MANUFACTURES AT THE LATE FAIR. 



WOOLEN FABRICS. 



In this department, the exhibition was very commendable. 

 The display consisted of broadcloaths, plain and fancy cassimeres, 

 satiuetts, silk warp flannel, beaver cloth, hosiery, white flannel, 

 doeskin cassimeres, printed piano and table covers, blankets, silk 

 warp tweed, cashmerets, yarn, &c. On the report of the judges, 

 our committee awarded to the manufacturers of these goods, 

 eleven gold medals, twelve silver medals, and seven diplomas. 

 [See premium list at the end of this volume.] 



The doeskin cassimeres, Irom C. L. Harding, Oxford j Mass., 

 the colored merino cassimeres, from the Mystic Co., Conn,, the 

 blankets from the Rochdale Mills, Rochester, N. H., the silk 

 warp tweed, from the Salisbury Maaufacturing Co., Salisbury, 

 Mass , were all of very superior quality, reflecting the highest 

 credit on the skill of the manufacturers. There was one case of 

 children's hosiery, from J. J. Hickman, & Co., 53 Cedar street, 

 N. Y, This is a new article at our fair, and very deserving. 



A. C. 



CARPETING. 



Specimens of Velvet Tapestry Carpeting, from the Troy Carpet 

 Mills, Troy, N. Y., George Hastings & Co., agents, an original 

 American design of great beauty. 



Tapestry cifrpeting has become, to a large extent, a substitute 

 fur Brussels and Wilton, or Kidderminster carpeting, which was 

 largely imported some ten years ago. The fabric is in appearance 



