34 Reports of Committees. 



Your committee found themselves in this tangled wilderness of needle- 

 work How should they extricate themselves with honor ? They could 

 not taste of the specimen* as the neighboring committee on fruits did with 

 evident reluctance. They could not wear them. At least the whole of 

 your committee could not. So they felt of them and looked at them with 

 spectacles and without spectacles, and, after careful investigation, without 

 one dissenting vote, and with commendable impartiality they assigned the 

 following premiums . 

 For the best needlework, Mrs. W. W. Langdon of Monterey, 



2d do., Mrs. M. 11. Pickett of West Stockbridge, 



3d do., Mrs. II. Chapel of Great Barrington, 



4th do , Mrs. J. M. Lowrey of Egremont, 

 For Worsted embroidery, Miss J. Ramsey of Great Barrington, 



2d do., Mrs. C. Stanley of Great Barrington, 



3d do., Mrs. Silas S. Dewey of Alford, 



4th do., Miss A. B. Sage of Sheffield, 

 For best silk embroidery, Mrs. E. Vosburgh of Great Barrington, 



2d do., Mrs. S F. Gorham of Great Barrington, 



3d do., Mrs. M. A. Bristol of Great Barrington, 



4th do., Miss G. Burtiss of Egremont, 

 For best crochet work, Miss Sarah E. Buck of Stockbridge, 



2d do., Mrs. C. I). Miles of Pittsfield, 



3d do., Miss H. M. Palmer of Stockbridge 



4th do., Mrs. H. D. Shannon of Stockbridge, 

 F'or best knit work, Mrs. Mary J. Beech of Lee, 



2d do., Miss Mattie E. Selkirk of West Stockbridge, 



3d do., Miss Martha, Kelsey of Alford, 

 For best tatting, Miss M. E. Holmes of West Stockbridge, 



2d do., Mrs. W. H. Parks of Great Barrington, 



3d do., Miss E. C. Stevens of Lee, 

 For the best bead work, Mrs. A. L. Field of Sheffield, 



2d do., Miss S. M. Dutcher of Sheffield, 



3d do., Mrs. G. H. Babcock of Lenox, 

 For the best net work Mrs; M, G. Stevenson of Sheffield, 



2d do., Mrs. J. M. Fuary of West Stockbridge, 



Your committee liuding so many proofs of skill and taste, assigned 

 the following additional premiums : 

 Needlework, Mrs. T. 0. Wickwire of Sheffield, 

 Worsted embroidery, Miss A. R. Turner of Great Barrington, 

 Tatting, Miss C, A. Potts of Egremont, 

 Needlework, Mrs. Phila Gorham of Great Barrington, 

 Worsted Embroidery, Mrs. M. Shook of Great Barrington, 

 Tatting, Miss Emily Leffingwell of New Marlboro, 

 Tatting, Miss ,J. M. Hunter of Stockbridge, 

 Worsted Embroidery, Mrs. H. S. Goodale of Mount Washington, 

 Crochel Work, Mrs. J. A. Shead of Esrreraont, 



