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manufacture in the vicinity of the place of exhibition. AntT 

 all articles not entitled to any premiums or gratuities, I woukT 

 place under the head of " General Merchandise," and appoint 

 a C^ommittee Avhose duty it should be to examine them and re- 

 port upon their merits. 



For the Committee — S. W. Hopkinson. 



FANCY WORK. 



One hundred and seven articles, mostly showing great taste 

 and skill in the use of the needle, were examined by the Com- 

 mittee, of which the undersigned is chairman. As will be 

 seen from the following aAvards there Avere exhibited, besides 

 needlework and kindred products, some ingenious fabrics of 

 wood and some works of art. 



In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Committee 

 assumed that all these were produced Avithin the county of Es- 

 sex during the last year, and the following awards are condi- 

 tioned upon the correctness of this assumjition. 



Xo articles Avere entered as the Avork of children under 

 twelve years of age. Hence no premiums are aAvarded. Fifty 

 dollars Avere given us to aAvard in gratuities, not exceeding $3' 

 in any one gratuity for articles of special merit. The six 

 members of the Committee Avho Avere present haAC awarded 

 these as folloAvs : 



' Fancy Work — Mrs. L. E. F. Hammett, Ipswich, $2: Af- 

 u-han — Mrs. E. W. Boynton, GeorgetOAvn, ^3 ; Oil Paint- 

 ings — Mrs. E. G. Berry, Danvcrs, $3 ; Fairy Cart — Augus- 

 tine H. Spiller, IpsAvich, $2; Worsted Work — L. L. S. 

 Brown, do, $2 ; Pictures — Mrs. John Lord, do, $2 ; Rustic 

 FloAver Stands — Wm. Osborn, Lynn, $1 ; Pressed Sea Moss- 

 es — Mrs. P. Greenwood, IpsAvich, $1 ; Lace Bobbin — Mrs. 

 Sally Low, do, $1 ; Tidy Tatting — Agnes A. LoAvell, Salis- 

 bury, $1 ; Embroidery — Abby C. Giddings, Ipswich, $1 ; 

 Bead Work — Lucy S. Lord, do, $1 ; Shirt — Lucy Munroe,, 



