56 ON DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES, &C. 



cles of merit may have been overlooked, and others 

 undervalued. The Committee were highly gratified 

 by the exhibition, and think it creditable to the Coun- 

 ty. We are much indebted to the gentler sex, for 

 the interest they always manifest in this Farmer's 

 Holiday ; their tasteful contributions are a great ad- 

 dition to the attraction of the Exhibitions. The 

 specimens of their ingenious, elegant and complica- 

 ted handy- work, afford abundant evidence that their 

 dehcate fingers have not forgot their cunning. They 

 complete the catalogue of the Water Poet, and verify 

 the distich at its close — 



"Tent-work, raised-work, laid-work, prest-work, net- work, 

 Most curious pearl, or rare Italian cut-work, 

 Fine fern-stitch, finny-stitch, new-stitch and chain-stitch, 

 Brave bred-stitch, fisher-stitch, Irish-stitch and queen-stitch, 

 The Spanish-stitcii, rosemary-stitch, and maw-stitch, 

 The smarting whip-stitch, back-stitch and the cross-stitch, 



All these are good, and these we must allow ; 



And these are every where in practice now," 



[See ''The Doctor," Vol. 2. p. 202.] 



The Committee recommend the following premi- 

 ums and gratuities : 



Domestic Manufactures, <$^c. 



To Mrs. Enoch Dole, of West Newbury, for Carpet- 

 ing, 1st premium, ^5 00 



Mrs. Dorcas Sibley, of Salem, for Stair Carpet- 

 ing, 1st premium, 3 00 



Abigail C. Hoague, of Newburyport, for Car- 

 peting, a gratuity, 2 00 



Miss Simonds, of Boxford, for Straw Bonnet, 



2d premium, 3 00 



Messrs. D. &. J. Pulsifer, of Salem, for eleven 

 pieces of very handsome Painted Carpet, of 

 different patterns, a gratuity, 5 00 



For Hearth Rugs, of which there was a large 

 number, of various materials : 



To Abigail Wood, of Beverly, 1st premium, 3 00 



