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To Miss Amelia Boyd, of Rockville, for worsted picture, 

 illustrative of Burns' song " John Anderson my 

 Joe," 1.00 



To Miss Sewall, of Medfield, for wrought chair seat, 1.00 



To Mrs. Martha M. Weathers, of Dedham, for needle- 

 worked skirt, ...... 1.00 



Mrs. Buck, a lady 88 years of age, sent a nice specimen of 

 knitting worthy of notice, 



Mrs. Mackintosh, of Ncedham, presented to the respected Pre- 

 sident of our Society a beautiful cone picture-frame, which was 

 duly admired, perhaps the more so as it enclosed a portrait of Mr. 

 Wilder himself 



The Misses who sent fine specimens of juvenile industry 

 shew good promise of being successful competitors for the best 

 premiums, at no distant day. 



Mr. J. Bumstead, of Dedham, exhibited a raw silk bed blanket 

 of Chinese manufacture, worthy of notice. 



For the premium offered for patching and darning, we are 

 sorry to say there were no competitors. Mrs. Nathaniel Clapp 

 exhibited a good specimen of darning, performed too long since to 

 come within the rules of the Society. It is not too late for our 

 young ladies to 7nend, and we hope another year will show a 

 spirited competition in this useful department. 



Masters Joseph H. Lathrop and William H. Cobb placed on 

 our table fine specimens of stufied birds, their own handiwork, 

 which added much to the interest of the exhibition. 



As the ladies, at this time, are much interested in the exercise 

 of boating, we award to Master Joseph H. Lathrop our thanks for 

 the beautiful models of wherries executed by him, and exhibited 

 on our table. 



The ladies' department of the exhibition, we regret to say, was 

 not what it has formerly been, or what it should be ; perhaps, in 

 part, owing to the small amount of funds at the disposal of the 

 Committee, affording little encouragement to exhibitors. We 

 hope to see a decided improvement, as the funds of the Society 

 shall increase. 



MRS. SANFORD HOWARD, 

 MRS. GEORGE ALDEN, 

 MRS. JOHN S. HUBBARD, 

 MRS. S. ATWOOD, 

 MRS. WALTER H. FISHER, 



Dedham, Sept. 29, 1860. 



> Committee. 



