Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-10-28

Oh Hriiers, there we've p offered for the NJ euiuns
The Isl prsn,uni, ID, was aware,lio Major Jaques
Wheeler anti the Sd, 81, 10 Colonel J Va
lrniine, of llopkuton. There were several He,f-rs
offered Tor eNh'b'iioa only, AMONG which
owued Ivy Lieu. Gov. Lincoln, and two 10y Hon
john Weles
The Sociey's premium Of 8 10 for the hest Merino
Wt,hers, was ob,a,ned 10y Samuel Hen>haw the 2,
II e LIST pteuiiuni, 20, for hes, Merino Ewes and
Major jacques The 2d of $ TO- The composition in
his Glars OF useful and profitable ANIMALS gather
limited
Gorhnm Parsons, Esq. Obtained the prenium of
IL Tor the hest Boar (; and L. More, OF Brighton,
the premium nj s 70. Luke Fisi,e, OF Wai,hars, OH
ained premium ior best Pigs. j. b. Merriam, OF
Concord, received the Socicys premium for the best
spaycd Sows
The premium of 3 20, for the best specimen Of fine
btoadclo'h, was awarded TO Messrs. Shepherd &
20. oil Northampton ; the I'd of e . to Nrssrs Sla-
ter " Howard, nf Oxford. Mes-rs. Shepherd, g. ca.
also ohInned the Let premium, II, for Cashmere
and The 2u, 3, was Obtained by the Wulcot Manu-
featuring Company. John Hunter, of New Brain,ree,
received premium for vide Carpei,ng. BENJAMIN
Poor also obtained premium for best Stair Carpet
Ing. There were several specimens of Gut Fiaunes
sent For exhibition from the Ameshury, An,over, aud
Salisbury Factories aud also pieces Of iue Broad
cloths from the Wolcou Manufacturing Company.
| Straw and imitation Leshorn Hats, manufactured
at Medteld and Dracui, obtained premiums. Miss
Louisa CLARK received premium of > lot a heauti-
iul Hearth Rug. -Four other premiums were awarded
ioi Rugs, including manutaciu, ed ~ Dorchester
| Specimens Of Sacloih from the Salem and Cam
bridge port factories were for exhibition and
we're highly approved by good judges.
| Premiums we're awarded To- John Upham, Stephen
l Hastings, j Parker, and Rev LemueI Capem, Tor
/ specimens oi Butter
\ No premiums were awarded for Leather tho sne-
| cimens offered were CONSIDERABLY, rior
| Mr John kendrck, Of Newioa, obtained pte.
| n'nm ioI hest Currant Wine. A premium was nlso
awarded for specimen of Elder-berr Wine said IL
be ye'y pleasant
The Committee on Inventions, Sc awarded u nre-
mnm OF 5 20 for II Threshing Machine Mr. SInf-
lords Straw Cutler WAS fdyoraby spoken of h, the
committee, but we cannot oIec whether any pre
| MUM awarded. Oihrr machines were offered
| Machine from Vermont, and Pope's Thresbiuo Ma,
chine improved. THIS latter machine, with 9 men's
labor, will lhresh from To 10 bushels and with a
morse power 10 To Is bushels of wheat in An hour
| those who visited the Suciey's Hail. as FAR as we
could Judge from cOnyersing with several individuals
appeared much gratit.d IN having free access to il,
| through the whole of the exhibition
| We are well aware that the preceding is but an
imperfect notice of the proceedings &c Al Brighton
on thursday Many articles of Manufacture and
iperIiaps several animals exhibited there equally
worthy OF notice with those named, have escaped
mention, only because every thing there could not he
recoecIed And record of the premiums award
eu, having heen wholly made up from slight minutes
taken during the reading u the reports of the several
comnhiees some portions Of which we could sea rec.
~ Oear, we have found partial and hmc, that we
hsd thought OF emitting all notice Of them, mill the
omcIhl Trpors oi the committees should be published
nehet'ng, however, that The public curiosity will be
s'Aihtd IN some degree 10y the imperfect sketch we
nave gwen above we present our readers pray-
ing Their indulgence for errors and omissions To-
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