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REPORT ON DOMESTIC ARTICLES. 



Another year Las come ; it was a most favorable coming as 

 regards wind and weather. We hope we have made a step 

 forward in every respect. The work of preparing the awards 

 on the articles was never so easy as the present. 



One canndt be too grateful to Mrs. Crane for her timely sug- 

 gestion of numbering each article as it is entered at the desk. 



Unless one lias performed the labor in previous years, they 

 ■could hardly believe it would so lighten it. It is now quite 

 easy to find, among a long list of articles, a particular number, 

 because there are no two alike. Otherwise, where so many 

 articles are so nearly alike, one may overturn the same one 

 several times, looking for a certain name. 



There were one hundred articles, thirty less than last year. 

 Of this number there were fifteen braided rugs, — large, small, 

 coarse and fine braids. Those particularly nice in sewing and 

 braiding we mention, as they occur on our list. 



Two by Mrs. Ruth Peterson, aged seventy-eight. The 

 •design, — I say design; where the rags are sewed without regard 

 to color, there isn't much design about it, — braid and sewing 

 were nicely done. Such a mat is an ornament because of its 

 real worth. It serves its purpose in a durable way. A finer 

 braid, by Mrs. C. Bonuey, must have been the work of 

 many days. 



Mrs. F. Barker, one : the words written next her number 

 express enough, "beautifully braided." If there is anything 



