The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-10-07
A RUN ON A GROCERY.

The Queer Outcome OF II GrOund1ess$
Panic mt u Pacific Coast Single
MIL. :.. s.
There was run" up at the little
town of Hamilton, Wash, recently
which the Puget Sound Lumberman.
thinks ought to find it's way into liter.
| ature devoted to queer things. Now,
the ordinary run is generally con-
fined to banks, and is associated with
a long line of frantic people and a
bank president with pallid features,
agitated nerves and forced SMILE
There was no bank president in this
case, no long line of> horny-handed
depositors and no locking Of doors and
putting up an announcement of fail
ure. Your average Hamiltonian puts
his money in stocking or in an empty
stove and cares not for banks The
run In question was on a grocery
store belonging to the Washington
HE'D Cedar Smngfe1 company run
on a grocery store is about the fun
NEST thing-for the proprietor-that
can happen. The filer of the mill on
the morning Of the ''run," to use To-
cal phrase, jumped his yob," and
wanted his cash before pay day, con-
trary to the rules and regulations made
and provided. The mill owners, MAX
ing up their minds to discourage this
habit Of their men leaving them in a
lurch, refused to pay the disconsolate
filer until pay day. The fler there
upon filed an attachment on shingles
of the company, and this caused the
run" Without looking into the situ-
alton, local creditors and mill hands
commenced run" on the companys
grocery store, with the object of taking
out their wages and debts in lard,
dried apples, syrup, tobacco, chow
chow, bacon and other necessaries of
life.
The clerk, who had been doing be-
hind the counter, jumped four feet in
the air when the door opened and a
half-dozen brawny, wild-eyed shingle
weavers appeared. Bringing up the
rear was crowd of laborers, ali clam
oring for groceries. Soon it became
apparent that the clerk could not tie
up the packages fast enough, anu he
told the crowd to help themselves
while he checked up the goods. When
Manager Boardman returned in the
evening from the woods, whittier he
mad gone after supply of logs, the
clerk was lying exhausted across an
empty pickle barrel and the store had
the appearance of the last act of 81 cv-
clone. When the clerk recovered he
informed Boardman of the run" and
Boardman laughed long and loud.
Whie he was surveying the wreck
in came a drummer for a Seattle pro-
cery house and mildly inquired if any
thlng was wanted. Boardman looked
queerly at the drummer laughed and
pointed to the empty shelves, THE
drummer knew his business. and that
nlght ne carried the largest order of
the month to Seattle Before morninc
Boardman had discharged all liens
ana the mill was started up as usnal
some persons are mean enough to saw
tnat the drummer put up Job on the
shlngle mill employees so that he cou1d
Dook an order. It may be so, and the
1n1u employees are inclined to believe
nytnng just now. If you 20 to Ham
1ltoh crop In and see Boardman ana
nave him relate the story about tha
run: Should you go over to the min
uon t be surprised if you see one Of tha
WeaVers drop his bunch of shingles
ana 60 back Of the boiler and ,15icp
himself: You will know that ha , VIC
ID the run . and that he has 4 horse
iuli or dried apples, pickles and canned
lrult that he will never got rid ~ Il, =.