34 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, 



W. D. & A. J. Hinds, household brushes, 



G. R. Godfrey, harnesses and robes, 



Platts & Haven, watches, chains, etc., 



L. J. Brown, dry goods. 



Miss E. M. Hill, millinery, 



G. A. Gane, custom shirts, 



Calvin Underwood, "Davis stone and stump extractor," 



G. A. Gane, "White" sewing machine, 



J. F. Bruce, groceries and mineral water, 



F. A. WHITNEY, > ^ ... 

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. FANCY ARTICLES. 



The committee on fancy a; tides received about eighty con- 

 tributions for their examination, and though less in number than 

 last year, some of the articles, in many points, surpassed those 

 of any previous year. Your committee hope for a growing inter- 

 est in this department, for nearly every lady can spare a little 

 time from the more practical duties of life and devote it to ihe 

 adornment of the home, for its surroundings have great influ- 

 ence on its inmates, and taste is required to please our more re- 

 fined sensibilities. Among the articles contributed many of 

 them deserve more than passing notice, would space permit. 

 Special mention should be made of an Afghan contributed for 

 exhibition only, by Mr. Walter A. Fairbanks. It was univer- 

 sally admired for the excellent taste displayed in the arrange- 

 ment of colors. Another contributed by Mrs. E. A. Goodrich, 

 and one by Miss Bigelow, were remarkable specimens of what 

 may be accomplished by patience and skill ; your committee 

 found it difficult to decide upon the comparative merits of the 

 two, but at last were allowed to accede equivalent honors, as the 

 excellences of one were essentially counterbalanced by differ- 

 ent, but equally important excellences in the other. 



