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Manufactures of Straw. 



Straiv Braid. — Second premium to Mrs. Betsey Randall, of 

 Sharon, $1. 



Straiv Bonnets. — Diploma to Mrs. Betsey Baker, of West 

 Dedham, aged 76, the reputed original straw bonnet maker. 



Second premium to Miss Amanda M. Phillips, of East Med- 

 "vvay, for a fine Dunstable bonnet, ^2. 



WILLIAM H. GARY, Chairman. 



Dedham, Sept. 26, 1862. 



Jellies and Preserves. 



Premium to Mrs. Nathaniel Clapp, Dedham, for the best col- 

 lection of preserves and jelly, %1. 



H. L. STONE, Chairman. 



Bedham, Sept. 26, 1862. 



New Inventions. 



The Committee on " New Inventions" report that their atten- 

 tion was called to articles as follows : 



1. Clothes-Wringers — of which there were Haley, Morse and 

 Boyden's, of South Dedham, called the Self- Adjusting ; Wood- 

 man & Young's, of Boston, called the Empire ; Rhoades' (of sev- 

 eral forms,) manufactured by Willard Everett & Co., of South 

 Dedham, and that of Bailey & Sayles, of Wrentham. All these 

 machines are before the public ; all probably deserve general com- 

 mendation for the advantages they possess over the primitive 

 method of wringing clothes by hand ; but the Committee had not 

 the time to devote to a practical test of that thoroughness which 

 would be required to enable them to make special discriminations. 



2. Washing Machines — of which there were Turner & Best- 

 wick's, of Dedham, and Reuben Ware's, of Grantville. The 

 Committee are of opinion that the compactness, simplicity, and 

 effectiveness of the former machine justifies them in recommend- 

 ing it to public notice, and awarding to it the Society's diploma. 



3. Corn-Sheller — the only entry under this head being one of 

 Newland's Patent, offered by Reuben Ware, of Grantville. No 

 one was present to advocate its claims, and the Committee were 

 unable to discover in it any particular merits. 



4. Water-Elevator — manufactured by G. W. Holmes, of 

 Bridgewater. It is a well-bucket, with windless, chain, and an 

 apparatus for regulating the ascent and descent of the bucket, 

 and for suspending it at any desired point in the well. The 



