AWARDS OF PREMIUMS. 409 



Class D. — No. 32. — Domestic Manufactures. 



Judges — Mrs. H. J. Starin, "Whitewater; Mrs. N. G. Storrs, 



Milwaukee. 



Report of the Committee on Domestic Manufactures, ISTeeclle, 

 Shell and Wax Work, at State Fair, as follows : 



The exhibition of worsted work embraces an extensive vari- 

 ety, of various styles — displaying superior skill and workman- 

 ship — among which the committee find many articles on which 

 'particular specimens no premium is offered in the original 

 list, but which, in the opinion of the committee, are decidedly 

 meritorious and entitled to the premiums severally awarded. 



There is also an extensive assortment of muslin embroidery, 

 some of which could not be excelled, and to which the above 

 remarks equally apply. Among the articles of superior merit, 

 is a child's embroidered dress, exhibited by Mrs. A. M. Hop- 

 kins, Fulton, entitled to 1st premium. 



The committee find also, a great variety of fancy and orna- 

 mental work, evincing a cultivated taste, and displaying an 

 ingenuity and skill highly commendable and worthy of imitation. 



The committee regret to find so few contributions in the juve- 

 nile department. The specimens exhibited reflect much credit 

 on the industry and skill of the contributors, and we hope, an- 

 other year, to see a large number of our young misses emulating 

 so worthy an example. 



The exhibition of domestic manufactures is full and complete. 

 Some specimens, combining beauty and utility in a high degree, 

 and reflecting much praise on the industrial genius of our coun- 

 try women. 



The committee most respectfully suggest that, should the 

 stereotyped premium list by any accident be destroyed, the assist- 

 ance of ladies should be employed in making up a new one, i.e. 

 in the ladies' department. This would lighten immensely the 

 labors of the committee, distribute more equal justice to the 

 contributors, and give much greater satisfaction to all. The 

 committee also recommend a division of labor in this depart- 

 ment, as the work is altogether too arduous for one committee. 

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