28 Reports of Committees. 



For best throe pairs Woolen Hose, Miss L. N. Millard of Beckot, 



2d do., Mrs. E. Codding of Egremont, 



3d do., Mrs. Orrin Millard of Becket, 



4th do., Mrs. William Stevens of Sheffield, 

 Fer best three pairs Woolen Mittens, Mary Sardam of New Marlboro, 



2d do., Mrs. Abigail Andrews of Sheffield, 



3d do., Mrs. G. L. Turner of Great Barrington. 

 For best three pounds Linen Thread, Hannah Yalk of Egremont, 

 Patchwork, Miss Lizzie Nichols of Richmond, 



2d do.. Miss Lillie Wilcox of Lee, 

 Patch Quilt, Hattic Cone of Lee, 



Ralph Little, 



PAINTING AND FANCY WORK— 85 ENTRIES. 



Tho duties of your Committee in this department involved an unusual 

 amount of labor — partly unadvoidable, from the gratifying number and va- 

 riety of articles entered, and partly quite unnecessary, arising from the fact 

 that many articles were entered in this department which properly came 

 under the notice of other committees. Another inconvenience was found 

 in the fact that the tickets bearing the number of the entry were in some 

 cases, by an almost unavoidable error, attached to the wrong articles, lead- 

 ing to trouble and possibly to error. In order to avoid these disadvantages 

 in future, your committee would strongly advise that greater care be taken 

 in the classification of entries, so that bead cushions and feather hats (for 

 example) shall not be placed in the same class with paintings and other 

 works of art, and further that each ticket issued bear on its face the name 

 or character of the article, so that exhibitors who enter several articles may 

 know which ticket belongs to each. 



Asking the indulgence of the society and of exhibitors, for these reasons, 

 and also on account ol the difficulty of judging with perfect fairness in mat- 

 ters of taste, like those submitted to their examination, the committee re- 

 spectfully recommend that premiums be awarded "as follows : — 



For best specimen Oil Painting, Miss M. A. Loo^> of Great Barrington. 



2d do., Mrs. C. A. Willis of Stockbridge, 

 For best Water color Painting Mrs. C. A. Willis of Stockbridge, 



2d do., Miss Martha Eoys of Sheffield, 



3d do., Mrs. E. C. Richardson of New Marlboro, 



4th do., Miss Ella Bacon of Great Barrington, 



6th do., Mrs. L. M. Battershaw of Great Barrington, 

 Eor best Crayon Drawing, Miss Lizzie H. Brewer of Stockbridge, 



2d do., Miss A. L. Pixley of Great Barrington, 

 For best Pencil Drawing, Miss Jennie Burr of Sheffield, 



2d do., Carrie E. Pixley of Great Barrington, 



3d do., Miss Estella Winchell of Great Barrington, 

 For best Wax Flowers, Miss Georgie Race ot Great Barrington, 

 For best Wax Leaves, Mrs. W. H. Brown of Pittsneld, 

 For best Hair Work, Mrs. J. M. Fuarey of West Stockbridge, 

 For best Feather Flowers, Mrs. J. Walker of Stockbridge, 



2d do., Mrs. R. D. Andrews oi Sheffield, 

 For best Cone Work, Mrs. J. Tymerson of Great Barrington, 

 For best Photographs, Julius S. Hall of Stockbridge, 

 For best Worsted Flower,-;, Mrs. J. Tymerson of Great Barrington, 



2d do., Mrs. William Makeley of Great Barrington, 



3d do., Mrs. S. Luchsinger oi' Great Barrington, 



4th do., Mrs. O. S. Packard of Lee, 



5th do,, Mrs. E. C. Hulbert of Great Barrington, 

 For best Carved Work. Rev. E. Scudder of Great Barrington, 

 For best Mechanical Picture, B. Almonte of Great Barrington, 

 For best Crystal Work, Mrs. William Clark of Sheffield, 

 For Air Castle, Miss Lottie P. Callcnder of New Marlboro. 



