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The sewing was nice. The cutest of all rugs, or the queerest, 

 might be called a menagerie rag. There were birds, animals 

 and insects, which were sewed on with very small stitches, which 

 will probably wear as long as the cloth. They were by Mrs. G. 

 Baker of North Pembroke. They were very pretty, and showed 

 patience and ingenuit}'. Two button rugs,, one by Mrs. Henry 

 Gardner of Salem, the other by Mrs. A. F. Litchfield of Pem- 

 broke. They were very nice looking and nicely made. All the 

 difference we could see, one had each piece worked around in 

 fine button-hole stitch, while the other did not. 



A very nice cat-skin robe, from the skins of twenty-five pus- 

 sies, by LeForrest Thayer of West Duxbury. Tt seemed a 

 strange use for cat-skins. The robe showed a good deal of 

 taste in the arrangement of the colors. Each skin was so 

 entirely unlike the other there was great variety. It was 

 beautifully made. We see no reason why cat-skins should not 

 be utilized as well as the fur of other animals. 



Of course many good things have been omitted which we can- 

 not in this report mention separately. Everything brought in 

 was a credit to the contributor. With very earnest wishes for 

 as much variety as is possible in the articles contributed another 

 year, we respectfully submit the report for 1887. 



E. M. C. BATES. 



