Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-15
UNION NO. 1.
The Committee Return From Trenton.

| he committee Return from trenton.
The committee of the Union fire com
pAny, No. 1, of this city, who went to
Trenton Tuesday morning, returned to
Lancaster last evening. They state that
they had delightfully."- pleasant time while
there. not only with their brother volun-
tecr fiicmen, but with the citizens gen
| orally.
They reached Trenton Tuesday after
| noon, and went straight to the American
house, eluding committee of the Trenton
firemen, who had got wind Of their in
tended visit, and who intended to give
them a reception. While at their hotel
there was an alarm of fire, aud they had a
chance Of seeing how the Trenton boy S
fight the flames They afterwards met
the Union, Of Trenton, at their cn. ine
house, taking with them the handsome
testimonial prepared for presentation. Tie
great gilt franz. in which it is mounted is
SD massive that it was found impossible TO
get it up the stairway, 50 the sash of one
OF the second dstOry windows was removed
and the frame WAS lifted with block and
tackle into the Union parlor.
At! o'clock special meeting Of the
company was called. +. +. Snyder, of
TIL, city, in a brief speech referred to the
pleasant visit the company had had in
Trenton last September lie then intro
duccd TO the company President III. f.
Slaym:Ser, who formally presented to the
company the handsome testimonial pre-
pared for the purpose OF com acmorating
their last years visit.
Ex-Judge James Buchanan received the
gift, and in the name of the Union of
Trenton thanked the Union of Lancaster
for it, and welcomed them to the hospi-
talities of the company and the city. lie
regarded it as happy coincidence that
the Union OF Trenton organized III 174I
and the Union of Lancaster in 17Gl-bOth
ante dating the formation Of the Federal
Cnion-shOul! for more tl.an u century
have maintained their organization, held
i front rank among volunteer fire compa-
nics and both have adopted and for years
successfully used the Button steam fire
engine, which he regarded Us the best ell
g line in use.
Judge buchanan thea introduced the |
To the company, and there was |
L general hands shaking all round. \ line |
was then formed and tic party marched |
to the American house of which mine
host Alex. Jacoby is proprietor, where
President FOrman, of the Union. again
welcomed the committee. An elegant
banquet was sat down 10 and speeches
were made and toasts drank by quite
number OfthoSe present. President Say-
maker responded to " The health of the
Union :" Judge Buchanan to "thc .iud,
c!ary > President Paxton, of the Della
ware, to the ladies' Brief speeches
were made by Mcssrs. Lel,kichar and
Eausnan, of the committee, and by ex
Chief Engineer Mitchell, Earnest &. Stahl,
Df the Trenton Gazette. Mr.. Game and
several others.
AS token of tho high esteem in whicl,
MIR. Jacoby, of the American house, holds
thc members Of the Union Of Lancaster, he
presented them with Il large and bcauti-
fully framed portrait of himself.
During their stay in Trenton the com
pittoe visited the Et;uria pottery, Smiths
stock farm, where they were shown 12J
lorse*; they also visited the Hamilton
ubbar work: and many otlerI places of
interest. They left Trenton at 2:40 yester
lay afternoon and reached Lancaster last
'vrninG.