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Mrs. S. T. Coleman, child's lace dress, hand work, $i oo 



Mrs. S. T. Coleman, tidy, 50 



Mrs, S. T. Coleman, toilet set, 25 



Ernest Crowfoot, motto, * 25 



Flora G. Stockwell, motto, 15 



Mrs. L. Downe, 4 pairs mittens, 30 



Gertie M. Currier, embroidered towel, 25 



Willie Kenny, bracket, 25 



Mrs. Clarence Kenny, tidy, 25 



Mrs. Clarence Kenny, wax flowers, 25 



The display of fancy articles, though smaller in quantity ex- 

 celled in quality, many previous exhibitions, and many displayed 

 much ingenuity of invention, and taste and skill in execution. 

 Numerous articles deserved special mention, to which premiums 

 were not awarded, and many richly deserved larger premiums 

 which could not be awarded on account of the limited funds placed 

 at the disposal of the committee. 



Ellen L. Battles, for the Committee. 



ENTYMOLOGY AND SINGING BIRDS. 



Your Committee on Entymology and Singing Birds were sur- 

 prised to find so large and fine a collection as was exhibited at 

 your Fair. The many excellencies of each collection made the 

 examining of them more of a task than was at first anticipated, 

 and made a careful notice of even the minor points a necessity. 

 The excellence of the collection depends on the way in which the 

 specimens are arranged, in pairs and in scientific order ; in the pres- 

 ervatioji, the wings and other members should be entire, not 

 broken or marred. 



The diligence in collecting, preserving and arranging insects 

 shown by boys and girls is specially commendable. 



The first premium, a copy of " Birds of New England," was 



