Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-01-14
BISHOP WARREN'S BRIDE.

of Atlanta, Ca, was married to-day
to Mrs. Elizabeth S. Tiff, in Evans
chapel, in this city. The ceremony
was performed by Bishop Simpson of
Philadelphia, assisted by the Rev.
H. D. Moore and the Rev. DR.. E.
Cranston, of Denver. Notwithstand-
ing that 400 invitations had been is
sued, the wedding was an unostenta-
tious one. The ushers were Secre-
tary of State Edwards, III. G.. LOWE,
Trueman Bogue, and Prof. Low of
the Denver University. A reception
was held at the residence of the bride
otter the ceremony, and it was at
tended by upward of 900 people.
About the year 1869 young, pre-
prepossessing, modest, and determin-
ed girl alighted from the coach in
Denver one morning. She was, per-
haps, 22 years of age, and it was ev-
ident to those who met her on the
occasion of her advent in that then
rather vociferous town under the
mountain shadows that she had gone
west with the intention of growing
up with the country, as she evinced
a remarkable degree of independence,
softened, however, by strong wom-
anly qualities, which soon established
her high in the esteem of ali with
whom she came in contact. She at
once made her mission known by
canyassing the business portion of
the city for an eligible location in
which to open a store, and finally
succeeded in securing room pre-
viously occupied by the Adams ex
press company in the building owned
by the proprietor of the Rocky Noun
tain News, and next door to the
News publication office, in Larimer
street. The adventuresome young
lady had gone out from Chicago as
the agent of the Singer machine COM
pany, and, among total strangers,
and with but her own shrewdness and
strong stamina to back her, proposed
to win her support. 1t appears that
when a mere infant she, with several
brothers and sisters, had been left
without parents. Relatives had
brought the children up in some OBJ
scure town in Illinois, and when az
rived at mature years the girl had
struck out for herself in Chicago, by
securing a position as instructor in
the Singer office in that city. Her
duties were to follow up local agents
and teach purchasers of machines
how to operate them. Finally the
company decided to establish the
Denver agency, and she applied for
and was giveu the place, not without
some misgivings on TIE part of the
company, but as she had displayed
remarkable business tact they were
satisfied to at least let her make the
attempt. How we'll she succeeded in
the new and trying field is well known
to every old citizen of Denver, and,
in fact, to nearly every one who liv-
ed in northern Colorado at that time.
With energetic men in rival estab-
lishments to contend with, to open
new stores and appoint local agents
in remote towns, there being then
not rod of railway in the railway
in the territory; to keep her own
general business going, and at the
same time maintain reputation in q
locality where then it was difficult fol
a single woman, without family to dc
so; these all tried her to the utmost
but she rose superior to all the petty
and great obstacles, and was soor
respected far and wide, as it wa:
conceded she had the right stuff il
her, and that, of all things, was tht
one great factor in winning success
in those days in Colorado.
Among the foremost-if not th,
foremost-cattle raisers in Wyoming
in those days was Mr.. I. W. Tiff
His herds were numbered by hun
dreds of thousands, and his range
in Wyoming and Colorado were wide
spread. By some chance-he beins
a widower at that time-he met tn
young sewing-machine agent on on
of his visits to Denver. Courtshi]
followed, and it was not long befor
sewing machines were abandoned fo
family cares. She became Mrs. Hi
and Cheyenne became her home for
short time. Now the wife of mil
lionaire, and removed from the care
and vexations of business life, an
at best a hard Struggle for support
Mrs. Tiff displayed in supreme de
gree those high womanly qualitie
which had, under former trials
l brought her SO successfully through
In 1876, when United States Marsh
: all Shaffenburg of Denver was ser
:. to prison for irregularities in office
Mr.. and Mrs. Tiff bought his pals
tial home and removed to Denver
r Here, soon after, Mr.. Tiff died, leay
n ing his entire and vast cattle inte1
: ests to his widow and his two son:
minors. Instead of laying asid
these new cares by disposing of ht
!, herds, Mrs. Tiff at once assume
!. these fresh and great responsible
o ties, and became one of the leadin
/ cattle-dealers of the United State
;. From the moment she assume
;. charge Of this trust fortune has fo
: lowed every venture she has mad