ail. XXII. NO. 16. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



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premiums offered on swine, has been small, 

 iome of lln; animnls entered, however, tliere are 

 ided merits ; and tlie coinmitlee entertain itie 

 e tlial conipetilion and improvement may in- 

 ase. 



riiey award to William Ballon the first premi- 

 on boars, for his boar of Berkshire cross, about 

 eiitcen months old, eight dollars. 

 To Henry B. Anthony, for the best breeding 

 .■, Berl<slure cross, five ilollars. 

 To William Bollou, for the second best do. three 

 lars. 



Messr.s. A. & W. Sprajrne sent to the Show two 

 y fat pigs, abont two and a half years old, sup- 

 ed to be nearly pure Berkshire?. These ani- 

 ls woijth about twelve hundred each, alive, 

 e expense of getting such enormous animals to 

 Fair must have been so considerable, that the 

 mittce recommend the payment of a gratuity 

 jcight dollars, to cover that expense. 

 IPhe committee further recommend, that premi- 

 a be offered in the next show bills for fatted 

 rg. WM. E. RICHMOND, 



for the Committee. 



Butter and Cheese. 

 The committee on butter and cheese beg leave 

 report : 

 ■J'hat they have aUendcd to the duties assigned 



nm that no cheese was entered for premium — 



it eight tubs of butter were submitted to their 

 pection, most of wliich was of excellent quali- 

 altl'.ough your committee regret to stale that 

 m many of the specimens the butter milk was 

 t sufficiently worked out. They think that too 

 ich attention cannot be given by dairy-women 

 this most important item in the manufacture of 

 tier. They regret to state, also, that some of 

 c best butter presented was without certificates, 

 d the committee can only recommend that the 

 emiums on these be paid only when the certifi- 

 tes are furni.'=hed. The coiiimiltee award 

 To Lester Arnold, of Johnston, the second pre- 

 um, for the best butter accompanied with a cer- 

 icate, twelve dollars. 



To Alexander Arnold, or Warwick, the third 

 1., ten dollars. 



To A. H. Robinson, of Johnston, the fourth do., 

 yen dollars. 



Your committee recommend to be awarded to 

 'elcome Alversim, of Johnston, when he shall 

 ivo complied with the above condition, the first 

 emium, of fifteen dollars. 



To John Foster, of Sniithfield, on the same con- 

 tion, the fifth premium, six dollars. 

 To Coomer Smith, of Scituate, the sixth do., 

 re dollars. 



To Martin Parks, of Warwick, the 7th do., two 

 dlars. OLIVER ANGELL, 



for the Committee. 



Shop Manufactures. 



The committee on shop manufactures have ex- 

 nincd the articles entered for premiums, and for 

 shibition, and have to regret that more interest is 

 3t manifested by our skilful mechanics and arti- 

 ins in bringing forward their productions. 



They rcconiinond the following premiums, viz : 



To A. Lewis, of Coventry, for covered top roll- 

 rs, of excellent workmanship, three dollars. 



To A. Burgess & Son, of Providence, for best 

 ower loom pickers, three dollars. 



I To J. O. Wilcox & Son, of Cumberland, for the 

 best rakes, three dollars. 



To J. O. Wilcox & Son, of Cumberland, for the 

 I best grain cradle, one dollar. 



To Franklin Olds, of Providence, for one set of 

 silver plated bands, one dollar. 



! To W. S. Humphreys & Co., of Providence, for 

 ! the best steel slaie.^, three dollars. 



To James H. Gowdy, of Providence, for brass 

 sieve, two dollars. 



To Leavins & Aldrich, of Johnston, for the best 

 roller skins, three dollars. 



To N. Fairbrother, of Providence, for picker 

 string and lace leather, one dollar. 



To David Benedict, of Pawtucket, (North Provi- 

 dence,) for silk plush, two dollars. 



The New England Screw Company, of Provi- 

 dence, presented samples of their wood screws, 

 and the committee were gratified with the perfec- 

 tion which this important manufacture had attained 

 — evincing a decided superiority to the imported 

 article. Respectfully submitted by 



J. F. SIMMONS, 

 for the Committee. 



Household Manufactures. 



The committee on household manufactures, beg 

 leave to report, that tliey have awarded the follow- 

 ing premiums : 



Julia M. Belcher, one pair worked ottomans, 

 three dollars. 



n. L. Belcher, one pair worked crickets, two 

 dollars. 



Mary E. Coggeshall, Pawtuxet, one piece of 

 carpeting, one dollar. 



Atency Vaughn, East Greenwich, one piece car- 

 peting, three dollars. 



