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committee, and one bed-spread of beautiful crochet work, made by a 

 little girl ten years of age, all of which, in point of beauty, taste and 

 durability, waa all the most fastidious could desire. Also a what-not 

 of leather work, by Mi<s Baldwin, of Raisinville, which was particularly 

 beautiful. The only regret the committee have had in examining 

 these fine specimons of taste and art, submitted to them, arises from 

 the fact that thore is not money enough at their disposal to enable 

 them to award premiums to all. There was likewise on exhibition 

 some most tastefully arranged boquets, with two specimons in wax. In 

 this department the exhibition was not large. We trust more attention 

 may be paid to this hereafter. With some the love of flowers is a 

 passion, and we wish we could say something to induce our fair country- 

 women to give more attention to the cultivation of them. Placed 

 within the reach of the humblest individual, what pastime more de- 

 h'ghtful than the cultivation of flowers. The most ordinary and com- 

 monplace dwellings, covered with climbing plants, and the enclosure 

 embellished with flowers, immediately becomes a beautiful object^ and 

 involuntary pre supposes refinement and education within. 



There were likewise some fine specimens of paintings, pencilings, 

 and crayon which were deserving of praise; showing a refinement of 

 taste far in advance of what we supposed existed in our county; and 

 as works of art, highly creditable to our people. When we see them 

 we must feel how refining and charming is their influence, even upon 

 the most uneducated. The cultivation of the arts exercises a kind, 

 moral influence, while struggling with the rough world. !Mr. S. Dun- 

 canson'a paintings were highly finished, soft and beautiful, and highly 

 creditable to his artistic taste. Mr. Trost's basket and box work was 

 also highly finished, tasteful and beautiful. On the whole, the com- 

 mittee were highly gratified with the exhibition in this department; 

 and as the eglantine, jessamine and roses entwine the lattice, so the 

 fine arts, by their soft, moral and refining influences, wreathe on hearts 

 the most deliirhtful reflections. 



In awarding the small amount of money placed at our disposal, the 

 committee distribute it as follows, not as pay for the labors bestowed, 

 but as a token of the estimation in which this department of industry 

 is held by the committee, and as an evidence that this department of 

 labor should l>e properly appreciated : 



