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paiticularly nice about an article, at the time we take the- uum- 

 bers, we write against the number what we think, so we may 

 not forget when we make our report ; otherwise, we could not 

 remember, among so many articles, their particular merits. 



Mrs. C. Stevens, Hanson, Mrs. A. Wliite, same place, very 

 nice, firm braids. Mrs. C. W. Kichards, a very _fine braid 

 sewed to look alike both sides. 



Mrs. Jane S. Oakman, a nice, large mat, which had no right 

 or wrong side. We called it the " reversible" mat. Mrs. A. M. 

 Bonney, Hanson, again brought a nice braid. Her rugs are 

 always nice ! Mrs. H. S. Pratt's were nice and pretty ; we 

 could only repeat our remarks concerning Mrs. Bonney. There 

 were otlier, good, large rugs, and a credit to the makers. 



Just a " baker's dozen " of drawn rugs. Mrs. Benjamin Otis' 

 is the first number. The border was in diamonds. Of course,, 

 it requires more time to design a border than a plain ground ; 

 by plain, is intended to convey the idea of simply filling around 

 the flowers or figure, without regard to any figure outside the 

 central one, — not even corners are included. 



The three beautifully designed, shaded and sheared rugs, by 

 Miss Katie E. Winslow, are beyond our powers of description, 

 as they must be seen, in order to be appreciated. I will, there- 

 fore, give some of the remarks made to me. One lady said . 

 "It isn't possible they are made by hand, they are woven." 

 The only way she would be convinced was, by taking one and 

 carefully showing — as well as we could in anything so firmly 

 drawn — just how it was made. Another : " ihey were fit to 

 adorn any parlor in the land." Everything of which they were 

 made were old rags. They were continually being remarked 

 about. I hope that none of us coveted them ; I am sure we 

 would all like some like them. 



Miss Priscilla M. Hunt's drawn rugs were very pretty. Mrs. 

 F. Barker, Mis. Mary C. Barker, Mary E. Walker, Bella 



