REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 37 



Mrs. Kimball, tidy, $ 25 



Edith L. Cummings, bag, etc., 75 



"Not Known," table, i 00 



H. E. Becker, wax flowers, 15 



Mrs. J. A. Oxford, baby's sacque, etc., 25 



Miss Dell Howard, match safe, 15 



Miss Ida Billings, motto, 15 



Miss Mary A. L. Billings, motto, 15 



Isabelle E. Hinds, comforter, 50 



Mrs. M. T. Greenwood, butterflies, 50 



Mrs. J. A. Battles, ) 



Mrs. B. D. DwiNNELL, >- Conunittee. 



Miss McKay, ) 



FINE ARTS. 



Your committee, in the absence of any implicit instruc- 

 tions, deemed their duties to begin or. the day appointed by the 

 printed regulations for the presentation at the hall, of specimens 

 for exhibition. Accordingly they repaired to their room on 

 Monday, Sept. 27, 1880, received and arranged all specimens 

 of the fine arts presented on that day or the next, and as early 

 as possible on Tuesday, after deciding upon the comparative 

 merits of the exhibited work, affixed the cards indicating the 

 premiums and gratuities. In the task of awarding premiums, 

 the members of the committee who reside in this county were 

 much aided by the judgment of Mr. Rominer Lovewell, a ma- 

 rine painter of Chelsea, who kindly consented to serve upon the 

 committee. 



The exhibit of this year in our department, had the impor- 

 tant merit of being without exception, so far as is known to your 

 committee, the genuine work i>f the exhibitors. In consequence 

 it was not so large as on some former years. Subtract, however, 

 from those former exhibits, that portion of the specimens not 



