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A. G. Sears, very delicately and beautifully executed — as fine speci- 

 mens of the kind, as we remember ever to have seen. A chromatic 

 painting by the same hand, was also very well done. Several oil 

 paintings, by Mrs. Hitchcock, of Amherst, were well worthy a place 

 in this or any similar exhibition. We noticed, also, fi-om the same 

 source, a picture frame, and a box in the new style of carving and 

 ornamental leaf work, which were very beautiful. A Papier-Mache 

 Portfolio, by Mrs. Sears, was not inferior to many of the most costly 

 foreign productions of the kind. 



Of embroidered lace work, finer specimens, we venture to say, have 

 seldom been on exhibition, than some that very quietly and modestly 

 adorned our tables. Crotchet collars, wrought handkerchiefs, knit 

 tidies, slippers, children's frocks, Valencia lace collars, &bc. &c., quite 

 beyond our present powers of enumeration and description. A large 

 number of those we noticed, were from the ladies of Hadley. 



Some very fine articles of fancy needle work were presented by 

 Miss Snell, of Amherst, — a glove case handsomely embroidered, a 

 worsted bag, and a pair of slippers, to which no gentleman of taste 

 or sensibility could possibly object. 



Two magnificent bouquets of wax flowers, one by Mrs. Winslow, 

 of Sunderland, the other by Miss Tourtelotte, of Amherst, attracted 

 much attention. 



Very elegant fancy chairs, or chair seats, by Miss Fowler and Miss 

 Warner, also of Amherst, richly deserved much higher prizes than 

 they took. 



A case of millinery, by D. J. Bartlett, and another by Miss C. 

 Chaffee, of Amherst, contained very nice and beautiful specimens of 

 fancy work. 



Among the ottomans, we noticed two of very rich apppearance, en- 

 tered by Mrs. A. P. Howe, of Amherst. 



Perhaps the most elegant pieces of fancy work on exhibition, how- 

 ever, were some superb lamp mats, in raised flower Avork, one by 

 Mrs. A. L. Gates, another by Miss O. H. Cowles, both of Belcher- 

 town, and a third by Mrs. C. D. Perkins, of North Hadley. We 

 have never seen anything of the kind superior. 



We have eniimerated scarce a tithe of the objects of interest in 

 this department, on exhibition at the recent festival. The collection, 

 as a whole, would compare favorably with any similar exhibition 

 \^hicli we have at any time seen elsewhere ; and our only regret is, 

 that it was not in our power, as a committee, to bestow rewards, 

 more worthy of the work and the fair hands that wrought it. 



