Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-16
4 WEALTHY WIDOW.
She Has "A Church and Chaplain Of
Her Own.
Mrs. Moses Taylor the Wealthiest Lazy
in AmeFicau-Pe Peculiar Traits
Of Her Husband.

There is a wealthy New York widow
who has church aud a chaplain of her
own, writes Clara Bell She Is Mrs. Moses
Taylor. The church was built by her at
Long Branch, az q COST of about $40 coo.
IL il Presby terian, and there is a nom
inal board of trustees, but Mrs. Taylor
paid every dollar OF the cost, and is she
owner outright. II is an ornate odidce,
and one of its features is memorial
stained glass window inscribed to her
deaa husband. BLESSED are they that die
III the Lord,' il says. 4 be sinner might
add that those are considerably blest who
live possessors OF the enormous wealth
accumulated by Moses Taylor. He was
rather loose and luxurious in his egrthly
methods of blessedness, but he prOtessed
Christianity "a little while before ne died,
audsO the witness of the widow is not to
be impeached. Mrs. Taylor's chaplain is
tbs Rev J.. II. Young, who conducts the
services in the church during the summer
month";, but is at her command the year
round, for she pays his salary of SO 500
out of her own pocket.
This religious, benevolent and amiable
lady does no. put on airs over icing the
ilAnth 81 NlhGW III AlIttAt0t ! ut AhNN Is
that che and everybody else were aston
lshed by the amount of fortHne left to
her. O-e of the executors of the will has
been telling mo about n. That document
did not euumerate the testa.or's posses
SION, but merely Jumped the personal
property, consisting of bonds, stocks
aud other securities Ihe general i'm
PRECISION Eas breu that Taylor WAS worth
$4,000 600 to $2o,O0O,O0O. He has made
great property 10y importing goods ia
his own ships, but as TO his Investments
he was not communicative. On IA ap-
ponsed day the widow and executors
opened the doors of the particularly solid
vault which the d man had built into
his OH g.. This structure was Of bank
ike iuyuuerabllty and the iuvesugato
expected TO and the proofs Of ownership
10 the extent of many millions In 1T. But
they were not prepared for what they
found.
HOARD or RohrY MILLIONS.
The iuuermost com partmeut vas large
enough To mold ceruticaoss of stock and
the like securIt'es without folding. There
sas a high stack OF these papers lying
nearly ATOP of one another, unwripkled
and increased, They represented lay
Tors Investments in hundreds OF railroads
banks, insurance com pauys aud all man
ner Of the soundest tinapcial ventures.
The amazed finders of hrr store Of wealh
handled II over IN a half dazed way for a
few hours. Then they set about making
an Inventory. When they came To add
the totals it was seen that the market
value was about S3O,00O,0O0 and when
Sne other property VS. added To this the
aggregate reached $40OOOO00 or more
than double the current esumate. Taylor
dis1ked TO figure a7 Il superiauvely rich
man, aud therefore without any OF the
missr's instinct he bad concealed the fact
from his most intimate friends. Az to
the widow and helresc, he denIes her
self nothing that fancy demands bnt she
uuo-tentiuus as her late husband, and
her indulgence IN church aud chaplain
of her own constitutes her one remark
able whim OF extravaganza.