The sun., 1903-09-10
vANPS OWNED PAlCHOGUE,
mr. SHARED THE TOWN WITH
10000 OTHER GUESTS.
,Iso sandwiches. Ducks. Oysters and
warm Welcome GalOre-(:OOd .Natured
Hut Water-Spsttered Crowds See Fire.
men do stunts In Mimic Fire Fights.

,oyrry had it's annual assurance to-day
,ba, the fire fend has lost his power in
tint sec, ion of Long Island There is not
q com crib in the county so remote that
,bo fee, bows who run with the machines
can't reach it in time, and there is no village
,i,rrcb in all the county so lofty that the
men at the pumps cannot put a fire-killing
stream to the top of the steeple. All this
was shown to-day by the results of the
eighteenth annual tournament of the Suffolk
Comfy Volunteer Firemen's Association at
patchogue Several other things were
shown too.
parCfogtle can't be beaten for hospitality.
af the prize trumpets go to the villages
v,,h the fastest runners and the hardest
rumpers and the spryest ladder scalers,
blt Patchogue rests content tonight on
r- record of having made 10000 persons
happy all at one time. The population of
tbe town is less than 1900, but it opened
r- arms to-day to all the county and no
visitor went hungry. Every latch string
WAS out and sign Of welcome was over
every doorway
Hospitality was in the air. You could
read it bet ween the lines printed on the
guest tickets issued by j. Fred Flugrath,
The saHratary. These tickets read
IoRgesHO'%;
The bearer is a good man In an emergency with
food
Ilc IS entitled to the best.
The possession of that ticket meant
free dinner at the expense of the town.
Hundreds We're issued. The town wasn't
satisfied with giving away sandwiches.
Long Island ducks were killed by the score
c,-, IN, oil nyin
sent his contribution of corn and the OYSTER
men had been up all the night before open
ing oysters so that the lucky guests OF
Patchogue might learn what Blue Points
really are.
DR. W $. Bennett. supervisor OF the town
of Brookhaven was chairman OF the COM
mittee on entertaining guests. lf he super
yises the town as we'll as he did the work
of making folks glad while they were here
he'll die in Office.
The crowds came from everywhere,
from the Moriches, East and Centre; from
Yaphank and the north; from Sag Harbor
and all the Hamptons, from Northport and
Greenport and Bayport; from Babylon
and Amityvile, from Coldspring Harbor,
and Sayvie and from all the hamets and
four-corners in between They came, 20 OOO
strong a hundred or more fire fighters from
every town and the rest of that town to
cheer for their local heroes in the contests
of skill and nerve and strength. 1t is the
ambition Of every boy in Suffolk to be
volunteer fireman and the hope Of every
maid to be the bride of a -vamp."
The Long Island Railroad ran dozen
spec ais in here this morning and there
were men riding on the pilots of the loco
motives because they couldn't find room
anywhere else As many folks came on
foot and in wagons as by train. South
Country road and Old Middle road were
filed with carriages and hose wagons and
ladder trucks and hand engines for miles.
The County Judge led the morning process
sion and ex-Congressmen, State Senators
and Assemblymen helped to keep the track
clear for the truck race in the afternoon.
Three strokes on the village fire bell was
the opening signal of the day 1t was for
formation Of the line. Fifteen minutes
later the long procession of volunteers
began the march along the Ocean road
to the reviewing stand, about half a mile
beyond the town. County Judge Walter H
Jaycox was grand marshal, His aides
were the lawyers, bankers and physicians
of Suffolk county-every man who amounts
TO something, but who, for some unknown
reason, doesn't run with an engine. Judge
JayCOS ana MS aIueS were mounted. lnleI
William s. Simpson and Assistant Chief
Charles j. Odell Of the Patchogue Fire
Department were the marshals of the first
division, in which marched the exempt
fremen of the county and the active or
ganization from half dozen or more vii
lagos. There were four divisions, each
one strong enough in itself to save the
whole eastern end of Long Island at pinch.
The firemen marched between two deep
rows of pretty girls. backed by pyramids
Of Blue Point oysters and mounds of sand
wches placed at almost every doorrost
for the wayfarer who might not get to the
hotel. The procession was good wild
flower show as well as display of tubs
and trucks. Every machine was decor
ated with goldenrod. little girl dressed
in white was perched on the reel of the
Argyle hose from Babylon. just a dozen
Blue Points dragged the machine from
that village. An eagle was perched on
the ladder truck from Amjtyville, and a
dog with history was on the reel from
Centre Moriches. That dog smelled smoke
once late az night when the folks were
asleep and barked just in time to arouse
all hands The volunteers of the Nor
ichrs did the rest and the dog has been a
mascot ever since.
The feast of native duck and native
oysters was served after the procession.
The tournament events were on the Ocean
road, between two big grandstands put
ny for the occasion. on which 5000 persons
managed to find room Four times as
many more sat and stood by the roadside,
and the branches of the oak trees behind
the stands were full of boys. The boys
in the trees added to the general fun by
peltng the crowd below with acorns.
Nothing could spoil the good nature Of
Pa"hogues guests.
For instance early in the day a hose
uncoupled before it should have done SO,
and the crowd on the stand on the west
side Of h" road got ducting, The folks
across the way shouted themselves hoarse
with delight. Later on a fireman lost
control of a writhing, wriggling nozzle,
and the occupants OF the east stand were
drcucned Then the other side cheered
But nobody cared a rap for the wetting,
because Just after that the hose company
from BaypOrt smashed a record and in
wo seconds less than a minute had enough
water going to save a house.
The tournament officials were:
Judge Waiter l.. Suydam, Blue Point ;
Hon Henry A. Reeves, Greenport; William
II Beckwith, Greenpor; Joseph II. Cummin
jamaica William Birsch, Lndenhurst; |.
Whtson Valentine, Codspring Harbor
George H. Chichester, PatchoglIe Leander
Wright Amtyvle; John Nugent South
amptoni T Oscar Worth, Bridgehampton;
Henry : Brush Huntington
Iim"rs--E n. Albertson, Riverhead; ;
" II Adrich. Patchogue; ii. W. Burr,
Bavshorc
Starters Hon j. L. Havens, Centre
Monct"s II Denton, Centerport; Frank