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be sent in. Not a single specimen of darning this year, an 

 omission mucli to be regretted in times like the present. 



However, we would give " honor to whom honor is due," and 

 say that the department of Ladies' Work this year has fully 

 equalled that of any former year, and we should have been glad 

 to have given larger premiums in several instances, had it been in 

 our power. 



For the Committee, 



FANNIE GRAY. 



Walpole, October 20, 1861. 



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