Daily Republican., 1879-10-18
A GRAND WIND-UP.
Col. John H.. Moore puts the CAP
stone on His Clothing Palace-A
Grand supper tn the Mechanics
who Built his ktOre.

who Built his store.
About $50 o'clock last evening, in
response to an invitation from Col.John
H. Moore, all the mechanics whose
handiwork helped to make the magni-
ficent store, No. 22S Market street the
ornament that it is, assembled at the
restaurant of Geo. II. Bacon, on Fourth
street above Market, where the Colonel
did the honors as host of the evening.
The party was escorted TO the dining
saloon in the second story where table
greeted them loaded with a feast that
might have tempted the appetite Of the
most fastidious epicure. After all had
been seated the Colonel issued the
order to fall to, and added, Snow l
want you to do justice to this thing
boys" Whether it was from desire
to crafty the wish expressed by their
host, or their inordinate appetite, e,,the va
rious edibles themselves created we
are not prepared to say; but this We
do know that the boys not only "fell
to" hut the "justice" they did to the
various courses as they rapidly followed
each other, must have convinced the
colonel that Wilmington's skilled me-
chanics could eat as well as work. The
dishes provided were various and COW
cred everything known to the art de
cuisine.
There were oysters in every conclev.
able style, on the half-shell, panned,
stswed, fried, and steamed, salads
innumerable, and side dishes so varied
and unlimited, that to undertake their
enumeration would be suicidal.
After thorough "justice" had been
done by the boys Mr., L. L. Rice,
jr., architect of the building, moved
that a vote ofthanks be rendered their
genial host for the handsome set out
he had furnished them, and added that
the Co!onel's ideas and actions were as
novel as is:.store.
The custom heretofore had been that
when building was finished and turn
ed over to the proprietor, the thing
was considered at an end, but here
was q man who 80 appreciated the
work done for him that he calls lis
workmen together, and in this magnif-
cent style impresses upon their minds
the fact that he has not forgotten them.
This was an inroad on old customs
that the Colonel was making but it
was grand one. If followed it would
create better feeling between employ
or and employed by convincing each
that their interests were mutual. The
vote of thanks was unanimously car.
ried and the Colonel called for speech.
In reply to Mr.. Rice's remarks, Col
onel Moore said, that in his opinion
the vote just rendered should have
been the other way, it was he who owed
the thanks; however he had the salts
faction of knowing he was ahead of his
guests as the slight testimonial he had
the honor to present them with this
evening was nothing more or less than
his vote Of thanks to them thanks
to them for having done the work they
undertook in such a skillful manner
that the building they had erected was
not only pride to him personally, but
a monument of mechanical taste and
ingenuity of Wilmington mechanics.
Hundreds have admired the style and
workmanship not only on account of
its novelty in the line Of Wilmington
store building, but just as much for
the artistic finish each part of the
structure received at the hands of those
who had its construction in charge. He
them for having honored him
on this occasion, and hoped that the
pleasant feelings which their past inter-
course had engendered would be lifelong
in duration.
The company then separated the
guests heartily expressing the wish
that the day might soon come when the
Colonel would have to erect another
building to accommodate his business
and suggesting that he'd have no
trouble in finding contractors.