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comprising seives, rat-traps, broilers, toasters, egg 

 beaters, and many mysterious looking things, the use 

 of which your Committee did not dare to even guess 

 at. We award a premium of $2,00 



Alfred Whitmore, two nests of tubs,^ $1,00 



Stump puller, patented by S, W, Ruggles. This is a 

 very ingenious combination of chains, levers and 

 gearing, by the multiplying of which a most enor- 

 mous poAver is produced. It is portable and simple, 

 and will do the work thoroughly. Attached to the 

 same is, or may be, a press for bundling up hay or 

 cotton. Your Committee witnessed the operation of 

 this latter,and could not but be pleased with the simple 

 and easy manner in which a barrel of shavings was 

 compressed into a solid bundle, of perhaps a cubic foot. 

 The stump pulling, owing to the scarcity of time and 

 stumps, we did not witness. We award, $5,00 



A set of scales, known as Sampson's Patent, were pre- 

 sented. The advantages claimed for these are sim- 

 plicity of construction, and consequent less liability 

 to get out of order ; the free action of the platform, 

 without any liability to wear the bearings or notches. 

 The ample protection of the levers and bearings from 

 exposure to snow and ice, and a new sliding weight, 

 much superior to the common form. We were shown 

 a set of hay-scales, which were erected for exhibition 

 near the Fitchburg hotel, but not entered for premium. 

 These were so nicely adjusted that a man could be 

 weighed within one-fourth of a pound. Your Com- 

 mittee were of the opinion that for the reasons set 

 forth, these scales must commend themselves to every- 

 body. We give a premium of $3,00 



The Fitchburg Paper-hangings Manufactory had on 



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