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REPORT ON DOMESTIC ARTICLES. 



We thought that our nineteenth fair was one of our best, as 

 regarded our domestic display ; the twentietli far exceeded it. 



Every article was well made. We alwajs expect one's best ! 



Eight-one ladies presented one hundred and two articles. 



As nearly as we remember they were as follows : Twenty-one 

 braided mats, nine knit rugs, and four drawn rugs. 



Stockings and mittens, seventeen pairs. 



Comforters, knit spreads, bed quilts, and crib quilts, thirty- 

 four sheets, aiid other articles, small and large, made the whole 

 number. 



The braided mats, with three exceptions, were very fine 



braids. 



A few of this number we call to your attention : 



Mrs. Ruth Peterson, age seventy-eight; Mrs. Celia Bonney, 

 Mrs. Betsey Turner, age eighty-two ; Mrs. Stella S. Gurney, 

 age eighty-seven, and Mrs. E. W. Richards, were beautifully 

 made. Not a stitch of sewing being visible. 



Mrs. Richard's was the finest braided mat shown this year. 



Mrs. N. Stevens' was made in stripes, and joined with fancy 



stitches. 



Mrs. Rebecca Turner of South Scituate, age eighty-four, con- 

 tributed three mats. The rugs were dyed by herself in such 

 delicate shades, and the colors so prettily arranged, that they 

 were the prettiest mats shown. The braid, too, was perfectly 



even. 



Mrs. Welthia P. Sampson, age ninety-one, Duxbury, sent 

 such a pretty knit rug, that we feel we can hardly do it justice. 



