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JIi. XVIII.] 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 18;3!r 



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AGfllCUL.TURAL, 



ORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Committee on all other .Manvfaetured Articles. 



Benjamin F. "honiiis, Worcester, Chairman; 



lin (i. Thurston, Lancaster ; Samue! Wood, GraC- 

 11 ; George C Davis, Northboro' ; John Hoyntoi!, 



jpipleton ; Horace B. Clafflin, Worcester ; Chnrle.-^ 



!e, Barrc; John P. Kettell, Worcester. 



Tiie servants of the society, rejoicing in the pre- 



56 and definite appellation of the " Committee oh 



othrr manufacftired articles," having attenderi 



the duty assigned tliem, respectfully report: 



Of the articles coming within the province of 

 ■ur committee, and for excellence in wliich pre- 



un>s are offered by t!ie society, the number w>.s 

 laller, and the quality not equal, to those of son:-.- 

 eceding years. 



No specimens of linen or tow diaper were e;;hi- 

 ted. Tv.-o linen table cloths, of a good quality, 

 5re sent to the exhibition by Mr; Hannah Gibbs, 



Boylston, and the committee recommend a gra- 

 ity to her of §1. 



In relation to the finest grass bonnet, the coni- 

 ittee found no great trouble in forming tlieir judg- 

 ent, one only being exhibited, and this by Miss 

 arriet P. Dan;L, of O.xford ; for wliich a premium 

 ■ S.5 is awarded her. 



dy work, reminded us of the good old times when 

 our mothers sang to the music of the spinning 

 wheel, and found, in the faitiiful discharge of their 

 labors at home, their highest duty and tlieir truest 

 pleasure ; before the march of mind had taugljt 

 woman to unsex herself in the arena of politics, 

 and to oiler up her refinement, modesty and deli- 

 cacy, on the altar of an ill-judged philanthropy. 



There were specimens of fruit as boantiful as the 

 apple that first tempted Eve: and flowers that vied 

 with nature, save in the perfume. There were 

 capos as nice as the shoulders they were designed 

 to cover, and veils as pretty as the faces they were 

 not meant to conceal. There were caps for day- 

 light, and caps for no light at all. There were 

 beautiful socks and beautiful hose, though, as mod- 

 ern refinement has abolished k^s, the committee 

 could conceive no use for then], except to cover 

 the limhs of a table. The coming generation seems 

 to have been provided for by maternal care and 

 fondness, and there were nice little socks and nice 

 little shoes for dear little boys and sweet little girls. 



The productions of the young ladies, too, were 

 such as to satisfy the committee that the ne.\t gen- 

 eration, like our own, would be blessed by good a»d 

 notable wives and mothers, unless our young men, 

 following the bad example set .them by some of the 

 officers of our society, should live in violation of 

 that divine law, which commanded man to go forth 

 and to multiply and replenish the earth. 



„ . . , ,.,.,,..,', itf Mrs S. R. May and other ladies of Leicester, ex- 



1 «o straw b'>nsejs oBly were exhibited — dlife bvJrr.->Ui, i . • . ' <• u .r i i-..i • i i 



„ „.., ■' , . "./TniDid.'d a vanety-of beautiful little articles, such as 



'ts Parmenter, of Worcester, the other by Lydia 

 ichols, of Charllcm. The committee, after miich 

 -^liberation, were unable to decide which was best : 

 ley, therefore, concluded to recommend that tlie 

 •emium of .$3 be equally divided between them. 



The premium of $2 for llie best palm leaf hat is 

 warded to JMiss Sarah Fiske, of Worcester. Oth- 

 r palm leaf hats, of a fair quality, were ofierod by 

 liss Elizabeth H. Childs, of Barre, and Miss Eu- 

 ice Williams, of Worcester. 



Of fur, wool, or silk hats, only one lot was enter- 

 d at the time when the premiums were awarded. 

 I"his consisted of good plain brush hats, by John 

 '. Kettell, of Worcester, to whom the committee 

 warded the highest premium of .SG. Some of a 

 ;ood quality were afterwards sent by Leonard & 

 Tyler, of Worcester, and three of mole skin, well 

 nade and beautifully finished, by Nathaniel Tead, 

 >f Worcester. Very fine fut caps were al.=o exhi- 

 lited by John P. Kettell. 



Though the articles coming within the province 

 of your committee, entitled to premiums, were not 

 i^ery numerous nor of surpassing excellence, the 

 ■>uit3 of the industry and taste of the county, for 

 which no regular premiums are awarded, have been 

 equalled by those of no former exhibition. 



The committee viewed with peculiar pleasure, 

 the contribution to the e.xhibition by the mothers 

 and daughters of our county. The varied and 

 beautiful specimens of woman's skill, industry and 

 taste, could be surpassed only by the living products 

 that slumber in the cradle or are folded to her ho- 

 Bom. These varied proofs of herindustry and han- 



cliildren's socks, shoes, &c., for which the commit- 

 tee recommend a gratuity of $1. 



