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For Little Folks

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
November
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Severa] Brooklyn buys have orgauized a lhv department of their own. The agQg of tho little firemen rango from 11 to 15 ycars, Ernesfc Graut-, the foreman nnd organizer of tho company, being tho oí des t. They have a complete patrol outfir, consisting of two goats soven hands high in tlieir bare hoofs, ono regnlarly constrncted patrol wagon of small size made tofit the goats, one ftre extiugnisber improvisod from ;. tin water conie; ud :i half inch rubber tubo, one souhug halder and all the applianeen foond among the equipiueo w a modern patrol company's headquarters. The uniforms aro bluo ovoralls and blouses, with rubber boots, rubber coats, fatigue caps and g.indy red flre hats of Tegnlatiou block. ïho goats' uamea are Tom and Bill, and they have been trained by the boys uutil there is uot a horso iu all the regalar department whicli responds more fait lifully and quickly to the olaufi of the alarm gong tlian do Tom and Bill. With thera tho boys havo made a "quick hitch" record of ten secouds. No such sleek gonts were ever eeen ou the rock ribbed hills of Shautytown. Tom is a wiry haired maltese, and Bill boasts o bxindled j-ellow complexión. The boys live near the house of engine company' No. 35, and all summer lonj! eaoh of the lads was prompt at roll cali at 8 o'clock every morning. Their Dames were duly registered in the blotter, and each was given an hour off at lunchtiine. All flre alarms and the timo they wero sounded were entered in the blotter with red ink. In face, thing abojit the place was condnoted just as it is in a regular patrol house. All tlay the goats stood in their stalls back of the lilliputian patrol wagon ready to dart out and place themselves under the drop harnees at the sound of an alarm. All was bustle and exciteruent abont the shed at such a moment. Foremau Grant shouted his orders in a siirill voico as all were slipping on their boots, rubber coats and fire hats. "Willie and Jakie, grab the axes! Davy and Jonas, take the hooks! Charlio, grab the roof rope!" he would shout. Tho goats came clattering ont, and the fire brigade was off with a bang, khe gong on the front of the wagon clanging londly. The company's mascot, a fox terrier dog, ran, barking, ahead. Around the corner they would speed to the house of engine No. 35, of:en arriving thero before the regular company had etarted out. They remained at the firehouse ready to respond to any alarms that might oome in whilo engine No. 35 was away. Since school began the young firemen ïavc taken a vacation, but next srfmmer

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Ann Arbor Register