The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-05-12
Chr 1lru North.1t'tst.
The Tabor Case.

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Tile scandal that Is making so much of a
sensation IN Colorado. between Lieutenant
q Governor Tabor aid his wife. 10 a FAD cas-. at
Betsy audi arr out" Their married life
has been one ~ those toinanc-s Of froidi.r
life that Bret Hare has made his reputation,
~ novelist upon. They were married ~
Maine Ia 1857 and Ia 1859, when the g"d
excitement following Firni"nt's exploration 8
broke out, II was Pixies Peak or Bust "
with them. They vent to C"iuradO over
land Ia q ID" prairie sc'nolier,' drawn ty two
oxen, with all their worldly possessions TN
der the wagons canvas, a ID camp-d upon
the present site "f Drme r, very lear where
Tabor's SSH, 900 opera house now stands. ON
The IL b 81 February. 1860. Then they Wis
ited one "dieeins" after anollirr, the hus.
baud prospecting without success, aud the
wife paying rxp~nsrs by q" king bacon a. d
brshs for the miners. Their r.silrss s-aIch
for gold finally resulted IN f"Il"rl d. sp",,d
ency! aud they at last settled down Ia Cali
Ernis gulch. Ms Tahnr was tie ani,
woman within q radius az hui dr.d miles.
There was neither house nor hut for her, n"I
even strIt for shelter, but only the canvas
that cTered the wagon. Finally Tabor
managed To build . hog hut In Mosquito"
Pass, near the present site OF the city e
LsadvIll-, and -sr ablish-d store At which
were sold bacon aud flannel shlrs, cam Ell
goods and mIn-rs' boois, beans aud Iiu pa,,s.
The hnuse was a suft of tavern too. for
Struggling pr.sp-ctors 10 stop At rs they nav.
elrd Up aud down The pass. IL VAS the post
Office rs we'll f,r large district, and kirefs
were carried back aud forth f"m Denver NJ
seventy cents apiece ~ "ft-n as enough wrie
collected To make the trip paw. Mrs. Ta'ot
did the cooking, tended the store AID lie
p''st'fhrr, aud washed the miners clothes
In addition To this, she owned tie only Ia
Of scales for miles around. and made u dol
lar now and then by weighing the pr ri"us
dust that was washed out Ia the nrigl,bnt-
hood. This continued for several years, tie
husband prospecting among the hills, and
washing out little gold now and then until
about 1876, when the carbonate discoveries
were made. He then struck IL rich" and
suddenly became millionaire. He was in
dustrious and prosperous, generous and hos.
pitable, and was, as he always had been, the
most popular man In the mines. He built
the finest house in Colorado and became the
richest man In the State, until now, rs the
t1afiffap af his uuif oboua his ,,roparSv Gu-
ures up nearly ten million dollars. But
prosperity does not seem to have brought
contentment and happiness to the hard-toil-
ing, patient woman, and while the husband
Is as generous and as popular as he ever was,
the wife does not appear to have kept pace
with him, and "the more's the pity"
1t Is quite likely that Governor and Mrs.
Tabor are more unhappy than In the poorest
days they ever saw. They have won wealth,
but are infinitely more miserable than when
they started out hand IN hand nearly quar-
ter Of u century ag,, p"r rs church mice.
but determined 10 conquer riches and poa-
s"ssed of mutual 1--we which they imagimd
would blmm aud bi,.ss"in Into p-,Ect biIss
when tbs one lar uf poverty Was removed.
That Obstacle has disappeared. but fate IL
fall If prnsli-s aud e"mprnsatiois, and Ia
gaining wealth. they have list domestic
pea -, aud wander into their later life with u
Gun Of trouble twice rs fail u ID mucL m"r
bitter than that fnrm sbicl they drank H.
thrii .esIsof youthful striving. There Is
more truth thar, is generally supposed iiiitr
saying thai riches do ia., b inesr..ntnrii'r'l /
All The wealth irihe world contemporaries.
the life OF n child or compensate for the los
Of love aud domestic peace.
Poor, aud struggling against the world.
Governor Tabor aud his wife wrrr. happier
than they are to-day. estranged, AID appeal
Ing to the very world they once fought ~
common for redress from each other.
Little Is understood of the circumstances
which have brought shout the separation of
these two. Governor Tabor left his home,
but with what justification is not known.
He made very liberal provision for his wife,
and In that respect can hardly be open to
complaint, though Mrs. Tabor demands a
larger allowance. The main regret lies In
the disclosure that man and wife who have
succeeded 80 remarkably in their worldly
ambition, should at this late day find them
selves unable to enjoy together the compe-
tence they have wen, and, forgetting their
carly love and hope, turn their hands against
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