon, n H.,
in making their couplings, and doing all their
work, ELECTED the warm commentator Of
! Chief Engineer Waite and other Spectators.
The Independent Hose company Of Hud-
son, Mass. who took the second money. came
to town Wednesday evening and viii remain
| till this, Friday, afternoon. They have won
many friends by their gcntlemanly behavior.
! The Neptune Hose company Of Keene. n.
| H., failed to make 'time" owing to their hose
becoming entangled in the reel near the1in-
ish
| The Nickwacketts of Rutland gotno time"
owing to failure TO bring their pipe up to
the line at the finish. The Rutland men were
accompanied by Chief Engineer Davis of the
| Rutland fire department. Mr. futile Of the
Herald was also in town. The Nickwackett
hose boys were good-naturedly 'happy" dur
ing the evening, and made the streets music
al until their departure by the late train
The Erving Engine company of Erving,
Mass, who took the third prize in the hand
engine contest, burst their hose on their first
trial. Had it not been for this mishap their
Their hose was new and believed to be per-
fectly reliable.
The attendance of spectators is estimated
at not less than 5000. The arrangements for
feeding the hungry crowd were ample and
satisfactory. In addition to the provision
made by the hotels the Methodist society
served meals at the town hall, and a company
of young men in the Estey Guard mess tent
on Flat street.
The Haydenville Brass Band and the Mood
us Drum Corps gave several selections from
the Brooks House balcony in the early part
of the evening, which were highly appreci-
ated by large number of people.
The Newburyport company remained in
town over night and left for home by the
1920 train Friday morning. Just before GO
ing TO the train they badO the people of Brat
tleboro a cheerful and significant goodbye by
marching through Main street to the music of
their drums, carrying new brooms marked
with certain cabalistic figures, and placard
at the front, with the legend ''2lj feet. q in.
5000 in Gold" At the First National Bank
the company wheeled in line and gave Mr..
Waite three cheers The chief engineer of
the Newburyport department came with this
company.
In the hose race DIR. Rockwell. J W Bur-
nap, and II. L. Lawrence acted as starters
and time keepers at the start: Edwin Putnam
as judge at the coupling engine. and W. H.
Ninton, C. A. Trip and B. F. bingham as
judges and time-keepers at the finish.
In the hand engine contest c. b. Fairbanks
and c. A. Trip were judges and time-keep-
ers at the engines, W. H. Vinton Judge at the
nozzle and ]. W. Burnap and DIR. Rockwell
judges at the platform of the distance thrown
The unanimous verdict of our own towns
people seems to be that the occasion was in
every way success, and credit to our fine
department.
TIL wlNDHAM COUNTY CONFERENCE OF CoNGRR-
GATIoNAL CHURCHES.
The Conference met in the Centre church
in this place Sept. lth and 9Th. At IOA. n. on
Wednesday, the opening sermon was preached
by Rev. Geo. Porter of Townshend. from
Ex III, 3, II. Immediately following. the
Conference was organized by the choice of
Homer Goodhue of Westminster as moder
ator, and Rev. o. G. Baker of Jamaica as scribe.
The roll of members showed a somewhat
meagre attendance of delegates, and the alb
sence Of familiar faces aud voices was notice
able through all the meetings To the roll
were added subsequently, as honorary mem
bers, the names of Rev. L. Bartlett. mis-
sionary of the A. b. C. F. NJ, Rev. j. P.
Kimball. agent of Tract Society, Rev. A. B.
Dascomb and Rev. A. b. EmmOns The after
noon of Wednesday was chiefly devoted to
reports from the churches, given by the dele
gates. These reports showed that no one
church in the conference had been signally
prospered, though the aggregate would doubt
less show slight increase in membership.
A few of the churches were unsupplied.
some yoked with the Methodists, and Others
were just setting out under new pastorates.
One or two had added improvements to the
church property. Following these reports
Dea. Thompson gave full account of the be-
nevolent contributions for the year The to-
tai amount contributed was S25OO We,lnes-
day evening addresses on the subject of
Missionary Revival were given by Revs. L.
Grout, j. p. Kimball, L. Bartlett and DIR.
Walker. 1t was an important subject and
treated in mastery manner, and well de-
served a larger audience than il drew
out. On Thursday morning the discussion of
Methods of Christian Work in the County"
was opened by S. Z. Howard and Rev. 2. f.
Barnard. After a free interchange of views
the matter was felt to be of such Importance
that committee on evangelical work was APP
pointed for the ensuing year to carry out the
suggestions made. This committee afterward
met and divided the county into districts,
leaving each to be worked by the parties in
charge as their Judgment and experience
might direct. At the close of the debate Rev.
Geo Z. Martin read an essay on Sunday
School religious instruction, a paper well re-
ceived and deserving of a discussion which