The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-30

Aie present estate. . half mile fur
oup TIE same street The Mansfield
- street cars now run past IL. and
= US . farm on the outskirts of the
y whom Sherman honght IL Is now sur
- By fine homes. and has beyond it
- the best residences Of the city. A
- psft Of the estate has been divided
no town lots and sold. Some Of IL
pbesa given BY Senator Sherman ~ .
i - the city. and the remainder. about
~ acres. constitutes the lawn and
1eas OF Senator Sherman's home. Il
oboautiful place, filled with old forest
oand beautiful shrubs. II lies high
- the surrounding country and the
~ has summer house just back OF
Itdsnce whore you get . view OF
the rich, rolling Ohio country.
- senator's house IL one Of many
- oil large. airy. and. even in these
~ July days. deiiciousiy cool. There are
my windows and these give magnificent
svs. Mansfield has neither mosquitoes
- malaria. and ~ wandered about
~ the trees could appreciate the sen-
~ DISCUS, At having TO return to the
asphalt Of Washington's parbolled
oess and to the boxcd-up rooms Of HE
Vie stone palace on Franklin Park
nrs ct Manstisld he can wander about In
= iiEhtest attire. He wears an old straw
~ light pantaloons. . black sack coat,
- looks ~ cool ~ the center seed OF the
epdisional cucumber. He rises carly. eats
light breakfast and then sits down in his
library on the ground floor in his slip
y and loosely made clothes and dictates
osers to has mail. He gets large
fnber Of letters daily. but he il used TO
naion and he disposes OF them rapidly.
s1h private secretary writes . hand al
III idenfically the same A. his. and
I'm letter has been transcribed by him
n his shorthand ::notes and signed by
- senator You would not suppose but
N1at the senator had written the whole
- eorrespondence he walks about the
-. and after lunch usually goes down
-. sometimes in hts carriage and not
MdlsQuentiy IN the cars. Mansfield WAS
- Of the trst towns in the United States
1fat in an electric car Tine. and IL has
- enc Of the best In this country. In
- svening the senator usually drives out
Es!sA Mrs. sherman aud has daughter, Miss
Asay. and altogether his home life at
I 1.asneld 10 q delightful one.
:. found the senator in his library when
ssied BY appointment yesterday MORN
lie was answering his mail and,
- time in studying him and his sur
naad.nss His library Is that Of man
culture. Rasts of our greatest states
ss sas~Webster. Clay and Washington
scssd down upon as from above the
~ walnut book cases and familiar
Memes OF fiction aud poetry. ~ we'll -
ssstosv and political science smiled at
h u Nd out OF their weil-worn bindings on
shelves. There were, Judge. about
ss7 volumes IN the library. I noted that
s1ese we're all in the modern
1aeaases. and | am told tina;
senator reads the French and
ssfmAn. As we'll IS the English lie
| = : man OF vide culture, and his whole
&c has been devoted To work and study.
aaoee whether We have ever had q states
An Naa sih the exception. perhaps. OF John
xs1nsy Adams who has saved the intellect
- -. pennies 50 eoasciepsiousiy ~ John
sse'nsan. lie once Told me that the max
VI hooks y - - rapid and along such
tash aecs that IL hardly paid one 10 read
sSos eeiore u vas az least q year old.
- saas tae much reading Of newapa-
injurious 10 ones intellectual
senator Sherman's reading of
- 'soa - largely confined TO the classic
sSfst0Ef ana MS iaSorfts. ho
S,s sosa ms. Vas Walter Scott lie keeps
s.-sa ABREAST 81 all the best magazine
49,. and not infreqaestly con,ri-
"a article IN the AcffA Asssricaa
~ssw O. The Fss,ses.
IL assof sherman has been throughout
ss.. 80 AZ careful. of his nisysieaI as his
= sAsaaa health and his condition today
81 asan ia his prime al seventy
a. WsN IS nov white aud grlxzly. bsii
~ aTe bright and his step - as .irn
vas tasrty years ago. lie has never
st.Fsssd ard his only vice in IN smoking,
y eoaaned To three or four cigars
ne never drinks anything TO speak
ass table has aswavs eeea a plain
Gnaple one. lie takes = limited
Naas al exercise and 10. ia short. s;lll
iy and intellectually sound. His
kssasssdiass here are such as tend 10 pro
- .,ss sad a. he concluded his mail |
- as,n hos he liked the idea II going
20 Washington tsiy In The dos as.s.
ssoy Sherman said: II deaf like Is,
- necessity and We have 10 "a.
49, ga see ho~ anconyenicns 10 Is
|1.. ms family moved cut here and ssa
~ s0s TIE summer. Il Is the same with
ssz. % the congress- aud se have cur
EeA wo<k TO do ~ veil aS other
10 10 Attend 70. Now vs are com