Mr3. J. W. Truman, Providence, one piece car- 

 peting, one dollar. 



Hannah Greene, Warwick, one piece carpeting, 

 three dollars. 



Dorcas Woodward, Providence, one rag carpet, 

 one dollar. 



Phebe Ann Slocum, Providence, lace caps and 

 shawls, one dollar. 



Mary Fenner, Scituate, one carpet, three dol- 

 lars. 



Abby F. Fenner, Scituate, one rug, three dol- 

 lars. 



Abby P. Fenner, Scituate, two pairs blankets, 

 two dollars. 



Emeline Wood, Providence, one picture and 

 frame, one dollar. 



Catharine Bowen, Pawtucket, one bedquilt, 

 three dollars. 



Elizabeth W. Kinyon, Cranston, one rug, one 

 dollar. 



Mary L. Greene, Warwick, thirty yards of flan- 

 nel, two dollars. 



Alice Gorton, Warwick, foe stockings, one dol- 

 lar. 



Richard Waterman, Warwick, one bedspread, 

 one dollar. 



Caroline Greene, Warwich, lamp-mats, fifty 

 cents; and for stockings, one dollar. 



Olive L. Aldrich, North Scituate, two rugs, two 

 dollars. 



Hope Aldrich, Scituate, one coverlid, one dollar. 



R. S. Bellows, Providence, two knit lace caps, 

 fifty cents. 



Mrs James Howard, Providence, one cradle- 

 quilt, two dollars. 



Plicbc M. Smith, Scituate, one pair lamp-mats, 

 fifty cents. 



Coomer Smith, North Scituate, one piece of 

 blanketing, three dollars ; and for twelve skeins of 

 stocking yarn, fifty Cents. 



A. Kinyon, Warwick, l.Tinp-inats, fifty cents. 



Stephen T. Northam, Newport, for the ladie* 

 who wrought them, six window curtains and one 

 tabh'cliitli, five dollars. 



All of which is submitted by 



DUTEE ARNOLD, Ch'mn. 



Plowing Match. 



The committee on the plowing match respect- 

 fully report — 



That twelve plows contested for the premiums, 

 which they have awarded as follows: 



Abraham Matteson, Providence, first premium, 

 nine dollnrs. 



Smith Phillips, Johnston, second premium, eight 

 dollars. 



Waterman B. Angell, North Providence, third 

 premium, seven dollars. 



John Foster, Sniithfield, fourth premium, six dol- 

 lars. 



Jeremiah B. Waterman, Johnston, fifth premium, 

 five dollars. 



Peter J. Eriggs, Johnston, sixth premium, four 

 dollars. 



Peter J. Briggs, Johnston, seventh premium, 

 three dollars.' 



John Gay, North Providence, eighth premium, 

 two dollars. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 

 WM. LIPPIT, 

 SION A. RHODES, 

 ANDREW ANGELL, 

 JOHN FOSTER. 



Stealing Fruit. — Of all the spirits that move the 

 body to act, that which prompts fruit stealing, we 

 think a little the meanest. A fellow Avho meets 

 us in the highway, and with pistol in hand, de- 

 mands our purse, we can hold in more respect 

 than we can the sneaking soul, who, under the 

 cover of night, creeps into our garden and robs a 

 favorite fruit tree. Fruit stealing, in this most 

 odious of its forms, is an increasing evil. Many 

 of our friends in the country complain that their 

 early trees are so invariably robbed, as almost to 

 discourage their cultivation of any but winter fruit. 

 Thoughtless boys sometimes trespass in this man- 

 ner as a " good joke." Their parents should teach 

 them better ; and if they will not, let a public ex- 

 posure be made of every criminal detected. If 

 this does not effect a reform, let the law do its 

 work. Such is our advice. — Salem Obs. 



Cranberries. — This pleasant fruit is now received 

 in large quantities from the West. The crops at 

 the East are said to have been cut off in a great 

 measure by frost; and the market is now supplied 

 by the western railroad and the connecting links 

 westward ; and no doubt Michigan cranberries 

 will be eaten in the very head-quarters of cranber- 

 ries, Barnstable, Mass We had no idea, until to- 

 day, of the quantity sold in this city. One house 

 in Frorit street, sold within a few days, 2.50 barrels, 

 received (rom Michigan, at $C a $0 50 per bbl., 

 and have had application for more than they can 

 supply. Of the same lot, 300 bbls. went over the 

 westerti railroad to ISoston, and were there sold as 

 soon as received. — A*. Y. Tribune. 



