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The Middlebury Register And Addison County Journal
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont
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The Austrian emperor incurred enormous costs for a 30-hour imperial meeting at the Vienna court, involving redecoration, vast supplies from Vienna for 500 people, and additional services like bands and theater company.
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As to the expense to the emperor of Austria of the imperial meeting it must have been something awful. It must, in fact, have been the most costly thirty hours in the whole history of the court of Vienna. The immense schloss was cleaned, redecorated as far as possible, and refurnished, while the grounds were put in order and the vast courtyard was transformed into a garden. There were sent from Vienna 500 beds with bedding, sixty court carriages, 150 horses, 1,000 pieces of carpet, 400 pairs of curtains, 300 complete breakfast services, 7,000 sets of silver forks and spoons, 400 coffee pots, 300 teapots, 10,000 wineglasses, 10,000 plates, 1,500 bottles of the finest Rhine wines, 2,500 bottles of claret, 3,000 bottles of champagne, 300 bottles of liquors, 200 clocks, 200 pounds of coffee, fifty pounds of tea, 300 weight of sugar and 500 pounds of wax candles, as well as scores of wagon loads of furniture, pictures, plate and china. The suites and retinues numbered nearly 500 persons. A fire brigade was also dispatched from Vienna, as well as three military bands and the company of the Vienna Imperial theatre.—London World.
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the imperial meeting lasted thirty hours and was the most costly in the history of the court of vienna, involving extensive preparations and supplies for nearly 500 persons.
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The expense to the emperor of Austria for the imperial meeting was immense, with the schloss cleaned, redecorated, refurnished, grounds ordered, and courtyard transformed into a garden. Supplies sent from Vienna included 500 beds, sixty court carriages, 150 horses, 1,000 pieces of carpet, 400 pairs of curtains, 300 breakfast services, 7,000 sets of silver forks and spoons, 400 coffee pots, 300 teapots, 10,000 wineglasses, 10,000 plates, 1,500 bottles of Rhine wines, 2,500 bottles of claret, 3,000 bottles of champagne, 300 bottles of liquors, 200 clocks, 200 pounds of coffee, fifty pounds of tea, 300 weight of sugar, 500 pounds of wax candles, and wagon loads of furniture, pictures, plate, and china. Suites and retinues numbered nearly 500 persons, with a fire brigade, three military bands, and the company of the Vienna Imperial theatre also dispatched.