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A large rug, equally well made as any, with very prettily col- 

 ored rags, by Mrs. Elisha Josselyn, is well worthy of notice. 

 Mrs. C. Bates of Whitman, had a large, beautifully braided rug. 

 Mrs. L. B. Barstow of West Duxbury, had very nice rugs ; excel- 

 lent in every particular. Mrs. S. A. Rogers of East Marshfield, 

 three beautiful rugs. They were braided in shades, or sewed so 

 the colors shaded. Three braids formed a stripe. They were 

 very handsome. Each braid was perfectly formed and well 

 sewed, though the braids were not so fine as many others. There 

 were other well-made mats, but time and space will not permit 

 their mention. 



The patchwork spreads were unusually nice this year, though 

 there were not so many as in former years. What was lacking 

 in quantity was well made up in quality. A pink and white, 

 and a blue and buff, were very pretty and beautifully made, the 

 former by Mrs. C. W. Richards, the latter by Mary B. Richards. 

 A new design, a bear's foot, by Mrs. C. E. Standish of Pem- 

 broke, contained 2970 pieces, well made and perfectly joined. 



Susan W. Stetson of Marshfield displayed a beautiful quilt in 

 compass pattern, blue and buff ; also a pink and blue, with excel- 

 lent sewing. The corners were perfectly joined. The lining 

 was of home coloring, the old-fashioned annotto color. They 

 looked so very nice we could but remark them at the time. A 

 crazy quilt by Mrs. Lucy Payne of Marshfield, seventy-seven 

 years of age, very pretty, very nicely made. A very fine log 

 cabin quilt, nicely cut and made by Mrs. Matilda Howl and of 

 Hanson. Very nice articles come from Hanson. The nicest 

 fancy work we have ever seen at any Fair was in their hall. 



A well-made red and white quilt by Abby L. Hall of Bridge- 

 water, is worthy of mention. A bear's foot cover for a com- 

 forter, beautifully made by Mrs. Nancy S. Keen of Marshfield, 

 age eighty-three. A quilt with the smallest squares by Keziah 

 D. White of South Marshfield, was as perfect as could be made. 



