xlii REPORTS OF DELEGATES. 



Of domestic manufactures the hall was literally filled ; more 

 than three hundred specimens were exhibited, — sewing, knitting, 

 braiding and embroidery. Of ornamental works, there were paint- 

 ings, wax-flowers, hair-wreath, shell-flowers and Sepoj- work, with 

 many pictures, not suffering in comparison with the best exhi- 

 bitions. 



The antiquarian exhibition, though not as extensive as expected, 

 showed some most interesting articles, which attracted universal 

 attention. Among them, two silver spoons belonging to the mother 

 of Benjamin Franklin. Also a child's cradle, made from a pattern 

 brought over on the " Mayflower," which has been in one family and 

 descendants over two hundred years, with other and numerous 

 articles of interest. 



There were some fine musical instruments on exhibition, and agri- 

 cultural implements, especially the strawbeny cultivator. 



After a careful examination of all things in the hall, dinner was 

 announced in the upper room, where plates were laid for about four 

 hundred guests, and all were filled. 



The dinner, where Hon. A. T. Perkins, President of the Society, 

 presided, was a good one for the occasion, as all who partook will 

 attest. After the dinner, which was a most social one, the doors of 

 the hall were thrown open and filled to overflowing with an anxious 

 crowd to listen to the addresses of the Hon. Geo. A. King and 

 others. 



It was with great regret } r our delegate was compelled by indispo- 

 sition to leave before the address was closed. The undersigned 

 would here express the great pleasure and instruction he derived 

 from his attendance, and especially to Hon. S. B. Phinney and Dr. 

 A. Eldridge, to whom he is indebted for a ride through the village 

 and to his delightful home in Yarmouth, where he had the pleasure 

 of spending a pleasant hour, are his thanks due. The great interest 

 manifested by all who attended gave assurance to the undersigned 

 that a bright future awaits the Societ}\ 



D. B. Fenn. 



NANTUCKET. 



The twenty-first annual exhibition of the Nantucket Agricultural 

 Society was held on the 6th and 7th of September, it being about 

 three weeks earlier in the season than last year. 



On account of a change in the time for the steamboat to leave 

 Wood's Holl, I did not arrive at Nantucket until four o'clock in the 

 afternoon of the first day of the fair. The President of the Society, 



