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it takes three hundred and sixty to make a quilt like those 

 displayed, to say nothing of the tea yards of edging required 

 for a border, one can very easily determine the amoirnt of time 

 necessary to knit a spread, This does not include the sewing 

 together, which must be done after the knitting. This is for No. 16 

 cotton. The one first mentioned was finer than this, being the 

 finest used. We have been explicit in this, because so^many this 

 year supposed there was more work in the silk quilts, than in 

 those knitted, which is a great mistake. 



Miss Cora B. Tilden, of North Marshfield, had a fine crochet 

 hood. There were four crochet hoods, all equally pretty, but 

 the first was a little finer than the others. 



A knit skirt by Miss Lizzie Tucker, of Norwood, might well 

 be the envy of all. It was nicely done. The design very 

 pretty. 



Eleven pairs of mittens were disposed on one corner of the 

 table. Mrs. Almira Merritt's silk ones took the palm for beauty. 

 The warm wool ones will be decidedly more comfortable 

 on a severe cold day. All are serviceable and deserve praise. 

 Mrs. Merritt took the lead in the seventeen pairs of stockings, 

 which were of unbleached sewing cotton, knit in sixteeen pat- 

 terns or figures. They were very, very pretty. Knowing the 

 amount of time and skillto knit such a pair, the committee 

 made the award to the best of their ability. 



Miss Harriet Bourne, an invalid of eighty-one years, who for 

 six years has not been able to leave her home, still remembers 

 to take sufficient interest in our Fair as to send us each year 

 specimens of her patience and skill, — in her home made-tape, 

 perfect in its kind, and reminding us what once tape was. The 

 thin article we purchase in our stores hardly deserves the name 

 after we had seen hers. When we consider the difficnlties under 

 which she labors, not being able for many years to raise her 

 head erect, we feel that a great amount of praise is really her 



