KIN GSFOED’S 
HAS RECEIVED THE 
HIGHEST AWARD AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 
OSWEGO 
Pure and Silver-Gloss^Starch, 
FOR THE LA UXDRY. 
OSWEGO 
FOR THE TABLE. 
FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST-CLASS GROCERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 
ECKER 
BROTHERS' 
Grand, Square and. Upright 
Have been awarded by the United States Centennial Commission 
upon the unanimous recommendation of the Judges of Group 
No. XXV, the 
FIRST MEDAUm HIGHEST AWARE 
The Deck rut Brothkus are thus acknowledged to be at the head 
of the Piano manufacturers of the United States. Puiuty and 
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characteristic of the Decker Brothers’ instalments, and now (hat they 
are also placed officially in the first rank for all qualities essential to 
a perfect Piano, such as '‘power and evenness of tone,” “precision and 
elasticity of touch f “ great, excellence of workmanship,** etc., etc., they 
can justly claim to have achieved the greatest triumph in the art of 
Piano manufacture, and to have attained the enviable distinction of 
making the 
MOST PERFECT PIANO KNOWN. 
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