156 Wisconsin state agricultural society . 
Second best, Miss. Julia Bower. 2 00 
Worsted embroidery, Miss. Mary Stransky. Honorable mention. 
Best needlework or floss embroidery, Mrs. James McAlpine, Milwau¬ 
kee. 4 00 
Second best, Miss Sarah Bodtker, Milwaukee. 2 00 
Needlework embroidery, Miss Carrie Bliss, Racine. Commended. 
Best silk embroidery, Mrs. James McAlpine, Milwaukee. $4 00 
Second best, Miss Sarah B. Bodtker, Milwaukee. 2 00 
Best work in wax, Mrs. S. R. Kane, Milwaukee. 2 00 
Second best, Miss Mary Werner, Prairie du Sac. 1 00 
Best shell work, H. G. Roberts, Janesville. 2 00 
Best leather work, Mrs. S. R. Kane, Milwaukee. 2 00 
Best bead work, Miss Mary Stransky, Milwaukee. 2 00 
Second best, Mrs. Moran, Milwaukee. 1 00 
Best ornamental work with indelible fluid, Miss Sarah Bodtker, Mil¬ 
waukee. 1 00 
Best exhibition hair jewelry, Miss Cornelia Gephart, Milwaukee. 3 00 
Artificial flowers, Miss Elizabeth Boorse, Milwaukee. Commended. 
Agricultural wreath, L. Milbreth, Horicon. Commended. 
Five tidies, Mrs. Mary Austin. Honorable Mention. 
Tatted tidies, Miss Mary Hay, Omro. Honorable Mention. 
Wreath worsted flowers, Miss Mary Hay, Omro. Honorable Mention. 
Toilet set, Miss Jennie Stevens, Caledonia Center. Honorable Mention. 
Machine embroidered fancy goods, Misses E. & J. McIntosh, Milwau¬ 
kee. Diploma. 
Your committee have found it difficult to decide between competitors in 
many cases, and do not expect to entirely escape criticism on the part of 
those who may be disappointed by the awards made. In worsted embroidery, 
the. collection was large and elegant in detail, and the committee regret 
their inability to award premiums to all, and not violate the rules of the so¬ 
ciety. Among those exhibiting worsted embroidery who did not secure 
awards, we mention Miss Cornelia Gephart and Mrs. Augusta Sprague, of 
Milwaukee, both exhibiting specimens worthy of honorable mention. Miss 
Sarah Hart, of Brookfield, is also entitled to commendation for her skill in 
the manufacture of worsted flowers. 
With thanks to the superintendent for his courtesy, we submit our report. 
Mrs. C. H. LARKIN, 
Mrs. W. W. FIELD, 
Miss MARY E. THOMAS, 
Committee. 
Class 57 —Natural History. 
Best collection of the woods of Wisconsin, Q. W. Church, Prospect Hill 
Diploma. 
Best collection of the birds of Wisconsin, J. G. Spranger, Milwaukee, 
Diploma. 
Best collection of insects of Wisconsin, Ivirchner & Diedeshamer, Milwaukee, 
Diploma. 
J. W. WOOD, 
I. A. LAPHAM, 
Committee. 
Best exhibition live fish artificially reared, Alfred Palmer, Boscobel.. .$30 00 
Second best, Richardson Brothers, Big Spring. 20 00 
D. M. ASPENWALL, 
A. H. HART, 
WM. M. SAUNDERS, 
Committee. 
The exhibition of trout artificially raised was really splendid. The prem¬ 
iums not half enough for so praisworthy an enterprise. 
I. A. LAPHAM, 
Superintendent . 
