The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-16
orD POINT.

TIE OPPOSITION BOATS.
.,f,orrsspousence Of the Richmond Dispsten.I
HYGErA HOTEL, June IA, lSso.
There nrobably never was truer saying
than ihat "a u lakes oil kinds Of people 10
make a world" and this aphorism Is daily
exemplifled BY the miniature worlds we see
around us. Beginning with our Garner
DAYS. college life Is but an epitome OF tne
great world into which the young graduate
steps forth, and II he be an acute ooscfseI
he NAV, TO speak fguratiyely, inver. ,ne
telescope OF bis ideas and see tnis wuo's
and much.abused great world In the varied
types of humanity which come Within us
limited field OF observation. Al suIn,i 81,
waiering-pIace Is certainly to DC iounu az
the yarieties-of humanity with their dohl'
nant passion, whether tending to the ego
tisticaI or generous impulses OF nature -
highly Illuminated. ~
THE DELIGHTFUL COMPANY
At this charming seaside summer resoit
forms an interesting study In THIS respect;
There are many who come for heaith, anu
with prudent living lind 1t most Dount'-
fully dispensed in the healtuful and refresh
ing sea breeze hereabout; while others, on
Measure bent, are enabled to ENJOY the
many amusements incident to the seaside
such as bathing, fishing, sailing, dancing,
and flirting, and all most temptingly onered
by n iudicious and generous management
Then. too, most prominent among the num-
her are devo,ees OF fashion, whose days are
passed with alternate primpings ana exhi-
billions. The salt air Is potent auxiliary
in Offering an excuse for frequent changes
since II will take the stiGening out OF tbe
mosi gorgeous light dress in less time than
YOU can say Jack Robinson, and makes the
laundry business highly profitable 10 the
proprietor. Yes, there are all kinds OF peo'
ME here. and it matters not from what stand
polnt they derive their comfort, they all
look happy, eat heartily, and praise
THE HYGEIA.
This fine hotel, under the enterprising
management and genius OF MIR. Harrison
Phpbus, has been vastly improved, and Tor
perfection OF appointments looking to the
general comfort OF guests 1t can scarcely be
surpassed by any seaside. hotel on the At
lantlc coast. The proprietor leaves no
stone unturned that will add comfort or
convenience to the Hygeia. He has travel
led from Texas into the Canadas studying
minutely every system OF bookkeeping,
gathering a suggestion or invention here
and there, and these he has practically APP
plied and put into Use wherever MS me
Judgment showed them 10 be available. IL
has been made comfortable alike for VIM
ter and summer in keeping with the newly
invented
sANITARIUM,
so that instead Of short summer season. IL
/, kent open all the year round. From Tue
early part OF last February until May the
hotel was filed, and hundreds OF people
were turned away for want OF accommoda-
ton.
In case OF fire, the house is provided win
4 fine steam flre-engine, which cost $4,000,
and all the appliances OF Il well-equipped
fire department. Mr.. Ph9bus, who has
been his own architect, has had careiu'
eve for obtaining the best sanitary results
The halls are unusually spacious, and tue
best principles OF ventilation utilized. The
refuse matter from the kitchen and the con-
tents of the sewers are pumped three th0u'
sand yards out into the bay. The servants,
from johnson, the pompous knight OF the
dining-room, down to the champion con-
yersationalist and dry.rubber, who attends
to the Qen,lemen's bath-house, Alexander
Gardiner, are the best drilled and most az
tentiye that can be found anywhere. In
fine. there is such an air OF cleanliness and
periect system in management generally as
TO make the Hygea OF Old Point seaside
resort OF which Virginians may feel Justly
proud; and be it understood that in this
there is but q statement OF well-attested
facts, and that it is in nowise intended a'
empty, putting compliments.
There is goodly
NrrNRFR OF CHESTS
here now, though as yet there is no crowd
In all there are probably not more imam De-
tween three and four hundred. A large
number are expected this week, and VIC
suppose in anticipation OF their coming The
oit.crab boom has been postponed. 90 we
say, Gnd-spf ed the coming OF both. Rich
mond is, as usual, we'll represented. We
notice Judge Robert Ould and family, Mr.
]. l.. Schoolcraft and wife, who have tbeiI
private steam.yacht with them; Dir. Walter
X. Martin and family, Miss Helen Martin,
MIR. and Mrs. Osterloh, Mr.. K. w. Powers
and daughters, Mr.. Thomas Atkinson and
wife and Mrs. Hanewinckel, Mrs. Free
land and Miss Freeland, Mr.. and Mrs
james Purcell, Mr.. Charles ID. Hill and
wife, Mr.. Z. III. Starke and two daugh
| ters. Mr.. Millhiser and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. T.. f.. Kelly, Miss Emma Christian
with Mr.. 0. f. Bresee and ladies, OF Balri
more: Mr.. Manfred Call and family, Mr.
w. II. Yarbrough and wife, j. p. George
Thomas Seldom. F. w. Christian, Robert
Stanard, Ii. Il. Douglass, L. II. Archer, w
o. SHELTON, Ashton Starke, A. Il. Abernethy
Z. d. Hotchkiss, Mrs. General L. NJ. Logan
and family, Mrs. w. II. Lucke and Miss
Fannie Lancaster, DR.. L. S. Joynes aut
lady, Mr.. NJ. Bruce, Mrs. NJ. A. Berry, son
and daughter; Mrs. James Fox, Mrs. ant
Miss Day, Mr.. j. r. Williams and lady, A
L. Anderson, William L. Holdsworth, w
Samuel Briggs, L. r. Warren, NJ. S. Valen
tine, Jr., w. A. SteveusE while there ar,
many very pleasant and agreeable people
from Baltimore and elsewhere.
| We had lively day here yesterday fol
| SUNDAY EXCURSIONS.
About O'Clock in the morning the Arie
| from Richmond steamed up to the whar
with what they reported to be five hundred
and ninety passengers. About half an hou
later the j. b. Schuyler, OF the Merchants
Line, came gaily up to the Point with fiyint
banners and band playing, and seeming
" satisfied that, ii her hated rival bad ar
rived before her, she, too, carried q larg'
crowd, and had given longer ride for th'
money in going around Dutch Gap. He
passengers were reported to be four hun
dred and eighty. Comparatively few OF tn
excursionists got off here. The maiorit.
went on 10 Norfolk and the Capes. About
O'Clock the George Leary, with an excur
sion from Washington and band playing
added more life to an already lively Sunday
and dress parade at the fort was the con
Guiding event OF the day. So it will be seel
we are lively here every day and Sunday 10
variety.
FISHING AND SAILING
has been very fine hereabouts, and man