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broidercd. Sweet flowers ! that bring before our eyes, scenes 

 of childhood ; faces remembered in youth, when love was a 

 stranger to himself ! The mossy banks by the wayside, where 

 we so often sat for hours, drinking in the beauty of the prim- 

 roses with our eyes ; the sheltered glen, darkly green, filled 

 with the perfume of violets, that shone in their intense blue, 

 like another sky, spread upon the earth ; the laughter of merry 

 voices, the song of the sweet maiden, the downcast eye, the 

 spreading blush, the kiss, ashamed at its own sound, — are all 

 brought back to the memory, by a flower ! 



SAMUEL WALKER, Chairman. 



Domestic Manufactures. 



The committee cannot withhold the remark, that the ladies 

 of the county have contributed very much to the variety and 

 excellence of the exhibition. The number of wrought hearth 

 rugs, displaying taste and ingenuity, was very large ; and con- 

 sidering the materials of which they were composed, the re- 

 gard to economy, the patience and perseverance necessary to 

 the execution of the work, — the domestic character of the fair 

 artisans deserves as high commendation, as the product of their 

 labor and skill. 



No articles were presented, which taxed the taste and judg- 

 ment of the committee so much as counterpanes. The num- 

 ber was large, and the quality of all excellent. 



The committee, and we presume the public, were disap- 

 pointed in not witnessing at the ex?iibition, a greater number 

 of straw bonnets. The season of the year, and the equivocal 

 state of the fashions, may partly account for the deficiency. 

 An exhibition in April or May, would doubtless present such 

 an array of bonnets, from the Avestern part of the county, as 

 could not be witnessed in any other part of the Union. The 

 committee are assured, that this department of domestic indus- 

 try will be represented by a greater variety, another year. 



The contributors to the department of hoots and shoes, con- 

 sidering the extent and importance of this business in our 

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