"Staggered!"
FARM-HAND PLEASED.
NOT WHAT HE EXPECTED.
HOT AND COLD WATER. A cowman-gardener, who is expert in both brandies of his calling, is a valued adjunct to the staff on a farm. The combination of duties is almost akin to the marriage of "pro' 'and "con," so widely divergent are they, and therefore when one individual can successfully discharge them both he is entitled to the homage due to a master-crafts-man. It is rare for a specialist of this kind to be out of employment, but when a lady farmer advised a placement officer that she desired to engage such a worker the only man on the placement roll claiming these occupations was sent to the farm. His experience of the accommodation provided in such a case led him to suppose that it would be "a structure of the kind used for storing gardening tools," and when he was shown his quarters he was, in the words of his employer, "staggered."
For, instead of what he expected, he was given free use of a small new cottage, equipped with electric light, hot and cold water, and a bathroom. Small wonder that he is putting all his talents into his dual roles.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19851, 31 October 1936, Page 4
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201"Staggered!" Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19851, 31 October 1936, Page 4
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