The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-11


for the store, consisting of much the same
class Of articles as the account given
above. This is followed by a memoran-
dunn that William II. Brown commenced
work for c. c. Denny. March "a, 1852. :"
Then comes an account OF time lost by
him and of tobacco he purchased, which
he obtained at 25 per cent. reduction, as
he is only charged 50 cents plug. while
others had to pay so cents. This. like
most of the other entries. is in pencil, but
further on there is the entry in ink and in
heater and clearer handwriting than Mr..
Terry's:
Vim H. Brown Commenced to work for Terry
& Co. March 22nd at the rate OF $50 p month &
quit work by the month May 1st Commenced
work by the day May 3rd at 500 pr day.
The explanation of this change is sug-
gested by this entry on the opposite page:
"w. H. Brown DR. to lost time days while
working BY the MONTH"
After being charged with some supplies
Mr.. Collins is credited with twelve sal
mon. which he had probably caught in the
bay and sold at the store, but neither date
nor amount is given for this transaction.
There Is an entry which would have been
personal in the PosT-INTELL1GENcER if it
had been in existence at that TINA, for 1t
reads:
Leander Terry left this place, New York, for
the states April 18th 1882 quit work on the 18th.
New York was the name given by the
Terrys to the town which they laid out at
A.ki point, but which was afterwards
abandoned for Seattle. when the Dennys
had examined the site and the harbor.
A little further along is the note: "Sum-
tn Mt tho Nav
1857" Then comes an entry which e. L.
Terry has made the subject of joke at
the expense of A. A. Denny. 1t is: "May
l. l pig Tobacco, so cents" As other
entries of the same kind are crossed out or
marked paid" as soon as the debt is dis
charged, Mr.. Terry few days ago came to
the conclusion that Mr.. Denny still owed
that so cents, and, with solemn face, de-
manded payment, saying that he had been
waiting forty years for the money and
could fairly add compound interest, which
would increase the debt to several dollars.
and told Mr.. Terry that he Was not
50 reuiss about making his collec-
tons. so he could go without it; he did
not believe he owed the money and. if he
Terry carried on the argument in mock
seriousness for some minutes, and went
away looking very much aggrieved. Mr..
Denny highly appreciated the joke. Right
underneath this bone of contention is
charge of 81 for two pair Of hose to Mrs.
Low, while Mr.. Low is charged cents q
pound for thirty-eight pounds OF beans.
On April r. O'Meara came to the store
~
ing to over SIS, including coffee mill at
$3.50, . hoe at $3.50 and dozen pipes, for
which he paid so cents, to soiace his soli-
tude. In April appears another account
Of piling loaded on the brig Leonesa,
which had come back for q second cargo.
The business of the store must have been
rapidly growing, for this entry occurs
next: Augustus commenced work for
Terry T. Co. on the 2lst of April"
In May consignment amounting
to $225 was received by the brig
Franklin Adams. There is an account of
payments made to Indians for finding and
bringing boat to the place and for cut
ting wood. large part OF the debt being
discharged in supplies. Accounts OF sew
eral cargoes of piiing are given, and step
in advance is shown by that of square tim
Der delivered to the brig Leonesa IN June.
The hiring of another clerk, James Phli-
lips. on July II is noted. the firm having
now become Terry e. Low. For revolver
/. T. Phillips was charged $45.
Almost at the end of the book, mixed
among number of rough calculations, is
this quotation from Byron:
Had we never loved go kindly
''Had We never loved so blindly
"Never met or never parted
1--WE had ne er been brokeu-hearted"
The first entry in the second book. on
the title page of which is the owners
name and the date, December 5, 1855. is
the record of the first business embarrass-
ment which befell any one in the new
town. threads:
H. Butler, dep. marshal took possession OF
my store lands L. tenements under writ OF
attachment from E. A. Clark ct al Nov. 26
delivered the same TO me Dec ath 1850
The partnership with Mr.. Low seems to
have been dissolved before this time and
Mr. Terry alone had to bear his trouble.
He seems to have been not only the store
keeper. but the banker OF the settlement.
for there are frequent entries OF cash bor-
rowed with the word, ''settled." written
across them. Many names which
are familiar among early settlers
figure in this book, such as
George Gallagher. Edward Giddings,
Charles Mcdonald, Lieut.. Fairfax tproba-
bly an officer from one Of the neighboring
forss). Levi Nicholas. ID. S. Maynard. W.
A. s. Latimer, L. d. Wabash, Thomas
Jones, Mrs. McConnaha. There is bill
against Hi!ory Butler of $i4S, partly for
cash loaned, but there is no opportunity
for the deceased writer's heirs to worry
the old gentleman, for "Settied" IS written
across it. Mr.. Terry seems to have been
boarding at Mr.. Buffers at this time Tor
there is memorandum of the absence of
himself and Mrs. Terry from his house on
trips up and down Sound. reading:
Absent from Buffers. SELF d vile one week.
70 Olympia two I"
:" peuus Cove one I"
S"olympis DAYS.
s"Pens Cove l."
saw Olympia one week.
A number of other charges against the
old settlers come next, the names OF Il. L..
Johns, {. NJ. Stilwell. Frank Matthias,
James Broad. ]. NJ. Thomas, David
Mower, b. Hooper. A. q. Terry, I'll. l..
Yesler, Hemming 4 Carpenter. Dexter
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