Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-25
From Poverty TO Wealth.

H5c a Liruuut Governor HreImg Wslld.
w--Riclcs and DgmsF'i, IatdpI.uess.
The divorce suit that has been insti.
tuted by Mrs. Tabor, wife OF the Lieu
tenant Governor OF Colorado, il another
illustration that wealth does not always
bring happiness with 1t. Mrs. Tabor
asks for divorce and $4,000 alimony
per year. The facts are thus related by
the Cleveland LtlisT: The unhappy
couple were married at Augusta, Me,
In 1887, and their career since that
period has been marked by transitions
from domestic felicity TO the most yIo.
lent family jars from absolute poverty
to princcly wealth; from the rude
hovel of the frontier to the most lux.
ufious home that the pursc OF million.
aire could command. Ia 1859 they
started for Pixies Peak ia par.or car
drawn by two oxen, taking all their
property with them, and alter drifting
about the country for some years they
settled down IN the place where Denver
now stands. lie searched in vain for
pay gravel" and while he was pros.
pecting she cooked bgcou, made bread
and kept up the household expenses
by boarding miners. Finally Tabor
built log hut and started store and
boarding house combined, which was a
general rendezvous for the miners. All
the hard work OF the establishment fell
upon Mrs. Tabor. She was the only
woman within one hundred and sixty
miles, and she did the cooking and
washing for the miners, attended to all
a -. -, vrnsrh.I shgrF
gold dust on the only pair Of scales in
the ncighborhood, making herself the
waiter and drudge OF every one. In
the meantime the husband yielded to-
the irresistible fever that seldom lessons
its grip upon one who. has once become
its victim. and continued his search for
gold. lie moved from prospect 10 pro-.
pect, from digging TO digging, always
believing himself on the brink OF for.
tune, and while he revcled in golden
dreams the wife druiecd and toilcd 10
procure for herself and her royal dream.
or the subs,antials OF life. In 1870 he
began to realize some OF his grand ex.
pectations, and he was soon known a. a
millionaire.
Labor continued to prosper at a won
derful rate, and Is now considered one
of the wealtiest men in the State, His
wife's petition says he is worth $1,000.
600, and has an income OF $1,000 per
month. lie spent his means lavishly and
surrounded his wife with every luxury
that money could buy: but, adds the
Le1ir, she says that he grew hard heart.
ed in proportion ne he became rich
that he absente1 himself from home
for weeks and months. and on one oc-
casion he offered to give her a portion
Of his large fortune If she would apply
for a divorce. All he has TO say is that
he gave her 100000 few years ago.
which she invested, ard which now
yields her $4,000 year that she Is
woman and he hopes she will receive
all the sympathy growing out Of the
case. Both sides OF the story will only
come. out on trial. What ia certain now
is that their domestic happiness took
wings the moment wealth rolled in
upon them that az soon a. they ceased
lighting with poverty they began fight
ing each other. Their happiest days
were when they were poor, and "a they
now sit in the midst Of luxury and
plenty it is probable that their memory
holds no pleasanter period than when
they sat together behind the ox.team
and were being dragged out into the
Western wilds to seek their fortune
nearer 10 the setting sun.