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cheap and pleasant light, and to be economical for the house¬ 
hold—Premium. Edward Gibbs, of Madison, made a hand¬ 
some show of gas fixtures, of various patterns and designs, of 
both cheap and costly fabrics—Diploma. 
Minerals. —There were several collections of the various 
minerals found in our State ; some of them displayed in fine 
artistic cases with systematic arrangement. D. J. Seeley, Elk 
Grove, specimens of lead and quicksilver—Premium. Rich¬ 
ard Trestrail, Shullsburg, from Lafayette County Agricultural 
Society, a handsome case of various minerals, lead, iron, zinc, 
copper, &c.—Diploma. G. B. Salmon, St. Croix, from N. 
W. Agr. Soc., specimens of various minerals—Diploma. II. 
M. PagS, of Platteville, Grant Co., exhibited a small lot of 
minerals. L A. Taylor, of River Falls, Pierce Co., ex¬ 
hibited a handsome collection of agates from the Northwest. 
Models. —L. IT. Boale., Milwaukee, exhibited some hand¬ 
some models of hulls for steamboat, sloop, yacht, &c., which 
evinced good skill in such matters. Mr. B., had also on ex¬ 
hibition a curious table of calculations, called the “ Mechanic’s 
Chart and Lumberman’s Assistant,” said to be convenient for 
a great variety of estimates—Diploma. 
Stoves and Tin Ware. —The show in this line was mea¬ 
gre ; Adams, of Madison ; and Adams & Davenport, Monroe, 
Green Co., exhibited good articles—and were awarded premi¬ 
ums on them. 
Lumber. —There was but one exhibition in this line. C. 
H. Luce of Madison, presented some of the handsomest pine 
plank we ever saw—1 1-2 to 2 and three inches thick, very 
long, clear, and a yard or more in width. 
County Maps. —0. Gurnsey, of Janesville, exhibited a 
. very finely executed map of Rock county, bordered with small 
plats of the several cities and villages within the county. W. 
M. Hough, of Madison, also had a similar map of Dane county, 
and minutely executed. These maps define the topography of 
