Can anyone decipher this occupation on the 1870 U.S. Census?

Question

My third great grandmother's occupation in the 1870 census is illegible to me and apparently also to the indexer at Ancestry who transcribed it as "With On Emplegurt." I know it's not very important, but I am pretty curious because most women living in rural counties in 1870 had some variation of "keeping home" as their occupation, and it doesn't look like that's what's going on here.

Here is the census record on FamilySearch. Her name is Mary Peterson, and she was recorded on line 26.

Comments

With out employment?  With no employment?

That is a hard one, so little to reference on other lines.

I think emplegurt would be a fun job!!

Answer 1

"With ou employmnt" I notice that they abbreviated house in
"Keeping hou"

Comments

I agree. It a sloppy version of "Without employment".

But forget Mary, the real challenge is Charles Bell below! Maybe "works for wages" which is pretty vague, and then Orcas Green does the same, but at age 95. James Bell is a surveyor. Interesting household.