Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-08-17


.mlscuoask. Tuesday afternoon Mayor
and Mrs. Bowen and Miss Barker, Mrs.
Bowers sister, accepted an invitation to
Hook IN upon tht f'estraL The Mayor
tried his hand at rifle practice, ..getting
within the bulls eye once out OF three
shots tried one Of the bowling alleys, and
bowled of the alley twice in three ti@es,
without hitting a pin, the ladies-who al
so participated inthis gdme--6cating him.
They partook Of refreshments, had a lit
tie exchange of sentiments, and left, to
return in the evening to witness the ilum-
ination. Some of the Aldermen and
Common Councilnien did similar honor to
an invitation on various days.
The weather, save one short shower
favored the Fest throughout to its close
on Friday night.
Some of the Temperance advocates
have been inveighing against the Schuet-
zenfest, as promotive of drinking. Per-
hapsit is. Certainly it is promotivc of
hilarity and digestion. On which side
the balance of good or harm lies, the we'll
breadth of view 10 their aid to determine.
The Board of Visitors of West Point
Military Academy, sayin their Report,
just received here, that the institatiop is
behind the times. that it shoulud be adj
vanccd to the position of schools of the
nature in Europe, and that it should be
enlarged, and moro pupils admitted.
Com'r D1lano has directed that Super
visors change District from time to time.
The solar eclipse, on Saturday, was
waited for and looked for here with very
general interest. A. common question
among acquaintance, through all the
preceding hours of the eventual day, was,
"W.crc are you going to see eclipse ~
A stranger might easily have fancied
that he had fallen into community of
nothing but astronomers and ASTRONOMERS
SEES. Whom the advertised hour of 500
and 25s arrived, all the accessible fiat
roofs were mounted, and smoked glasses.
cofored glasses and opera glasses were
elevated. The terrestrial specta Gle vas
more than the celestial although the
weather Ord the best possible to make the
latter success.
Dr., Mary L. Walker delivered an able
and well received temperance address, at
the Sunday evening meeting of the new
"National Total Abstinence Society"
Admiral John A. Dahlgren entered up
on his duties as commandant of the Navy
Yard here, relieving Admiral G. Ii. Poor.
Tuesday morning.
K. V. Whaley, cx-Mcmbor of Congress
from West Virginia, has cantalized him.
self by having Augustus Bernstein, a
proof-reader at the Govt Printing Office,
and AugusIc Nolte arrested and bound
over for beating him on account of wo-
man, Before the magistrate Whalcy's and
Brrnstein's statements sadly conilicted.
The latter averred that, after Whaley had
lived with her number of years, he re-
fused 20 support her, and she had left
him IN, consequence that his own visits
were in pure compassion for her (she be-
ing his sister-in law); but that Whaley
had threatened to kill him if he didn't
keep away from her that on going there
Monday night he took Note and clubs for
safety; that on returning they were aon-
! eddy Whalcy, when they both pitched
I1ntoahim With clubs. Whaley states that
he threw the stones in sclf-dcfence after
the attack on him commenced. He is
badly beaten on the head Bernstein
was only little damaged. The two Au-
gustuses are held for trial. '' j. Il.