214 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



Schroder, Albrecht & Co., of Sacramento, made a display of cakes and 

 confectionery, and a very pretty ornament, made by A. Albrecht, of 

 sugar. 



A. Ellison, of Marysville, exhibited the Buckeye plough, for which he 

 claims superiority of leverage over all others, the lever giving the plough 

 a dip of from one to nine inches. The standard is high, and, it is claimed, 

 can pass over the highest stubble without catching a straw. 



Treadwell& Co., of Sacramento, exhibited a large variety of agricul- 

 tural implements and machines of the latest and most approved styles. 



Baker & Hamilton, of Sacramento, also showed a number of agricul- 

 tural machines and implements of various and improved patterns. Their 

 exhibition was of great interest to all agriculturists. 



Purington & Clark, of Marysville, exhibited a grape crusher and stem 

 separator, patented March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixt}'-nine. 

 It is asserted that the machine will separate the stems and crush the 

 grapes without breaking or bruising the seeds, allowing the pulp to fall 

 into a vat or tank, while the stems are entirely deprived of the berries 

 and carried away, by the action of the beater, through the hinged door 

 at the end of the machine. It was very highly spoken of by the Com- 

 mittee on Agricultural Implements at the recent Northern District Fair. 



W. T. Garratt, of San Francisco, exhibited a couple of small-sized 

 cannon, and the laro;e bell whose loud tones save the signal for clearing- 

 the halls at the closing hours. 



H. M. Bernard, of Sacramento, had on exhibition, in the lower hall, 

 several very superior buggies and wagous, and carriages of various 

 descriptions. 



J. A. Mason, of Sacramento, also exhibited several very commodious 

 and fineh* finished buggies and wagons. 



David Bush, of Sacramento, made a very fine display of gas fixtures 

 and plumbing work. Among his gas fixtures was Gleason's noiseless 

 argand burner, which, by means of a valve, permits the supply of gas to 

 be regulated as desired, and which gives a much brighter light than we 

 have ever seen obtained by any other burner. It is also claimed that it 

 consumes from fifteen to twenty per cent, less gas than any other burner, 

 in producing the same degree of light. 



Miss Juliana Ba}*er, of Sacramento, exhibited several very pretty 

 specimens of beadwork. She also exhibited raised worsted embroidery 

 work ; but the latter did not equal the former in taste or skilful 

 execution. 



Mrs. Bigley, of Sacramento, exhibited a shell-work tower, constructed 

 with a great deal of skill and taste. 



P. J. Devine, of San Francisco, placed another of his beautiful busts 

 on exhibition, as a companion to " California." The bust was that of a 

 lad}- in the full flush of womanhood. Though she was not beautiful, 

 when measured by the strict rules of art, nobility of soul mirrors itself 

 forth in the large, expressive eye, beaming with benevolence and charity, 

 and betokens a woman who, though pure and guileless herself, realizes 

 fully that " to err is human, to forgive divine." 



Miss Anna Smith, of Marysville, exhibited a piano cover of raised 

 embroidery work on black cloth, which, in our judgment, was the 

 prettiest piece of work of the kind in the fair. 



The large mirrors from the firm of Whittier, Fuller & Co., of San 

 Francisco and Sacramento, were worthy of commendation. The mir- 

 rors are of imported French plate, and wejas polished and silvered at the 

 factory of the firm in San Francisco, thereby saving duty and lessening 



