“O'Neill himself was an ex-miner, a night soil carter and the leader of the local Municipal Employees Union.”
“Stipends in kind were paid to 4 harrowers, 2 oxherds, a carter, cowman, gardener, beadle, and reeve.”
“Charges for such services were mutually agreed between the consignee and carter, payment often being by way of barter for household or farm commodities.”