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carpeting. The colors were very tastefully and artisti- 

 cally arranged, and the fabric much finer than is usual- 

 ly seen. We award, $1,50 



Thomas Sheldon, for one very superior ox yoke, of good 

 "workmanship, j50 



0. J. Munroe offered a spruce log sawed to clapboards. 

 This was a fine specimen, showing the usual manner 

 of sawing clapboards where the business is carried 

 on to any extent. Instead of first sawing into boards 

 and then splitting them, the log is taken, cut to tho 

 right length, and turned to a proper and uniform 

 size. It is then placed upon a carriage before a saw, 

 so arranged that each time as it passes over the saw 

 it is cut directly toward the center, and to a^depth 

 sufficient for the width of the clapboard. It is then 

 drawn back, the log turns on its center just far enough 

 for the thickness of a clapboard, and another cut is 

 made, and so on, till it is sawed entirely round. The 

 cuts being all directly to the center, of course diverge 

 as they go further from it, thus giving the clapboard 

 its proper shape. A great saving of timber is thus ef- 

 fected as will be readily seen, We award a premium 

 of $2,00 



S. G. Frost presented some specimens of harness of 

 very superior workmanship, tastefully ornamented 

 and mounted. Your Committee were particularly 

 struck with the well shaped coll ar s, uponwhich so 

 much of comfort to the wearer depends, and which is 

 so often through ignorance or carelessness entirely 

 neglected. We award, $1,00 



Messrs. Stone & Wilder presented a fine specimen of 

 Ashland coal. It looked clear and pure, and seemed 



