Griggs courier., 1893-09-22
RUN ON THE GROCERY.

RUN ON THE GROCERY.
Queer Outcome Of . Groundless Panic 1t q
shingle Mill.
There was. q run" up at the little
town of Hamilton, WASH, recently
that ought to find its way into litera.
ture devoted to queer things. Now
the ordinary rum is generally con.
fined to banks, and is associated with
a long line of frantic people and n
bank president with pallid features,
agitated nerves, and a forced smile.
There was no bank president in this
case, no long line of orny-handed
depositors, and no locking of doors and
putting up of an announcement of fail
ure. Your average Hamiltonian puts
his money in a stocking or in an empty
stove and cares not for banks. The
run" in question was on a grocery
store belonging to the Washington Red
Cedar Shingle Co. A rum on q gro.
Gerry store is about the funniest thing
for the proprietor-that can happen.
The filer of the mill ON the morning
OF the rum" to use local phrase.
'yumped his yob," and wanted his cash
before pay day, contrary to the rules
and regulations made and provided.
The mill owners, making 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 filcr thereupon fled an attach
ment on shinglcs,o of the company, and
this caused the run" Without look
ing into the situation, local creditors
and mill hands commenced ''run" on
the company's grocery store, with the
object of taking out their wages and
debts in lard. dried apples, sirup, to-
bacco, chow-chow, bacon and other
necessaries of life.
The clerk. who had been doing be-
hind the counter, jumped four feet in
the air whom the door opened and a
half-dozen brawny,. wild-eyed shingle
weavers appeared. Bringing up tho
rear was q crowd of latorers, all clam
oring for groceries. Soon it became
apparent that the clerk could not tie
up the packages fast enough, and 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 had gone after u supply of logs. the
clerk was lying exhausted across an
empty pickle barrel, and the store had
the appearance of the last act of q
cyclone. When the clerk recovered he
informed Boardman of the run" and
Boardman laughed long and loud
While he was surveying the wreck in
came q drummer for a Seattle grocery
house and mildly inquired if any
thing was wanted. Boardman looked
queerlv at the drummer, laughed, and
pointed to the empty shelves. That
drummer knew his business, and
that night he carried the largest order
of the month to Seattle. Before morn
ing Boardman discharged all liens and
the mill was started up as usual.
Some persons are mean enough to
say that the drummer put up job on
the shingle mill employees SO that he
could book an order; it may be SO, and
the mill employees are inclined to be.
lieve anything just now. If you go to
Hamilton drop in and see Boardman
and have him relate the story about the
run" Should you go over to the mill
don't be surprised if you see one of the
weavers drop his bunch of shingles and
go back Of the boiler and kick himself.
You will know that he was in the
''run," and that he has house full OF
dried apples, pickles and canned fruit
that he will never get rid of.-Puget
Sound Lumberman