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application of the rarest mechanical skill. It is so nicely 

 calculated and so sure in its operation, that it is said, 

 not one time in twenty does it fail to explode a flying 

 shell within one-fourth part of a second to the given 

 time. 



We call attention to these instances of mechanical 

 ingenuity and skill to show that our inventors and 

 mechanics have been active and earnestly at work 

 during the last season, and we believe there is no place 

 in the country which demands more of them or will 

 pay them better. 



The Committee have awarded premiums as follows : 



Charles B. Sawyer, for hot air furnace register, 



heater, &c, $5,00 



Thomas Sheldon, for ox yoke, ,75 



Waldo Wallace, for plow, 1,00 



Waldo Wallace, for soap stone stoves, 1,00 



Elliot Wood, for horse shoes, 2,00 



John Choate, for lot of medical preparation, 2,00 



O. A. Wheeler, for writing desk, 2,00 

 Thomas Palmer, for porcelain and full set of 



teeth, 1st premium, 3,00 



J. F. Adams, for teeth, 2d premium, 1,00 



H. P. Minot, for machinists tools, 2,50 



Joseph Pierce, for calf skins, 2,00 



Oren Partridge, for boots, 1,00 

 J. L. Tenney, for case of boots and shoes gratuity, ,50 



E. Buttrick, for coat and pants, 2,00 



Sidney D. Willis, for spring bed, gratuity, ,50 



S. Gr. Frost, fov harness and saddlery, 2,00 



Enoch Paige, for spring bed, 1,00 



Abel F. Adams, for rye flour, ,50 



