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My first wife taken sick with rheumatism and she died in 1908. We were married thirty-one years. I married again about 1913. Vocational Experiences "When I was able to work, I worked in the railroad shops boiler maker's helper. Before that I farmed and did other things. Went from trackman to machinist's helper and boilermaker's helper. Opinions "Young folks Just need the right handlin'.
The man accepted relief for one week, but after that, he declined receiving it any longer, because he had met with a promise of employment. But the promise failed him when the time came. The employer, who had promised, was himself disappointed of the expected work. After this; the boilermaker's family was compelled to fall back upon the Relief Committee's allowance.
Mean as the meal was, on the bare board, with its old gallipots for cups, and what not other sordid makeshifts; shabby as the woman was in dress, and toning done towards the Bosjesman colour, with want of nutriment and washing, there was positively a dignity in her, as the family anchor just holding the poor ship-wrecked boilermaker's bark.
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