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United States
Press
Representativas’
Visit
To
St.
Groix,
Yirgin
Islands,
U,
S.
A
Sianas,
U,o
A
THURSDAY February
21st,
1924,
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AS REVIEWED BY BUMBLE BEE EN ROUTL
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(Continued from yesterday’s
Avis.)
Continuing down King Street,
with
now
a vista of the harbor,
as
we look down the
street
we approach
and
pass
a
large
church
on
our
right
which is St.
John’s Aaglo
Catholic Church.
The building was
destroved
by
fire in
1866, but
was rebuilt in years
follhwing by great
self denial
of its
parishioners
in
collecting the necessary
funds
for
the reconstruction
of their church.
The church
is
now
under
the pastorate
of the Rev.
H.
M. Pizott
who has
worked
unceasingly
towards
embelishing
this grand edifice with
its high volted ceiling,
spacious
interior
highly decorated
with
many interesting
tab-
lets in memory
of
bygone
worthies
and
furnished
with
solid
mahogzany
pews highly
polished.
The
chureh
is considered
the largest
e lifice of its kind
situated
in any of the
parishes
of the Anglitan Faith
of
the
diocese
of Antigua
of
whieh it was formerly a
art.
.
During the British occupation
of St. Croix
between
18)7—1815 it was the center
of
life and
death
of
the
arway
of oeccupation
which
wes garrisoned
in the nzighbourhood
of Christiansted
and
the ehurch
burial
register
bears
mute
evidence
of the ravages
of
vellow fever at the
time
by
the
daily entry
of
the
numerous
burials
in the adjacent
church vard,
so numerous
that the Rector of
the
R2gimental
Chaplain
could
not
per-
form the last rites
of those
unfortunate
men.
The
forces
were under
command
of (General
Pakenham
who later left
his
command
in St. Croizx and proceeded
to
the
island
of Jamaica
to
organize
a
great
force
which
virtualiy became
an armada.
having among
its
troops
soldiers
who
were
some
of the
best
of Wellington’s troops
who had fought
on
the Spanish
Peninsular
for descent
upon
New Orleans
which
he finally aceo nplished
in
brave
military style in Decembar
1814,
and there
met
his death
before
''Old Hickory’” who
was
fighting from
bzhind
bales
of
cotton
as breast
work hastily thrown
up
upon
the
appearance
of the enemy,
a most
de-
cisive
and sanguinary
battle
was
fought
but
to
no
effeet
as
peace
had already
been
signed
at vhent,
Belgium;
however,
General
Jackson
by
this
engagement,
though
re-
grettable,
earned
a
popularity
that
afterwards
made
him
President
of
the
United
States
and
while
our
popular
guest
of
St.
Croix
a
few
months
before
met his death
glorinusly but unnecessarily.
Continuing down
the
street
to
the
right
through
a side
street
we catch
a glimpse
of the Holy Cross
Roman
Catholic Church,
for many
years
in charge
of the Redemtorist
Order
of Belgium, but since
the transfer
graciously surrendered
to the same
Order from
the United States,
their
activities
have
b2en
thorcuzh
and great
towards
educational
improvement
and
the uplift of the
people
and
many
worthy beneficiaries
among
which
is the continuation
of the Convent
Nuns
who
daily
assume
the burden
of teaching
the
children of their ehurch.
We
see
on the left a large building known
as
‘‘Pentheny’s Hote|’.
Here
the
tra-
veller was received
during
the past fifty years
through
mother
and
son with the utmost
hospitality and this all guide
books and
books
deseribing
the
island
during that period
never fail to record-
Across
the
street
is
a park formerly the site of the Court House
many years
aback and
now
a memorial
pa
k
to
the
memory
of Peter
Carl Limpricht,
Governor of the Danish
West
Indies
from
1903
to
1912
who
was greatly loved by all
classes
for his frank, jovial manaer
and
ever
courteous
reception of all
as he
had
served
for many
years
before
becoming
Governor
as Government
S2cretary
in,Christiansted
for St.
Croix-
His widow still lives in town
a recluse
from
the
gay life of Copenhagen
to he among
the scenes
of the life in St. Croix which she
loves
so well.
The
translation
from the Danish
languaaze of the inscription inseribzd
on the Monu-
ment
reads
in translation
as
follows:
PETER
CARL LIMPRICHT
COMMAND®R
OF
DANMNEBROG
GOVERMMENT SECRETARY FROM 12 SEPTE VBER,
1883 TO
11 MARCH 1998.
AND GOVERNOR OF THE DANISH WEST
INDIA [SLANDS FROM
APRIL 1908 to FKBRUARY 19i2.
(To be eontinued.)
LOCAL
.
due
at Fredcriksted
at 6 o’clock
on Mon-
it
e
e
.
day morning from
Windward Islands.
The
s.
s. '‘Guiana’ for
New
York
is
e
SQUABS
FOR
SALE
VI%%E&?&SEEL’
Quebec
Steamship
Cec.
THE S. S. “GUIANA”
from Windward
Islands
on
her
way
to
New
York
is
due
at Frederiksted
at
6
o’eloek on Monday morning.
ROB’T. L. MERWIN & Co. Ixc,,
Agérs.
LIST OF UNCLAIMED MAILFOR THE
WEEK
ENCED
MA*RCH 8,
1924
Miss Esta Allin,
Miss Eugenie
Baker,
Mrs. Julia Bartiey; Farm
Hill,
Miss Emyline [-eaunsen,
Mr. Aifreus Roynes;
cfo Fiastick,
Miss Edith Bryan;
Gallows Bay,
Mr. Robert
Daiton,
Mr. Ebbinesar
Daniel; Free
Gut,
Mrs. Christina Ford; 'ompany
St.,
Miss Catherine
Hariis
Mr. Christian
B.- Henry,
Mrs. Eiiza
Herbert,
Mr. Alickz:inder Howard,
Mrs. Niome Jackson,
Miss Hiida Jordan,
Mrs. Elane Joseph;
¢/o Anesta
Galway,
Miss {rene King; La Princesse,
Miss Margret
Martin,
Mr. Johny Mason; King Cross St.,
M:. Edward
Nickel,
Miss Dothia Petersen,
Mrs. Francis
Phillips,
Miss Elise Phillips; Hill St.,
:
Miss
Elisia Pickering,
Mr. Harralder
Richard,
Mrs. Mena Roberts;
Hill St.,
Miss Helena
Robinson,
Mr. Isaiah Ronan;
10 Hill St.,
Mr. Walter
Rouse,
Mrs. Mariha Samuel,
Mrs. Dagmar
Smith.
Miss Charlotte Williams,
Mr. John
V.
Wiihams.
Post
Ofiice, Christiansted,
Virgin
Is-
lands,
Mareh
10,
1924.
B.
R.
LARSIIN,
Postmaster.
The first batch
of sailors
to be quarier-
ed at Parade
Ground
returned
to
their
ghip at
Frederiksted
yesterday
and
an-
other
contingent
arrived
later
in
the
day.
There
are
26
tents
in all erecied
two large and 24
smali,
each
tent being
furnished
for two n>rsons.
The
very
calm
weather
which
gre-
vailed
last
night
is
doubtless
the
rea-
son for the non-arrival
of
the
mail-boat
from St. Thomas.
A fair wind
is blow-
ing from
a favorable direction
this
morn-
ing and
the Mizpah
may
put
in
an
ap-
pearance
iater today.