ON FANCY ARTICLES. 



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Martha Ann Honeywell. What is most wonderful is, 

 that the work was done with her toes. 

 An ancient piece of Needle Work by Miss Sarah Fos- 

 ter, in 1705, in the town of Boston. Curious as a 

 specimen of the art of embroidery of that day, and 

 useful to contrast with the more elegant needle work 

 of our time. 

 [The above was accompanied by a Lace Cap, knit by 



Mrs. Sarah Bart, a lady of 73 years of age.] 

 Six specimens of Hair Work, by S. C. Potter, Salem, 

 equal to any thing of the kind the committee have seen. 

 Watch Case beautifully wrought with Beads and Crew- 

 el, by Alice M. Mahoney, Salem, 6 years old, 25 

 Two watch cases, similar to the above, by Martha L. 

 Rogers and Susan K. Rogers, Salem, severally six 

 and seven years of age ; each 25 

 Wrought slippers, Harriet S, Bates, Salem, 25 

 Another pair, Eliza J. Brown, Lynn^ 25 

 Copies of a volume of Prose and Verse, composed and 

 printed in the leisure hours of the author, while an 

 apprentice in a newspaper printing office. A most 

 commendable instance of the pursuit of knowledge 

 under difficulties, and a good example of application 

 to all apprentices, in whatever avocation, by Charles 

 W. Swasey, Salem, 1 00 

 This is an elegantly printed and bound volume, of which a 

 dozen copies only were issued for distribution to a few friends. 

 From prologue to epilogue, from title-page to colophon, the 

 author states, it is the work of his own labor, both mental and 

 manual. It occupied about 3S0 hours in the printing, from 

 June 15, 1S49, to April 25, 1850. 



Mr. S. has been employed in the Salem Register Office 

 since he commenced his apprenticeship in 1837 ; and to show 

 what young men can do by a systematic and judicious occu- 

 pation of their time, we present a few facts stated in the 

 1 volume alluded to. It must be remembered that his usual 

 I avocations in the office, (always well and faithfully perform- 

 ed,) occupy him. on an average, about ten hours a day, 



