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1.00. Gratuity, to Mrs. Emerson Robbins, Lawrence, for 

 Crazy quilt. 

 .75. Gratuity, to Minnie Dowd, Methuen, for Crocheted 

 Afghan. 



1.00. Gratuity, to Jennie M. Wilson, Lawrence, for Cro- 

 cheted quilt. 

 .50. Gratuity, to Augusta J. Bain, Lynn, for Patchwork 



quilt. 

 .50. Gratuity, to Mrs. John Brierly, No. Andover, for 

 Calico quilt. 



1.00. Gratuity, to Mrs. Walter Sargent, Methuen, for 

 Knit quilt. 



1.00. Gratuity, to Lucy Chubbs, Lawrence, for Kensing- 

 ton quilt. 



1.00. Gratuity, to Helen Carruth, Andover, for Satin 

 quilt. 



1.00. Gratuity, to Fannie Lee, Lawrence, for Crocheted 

 Afghan. 

 Mrs. H. F. Longfellow, Lottie Swan, Sarah P. Blunt — 



(Jommittee. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COUNTERPANES 

 AND AFGHANS. 



Counterpanes and Afghans ! How suggestive of prac- 

 ticality and comfort ! At the close of the daily toil and 

 duties as one " wraps the drapery of his couch about him," 

 how the pleasant dreams are enhanced by the beauty and 

 warmth of his coverings ! Whether king, peasant, soldier 

 or peaceful citizen the necessity for these protective cov- 

 erings is recognized. Whether the coarse blanket of 

 earth's lowly or silken magnificence of royalty, were not 

 their dreams the sweeter, or the treacherous, evil designs 

 conjured in bad brains modified? We sincerely hope them 

 less sanguinary. And what a multiplicity of material has 

 been brought into requisition ! The cochineal sacrificed 



