AWARDS AND PREMIUMS. 
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The miniature Clock, exhibited by Mr. Moody, was a beau¬ 
tiful and very ingenious piece of workmanship—the works not 
occupying a space larger than an American twenty-five cent 
piece—and kept excellent time. 
ORNAMENTAL NEEDLE, SHELL, AND WAX WORK. 
Judges ,.. 
f Mrs. J. B. Britton, 
{ Mrs. H. W. Hayes, - 
[ Mrs. P. E. Curtis, 
Madison . 
Palmyra. 
Detroit , Mich. 
Best Ottoman Cover, Miss M. F. Main, Qregon,. 
..2d.do.Miss C. C. Cunningham, Oregon,. 
Fancy Table-cloth, M. Doerence, Watertown, dis.,. 
Best embroidered Handkerchief, Mrs. D. S. Curtis, Madison,. 
..2d.do.Miss J. E. Millard, Kingston,. 
Best Muslin Embroidery, Mrs. D. S. Curtis, Madison,. 
Toilet Cushion, Mrs. Charles Abbott, Madison, dis.,. 
Best embroidered Slippers, Miss Leslie (juvenile), Mineral Point,. 
. .2d.do. Miss F. A. Main, Madison,. 
Embroidered Handkerchief, L. H. Main, Oregon,. 
Worsted Embroidery on Canvass, Miss L. M. Gardner, Burlington,. 
Best Worsted Crotchet Tidy, Miss Aletha Church, Madison,. 
..2d .do.Miss Elizabeth Corlie, Sun Prairie,. 
Best embroidered Cloak Shawl, Mary C. Bassett, Evansville,. 
..2d .do.do.Miss Jane Freeman, Milwaukee,. 
Best Chair Cover, Mrs. Grundy, Madison,. 
Silk Embroidery, Mrs. J. Dupuy, Shelbyville, K. T.,. 
Best embroidered Scarf, Miss Sarah Munger, Madison,. 
..do.do.Skirt, Mrs. B. R. Hinkley, Summit,. 
..2d.do.Miss Eleanor Bonnewell, Milwaukee,. 
Best ornamental Shell-work, Mrs. J. W. Liek, Madison,. 
Best Worsted Embroidery (Washington), Mrs. A. E. Shepard, La Crosse, 
Best Hair Wreath, Miss Caroline Whitmore, Whitewater,. 
..2d. Hair-work Flowers, Otto Michaelis, Baraboo,. 
Worsted Work, C. Delorme, Milwaukee, dis.,... 
Best specimen Darning. Miss Eva Johnson (juvenile), Blooming Grove,.. 
Specimen Hair-work (juvenile), Miss E. R. Mclenda, Waukesha,. 
Specimen Leather Picture-frame / Mrs. C. S. Mears, Madison,... Dip. and 
Specimens Leather-work, Mrs. M. Downer, Watertown,. 
Best Card-basket, Mrs. S. Klauber, Madison,. 
Best Fruit-wreath, Mrs. C. S. Mears.. .do. 
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This Committee made no report other than the above awards ; 
but we cannot forbear, even at the risk of being charged with 
invidiousness, a passing additional notice of Mrs. Shepard’s 
embroidered portrait of Washington. It required 253,000 
stitches for its execution, and so'perfect was the selection and 
arrangement of colors, that, at a little distance, it was repeat¬ 
edly mistaken for a highly finished oil painting. In a word, it 
was one of the finest works of art of that class that we remem- 
