Monday, April 20, 2015

A Normansville Help Wanted Ad

Looking around the internet for what kinds of cows they had at Normanskill farm (really, and the answer is Guernseys,) I found this ad for a Single Man that  made me chuckle. 




In tiny print over on the right:

Wanted - Single Man to take charge of Cow barns.  Must be good milker and strictly temperate. C.P. Stevens, Normansville, Albany County, N.Y.

Good with his hands and not a drinker - could be on match.com  ;)



And then, in large print below the Normansville ad, is this gem.  




Now playing at Madison Square Garden Fat Stock ...


I am easily amused on this rainy Monday afternoon.

Source: The Cultivator & Country Gentleman, Volume 60. October 31, 1895. Albany, NY  via Google Books. 
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1 comment:

  1. xxxxxApril 21, 2015 at 3:24 PM

    Hello fellow History adventurer! I found your blog in my own noodles researching. Your blog is a gem. Thank you for being such a good steward of your towns history. Your blog is delightful! Sincerely, A. Paddock

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