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would have been had they realized at the outset the great value 

 our State would have received from a full exhibit of its products 

 at Piiiladelphia. The report of the State Centennial Commission 

 will soon be published, which will give a full account of the part 

 Maine took in this great "World's Fair. Meanwhile, as being of 

 general interest, I place on record here, a list of contributions 

 from Maine, kindly furnished by Hon. Enoch Knight, Secretary of 

 the Maine Centennial Commission : 



In General. Hon. Warren Johnson, Sup'tof Common Schools, 

 Augusta, collective educational exhibit; T. J. Whithead, South 

 Paris, furnaces ; Paris Hill Manufact'g Company, children's car- 

 riages and sleds ; Joseph Russell, Portland, sleighs ; Ilngh Smith, 

 Gray, sleighs; A. B. Morrison, Portland, specimens of manufac- 

 tured goods; Ara Cushraan & Co., Auburn, boots and shoes; 

 Evans Rifle Company, Mechanic Falls, case of rifles ; J. W. 

 Monger, Portland, detergent ; A. G. Schlotterbeck, Portland, 

 thermometers ; L. F. Pingree, Portland, artificial limbs ; Andro- 

 scoggin Pulp Company, wood pulp and its products; Joseph 

 Wood, Bath, specimen of newspaper printing; A. 11. Merrill, 

 Brownville, slate; T. H. Dinsmore, Skowhegan, slate; C. H. 

 Chandler, Brownville, slate ; Knight & Whidden, Portland, ground 

 and calcined plaster ; Davis Tillson, Rockland, specimens of 

 wrought granite ; Red Beach Granite Company, Red Beach, speci- 

 mens of red granite ; Bodwell Granite Company, Hallowell, dis- 

 play of granite monuments ; Hallowell Granite Company, display 

 of granite ; W. R. Chase, Bluehill, granite pedestal ; F. 0. Mor- 

 ton, St. George, granite block ; (specimens of granite were also 

 exhibited from nearly all the quarries in the State, including 

 Gouldsboro', Jonesport, Spruce Head, Vox Island, &c.}; Katahdin 

 Iron Works, Bangor, specimens of iron ore and products ; Fred. 

 H, Patten, Bath, feldspar and quartz varieties ; Harry Brown, 

 Portland, oil painting, " The Giant's Causeway " ; P. C. Holmes, 

 Gardiner, oil painting, " New England Autumn Scene." 



Textile Fabrics. Lewiston Falls Company, Bates Company, 

 Hill Company, Androscoggin Company, Baker Company and Con- 

 tinental Company, Lewiston ; Farwell's Mills, Lisbon ; Laconia 

 Company, Pepperell Company, Biddeford ; York Company, Saco ; 

 Newichawanick Company, South Berwick ; Worumbo Company, 

 Lisbon ; Knox Company, Camden ; Sanford Mills, Sanford ; West- 

 brook Company, Saccarappa. 



Agricultural. Maine State Pomological Society, collective 



