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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Dec. 10, 1830. 



WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



[Report coiilinued from page 188.] 



The Committee on all manufactured articles other 

 than those of Cotton, I fool, and f'iax, respectfully 

 report : — 



That the duties they were commissionetl to 

 perform related to works of leather and of the 

 ladies — including articles of finished fahric and 

 elegant fashion, testifying by their number and 

 variety the inci'eased interest felt in tlie society's 

 exhibitions, and by tljeir beauty and e.vcellence, 

 the beneficial influence of that interest on doines- 

 tic industry and household diligence. 



A single specimen only of Sole Leather was 

 exhibited. The Committee award to Col. Jacob 

 W. Watson of Princeton the manufacturer, the 

 premium offeied by the Society, of Eiglu Dollars, 

 regretting there shoidd be so little competition in 

 regard to an article so necessary to place the com- 

 munity on good footing;. 



There was great display of Calf Skins. Five 

 parcels, all of extraordinary excellence, were pre- 

 sented by Mr Asa B. Watson of Leicester, Messrs 

 E. H. and G. Bowen of Leicester, Messrs I. and 

 R. E. Warren of Grafton, and Messrs E. and J. 

 Caldwell of Fitchburg. So nearly were their 

 merits balanced, that the committee had great 

 difficulty in arriving at a conclusion. After much 

 deliberation and careful examination, they award 

 to E. and J. Caldwell the premium of Eight 

 Dollars. The specimens exhibited by 3'Ies.=rs 

 Bowens, Warrens and Watson, were of fine 

 quality; and all afforded evidence of the high de- 

 gree of improvement to which the manufacture 

 Las attained in their hands. It was ipatter of 

 regret that the committee had not power to award 

 premiums to all, where the excellence of the 

 products rendered it so difficult to discriminate 

 superiority of merit. 



No Morocco Leather, or Bonnets of indigenous 

 grass, claimed the premiums offered for those man- 

 ufactures. 



Having thus passed on the subjects for which 

 specific |)remiums had been offiired, the commit- 

 tee examined the various articles of utility and 

 elegance, the production of female ingenuity and 

 skill. Having little experience in wearing veils, 

 caps, collars and laces, they were coinpelled to 

 exercise such discretion in approj>riating the sums 

 entrusted to their disposal, as those without the 

 aid of gentler judgment in the cunning works of 

 the neeille, could be supposed to possess. 



The works of lace were unusually numerous 

 and beautiful. A scarf, richly wrought with silk, 

 with an extent of figure as ain])lc as female per-j 

 severance, and a grace of design as delicate as the 

 taste of the artist, was exhibited by Mrs Eliza S. 

 Uolbrook of Northborough, for which the cotnmit- 

 toe recommend a gratuity of Three Dollars to 

 that lady. 



Miss Emily Lamb, of Stnrbridge, presented a 

 black Lace Veil, which, in delicacy of fabric, 

 rivalled the best productions of foreign skill, and 

 for which the committee recommend that a gra- 

 tuity of Three Dollars be presented to her. They 

 also advise that gratuities of Two Dollars be offer- 

 ed to Mrs Liieinda Thurbor of Milforil, and of 

 One Dollar each, to Miss Julia R. Lombard and 

 Miss Susan March of Sutton, for works of simi- 

 lar charni'ter and scarcely inferior beauty. 



Bliu-V Lace Veils were also exhibited by Miss 

 Mary C. Johnson of Worcester, a young lady 

 whose improvement of the nine years of her 



life must have been great, to afford such evidence 

 of industrious ingenuity — Miss Triphosa Lakin 

 of Paxton, wrought with stitches thirtyeight in 

 kind, and in imndjcr countless — Miss Lucy Davis 

 of Hohlen— Miss Mary Aim Hale of North Brook- 

 field — Mrs E. R. Estal)rook of Rutland — and 

 Miss Mary Ann Nelson of Worcester: — White 

 Lace Veils and other ornamental fabrics by Miss 

 Jane Richardson of Leomir.ster — Miss Eliza 

 Corbett and Miss Emeline Corbett of Worcester 

 and Miss Mary Ann Hancock of Barre. 



All these were viewed with particular gratifica- 

 tion, and would be entitled to pecuniary expres- 

 sion of approbation, if the limited funds of the 

 [society did not prohibit such notice, leaving only 

 to the committee the power to express the wish, 

 that the fair faces of those who made them may 

 never be shaded, except by their own good works. 

 Many and beautiful fancy articles were I'urnish- 

 ed by the yomig ladies of the Mulberry Grove 

 School, at Leicester, showing that the diligent 

 cultivation of the substantial matters of learning 

 and the acquisition of those virtues which render 

 female character beautiful, do not exclude the 

 lighter and elegant arts which add grace to im- 

 provement ; and demonstrating the ingenuity of 

 the accomplished instructresses and the capacity 

 of the pupils : among them were very pretty 

 paintings of fruits and flowers — a butterfly needle- 

 cloth, spreading out its wings with such exact 

 mimicry of life, tliat one would be fearful lest it 

 should fly off with its deposits — pincushion.s, very 

 convenient for economical single gentlemen, who 

 use their sleeves as substitutes — a bead purse, 

 wanting only to he filled with money to be per- 

 fect — a work box, ornamented with figures con- 

 taining hieroglyphic admonitions to diligence in 

 the fabrication of the gracefid productions it is 

 designed to contain — a bracelet of rare neatness 

 — several well drawn maps; that by Miss Maria 

 F. Clark, representing the county of Worcester, 

 bearing good com]iarison with the work of tlie 

 engraver. Among other things was a cap of such 

 nicety of needle-work, that a gratuity of One 

 Dollar is recommended to Miss Parker, by whom 

 this addition to matronly apparel was wrought. 



