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 FANCY ARTICLES, &c. 



The Committee on Fancy "Work and all other articles not 

 included in the jurisdiction of other Committees would report : 



That the articles presented for their inspection, were not so 

 numerous or so various as the displays of former years, 'arising, 

 undoubtedly, from the fact that the hands of the gentler sex — 

 who have in years past filled our halls with those attractive 

 specimens of their handiwork (never deficient in patriotism) 

 have been employed in a nobler cause. And as their hands 

 were thus employed, we were sorry that our hall was not filled 

 with articles for the comfort and benefit of our soldiers, rather 

 than with articles for mere show in our homes. 



The Committee would award the following premiums and 

 gratuities : — 



For the best specimen of work performed by a child under 

 twelve years of age, exhibiting industry and ingenuity, the 

 first premium, of $3, to Miss Almira C. Merrill of Newbury- 

 port, aged five years and ten months, for a worked Sofa Cush- 

 ion. 



Qratuities. 



C. M. Moulton, West Newbury, shell frame, $^ 



Lydia M. Tenney, Georgetown, moss landscape and crayon 

 paintings, |2 



Mrs. Samuel Coffin, Georgetown, ^ crayon paintings, $2 



Sumner Southwick, South Danvers, walking stool for chil- 

 dren, $1 50 

 F. 0. Eaymond, Haverhill, chair coverings, $1 50 

 Ellen M. Cook, Newburyport, specimens of raised worsted 

 work, $1 50 

 A. C, Saunders, Haverhill, fancy articles of wood, made by a 

 wounded soldier with knife and file, $1 50 

 Annie F. Gould, Boxford, what-not with leather trimmings, $1 

 Eben Trask, Beverly, doll's bedstead, |1 

 Sarah Kimball, Georgetown, specimen of raised worsted 

 work, $1 



