88 ON DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES. 



time permitted for examination, and the crowded and 

 contracted apartments appropriated to this part of 

 the exhibition, it is hardly possible to do justice to all 

 the claimants. If any have been passed by without 

 award, or without notice, it must be attributed to any 

 thing but a want of kind intention on the part of the 

 committee. Our fair friends may be assured that we 

 always consider that part of the exhibition, which is 

 the work of their hands, as among the most interest- 

 ing incidents of the day, and as emphatically entitled 

 to favorable notice. 



Among the articles exhibited were thirty-four 

 hearth rugs, many of which discovered much indus- 

 try and ingenuity. It was not possible to grant do- 

 nations to all ; but we have awarded a large number 

 of gratuities, being willing to encourage those efforts 

 that bring valuable products from materials of no 

 value. 



The specimens of lace and fancy work equalled 

 those of any previous year. They reflected much 

 credit on those who executed them, and gave a sure 

 indication that our ladies have no occasion to sum- 

 mon the aid of foreign labor to ornament their per- 

 sons. 



The committee regret that the specimens of silk 

 and of linens, were not so numerous as they some- 

 times have been. Both of these are well worthy the 

 continued attention of this community. 



The committee cannot but hope, that hereafter 

 more spacious and convenient apartments will be ap- 

 propriated to this part of the exhibition ; and that 

 there will be a general interest taken in bringing for- 



