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The domestic and home manufactured articles were very good. The 
ladies evinced by their skill and industry in supplying this portion of the 
representation of universal labor with splendid carpets, coverlets, bed 
spreads, blankets, flannel and the indispensable fabrics of the knitting- 
needle, a spirit of laudable improvement that is ‘ faster’ than the age. 
Flora was not forgotten at our Fair. Flowers, the ‘softer sex’ of 
nature’s garden, were there in all their variegated beauty, and fanciful 
hues brilliant and subdued, blended together they made a scene that 
angels might behold and smile to see, fragrant alike they shed rich per¬ 
fume around the wreath-encircled shrine, and greeted the votaries of the 
floral goddess with a delicious odor. 
Ornamental painting and needle work formed a marked feature of our 
show. Also millinery, dress-making, and plain sewing, added no incon¬ 
siderable amount to the general interest; and here, let it be recorded, that 
the ladies performed their part in the collection and arrangement of the 
articles for this most successful exhibition, admirably and worthily, and 
are entitled to many thanks for the interest they added by their contri¬ 
butions and presence. 
The specimens of fruit on exhibition were highly creditable to the in¬ 
cipient orchards of our thriving State. The different kinds and varieties 
of each were in just the right proportion to make up a collection which 
an amateur would be delighted to study, and perhaps long to taste; noth¬ 
ing could be more encouraging or gratifying to the farmer of Wisconsin 
who has long been deprived of the delicious products of the orchard, 
than to be assured by the handsome display at our Fair, that a very few 
years would suffice to place Wisconsin as a fruit-growing State in a 
position to defy competition. There were about twenty entries of apples 
and other fruit, comprising a large range of varieties and divisions of 
each. 
The plowing match came off with spirit and energy, and gave general 
satisfaction. The President’s address was pronounced on Tuesday after¬ 
noon of the second day of the Fair. There was a large attendance of 
people, and every one seemed animated and pleased with themselves and 
‘all the world besides.' Buoyant confidence and brilliant hope were 
the marked features which characterized the twin face of agriculture and 
mechanism. 
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