Mrs E. R. Estabrook of Rutland, exhibited a 

 lace handkerchief and collar, which were view- 

 ed with much satisfaction. 



Miss Clarissa B. Harwood of Worcester, offered 

 two Crickets, too delicately covered with ])aiiitcd 

 vet and decorated with roses, to be ever touch- 

 ed by the foot — they shoidd never be used for 

 purposes less dignified in the dairy than as milk- 

 ; stools. 



A large and beautifully ornamented Work Bag, 

 made of millions of delicately tinted beads, by 

 Mrs Isaac Davis of Worcester, attracted generid 

 attention and great admiration. A gratuity of One 

 Dollar is recommended to be awarded to that ladv, 

 for so i-ich a specimen of an article so indispensa- 

 ble in female attire. 



Two large maps drawn by Miss E. F. (>haniber- 

 ain of We.stborough, with so much skill that ihev 

 were scarcely distinguishable from highly finished 

 engravings, were viewed with peculiar gratifica- 

 tion. The countries delineated scarcely furnish 

 xamples of greater dexterity in the use of ptn 

 and pencil. 



Pahn l^eaf Hats, manufactured by Messrs Ferr'* 

 md Bishop nf Western, and Livemore and Bcmis 

 of Spencer, were i f good quality 



White of New Braintree, was so remarkably neat 

 and a[iparently durable, that the committee ask 

 for a gratuity of One Dollar to be bestowed on 

 her. 



A quantity of unmanufactured Silk, made in 

 Leicester, was exhibited by Mr Pliny Earle. The 

 committee noticed with great gratification the ex. 

 hibition of the successfiil results of patriotic effort! 

 to produce the materials of a manufacture, which 

 at no distant period, may become one of the |)rin- 

 cipal employments of the people of New England 

 One hundred skeins of native silk, manufactur 

 ed by Mrs Mary Rosebrook of Leicester, of goot 

 color, even texture, and very fair appearance, wer(> 

 noticed with particular pleasure. 



When we consider that, during the year ending 

 in September, 1830, the imi)orts of silk into th 

 United States has exceeded eight millions of dolllSti 

 lars in value, the extent of national economy b;B|in 

 this production among ourselves will be appareiilHumi 

 Tiie propriety of retaining this sum airiong our 

 selves, instead of sendittg it abroad to aid the in 

 dustry of foreign nations, needs no cominen 

 The committee recommend that a gratuity of Thre 

 Dollars be awarded to Mrs Rosebrook and M 

 Earle, as a mark of approbation of the publi 

 spirit and skill which first embarked in a mam 

 facture so important and interesting, and now e.^ 

 hibits its matured products. 



Mr Samuel Dmfee of Providence, exhibited 

 door which resembled other doors eonsiderabi; 

 except in being furnished with apparatus to kee 

 out cold and wet. 



Messrs Moses L. Moi'se & Co. of Worcostf 

 exhibited a card of cutlery from their factory, 

 contained specimens of the work of each of th 

 enty hands in their large and flourishing e: 

 tablishment, all of whom connnenced their ei 

 ployment in that branch of business since Jun 

 1829, and several of them within a few weeks- 

 it being the somewhat novel com-se of the i 

 telligent and very respectable gentleman at t 

 head of that establishment, to give to his appre 

 tices, on setting out, the most delicate work, tl 

 the eye of the artist mny be fixed by the best mod 

 and that rough and ill fashioned products may i 

 discourage advance. The card exhibited was r 

 made to show, liit taken from the everyday bit; 

 ness of that great work shop, whose ingenious a 

 l)atriotic proprietor seems likely to exclude forei ^fS^^u 

 wares from the market by the superior excellen 

 and cheapness of his own. The cutlery was 

 neat, some highly finished. The committee j 

 commend gratiiities of One Dollar each, to io 

 Dewing and Jndson W. Rice, for the best Rai 

 and Penknife. 



Mr Cyril Flint of Hardwick,exliihitr'd an insti 

 ment for extracting teeth, so inviting in appearan«|j|||„ . 

 and ingenious in construction, as to make om 

 mouth water to experience il<i application. 



Messrs Rice & Drury of Worcester, exhibit 

 a Coach Wrench !:nd two Hammers of polish 

 steel, of improved construction and exquisite, hea jj^j 

 tifid workmanship, — for which the connriittee 

 commend a gratuity of Two Dollars. 



Messrs E. G. &, A. Partridge of Worcest 

 exhibited a Work Table from their factory of be! 

 tifiil wood and good workman 



ftlessrs I. & M. Pool of Eastoii, Mass. exhibit 

 a Geometrical Protractor for survryorn, engine' 

 and draftsmen, graduated by a machiiie of th 

 own irivenlinn. It is of simple constnictton, 1 



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