Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1894 — Something Opened Besides the Canal [ARTICLE]

Something Opened Besides the Canal

last May, Queen Victoria visited Manchester for thiei hours to open the new ship canal. The bills lor the celebration, amounting to 150 0t;0, are being now investigated. Among the items is one of $.,000 for badges for the City Council. At the banquet they ate strawberries at 51.40 a pound, asparagus at $1 a bunch and pineapp'es at $3 apiece. It cost sllO to look after the Queen’s horses and carriages. The auditor reported that it looked as though something else had opened besides the canal. The strength of a horse is equal on an average to that of seven and a half men.