A fine lot of articles of a similar character was 

 sent by Mrs Elizabeth Southwick and other ladies, 

 also of Leicester, for which the committee recom- 

 mend the same gratuity, gl, regretting, in all these 

 cases, that they do not feel authorised to do more. 



For a variety of nice articles of the same kind, a 

 gratuity of .SI is given to the Ladies' Benevolent 

 Society of Worcester. 



A very beautiful work bag, wrought with cruels, 

 ofliered for exhibition by the excellent lady of our 

 excellent president, was much admired by the com- 

 mittee. 



A very pretty shell basket, made by Miss Mar- 

 tha P. Holbrook, of Grafton, also attracted their no- 

 tice, for which they recommend a gratuity of $1 to 

 that lady. 



A great variety of beautiful wax flowers, many 

 -of them nearly perfect imitations of nature, made 

 by Misses E. and Lucy Earle, and Miss Woodbury, 

 of Leicester, by Mrs B. F. Dean, of Worcester, and 

 though last, not least, by Mrs Lucy Anne Dixie, of 

 Worcester, were a great addition to the exhibition. 

 The cemniitlee would have been glad to have re- 

 commended gratuities to these ladies, but they felt 

 that, limited as they were in funds, what was given 

 should be for articles of a strictly useful character. 



Very beautiful and tempting looking fruit, made 

 of the same material, was sent by Miss Phebe S. 

 Southwick, of Leicester. 



An astral lamp rug with flowers, by Miss H. San- 

 ford, of Oxford, two pairs by Miss A. Cobleigh, of 



Teinjileton, a shell box by Miss E. Hubbard, of 

 Worcester, fi:ncy baskets, by Miss A. Putnam, of 

 Graflon, attracted the favorable notice of the com- 

 mittee. 



A black wrought lace veil, by Mrs Silas God- 

 datd, of Milblirv', and a handkerchief of the same 

 material by Miss Silvia Holbrook, of Worcester, 

 were highly praised, and the committee recommend 

 a gratuity of $1 to each of those ladies. 



Another veil was sent by .Hiss A. Putnam, of 

 Grafton, which the committee thought very good. 



Ladies colored lace hoots, a very beautiful arti- 

 cle, were exlitbited by H. F. BMrcli.«teail, of Wor- 

 cester. A pretty foot in one of them, would be ir- 

 resistible, fevcu to the chief justice of pigs. 



Gcntlemnn's slippers, wrought with cruels, were 

 highly approved, as combining the comfortable 

 with the be[uitiful. One pair, made by a young h- 

 dy for the chairman of the committee of arrange- 

 ments, excited a glimmer of hope in regard to that 

 solitary officer. 



A shawl wrought with silk of her own manufac- 

 ture and coloring, by Miss P. W. Howland,of West 

 Brookficld, was regarded as so creditable to her, 

 that the committee recommend a gratuity of .$1. 



Two very nice worsted pocket books, made by 

 Mrs M. Newton, of South Shrewsbury, aged sixty 

 years, and cruel work by Miss E. A. Howland, of 

 Worcester, aged II years, cotton hose by Mary 

 Chase, of Sutton, wire baskets by Mrs Southwick, 

 of Leic<>i5tfcr, capes by Sophia Harrington, of Spen- 

 c -r, ?ffej U-irbeK, ofMilbury, Miss E. Gardner, of 

 WoiCttSter, Miss Fay, of Oakham, and Miss J. A. 

 Smith, of Worcester, a centre lamp rug by Miss 

 H. N. Chamberlain, of Worcester, and a paper bas- 

 ket by Miss Ann E. Wilder, of Worcester, were fa- 

 vorably noticed. 



Several articles of Britannia ware, exhibited by 

 Messrs Boyden & Fenno, from the Taunton Manu- 

 facturing Company, were thought in beauty of form, 

 material and finish, to compare well with tlie best 

 specimens of the English. 



Chester Dickinson, of Worcester, furnished a 

 case with umbrellas, parasols, and musical instru- 

 ments of his own manufiicture, which elicited warm 

 praise from the committee. They recommend a 

 gr Unity of $.5 to that gentleman. 



Some beautiful specimens of machine cards were 

 sent by Messrs Lamb, White & Co., of Leicester. 



Knit thread caps and infants' shoes, by Miss P. 

 M. Upham, of Leicester; wrought capes by Mrs 

 B. F. Dean, of Worcester and Miss Lombard, of 

 Sutton, and wrought collars by Mrs Patterson, of 

 Uxbridge, were much commended. 



A beautiful ]iair of children's mits, a pair of ba- 

 by's socks, and a silk purse, were sent by Mrs Eliza 

 Clapp, of Leicester. 



Very beautiful lady's travelling bag and bead 

 bags, by Mrs Southgate, of Leicester, increased the 

 obligations felt by the committee to the ladies of 

 that town, for their numerous and valuable contri- 

 butions to the exhibition. 



A worked pocket handkerchief by Louisa W. Coe, 

 of Worcester, and a collar by Mary Coe, of the 

 same place, were very much admired, and thought^ 



