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two yrs ago before gray duck trousers & a blue flannel blouse with a great belt had been accuired – True it takes longer than ever to find & put on all the paraphenalia, but there has never been a [[?]] - there  have been two banquets since & the organization is now in perfect running order.
 
As will be seen it was not so much that Trepied needed a fine brigade as that Paris. P had an old fine rig & were going to buy a more modern & larger fine apparatus & did not know what to do with it so the sleepy hollow of Trepied was thought all =/= and then "wide awake" Municipal concillor secured the valuable outfit- The nominations were made & at a great banquet held in the Marie of Paris P all tongues were loosened with champagne - not water. At the last banquet the Chef

The last banquet has just been held. & as it was little different from all the others except the "Chef" was able to announce that the engine had been completely repainted & Liberty Equality & Fraternity put in large letters across the handlebars. 400 ft. of hose had been unrolled & rerolled in a much more orderly manner all the "12 Pompiers" had  each one a suit as before described, a location had been found to store the engine & hose, a trumpeter had a trumpet & had 

Transcription Notes:
I tried my best and filled in some things. He misses his t's the cross doesn't always cross. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - national motto of France Pompiers - the French fire brigade