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man & Brother, were very fine, and had thej been executed 

 in the county, would have taken the first premium in their class. 

 To Miss Jennie Whitmore we award the 1st premium for the 

 best oil painting. 



Best Colored Crayon, to Miss Jennie Whitmore, Diploma. 



Best India Ink Picture, to Miss Jennie Whitmore, Diploma. 



Mr. W. L. Stroud entered a large number of very fine Am- 

 brotypes and Daguerreotypes, Avhich do much credit to his skill 

 as an artist. Although there was no competition, yet as the work 

 was executed with a masterly skill, it deserves the highest com- 

 mendation we can bestow. We award him a diploma. 



The Specimens of printing from the office of Messrs. Kohl- 

 man & Brother, we are assured were made up from jobs they 

 have done for their customers during the year, which clearly 

 showed they can and will do "as good a job " as can be had at 

 any office in the State. Their specimens of book binding, too, 

 are " A No. 1." 



The Miscellaneous articles submitted to the decision of the 

 same Committee, received a deal of attention. 



The three sets of Artificial Teeth, entered by Messrs. Parker 

 & Swain, were among the best specimens of dental work we 

 have ever seen. Although they are but samples of the work 

 they are daily doing for their customers, they prove them to be 

 workmen that are richly entitled to public jjatronage. We 

 award them a diploma and premium. 



The case of Chemical and other goods, from the Store of 

 Messrs. Manny & Cook, Druggists, Ferry street, was very neat, 

 elegant, and tastefully arranged. It was however but a minia- 

 ture exhibition of the store they keep. They are entitled to your 

 diploma, as well as a share of the public patronage. 



The Plush Velvet Testings, from the store of W. D. Palmer, 

 were rich, elegant, and made a fine display. Those in want of 

 such goods will find them at his store. 



Two evergreen trees, (Silver Fir), entered by Smith & For- 

 man, of the Algoma Nursery, were fine specimens of a species of 

 evergreen which is very rare in this part of the country. To 

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