, 1892-06-08
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us with the request to publish
it.
The CeIebgAtiea OF YAeig
Majesties' GeIdea
Wedding Gay.

conducted somewhat aIler Cnls manner.
In every Church services were held, and
prayers offoredy for the welfare Of Thsir Ma
j%esties. The Danish Lutheran Church, espe-
cially, presented a holiday attire. For some
DAYS previous to this, particular attention had
been given to it's decoration, and to-day it was
8 perfect marvel of beauty. The ladies and
gentlemen, whose time had been devoted to
this purpose must certainly have felt recon-
pensed at the general expression of pleasant
surprise, from the unusually large congrega-
ton which attended this service. Has Ercei-
lency the Governor in full uniform With Mrs.
Arendrup aud attended by his Ai~de-de-Camp,
also a number of other officials in full dress
were present, and the appearance of the Mill
tary in their bright uniform, under command
Of an Officer, marching thithor to join in the
service created no little amount Of interest,
and the addition of the music from the mill
tary band, gave the whole an eclat that real
ised quite the intenti n of making the service
especially impressive,
On the first day of the festivities, that is on
the twenty-ffth all the poor Of the town OF
Christiansted wore provided with 8 good din
ner, purueyed By a Committee Of Ladies,
showing much zeal and good Judgment IN
their arrangements to mete out, in a ~satistao.
tory manner, ratiens to several hundred poor
families and, indeed, all their time was en-
gagged for this day in this charitable work.
Next day At sunrise tie Royal Salute
doomed from the Fort, while the military
band played the National anthem meanwhile
all ths Church bells pealed forth their merry
chimes, as it were ushering in q day of glad
ness and, really, the weather could not have
been more propitious for the furtherance of
the Committee arrangements. At Z o'clock
a ~ ~ proporatiopa vrara all cOnnIQtn FOR
she regatta, and this part of The programme
was successfully and satisfactorily carried
out. From this early hour there might
have been seen the busy multitude al
ready in preparation for the grand
feature of the days programme the
Procession; but, st one o'clock the real man
ifestations began to display themselves, for
now might be seen band after band marching
westward, all handsomely dressed in colours
typical of Their Majesties fag, Red and White,
actually dazzling to the eye and showing
forth III the most elegant and tasty style
both in personal attire and in the very express
sive Banners, of which no less probably than
one thousand were displayed, in all designs
rs they were borne forward to the tysting
place Richmond Hill" by upwards Of
tfteen hundred Sunday School children. from
5 summers up TO yOung pomdnhood, directed
and kepl in line by their class teachers.
Now excitement became rife! The little
town of Christiansted with its population Of
about five thousand gave us fully half this
number m lrching westward to arrange them
solves in this Patriotic column, while as many
more from the Towns and Country occupied,
in the best of order, the side walks and chain
ed cross streets with faces beaming in good
fellowship, happy in the honour that was
theirs, to evince their love and Loyalty for
their King and Queen on this Their GoIdem
Wedding Day.
And now the appointed hour e O'Clock D.
NJ for marching eastward arrived when
presently the cry went out from the onlookers
THEY COMET THEY ooMEi! and, now, was pre-
sented such a spectacle that, the oldest inhab-
liant knows not a similar one in Saint Croix.
First came jauntily stepping out a troop of
Horses, finely caparisoned and bestrode by ths
flower of our land all healthy and comely
young men in uniform dress, with white
pants, a 9 ssand scarlet scarfs bearing polea
entwinsd with red and white, thereby making
asplendid display, especially as all the horse
men were booted and spurred. These Cava-
lon were led on by their bearer
wearing q sash, from wnist TO shoulder en-.
blematic also of the Dannebrog.
Then n body of gentlemen, preceded by the
Military Band, marshalled by a banner bearer.
with his motto "God bless their Majesties'
which motto was as fine a specimen of tasty
decorative work az could be desired. After
khasa marchjnU tn tl1a fina &c +ho 49,