FINE ARTS. 65 



Mrs. B. Snow, Fitchburg, Butterflies, 20 



Nellie E. Gleason, Fitchburg, Crocheted Tidy, 50 



Mrs. Thos, Trees, Fitch., Handsomest Bonnet on exhibition, 1 GO 

 J. F. Stiles, " " Collection of Bonnets 



and Millinery, 4 00 



Mrs. Thos Trees, Fitchburg, 2d best Collection of Bonnets, 1 50 



Mrs. Joy, Fitchburg, Collection of Bonnets, 125 



Jewell & Magee, Fitchburg, Collection of Bonnets, 1 00 



HENRY F. JENKS. for the Committee. 



FINE ABTS. 



The Secretary was instructed by vote of the Trustees, to insert un- 

 der this head, cui apolocju to the ladies and gentlemen who contributed 

 to this department of our annual exhibition, and in their behalf he sin- 

 cerely regrets that no awards were made, and this fact was not known 

 to the officers of the Society until the articles had been removed from 

 the Hall, consequently too late to rectify the mistake. Only one of those 

 originally appointed on this Committee, appeared to act upon the arti- 

 cles presented, and two others were designated, both interested in the 

 success of the Society, but through a misunderstanding between them, 

 each supposing the other would act as Chairman of the Committee, the 

 omission was made. The following letter from Col. Loring, will ex- 

 plain his connection with the matter. 



L. H. BRADFORD, Secretary. 



To THE Secretary : 



My Dear Sir : — In view of all the circumstances of the case, 

 I deem it proper to lay before you a detailed statement of the facts as 

 I understand them, relating to my connection with the Committee on 

 Fine Arts, at your late Fair. 



At about 10 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, the 29th inst., Mr. Monroe, 

 Superintendent of the Hall, came to me and asked me to serve on that 

 Committee. I declined to serve for three reasons, Jirst, because I did 

 not feel competent to act ; second, I was already engaged on another 

 Committee ; third, my wife had entered some oil paintings, which fact 

 I thought should render me incompetent. 



But all my objections were overruled, and I consented to act on 

 said Committee, as soon as I was discharged from the Bread and But- 

 ter, Cora. Accordingly I was introduced to Mrs. Mason and another 

 member of the Committee on Fine Arts, finding thera busy as I sup- 

 posed, in examining the various articles which came within their prov- 



