Evening journal., 1891-10-15
re NevERslNk,s PRIze.
Bisho@ Coleman and Mayor Wiley Speak
TO the Men VINO Behaved Best in Line.


TO the Men VINO Behaved Best in Line.
At 8 o'clock the victorious Neversink
Company of Reading, formed in line in
front of the City Hail. with the Delaware
Company as its escorts and headed by
the Independence Flute Band. marched
out to Bishopstead. The marshals of
each company in uniform and Chief
Robinson in citizens dress, preceded the
firemen
When the procession arrived at the
handsome home of the bishop Of Della
ware, Mayor Wiley and Bishop Coleman
were standing beside each other on the
lawn. The bishop was clad in purple
robes and stood just behind a
small stand, on which rested a
large Bible, handsomely bound and
mounted AS the iremen approached the
two distinguished men, they lifted their
caps and received salute of acknowl-
edgement The Neversink came to
Company front and the Delaware fled
in behind the Reading boys.
Gentlemen, said Bishop Coleman,
members of the Neversink Fire Com
pany of Reading it is with the greatest
pleasure that am privileged to address
You this morning Since the Firemen' s
Association of the State Of Delaware de-
cided Ia have its first parade on October
IA. have thought that "a small
oxen Of my interest in an affair Of the
kind would not be Inappropriate.
Accordingly | selected this token as the
most fitting one to be awarded the com
pany tbai conducted itself the best
while In line. Three men, widely known
as competent judges, were selected to
award the prize.
Their decision was unanimous. In
one voice they declared that the Never
sink Company of Reading had distin-
guished itself and excelled all others in
good behavior, and that il had conducted
itself best while in line Gen
tlemen, congratulate you for your con
ception of the duty of men on a similar
occasion requires, aud for knowledge OF
proper department when there are so
many temptations on all sides.
IL now present to you this revised
and improved copy of the holy bible.
hoping and requesting that you win not
only point to it with pride ss a prize
which you won in an admirable manner,
but that you peruse its contents
and profit by go doing It gives me great
pleasure to greet you at Bishopstead,
and invite You all to march In and in
spect the house and our new chapel y
John j. Gallagher responded for the
Neversink Company in a brief but
spirited address. He assured the bishop
that the men heartily appreciated his
action, and that they knew, In receiving
the prize, that they had won
something the value OF which
could not be measured by coin He prom
ished the bishop that the prize would
not be used as a mere ornament, but that
it would be read to the victorious Gre
men, who were of sturdy demeanor
and intelligence
Mayor Wiley was then called upon
and said: Gentlemen. all can say is
that you came, you saw. you conquered
sm truly glad that you won such g
prize and am just as we'll pleased that it
is gong to our sistsr city Of Reading
As | promised you yesterday the
demonstration surpassed anything
Of the kind that has
ever been given in Wilmington. and
Il may be long time before anything Of
the kind is seen here again. The next
time you visit Wilmington, however I
give you my word of honor as a politician,
gentlemen, II politician has
any honor Cloud langhter) that
We will have better streets for You to
march over the next time After the
mayor made some parting remarks, the
hremen inspected the new chapel, and
returned to the truck house