It is impossible to separate so entirely the business of the grazier from that of the corn-farmer as the trade of the carpenter is commonly separated from that of the smith.
He worked at a variety of jobs-as a carpenter, insurance salesman, keeper of a temperance hotel-before taking a position as a janitor at Anderson's (now the University of Strathclyde) in Glasgow.
Other local carpenters could only accept jobs in a three-kilometre radius, so no matter how skilled they were, they could never do as many jobs as my neighbour.