The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-19
FROM POVERTY TO MF,1rr-
no' LIEUTENANT ecvERSoR BECAME
WEALTHY RICHES AND DowEs-
TIC UNHAPPTSFss

Inc divorce suit that has been Instituted
by Mrs Tabor, wife Of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor Of Colorado is another Illustration
that wealth does not always bring happiness
with it. Mrs. Tabor asks for divorce end
$4,000 alimony per wear. The facts are
thus related by the Cleveland Iea6e-. The
unhappy couple were married ~ Arers.a
Ne, IN 1857, and their career since that ne
riod has heen marked by tra ansffi0rs fr.--, do
nestle felicity 70 the most violent family
jars: from absolute poverty 70 r--oceIv
wealth; from the rude hovel of the frontier
to the most luxurious home that the ruree of
a millionaire could command. In 1859 they
started for Pixies Peaf5n n n7rlor car drawn
nv two oxen. taking all their property with
them, and after drifting about the country
for some years they settled down in the
place where Denver now stands. ne
searched In vain for '-pav gravel. ." and while
he was prospecting she cooked bacon. made
bread ard kept up the household expenses
by boarding miners. Finally Tabor bnilt a
log hut and started a store and boarding.
house combined. which was n general rem
devious for the miners. All the hard work
Of the establishment fell upon Mrs. Tabor
WfT0fn n
dred ana sixty miles and she did the cook
ing and washing for the miners. attended 10
all their wants in the store weighed their
gold dust on the only pair Of scales in the
neiChhorhoOd, making herself the waiter
and drudge OF every one. In the meantime
the husband Welded 70 the irresistible fever
that seldom lessons its grin uron one who
has once become its victim, and continued
his search for gold He moved from pros
pect to prospect. from DIGGING to dirrinr. al
ways believing himself on the hrfr K NJ for
tune, and while he rpvplpd in golden dreams
the wife drudged and toiled n procure for
herself and her rovaI dreamer the suhstan-
tials Of life. In 1876 he began to realize
some of his grand expectations. and he was
soon known as a millionaire.
Tabor continued TO prosper at = wonder
ful rate, and is now copsiderpd one Of tbe
wealthiast men in the State His vffa-s ne
tition saws he Is worth SO 600 n00. and has
an income ~ s1OG 600 rer month. He srert
his means lavishlv and surrounded his wife
with every luxnry that money could buv.
bnt, adds the Leader. she saws that he grew
hard hearted in proportion rs he heeame
rich that he ahsented himself from home
for weeks and months. and on one occasion
he offered 70 give her 2 portion of his large
fortune If she would apply for divorce -
All he has to say is that he gave her 500 600
few years ago. which she invested and
which now Yields her s14. 600 a year. tN7t
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 outon
trial What is certain now is that their do
nestle happiness took wings the moment
wealth rolled in upon Them; that as soon as
they ceased fighting with poverty the began
hghtinC each other. Their happiest dsvs
were when they were poor, and as they nov
SIT IN the midst Of luxury and plenty IT is
probable that their memory holds no pleas
anter period than when they sat together he
hind the ox-team and were being dragged
out into the Western wilds to seek their for
tune nearer 20 the setting sun.