Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-30

Saturdays Crowd at the Boyton Exhibit tfon-The Use of the Torpedo i'm Naval Warfare - Arrival of Rowe's Oystor Dredging Stsamer-A Complimentary Excursion-A Pleasant Trfp-September and the Shore-More Parties Coming.
 The third and final exhibition by Prof. Boyton was given Saturday afternoon. Notwithstanding that large throngs were present at the two previous exhi- bitions, the shore was again lined with spectators on foot and in carriages. The American band was added as another feature of attraction, all free to the public. The professors programme was usual given in spirited manner from the beginning to the final explosion, and the audience was, as usual, much pleased. The professor was in turn much pleased with his visit to the Coney Island of Connecticut, and packed up his ap- paratus, having an engagement at the Parlor Rock picnic resort for to-day and tomorrow. We learn that it is quite probable that he will give his exhibitions for the Canal railroad at the Southwick Ponds at an early day. If SO, no doubt many hundreds will be gathered from all parts along the line of the road and the vicinity of the Lakes.
 As the Boyton exhibition was in progress Saturday the fine, fast dredging steamer W. H. Lockwood, owned by H. c. Rowe, of Fair Haven, came in, her flags gaily floating in the southwest breeze, and made landing at the end of Kelsey's wharf From the steamer debarked a troop of ladies and gen. tlenen, friends of MT. Rowe, of Fair Ha-
 
 party of ladies and gentlemen from the Rock among whom were Charles Ives, jr., and sev. eral other popular young gentlemen, met the steamer at the pier to embark. The debark ing party came up and witnessed the last acts in the performance by Boyton, including the grand explosion, illustrative of an important phase of naval warfare, the blowing up of ar enemy's vessel by means of the torpedo. The miniature ship went up in a thousand little splinters and fragments, accompanied by $ column of water twenty feet high, and sun dry exclamations from parties on shore.
 Among the party from the center were sev eral disciples of Coke and Blackstone, and there were many from Fair Haven East sec ton, neighbors of Mir. Rowe, the affair being of a complimentary nature. The steamer trip is elsewhere told. It made a stylish ap pearance. E1-Chief Allen mounted the lool out on his pagoda as she sounded hel 1 whistles, and people on shore were eager tc learn the strangers name. The Boyton ex hibition over, the whole party was soon en sconced on the decks of the w. H. L. bound out on the Sound to the oyster beds of Mir 1 Ia tv tn xEifOaSc fb, dredging process, and pronounce upon thei l quality, and the oysters, judging from to1 or so which lay on the steamers main decl and had been sampled, were in excellent con dition for being eaten.
 l Thetree-toads' voicesin the trees of RailroaC I Grove proclaim authoritatiyely and almos oracularly the early departure of summer ant ushering in of autumn, but yet the sea shore houses are filled and the summer toi lets are far from being called in, for Septem Der is almost invariably a lively month at tn shore and frequently brings weather whic has been left over from the heated terms c summer Many of the cottagers propose t dwell in their cottages by the sea until fros comes and the leaves have changed to thei gay autumnal hues and commenced to drit and scatter about.
 To-day the City Guards, Capt. Tiesine have their fall drill and target shooting, an on their return from the Rock will leave u cars at the Howard avenue base ball groun and thence march into the city to the armory under escort of the American banC To-day also the Teutonia Menner Chor pi nic at the Rock and Railroad Grove, an there will be singing by the organization.
 Tomorrow the picnic of the Church of u Sacred Heart takes place. The party wi probably number in the vicinity of 8 tho1 1 sand.