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ployed, as he has done on occasions like the present, in this, 

 and the adjoining state of Connecticut. 



Of undressed flannels, there was the best exhibition any 

 member of the committee remembered to have seen. The first 

 premium, was awarded to Mrs. Edwards Clark, of South 

 Deerfield ; the second, to Mrs. F. M. Clapp, of Southampton ; 

 the third, to C. W. Bement, of Chesterfield. Of dressed flan- 

 nels, there was only one piece exhibited, and for that, which 

 was a most superior sample ; the first premium was awarded to 

 Mrs. C. Waite, of Whately. 



There were fourteen entries of floor carpetings, the display of 

 which was excellent throughout. The first premium, was 

 awarded to Mrs. Maria James, of Goshen ; the second, to Mrs. 

 O. E. Abel, of Williamsburg ; and gratuities of two dollars to 

 Mrs. J. Eden, and one dollar each, to Mrs. Isaac Davis, of 

 Northampton, and Mrs. W. C. Ferry, of Easthampton. 



There were nine exhibitions of mechanical skill. Of these, 

 were specimens of E. W. Fenton's flint enamelled stone ware, 

 exhibited by G. W. Benson, of Northampton. It is an article 

 of recent invention, of great beauty, convertible into a variety 

 of shapes, and adaptable to numberless purposes. In pattern, 

 it somewhat resembles tortoise shell, but far surpasses it in 

 polish. The committee recommend, in respect of it, a gratuity 

 of two dollars. The horse rake, exhibited by Daniel Good- 

 well, of Hadley, was highly praised. The committee were 

 struck with the nice manufacture of a sap tub, offered by 

 S. Blake, of Ashfield. It was accompanied by a very modest 

 letter from the maker, who appears to be a self-taught young 

 man, who works with tools of his own making, and has made 

 about two hundred of them in his intervals of leisure. 



Highly finished specimens of fancy buttons, not to be sur- 

 passed in beauty, were exhibited by Samuel Williston &. Co., 

 of Easthampton ; and beautiful specimens of different kinds of 

 writing paper, from the Eagle Mill of William Clark 6c Co. 

 This extensive establishment embraces the manufacture of 

 every species of best writing paper, and from a careful examina- 

 tion of the samples presented, the committee do not hesitate to 

 say, that it will sustain an honorable competition with any 



