The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-25
Etopement and Divorce.

Aprfi ~. >As-- uc ctIAei ~ Aht 49,
meut Of Miss Nellie Hubbard, the
youngest daughter of tx Governor Hut
bard. aud her marriage TO her father
coachman. Frederick Shepard, -four years
ago. mas jus: been made kpown L. het
friends here. who learned Ter H." hr>i
time t. day tnai Mr.. Sherard hid Z
cured a divorce from her Lu>tatd TIL
story OF MIS-. hubbard's hasfy action
has had the ending wLich sacn stor e
generally do have repentance a. leisure
for VI at was done in haste. VI - Hub
bard. who was al that time a young stri
scarcely Is years VI age, sas secretly mar
ried 10 Shcpaid 1t W.>tfeld, Mass. on
March II. 1879 While her father family
were absent from Hartford
Shepard. who wAs about 81 Yeas old.
had acted as ~coachman for Ex-Governor
Hubbard for about d year aud a hall. -
far a. his character went very little coula
be urged against him. except that he hsf
formerly been a hackman, accustomed 10
associate with charters OF doubtful nor
atty. He was a young fellow OF good
address. and did not drunk or swear; but
he was very ilhterate. Miss Nellie un-
dert9ok 10 teach him TO read and write.
and while engaged in this laudable
effort TO benefit his condition she lost. OF
impaeinod that she lost her heat The
fact Of the marriage wa not mad, hnown
TO ex Governor Hubbard until eleNtn
days after tie ceremony, when the mar
rage certificate was sent TO hun b. slIe
marriage certificate was >eLt to lNH
the lroom's parout. Ills laugh a. :
preparing 10 cave the house IL Ill lie
house to Join hoi husband WlenthI> Z
uueut was placed 10 his haud- TIE
heart broken father confronted her " "a
lie certificate. and She then tardd> &c
sncwledged that She was married 10
shepard declared, with the enthu> lsm
OF IA woplan in love, that er hu>b4ul wa,
fully worthy of her, aud left the house
to join him despite the attempts OF the
grief stricken father to restrain her.
From that time TO this Nellie name, II
Is said. has been a forbidden work III the
household Of ex Governor Hubbard. The
old gentleman disowned the III WHO l.d
hitherto been his ~tavorlte child, aud tS
itively refused 10 receive any commuul
cation from either her or her husband.
Alter the sensation created by her mar
rage had died away Mrs NhcIari Ell
quietly out of sight Of her former ari>to
cratic friends, and ste would have l. en-
almost forgotten but for her proceedings
to secure a divorce, which have once
more revived the memory Of her roman
tic marriage. After the wedding he
couple remained in this city for about
two years. For a few days they kept
themselves perfectly secluded, aud Ship
ard feared to show himself in public lest
he should be assaulted by his former
master and fatber-in-law but finally,
finding that the ex Governor took no
more notice of him than il here dead, he
secured clerkship in a Hartford shoe store,
where he worked faithfully. His young
wife had plenty of money at this time,
some that was hers in her own right,
and more. it is said, from the ready
purse Of her heartbroken mother, who.
while bowling mcekty to the will OF her
husband, could not suppress all love for
her darling child. The copple lived very
happily for a time, and a child was born
to them, a girl, to cement their union.
About two years ago they removed 10
New Haven, where Shepard started a
large livery stable In State street with
money furnished by his wife and Lcr
friends. The stable is connected with "a
la, &c hotel, and yields quite a revenue to
Shepard, who is still running it. They
engaged a coy cottage in "a pleasant
street, and here for a time all went well
But the domestic peace was to be shat
tered in New Haven Mrs Shepard be-
came tired of her unlettered husband
and they began to find that their tastes
in almost everything ran IN COUNTER direc
tion.. Shepard attended strictly to his
go ,nI M SI -
re :cived With open arm by New Haven
fash enable world, OF which she formerly
been a belle, by purchasing a dog cart
aud a handsome pony, with which she
appeared In he streets, elegantly attired,
on every pleasant day. The beautiful
woman naturally attracted admirers, and
among them one said To be an aged and
" lthy manufacturer Of New H4icn. and
auother a millionaire Of New York, who
fr,quents the Iuri Club il tina; CITY.
shepard became jealous ot his wife. with
or without cause, AID result was that The
twu separated several months ago and
have uot llveu together sIt &c.
When the breach occurred Sherar3
went to live AT d hotel. and his wife re
NAMED in tie cUttaGe with her chi!4
lie husband called frequently to ms
child. and ca such occasions Nrs. Shep-
ard LEFT the two together Some tonr
months ago she gave up her cottage and
went to live in the Selden House, at New
Haven. The breach between her ami
her husband was constantly widening.
although Ii was very apparent that Shop
ard still idoiized his wife. Souc three
months since, when the rumur that she
was about to seek for a divorce va, fist
spread, a friend of shepard spoke to him
on the subject. He cried like a bat,
then, and said that he had always beer
trGe to her and should always love her
devotedly. lie acted like a child who
was being punished, refused to believe
that his wife would ask for a divorce.
and seemed to be confident that she
would ultimately return TO live with
him.
Mrs. Shepard's lawyer in moving for
the divorce was \ BY lenburg. who
figured As the ~counse! for the Malley
boys IN their trial for the muir Ter Of .Jcn
nie CrauIer. The cause Tor which the
was granted is said to be aban-
donInent'
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