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Mr. Whitney has made application for a patent, and it is 

 to be hoped that this invention will meet with the attention 

 which it merits, from railroad managers. 



A neat model of Willis' Improved Stump Extractor was ex- 

 hibited. This machine is manufactured at Orange, and its 

 power in removing stumps has been pretty thoroughly tested 

 in various sections of New England. Acres of stumps in this 

 immediate neighborhood have been taken out by it, and as 

 many of our citizens have witnessed its operation, it is perhaps 

 needless to add our praise of its great power and utility. 



Your Committee award the following premiums : — 

 To Benj. Prentiss, of Fitchburg, for an elegant, light, 

 and beautifully finished Buggy Wagon, and a 

 heavier built Concord Waggon, $3 00 



For strength, beauty, and service, the wagons manufactur- 

 ed by Mr. Prentiss, are unsurpassed by any we have recently 

 had the pleasure to examine, and we are informed that their 

 merits are fully appreciated abroad. 

 To the Heywood Chair Manufacturing Company, of 



Gardner, for a lot of chairs, and varnish, 4 00 



For elegance of design, richness of covering, the perfection 

 of the wood work of the frames, tasteful painting, and above 

 all, the exquisite finish, we do not remember ever to have seen 

 anything to compare with these chairs. The beautiful finish, 

 is attributable in a great measure to a new varnish prepared by 

 the Heywood Company, samples of which were shown with 

 the chairs at the fair. They comprise five different qualities, 

 anging in value from $3,50 to $1,25, all manufactured from 

 the best Copal Gum, and derive their acknowledged superior- 

 ity over ordinary varnish from a new and peculiar mode of 

 cleaning the gum, without the agency of alkalies. One of the 

 varieties is a coach varnish possessing, we are informed by 

 those who have used it, the qualities of hardness and durabil- 

 ity to an extent unequalled by any other varnish in the mar- 

 ket. The other varieties are designed chiefly for chairs and 

 furniture, and the superiority of these consists not only in their 



