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due. Not perhaps because the article is handsome, but be- 

 cause it is as well made as a piece of tape can be. 



In all the one hundred and thirty-two articles presepted, a pre- 

 mium was awarded save in the case of a spread owned by Mrs. 

 Abner C. Barrows, and made so many years ago, we felt 

 we had no authority to make one, according to the "Regula- 

 tions." As a family heirloom it was valuable. 



EMMA M. C. BATES, ) g^^^-f^^, 

 SARAH T. BOURNE, j ^^ommiuee. 



