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watches, jewelry and solid silverware, by E. D. Tisdale & Son, were 

 suitable for service or ornament. The selection of furniture, by 

 Edward E. Washburn, was very good. The library-chr r, with 

 extension-foot, was specially noticeable. Two Ordway c.iairs, by 

 J. F. Montgomery, seemed perfectly adapted for ease and comfort. 

 Of the large number of sewing-machines, all are highly recommended, 

 and each has its peculiar merits and advocates. Our attention was 

 specially called to the Wilcox & Gibbs machine, for its many 

 excellent points. The Universal Spring Motor, by E. B. Chase, of 

 New Bedford, appeared to be a great improvement over the foot- 

 treadle as an attachment for all machines required for constant use. 

 Thomas Wj-att, of Providence, exhibited some very fine specimens 

 of cable-chains. Cortrell & Cushing exhibited a choice lot of toys 

 from their manufactory in South Hingham, and J. O. Draper & Co., 

 of Pawtucket, displayed a great variety of soap, in bars, cakes, lions 

 and fragrant cut-roses. Among the manufactures of our own county 

 were some very fine carriages, by Peck & White. The phaetons 

 and sleighs, with their appointments of robes and harnesses, should 

 remind our citizens that our home manufactures are entitled to the 

 first consideration and patronage. In this connection should be 

 mentioned the very ingenious combination-lathes, on which a great 

 variety of work may be done, — turning, jig and mitre sawing, — ex- 

 hibited by F. S. Babbitt and the Strange Cylinder Saw and Machine 

 Compaivy. Also, some of the best knives to be found in the market 

 (another of the home manufactures) were exhibited by the Star 

 Knife Company. A ease of files, by Joseph Webster, equalled, if 

 not surpassed, an}- imported article. Then there was the usual fine 

 display of electro-plated silverware, by Reed & Barton, which is 

 not excelled in beaut}- of design or finish by any manufactured in 

 the country. The table of machinery, by the Mason Machine Com- 

 pany, and a lot of finished brass locomotive work, by the Taunton 

 Locomotive Manufacturing Company, showed superior workmanship. 

 All of the above, and many other cases, might be cited to show the 

 ability and genius of our home industries, and demonstrates the fact 

 that our home productions may be made sufficient for all the require- 

 ments of life. To close the scene, W. H. Jackson and D. A. Burt 

 are ever ready with their artistic designs of monuments and statuarj^ 

 all finished in the most perfect manner, to mark our end and profit 

 by our demise." 



Your delegate was particularly impressed with the attention of the 

 committees to their duty. The examinations were diligently, fairly 

 and patiently conducted, and the reports are carefully elaborated. 

 The example thus set is worthy of all imitation ; and bearing in 

 mind the fact, that all the reliable information upon which the agri- 



