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ble. A list of the premiums awarded in this department will be 
found in its appropriate place in this volume. Among the suc¬ 
cessful competitors will be found the names of W. Hunt, J. B. 
Staines, E. H. Dewey, F. A. Lydston, W. Cohler, W. Deist, Clark 
& Sherman, Charles Keller, Gr. F. Epender, W. 0. Lydston, Mrs. 
J. T. Kavanaugh, Miss J. A. Hamilton, Miss Chase and others. 
The exhibition of stereoscopic views of Wisconsin scenery, by H. 
H. Bennett, of Kilbourn City, chromos by the Milwaukee Oleo¬ 
graph Company, penmanship by the Spencerian Business Col¬ 
lege, liihograph and steele engraving by the Milwaukee Litho¬ 
graph Company, carving in marble by A. Merrill, of Milwaukee, 
and specimens of sculpture by E. P. Knowles, of Madison, were 
each of high order, a credit alike to the exhibitors and the state. 
I have set forth in detail our efforts to make this department a 
success for this reason : A weekly journal of Milwaukee, during 
the fair, and for some time after, endeavored to make it appear 
that this department was a failure, that its managers and the 
judges were incompetent to discharge their duties. Against the 
judgment of this editor (in whose paper the society did not adver¬ 
tise), we have the reports of the correspondents of the Chicago 
press, that it was a success, and a much finer exhibition than that 
of other western states. 
In conclusion, I would recommend that the amount usually ex¬ 
pended in collecting paintings for free exhibition, be added to the 
premiums offered, and that, in future, this part of the exhibition 
be left to the pride and liberality of the citizens where the fair is 
held. 
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