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Of carpets and oil cloths, the committee regret to state, that the 

 display was very meagre, compared with the ability of our manufac- 

 turers lo exhibit. In the opinion of the judges there was scarcely 

 any thing considered superior to what has been exhibited before. 

 The premium committee have thought it best to award sundry medals 

 and diplomas, as will appear in the printed list. The line pieces of 

 carpeting from the power loom manufactory of A. & A. Lawrence, 

 of Lowell, exhibited, by Beals, Bush, & Co., of this city, agents, ob- 

 tained a silver medal. The greatest praise is due to the inventor of 

 this new mode of power loom weaving, by which more than half the 

 former expense of hand weaving is saved. As Americans we exult 

 in such a triumph of the arts by one of our own citizens, by which 

 so important and useful an article as carpets, can be made thus, even 

 better than by hand work, and defying foreign competition. 



The committee has great pleasure in noticing the yearly improve- 

 ment in the articles of w'orsted manufacture. The beautiful speci- 

 mens of printed muslin de laines and cashmeres, rich in style and of 

 very superior finish, which were from the stock of Messrs. Fearing 

 & Hall, of this city, agents of the manufacturers, L Bunnell, & Co., 

 Pawtucket, R. L, attracted great attention, and obtained a silver me- 

 dal. 



In no department of our home manufactures, so far as consumption 

 can give encouragement, can there be a greater inducement for emu- 

 lation, than in the production of the various styles of de laines and 

 cashmeres for female wear; suited to our varied climate, and pecu- 

 liarly industrious population, and preferred altogether to calicoes on 

 account of their graceful drapery and unfading colors. We are sure 

 that a wide field is open for the growth of wool suitable for making 

 and for the highest skill of the artist in designs, and taste in intro- 

 ducing them to the wide extended limits of our country, preparatory 

 to their being exported as an article of commerce. We wish the 

 pioneers in this vast trade ample success. 



Messrs. W. C. Langley, &. Co., of this city, agents for the Ballard 

 Vale Company, Andover, Mass., exhibited several pieces of a new 

 style of Orleans and Merino cloth, w^orsted and cotton and worsted, hav- 

 ing a most glossy and finished appearance, and extremely well made 

 and dyed, for which the highest premium, a gold medal, was award- 

 ed. We hope to see more of such goods next year. 



