90 



"D. A. Putney, of Brookfield, exhibited a drilling machine, which 

 was very ingeniously constructed, but so far as the Committee can learn, 

 has no new principle or improvement. It may be adjusted for either 

 wood or iron. 



"The beading machine, exhibited by C. Shepard, of Milwaukee; the 

 Buck-eye clothes-washer, by John Laycock, of Gratiot, Ohio ; the 

 patent mill-stone picker, by N. Taylor, of New Hampshire ; and Flint's 

 patent lever self-calculating scale, exhibited by William Sawyer, of Mil- 

 waukee ; all seemed to be good and useful machines, and well adapted to- 

 accomplishing their respective ends. 



"The sewing machine, exhibited by I. P. Rogers, of Milwaukee, is an 

 invention admirably calculated to aid in the great business of saving 

 human labor. Diploma. 



" The double-valve steam engine, exhibited by Turton & Sercomb, 

 of Milwaukee, was of beautiful construction and high finish — in its 

 working it excels ; and being manufactured in Wisconsin, it affords gra- 

 tifying evidence of the perfection to which our mechanical interests have 

 been carried. 



" Specimens of India rubber goods were exhibited by William Brown, 

 Jr., and H. J. Nazro & Co., all of Milwaukee. These articles are highly 

 useful in their way — no difference could be detected in their relative 

 value. 



" The samples of dressed flax, exhibited by John Galbraith, of Muk- 

 wonego, are Avorthy of special commendation. 



[The Executive Committee have taken sviitable action upon this arti- 

 cle.— A. C. I.] 



"The bunches of shingles, exhibited by Nelson Ludington, of Mil- 

 waukee ; the barrel of pearlash, by J. D. Wheelock, of May ville ; the 

 boxes of soda and small crackers, by Thomas Oi'chard, of Milwaukee ; 

 the case of tobacco and cigars, by H. A. Gaston, of Beloit ; the fine cut 

 tobacco, by C. Athearn & Co., of Milwaukee ; the horse shoes and nails, 

 by E. Thayer, of East Troy ; the brooms, by Chapman & Crafts, of Troy ; 

 the boxes of soap, by H. S. Burton & Co., of Milwaukee; six milk pans 

 by Wm. Le Fevre, of Milwaukee; bread toasters, egg beaters, and espe- 

 cially the cork j!;w/^er (an article of practical utility in a new country,) 

 by C. A. Buttles, of Milwaukee ; and the stencil plates, by John A. 

 Welch, of Winnebago ; were all good samples of the mechanism of our 



