Mr John 1). llockFellcr. in tho World's Work, tells how at 16 he started out to get work. "I traTnpcd the streets for days and weeks, asking merchants and storekeepers if they didn't want a boy. At last one man on the Cleveland dorks told- me that I might come hack after the noonday meal. I was elated; it now seemed that I might pet a start. "When I presented myself to my would-be employer; 'We /will sive you a ehanee,' he said, but not a word passed between ns about pay. This was September 26, 1855. I joyfully went to work. The name of the firm-was Hewitt and Tnttle. When January, 1856, arrived, Mr Tuttlc presented me with £lO for uiv three months' work, which no doubt was all that I was worth, and it- was entirely satisfactory." Whoever lias tried Zymole Trokeys never goes without them. Every day their popularity increases. simply became, tbev do just what ii claimed for
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13880, 17 April 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)
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162Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13880, 17 April 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)
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