The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-23
GEORGE TOWN.
c.p1rAL OF BRITISH GUIANA.
1b az THE QUEEREST COLONIES
.,uER THE SUN.

Jurisprudence of The Journal
u.rrowN, B. G., January 81,
landing at the capital of this
N unknown country, we see few
''D'. f,ees among an unparalleled con-
S." rston of races and colors and
';+,ans of men, and confusion of
p'r .s. o " hich that of BabePs power
Y"s lbs1fulld comparison. There are
vs. hinese, Portuguese, Hindoos,
~ treoles, and mongrel mixtures
.,,.s 10 classify. The books of the
D safes consulate state that less
.s. thousand native Guyanas are
,., ,tf country, consequently when
.,. VA, abolished 1S14), laborers
& .... ,. supplied 10y immigration, and
.-l. at one hundred thousand emf
.. ue Employed as agricultural
.... acme. OF this number, per
.-.. are from India, 5000 from
.u. from Africa. 1000 from
..... ..u the Azores. and the rest
.nlca and other West India
.a
,.....-t riing the small minority
.,..5,- people. you are amazed to find
WAYS of doing business, Eng
fae>- md dispatch, English con-
,,sn,es auu even luxuries. The broad,
.,m..l streets have sidewalks of
-... nd al a composition made of
La. uuu trinidad, and are clean
5srr.s Tough crowded with such
.,o.., adttude. The streets inter-
...ru-.i ugles, and most of them
s4..,s,- ruuning down the middle,
.,raH 5;nG with each other and
.a... gr,. crossed by many bridges.
...-.ara- which serve useful pur-
..Art- the rainy season by helping
....-rg yE some of the surplus surface
,..-. ale leiic of the Dutch, who
.a te t.Hu and called it Itabreck.
ys...t ite oolIdings, too, both public
-s rtsae are faithful copies of the
rIfrt1fe # Holland, with their un-
.ssus6- COTS and warty towers, and
-1. .1I ned toward the highway.
re.oases nheh are generally of wood
.8 5nl-d ron, two or three stories
wg't. aIch steep, pitched roofs of
,a. H Jg.es, are set in lines as
.3. as eand plummet could draw
sa. a perched upon hard wood
sts ,r.k pillars, elevating them
-.-a..t feet above the always wet
.g5 livery ugly residence is sur
a-|-5 ,a IS beautiful garden and
t.a lowered in the luxuriant
m.4-e .4 perennial bloom of the
.-r-
Ho r-HJ which faces the river,
4.s. l one exclusively occupied
20 ...uAe. is entirely taken up by
Ut- and their shops, whose
r.e. and Wharves jet out into
-r--... he great size of some of
The elegance with which
N r-Q up and the enormous
s carry of every imaginable
4t.- from hardware to millinery.
t.. 3-5l1 IS to boats and saddles). are
s-l -t--gpeners to most newcom- |
To-. met at the landing by neat |
A -.+v yictoriaS, such as abound |
H. and are whirled away to an |
-Ish inn named the "Tow- |
8. fo'- pecause it has queer sort |
Hat the middle containing a
"as arcase which connects its
4a.ts- A typical English hostelry
a.s II the world is a luxury to
-awt 4 most of by garlic-wearied
e4...s~gd wanderers. The Tower |
l0lsf jrge, many windowed Sleep
j.. tHetarnJs deep verandas shaded |
AFel-,Ma binds and furnished as sit
"l pm, alth rugs and sofas, tables,
4s-ls aai book cases. There are airy
L'ts oou, public and private; ladies
''of ".ileman's reading-ro lux
nous mottIn baths, billiard rooms,
III ali lally menu that almost per-
'-a'es }ta INTO the belief that you are
'fA -D Sew \ ork, the only place in the
"4a "a-'r The fine art of hotel keep
" Jas attained absolute perfection.
Tai el A good general idea of the town,
"- "oaa letter walk to the postoffice.
"'a s 'entrally situated on Water
''e9' tit there take tram-car. Three
'@t4' tai ines run from that starting
Fu' ohe 10 the botanical garden "a
NY WI. "orth making; another to the
,a~"ay station, near Fort Frederick
'4l"in and the third long way west |
'''@ 20 a plantation called LA Temi- |
''''d. Here are cabs, too, plenty of
"sD t1en tariff fixed by municipal
aN al loof English shillings the hour.
'' VIE same stands are donkey-carts
,r' Aole-Wagons for less price, which
"' P"'Nnzed by the unambitious.
among The few points of interest
a. ,AF 1lty are an imposing Town Hall,
''4' VI stone, which contains the
7' oi the Colonial Government,
."e naiket-place adjoining, sur
''0ed by elegant shops. The great
''7s-dit Episcopal Cathedral is also
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