The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-10-28

poor - they cam& Moaev Vas Of no
account ire then: Mielrs received
their psyevery s6s. I'D the ma
1srity efthem spslt it tefore morn.
~. Ordinary vsskmea we're l,.id
SIX dollars per day in gold"
Mrs. TalOr Was the Onlv LADY in
the district, now known shroad -
Leadvitle. for about two months. The
second .n- {" arrive wss MIR. Chsrl~s
L. Hail. The wife of our present
street csinmiAiouer. ----Attsr that
women came pretty fast Mira Tshor
remained j" TIE camp till tie 2O,h
day oi September. whrm their rnc-
cess at gold getting he'd h~su g. rr-a,
thst she returned to visit Ter ;ri-nsi.
in Maine. Mr.. Tsbor. in III. sim,.in iiv.
thinking ihst hr could I-n'sin nd
work the eu.ch claim iu, iry the
winter. The adven, 1t tic cs,id
weather ssa-su pot = s'.P Z" mirine.
and Mr. 1air.r EDi!o~sd his ~iv Eat.
where they reosai"sd d.rsrv lie
winter. returning ." California yu'ch
early the next -pring. bringing With
them n very large stock # general
merchsndise and here ".sned a .i"re.
which hns i,een continued: every sum
mer ill the pr~sen, one.
Mr.. Tstnris tsontier life las csr-
tainly been q remarkable "ne. She
had never been Q dozen miles awuy
from her fathers home in Argns,s.
Maine. when she sat cut NTH her
husband for Pike. Peak. The rail-
rad was then completetl to Alton on
the Mississippi. f,nm whence they
csms hv boat to St. Lnui.. and thence
Eve days on the Missouri brought
them {" Kansas City. Here Mr.
Tabor purchased his oxen ard wagon
and sat ont .. m emierant scr.es tn.
plains. They w@re six weeks fr"m
Kansas City 10 Denver. and over the
entire route their lives were in dan
ger from hostile hands at Indians.
Il have crossed the plains ten tin.
since then" remarked Mrs. Tslnr,
"but the incidents on neither If the
trips are 90 wildly befcre nv mind
"a thnee of the first ] ..xn shines, re-
call the appearance of each night.
ground. ] can tell hos.
when. where and the number If buf
falo ms husband killed. ] can see
Just how the Indians lOoked "a they
came on begging expeditions TO ou,
wagon. The antelope. the gres'
herds Of buffalo. the wild Rower-
that I gathered. the prairie chickens. |
the bright mornings. the fragrant
atmosphere-why il ia all rs fresh H.
nv memory now "a ii il were bur
Yesterday. I vas q girl then. filled
with enthusiasm. ! feared nothing |
In al nv * ,eriences in the wild
West / have never known fear. !
used to be q great reader. Once ]
priced . Newspaper above all oih~,
d. you know that used
to believe everything that I read IT,
the newspaper? certainly did. Bu'
know hetter than that now. ! must
tell you how-but here. I don't want
you to put this 10 the Chronicle. One
night. | think il was about four year,
ago, NJ. Tabor came in and handed
me the daily papen. I opened them
eagerly "a usual, and the first thing
that caught nv eyes vas . long &C.
count Of nv elopement. followed with
N excitable story of nv husbands
death. He had been horribly mae
,acred. Since then / have read the
with . considerable al
lowance for the imaginative powers
IF Won writere."
Mrs. Tahor r. about forty three
years of age. Besides being Q lady o:
more than ordinary culture. she is nns
IF the hest business women in thi.
camp. Size is . practical miner There
Is no better authority on csrbonatrs
and fire. gold in this city today than
Mrs. Governor Tabor. She is alwav.
before any moneys are in
vested in mining enterprises BY the
Governor. Besides. her individual in
Ierests in mines are large. Her hired
prospecters are met in oil the mountains
sround Leadville.
In conversation and general hear
ing Mrs. Tabor is one of the most
.ocial and kindly ladies with whom
i has ever bern the reporters good
fortune tn converse. While she pcs-
.esses that dignity which is Away.
The mark Of . true lady. there il ease
nod cordial aaability in her manner
which ut once elicits the admiration Of
! stranger and makes him feel At home
IN her presence. Apparently there IL
hut one person In this eommunity Who
loes not realize that Mn. Tabor j.
The wife Of one Of the wealthiest and
most influential citizens Of Colorado,
md that penon is Mn. Governor
Tabor.