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of them, by lack of funds. They have had more regard to 

 articles that are useful than to those that are simply ornamen- 

 tal or ingenious, and have in several cases where the articles 

 seemed to merit it, bestowed several gratuities to the same 

 class without attempting to decide which of the class was most 

 deserving. 



They have given but one gratuity to the same individual, 

 although more than one article deserving it has in many cases 

 been presented by one person. They have, so far as they have 

 known, confined themselves within the rules of the society re- 

 quiring articles for premium and gratuities to be manufactured 

 within the county and since the last annual exhibition, — were 

 it not for this rule the Committee would have been glad to 

 have awarded a gratuity for a Worsted Tidy, made by Ida B. 

 Hill, of Lawrence, before she was nine years old, and espe- 

 cially glad to have awarded a larger gratuity to Alice Heath, 

 of Bunker Hill, Charlestown, for a shirt made by her own 

 hands and sent to one of the soldiers of our gallant army, and 

 which was presented to Serg. E. K. Boardman of Lawrence, 

 (being severely wounded), now in the Campbell Hospital, in 

 Washington, the shirt having this inscription : 



"The fingers of little Alice Heath, aged five years, of Bunker Hill. Charles- 

 town, Mass., sewed every stitch in this her second shirt."' "Soldiers! she 

 loves you." 



The awards were as follows : 



Mrs. J. C. Wadleigh, Lawrence, best display of Bonnets, 

 1st premium, $4.00 ; Ella J. Cowen, Haverhill, best specimen 

 of work by a child under 12 years of age, $3.00. 



GRATUITIES. 



H. A. Chase, Lawrence, Leather frame, 50 cents ; Mrs. N. 

 Ambrose, Lawrence, Amaranth Work, 50 cents ; M. Jennie 

 Wells, Lawrence, Embroidered Gloves, 50 cents ; N. J. Phil- 

 lips, Lawrence, Carriage Blanket, &c., 50 cents ; Mrs S. W. 

 Hopkinson, Bradford, Child's Carriage Blanket, &c., 50 cents; 



