THE ONLY COACHWOMAN
MRS. JOHN BULL'S 26 YEAES WITH : " 'HOUSE AND CAB. The only woman coachman of the pre;.sent day,; as disclosed l>y the census of occupations-, lives at ■ Bembridge, in thoIsle of Wight, and .bears the truly' British name of Mrs. John' Bull. She may bo seen -.any day 011 Hie rank outside Bcmbndgo Station attired in blue coat and skirt and hard bowler hat plying for hire... with a sniart landau. ■ For . twenty-six years she has held a license, find it is-her proud'boast that she grooms heT_own;horse and can harness bim and be in attendance at any residence in tlia parish within ten ipiimtcs of receiving- an •order.; For funerals and weddings e!h« assumes-the additional dignity of a top hat;" She started business with a pony and;gi(;.y;From her 'earnings sho purchased her horse and landau.- Now with ttio business of cab proprietor she combines that; of pig -breeder and may frequently 'bo seen taking stock, to-Newport market.. She;attends market personally, and strikes her own-bargain's iwith' the?dealers. Mrs. Tofa Bull has but one eye, tlio other having 'been: kicked out by a Testive cob wliicli sho v;as bringing nveT Ashey Down •fourteen lyears ago.. Before her. marriage she was in service with Sir. Donald Currie.i She lived' in France for.fivo" years and also in Texas, and knows something ;of prairie"life.:'
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2231, 18 August 1914, Page 8
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221THE ONLY COACHWOMAN Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2231, 18 August 1914, Page 8
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