The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-08-06
HENDERSON, n c., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1896.

with Mr.. Sewall at its head. Among
the famous vessels which have been
set af1oat from the ways there are the
Rappahannoc, Shenandoah, Susque-
hama, Roanoke and Dirigo. The
first were wooden, and at the time
built, were the largest afloat. Those
turned out since have succeeded pre-
vious ones. The love OF Southern
names is clearly indicated by three of
the five above mentioned
At the corner of Middle and Win
ter streets stand the church of the New
Jerusalem, which Mr.. Sewall attends
regularly. 1t is large edifce, with
no steeple, and in its coat of slate
colored paint looks more like a city
hall than place of worship.
HOME LIFE OF THE sEwALLs
Mrs. Arthur Sewall is considered by
many Bath people as unapproachable.
The news of her husbands nomination
was received by her without emotion
and with evidence of annoyance over
the publicity which it will bring.
TO all requests for her photograph
for publication Mrs. Sewall has given
pointed refusal. She shrinks from
the least publicity as from a blow,
and can not be reconciled to the idea
of her personality and her home life
becoming in sense Of public prop
erty.
10 interviewers she excuses herself,
and by all members of the family the
veil is closely drawn over the domes-
tic side Of the candidates life.
She has an artistic temperament to
which large collection of water color
and landscape photographs, made by
her on two continents, bears witness.
She is the daughter of the late Chas.
Croker, one of the leading business
men of Maine in his time, and one Of
Baths most successful ship builders.
She was educated at the then famous
fitting school in Ipwich, and aflerward
travelled in England, remaining abroad
for considerable time. Gifted with
the power of observation and with the
ability to recognize the interesting, her
"reminiscences of European life are
charming whenever they are called
up in the companionship of her init
mate friends.
Mrs. Sewalr health has not been
good for several years though she is in
no sense an invalid, and she is COM
PEELED to exercise care and has not
been so prominent in society as might
otherwise have been the case.
Mrs. Sewall has been a student and
a wide reader, and is proficient in
French, which has always been IA
vorite language with her. She Is
thoroughly acquainted with this coun-
try, having visited every part OF it.
She has crossed the Pacific on every
transcontinental line, and her camera
has caught for her bits Of scenery in
almost every corner of the land. She
is an expert amateur photographer
and has received diplomas for her
work in Paris, New York and Boston.
THE sEwALL MANSION.
The visitor ascends smooth walk
across the sloping lane, down the wide
porch of the Sewall mansion, that over
looks the Kenebec and the yards
where the Sewalls, father and son have
turned out a hundred ships, and he
sees every evidence of good taste in
the grounds that surround the man.
sion.
Mr.. Sewall is very fond of his
grounds and garden, and none hand
somer are to be seen in Maine. He
is also fond of good horses and his
stable is we'll stocked with blooded an
finals. He is often seen behind pair
of handsome blacks in the streets or in
in the country roads near the city; in
fact his time is divided between his Of
flee. his home and the road when he
is in Bath.
He very rarely spends an evening
away from home when he is in Bath.
When at home he only goes to the
club as matter of convenience. He
is member of several clubs in New
York and Boston.
A JUST EMPLOYER.
Owing to sternness of bearing Mr..
Sewall is counted by many a dlthcult
man to get to know. Those who pos
sess his friendship say, however, that
he is both lovable and loyal when
once known. He is characterized as
kind and just employer, and in his
shipyard there has never been any
trouble which would bring him into
antagonism with organized labor. He
is himself a practical workman, and
when occasion called in the past he
could pick up tools and show man
how work ought TO be done.
Mr.. Sewall is member of the Saga
dahock Club, Baths only social or
ganization, but he is seldom seen in
the club rooms. He belongs to Dun
lap commandery, Knights Templars,
takes no active part in its councils.
He is distinctly a home man and
spends much of his leisure time in the
company of his wife.
OF the home life of the Sewalls the
people of Bath know very little. Mr..
Sewall's house, though the finest in
town, is so quiet that the ,ownsfolk
think very little about it. On rare oc-
cassions, as when President Harrison
and other officials of the nation visited
Bath in 1883, his doors were thrown
open, but at other times no one come:
and goes but the family.
/ Mr.. Sewalls younger son, William
D. Sewall, who is member Of th'