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volume of th.e Transactions of this Society, were deemed worthy 

 of a diploma.] 



(And are also worthy of all praise and admiration, not less 

 for their truthfulness and fidelity to nature, than for their artistic 

 neatness of execution. See cuts in 3d vol. of Transactions — .ed.) 



48. — Improved Iron Window Shutter, exhibited by George 

 F. Austin, of Milwaukee. This was a simple and very ingen- 

 ious contrivance to secure windows by iron slats moved by 

 weights, one sliding behind the other so as to occupy but a very 

 little space when drawn up. 



These shutters are fire proof and burglar proof; when drawn 

 up are very compact and out of sight ; and may be constructed 

 at a cost very considerably less than any of the Iron Shutters 

 which roll up, without their disadvantages and inconveniences. 

 A diploma. 



61. — Mr. Thomas Hislop, seedsman, Milwaukee, exhibited a 

 number of specimens of cultivated Grasses ; among them the 

 Eynosurus cirstaius, or crested dog-tail Grass, of Great Britain, 

 and Solium perenne — the common and the Italian Kay Grass. 

 For further information in regard to these and other species of 

 the grass family, see the 3d vol. of the Transactions of this So- 

 ciety, page 397. 



T6.' — The Blank Books exhibited by Henry Niedecken & Co., 

 of Milwaukee, fully sustained their well earned reputation for 

 fine and excellent work in this line. 



81. — Among the really valuable machines of simple construc- 

 tion and easy application, was one exhibited by John Bull, 

 of Racine, for making candles, It had many contrivances for 

 saving time and labor, and for securing uniformity in the size 

 and shape of candles ; as well as to keep the wick where it ought 

 to be, exactly in the middle of the tallow. This machine is of 

 cheap construction, (cost about $30,) and is well worthy of the 

 attention of those who are engaged in this branch of the art of 

 enlightening mankind. 



83. — The Art of Printing is making rapid progress in our 

 State, if we may judge from the specimens exhibited, and by 

 comparison with work heretofore done in this way under some 



