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SECOND DIVISION. 



Whole number of entries, 85, viz. : Bed Spreads, 13; Quilts, 25; Woolen 

 Yarn, 2; Cotton Hose, 7; Woolen Hose, 9; Woolen Mitten6, 9; Woolen 

 Gloves, 2 ; Patch Work, 1 ; Fringe, 2 ; Ladies' Hats, 1. 



Best Bed Spread, MrB. George Shaw. Great Barrington, 



2d do., MrB. Sabra SloBson, Richmond, 



3d do., Miss E. Leffingwell, New Marlboro, 

 Best Bed Quilt, Mrs. L. J. Wright, Egremont, 



2d do., Mrs. M. C. Dibble, Great Barrington. 



3d do., Mrs. L, M. Joyner, Egremont, 



4th do., Mrs. Hugo Dewey, Egremont, 



5th do., Mrs. B. W. Burgett, Egremont, 



6th do., Mrs. Marinda Barnes, Great Barrington. 



7th do., Miss Aggie L. Palmer, New Marlboro, 



8th do., Miss Marion Hollister, New Marlboro, 

 Best 31bs. Woolen Yarn. Mrs. Benjamin Baldwin, Egremont, 



2d do., Mrs. Gilbert Smith, Sheffield, 

 Best 4 pairs Cotton Hose, Mvs. J. F. Lawton, Great Barrington, 



2d do., Mrs. Gilbert Smith, Sheffield, 

 Bfcflt 4 pairs Woolen Hose, Mrs. Orren Millard, Beeket, 



2d do., Miss Alice Harmon, Monterey, 



3d do., Mrs. William Stevens, Egremont, 

 Best 4 pairs Woolen Mittens, Mrs. E. A. Pixley, Great Barrington. 



'j& do., Mrs. J. W, Butler, Lenox, 

 Best 4 pairs Woolen Gloves, Mrs. B. F. Hall, Monterey, 



2d do., Mrs. Edwin Smith, New Marlboro, 

 Befit 5 yards Fringe, Miss L. P. Snyder, Great Barringtoa, 



2d do., Miss M. J. Snyder, Great Barrington, 

 Best Lady's Hat. Miss P. E. Walker, Great Barrington, 



DISCRETIONARY. 



Best Silk Bed Quilts, Miss Emma G. Clark. Sheffield. 



2d do., Mrs. L. S. Chapman, Pittsfield, 



3d do., Mrs. E. P. Tanner, Lee, 

 Best Worsted Quilt, Mrs. M. P«ndleton, Lee, 



2d do., Mrs. James Dunn, Great Barrington, 

 Best Bed Quilt, Lena B. Heath, Stockbridge, 



2d do., Jennie E. Langdon, Monterey, 



3d do., Alva Ward, New Marlboro, 

 Best Patch Work, Jennie M Cooper, Stockbridge, 

 B«6t Woolen Hose. Lydia C. Royce, New Marlboro, 



Z. A. Wakd, 



Mrs. S. H. Btjshnkll, 



Mrs. D. R. Andrews 



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PAINTING AND FANCY WORK. 



If friends are not satisfied with the decisions of this committee, let them 

 consider the situation. We were strangers to each other, and so got no aid 

 from mutual ease of discussion. Besides, if there had been only one lady of 

 the committee, she would have held the gallantry of the man, but there were 

 two ladies, and so the gallantry became a serious element in the exercise of 

 judgments. Indeed the parties were married, but yet we remembered the time 

 when we were not. Again, it is very hard to judge of children, without at 

 least a glance at their parents. How are you to know the value of some par- 

 tially developed trait, without referring to the pattern? To judge of children 

 as little abstractions, as exiles, as babes in the woods, is always a biased under- 

 taking, and for a round-about judgment you must allow a look at father and 

 mother. Let any two ladies and a man — strangers — try to pass upon three 

 *core creations, in the course of three hours, and agree upon a verdict, and thej 

 will conclude that it is confoundedly just for judges to have their eyes blind- 

 folded. 



Best Oil Painting, Miss E. L. Tappan. Stockbridge, 

 3d do., Miss Minnie Ball, Great Barrington. 



Best Water Colors, Misa Belle Whiting, Great Barrington. 

 2d do., Mrs. H. H. Scott, Great Barrington, 



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