, 1924-03-18


AS REVIEWED BY BUNDLE BEE EN- ROUTE
Continued from y@tmduJs Av&)
The next building to the eft is the seof the Reform Dutch Church of years ago
ds eniants ct the French Fl lgaenots who ha4 escaped from Fraoce at the revocation of
the edit of Nantes in 1886 and thus became DWchmen though Of French origin. I'M
try was the first to prosecute mercantile adventures in the Western Hemisphere.
TIE automob es are packed on the wharf a61me of speech that encompasses that
large square we see as He enter it from King Street {, te" yards from GoyTnment
the town During the days when sugar. was king cams the merchants eah, morning
of vessels aud Of their crgoas and as weIot the passengers. VINO NAG entered the
port As they assembled together in groups anI meninhnaey IN knots of four and five
afternoon afr the business places hal closed at 4oeocka and before proceeding to their
home for dinner at d2e ocokt they made another circuit OF the square Here the flower
e9g ow2 ii small gardens in town by families ingreay reduced circumstances; A
Mary and the other TO help Miss CnHsoonena though OF course he good souls Offering
the loWHs through their little servants did 50 feeling that they were but mecnan-
s1ves to render the assistance 80 suy needed By the remainder OF bgone families
of influences
At the period of which re speak as we enter the square we have n or left the
Tavern" and the buildings as hey sm3n today bear evidence Of the comfort the storm
tossed travellers received as he stepped from the boat ino1 Isl osphabe refuge where
good cbeer was the pleasure of its landlord to dispense as compared with the "ordn-
aries OF the Mainland at that time
Standing at the foot of King Street from which we have Just emerged and as we
the old Fort such a unique example of architecture Of the bygone centuries mmoesed
3Tmao o,lrr hnIlngo fhe ndlIaof The last century an symh of il ta shIe
which was previous to 1880 the Danish Lutheran CHURCH bl nov surrounded by build
igs wbnh have b cme the Municipal Hospital 50 efficiently conducted by the Navy
Doctors in charge with the assistance Of Navy Nurses and The native personnel they
have instructed and butt up with the insutnP2 In the seepe is the Big Ben" Of
the island whereis ancent Jons have WORKED faithfully tor mani Tor So many years
even fl requires ar occasional cleaning and oMng ofHs weary joints as it wabbes on
ad here for many ye@a back has been stationed the Pilot for the pta and from the
upper story of his residences clear view ofthe sea for many miles IAN be seen to the
u mS nd " new or narcbance the enemy And at the water side was the WEIGHING house
low The limited States CnsOm House the custom house Of the oden dasw was the build
jng upon the right now occupied by the West India & Panama Cable Office This sta
from the other islands aIve in its office and are in turn transmitted north, west and
south. The view OF the owl IS indeed lcumes s .. as II n eSuesat t5em t OF a ranged
as picturesque with the in estng island as the centre Of the picture and with its placid
hrbor protected by Godgiven reef wbca projects the basin from the rollers lash
ing against this barrier when notlory gales appear.
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