Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-25
A LIVE COLORED WOMAN.
asRRtkr BODr BsNUssTER's INDUs-
rkIoUs ssasLk GARTER.
chances at the Personal History OF - Most Re
marksbIc LuCai Character She WIN
iaut ASnc- aud Plough - tic,d
alta Moments Noit,e--uer
Suug Fortune.

\ woman whose face Is very familiar to |
every IaucastTau, because she Is often |
brought face tO igco with the public, is llar- |
riet Body, a colored woman, whose home Is |
at No. ~ Middle street, this city. She GER |
tainly is a peculiar character, ana IT Is doubt.
iul whether many of the people who see her
ON our streets day after day know anything
concerning her. Harriet Is between to and
" years OF age, and She was the wife ~
Charles Body. Her husband WAS killed in the
army, and for that reason she draws pen
sion every three months. When her hus-
baud died she was left with son, who is
now young man grown, and resides with
her. After the death of her husband Harriet
made up her mind to " hoe her own row."
aud she has done 1t very successfully.
The city directory gives her occupation rs
that ot carter, and many might think that
very queer work for a woman. II would
he for any ordinary female, hut Is not Tor
Harriet for upwards OF twenty years She
has been engaged in that kind OF business,
aud she i one OF the most industrious per
sous, white or colored, in Lancaster She Is
the owner of two horses, and - ready at all
times to do any kind OF work that man is
capable OF performing. She is constantly
employed, and is not happy unless busy.
She makes speciality OF doing hauling, and
ii she cannot always obtain work in the city
She will go TO the country in search of it. 1t
is a customary sight to see her on the street
busily engaged with shovel loading ashes
| or dirt into hor heavy board wagon. She
! hauls the refuse to some out-ot-the-way place,
| where she Is allowed 10 dump 1t, and rs she
passes through the streets she can be seen on
| the wagon at times applying the brake with
Que hauu "hile she SuldeS her horses win
|
| rUE BE>r PEOPLE ENP1ON HER.
| nv - sven oiup'oS uieu' ny 'ne pos' P''o
| t'' V, ','' ''''' an" she - "n INDUSTRIOUS IL
| va N' 'i' ""eu u ncT race Hue t"Nos 'Vh-
| ~ N','s 'u' n'"''"s Vie"'ii"S S"rus' NV'' anu IL
| - ho' unusual 10 see Eer win her wagon
| 1""ued win heaNN stones or huge chunks oi
| Zee She knows all about farming, and will
| contract tu pillow and harrow small pieces OF
| ground, do the planting, &c She can cut
| hay with any man, aud it Is fun for her to
| load IL upon wagon aud then ride on the
| top
| Those who employ Harriet say that she
| does all her work well, and they would
| rather have her than man. She owns her
| home, which is one-story structure, and
| everything i kept in apple-pie order. She
| has a small stable IN which her horses are
| kept, and she takes great delight in looking
| after them. They are always in the best con
uitlon, anu IN order to keep them thus they
| receive their meals regularly and are con
| stantly being cleaned up with curry. comb
ana brush.
Another animal that Harriet is very fond
0i Is q large dog which is almost blind.
When she l. away from home the animal re-
mains around the house, and woe to the un-
cpuaintcd person who tries to enter. In the
stable Harriet has several wagons and differ
ent varieties OF farming implements. The
lot To her property IL small, but she Is able To
raise vegetables, &c.
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