38 ON FANCY ARTICLES. 



ON FANCY ARTICLES. 

 The Committee on Fanc^ Articles have the satisfaction to 

 Report; that, under the new regulations of the Society, in re- 

 gard to the entry and exhibition of articles, they had better 

 means of examining and comparing their several merits than 

 heretofore — while the public at large have been better accom- 

 modated in viewing the exhibition. The Committee desire to 

 express their obligations to the ladies who kindly lent their 

 valuable assistance in guiding them to a correct judgment on 

 the merits of those articles more particularly in the province of 

 the gentler sex. The number of articles is much greater than 

 in former years, and in many there is a decided improvement 

 in quality. 



The following is a list of the articles, with the Premiums 

 and gratuities annexed. In some cases where no gratuities ap- 

 pear to be awarded, the articles were of sufficient merit but 

 did not come within the rules of the Society, which require 

 the article to have been produced since the last annual exhibi- 

 tion. 



For the best specimen of work by a child under 12 

 years of age, the first premium is awarded to Mas- 

 ter Geo. A. Osborne, Jr., of Danvers, for an elegant 

 ottoman, wrought at the age of 9 years, $3 00 



For the second best specimen, to Hannah E. Burke, of 



Beverly, for a neat and well knit Tidy, 2 00 



For the best specimen of Lace Work, to Sarah F. Lee, 

 of Manchester, for a collar, and cap, and a strip of 

 edging of remarkable fineness and workmanship, 3 00 



For the second best, to Miss Sarah E. Tuck, of Bever- 

 ly, for a very superior specimen of Lace Work, 2 00 

 For a well executed portrait of Jenny Lind, by Mrs. 



Dustin, a gratuity of 50 



Basket of Wax Fruit, looking natural and tempting, by 



H. P. Black, of Danvers, 12 years of age, 50 



Specimens of Pen and Ink Drawings, quite meritorious, 



by Jos. A. Potter, an invalid 11 years old, 1 50 



An ancient Sampler, worked in 1788 by Mrs. Ann 

 Bloore. 



