The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-10-09
TConcIudsd from our last.1

will repay an attentive perusal. They
recommended the following premiums -
To Messrs. Gooiale and Co. of Mill:
bury, for the best super6ne Broad
cloth, of sufficient quantity, S IS: 90
To the Walcutt Manufacturing Com
pany, for the best Cashmere, 10 90
To Sarah Patrick, of Worcester, for
the best Carpeting, Is: 90
To Adolphus Bartholomew, of Hard
wick, for the next best, 10: 90
To Lovett Peters, of Marlborough,
for the best Flannel, 10: 90
To Nathaniel P. Denny, of Leicester,
for the next best, $500
To Jonathan Mann, Of Worcester, for
the best Woollen Cloth, OF Domes-
tick Manufacture, $50
To Stephen Shepherd, of Berlin, for
the next best, 5: 90
To Levi Sawyer, of Bolton, for the
best Woollen half Stockings, fer
men, goo
The Committee mentioned in terms
OF commentator several articles of SUI
perior quality, viz. piece of Superlne
Broadcloth by the Walcutt Manufacture
ing Co. which was deficient in length;
beautiful piece of Flannel, made by
Miss Clara Fay, of -Braintree; an
other piece, by Mrs. Martha Lincoln, of
Worcester some well-knit Woollen
Stockings, by blind woman; another
pair, by a woman of 80 years of age,
and another pair by one 50 years old;
a piece of beautiful blue Sattinet, by
Leonard Legg s. Co. of Grafton; some
handsome Hearth-Ruggs, by Miss Sally
Penniman, of New-Braintree, and Miss
Mary B. Warren, of Leicester; and some
pairs of Rose Blankets by Miss Fanny
Pierce, of New-Braintree, and Mrs. VIII
liam M'Farland, of Worcester.
The Committee on all other yManufac-
tured Articles besides those Of Cotton and
Woollen, consisted of Bezaleel Taft, jun
Esq. of Uxbridge, Chairman; Col. Hen
~ Sargent, of Leicester; Mr.. James
Walcutt, jun. of Southbrldge; Mr.. Hem
~ NJ. Skies, of Worcester; Mr.. Royal
Keith, of Grafton; and Col. Henry Pen
niman, of New-Braintree. This Com
mittee remarked upon the Importance
of exciting greater spirit of emulation
than seems at present to exist among
our ingenious Mechanics, who have it
In their power to do so much, and who
vet content themselves TO do so little.
They recommended the following pre-
rniums -
To Anna R. Putnam, of Grafton, for
the best piece of Linen Shifting, $500
To Jabez Brigham, of Worcester, for
the next best, 800
To Nathan Stone, of Ward, for the
best Linen Diaper, 500
To Lemuel Healy, of Dudley, for the
best specimen of Sewing Silk, 10 90
To Harmon Chamberlin, of Worces-
ter, for Linen damask Table
Cloths, 200
To Abigail Hapgood, of Shrewsbury,
for a Straw Bonnet, 500
To Benjamin Read, of Templeton,
for the best Sole Leather, 10 100
To Joseph Griggs & Co. of Millbury,
for the best Calf Skins, 10 100
To John Aspinwall, of Millbury, for
the best Morocco, 600
To Stephen Hastings, of Sterling, for
the best Butter, 700
To Oliver Barrett, of Bolton, for the
next best, 500
To Philemon Wright, of Worcester,
for the next best 800
To Francis Grout, of Worcester, for
another specimen, 400
To Ebenezer Tidd, of New-Brain-
tree, for the best Cheese, 10 100
To William Earle, of New-Braintree,
for the next best, 500
To Seth Goddard, of Holden, for some
excellent Barrels, 100
To Josiah Rice, of Holden, for same, 100
The Committee particularly mention
ed several articles as worthy OF praise,
to which it was not in their power to
award premiums, viz. piece of Linen
Shifting, by Sibil Wilcox, of New-Brain-
tree; Straw Bonnet, exhibited by
Elias Whitney, of Lancaster one by
Jonathan Wood, of Worcester; one by
Martha Ware, of Shrewsbury and one
by Miss Green of Mendon; some very
nice Maple Sugar, by Mr.. Ring, of Hard.
wick; superb Fowling Piece, by ST.
las Allen, Of Shrewsbury; Patent
Time-Piece by Simon Willard, of Rox-
bury; some superior Hats, by Joseph
F. Seaver, of Marlborough; an ele-
giant Covering to Musick Seat, by Mrs.
Elizabeth Davis, of Worcester taste
full specimen of Needle Work, by Miss
Lincoln, Of Worcester some well man
ufactured Sole Leather, by Messrs. Wat
sons, of Princeton, and by Messrs. Da-
Wis, of Marlborough; CalfSkins, by
Messrs. Davis Morocco, by Messrs.