136 N. H. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FAMILY AND ORNAMENTAL NEEDLE WORK, 

 PAINTING, DRAWING FLOWERS, &c. 



The committee appointed to award premiums on family 

 and ornamental needle work, painting, drawing, flowers, 

 and the like, report : That, owing to the absence of a num- 

 ber of the committee, and a pressure of other duties upon 

 those of the committee who were in attendance, they fear 

 that they have but imperfectly attended to the duty as- 

 signed them, and, in fact, had it not been for the kind ser- 

 vices of some " ladies fair," who took pity upon the small 

 number of the committee present, and came forward to 

 aid and advise, we fear we should have been unable to 

 have done anything like justice to the fine display of needle 

 and ornamental work ; and if we have failed to appreciate 

 some of the best specimens, attribute it to a lack of time 

 to give the articles such an examination as their merits de- 

 serve. The amounts awarded to each, arc in proportion 

 to the sum placed at the disposal of your committee. In 

 addition to those to which we have awarded a premi- 

 um, we noticed a fine specimen of worsted stock; a screen 

 by Harriet Robinson, also, some specimens on exhibition 

 by Mrs. Oilman and Frances Robinson; a stool by Jo- 

 sephine Murray ; lamp mats by Mrs. Benjamin Lang, ^Irs. 

 Jno. W. Dodge and Miss Flagg; wrought under sleeves 

 and handkerchiefs by Mrs. D. M. Quimby; collar and un- 

 der sleeves by M. W. Folsom and S. A. Gale ; crochet 

 tidies by Mrs. Dyball ; collars, by Kate Crumley, Mary 

 Butman and Mrs. J. Dodge; lamp mats by Kate Wells; 

 some beautiful specimens of embroidery on flannel by 

 Mrs. Natlianicl Welch, ^liss Annie W. Leavitt and Mrs. 

 John Wheeler ; also, a child's dress, by Mrs. N. Welch, and 

 some work by C. E. Smith and Miss M. Dike ; some silk 

 patch work, in blocks, by Mrs. II. M. French and Annie 

 Grant ; a tiny pair of mittens, and other work, by Abby 

 Grant; a watch stand by Emily Dcwhurst; som.e rugs by 



