The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-11-01


net appeared 10 hare been scOrn, the Commit
tee do not feel at liberty TO recommend that
any premium he awarded for it. They regret
this want Of evidence, less chan they other
wise would, by reason Of the fact that two
Grass BonneiS, altogether superior, an erery
respect, TO that offered for premium, made by
Selma PARKER, of Fitzwilliarn, in n. II. were
afterwards submitted to their examination,
apd left for exhibition. The very great SUI
periority of these Bonnets over that before
mentioned, brings the latter within the opera
ton OF the Rule that, where there is no COM
petition, the article offered shall not be emit.
tied TO a premium, unless it is OF " superior
qualify and udluc 80 that, with any evil
dence that might be offered in relation 10 the
Bonnet Of Miss Rickards0n, the Committee
would thinl; it proper that the premium should
moi be awarded 10 her. The Bonnets exhib-
tied by Miss Parker are, by the rules Of the
Society, excluded from the competition, not
having been made within the County; but.
as the Committee are informed by member
of the Society, that she has takon the pains
to come here for the cypress purpose Of erlttJ
ting Them, as they deem them highly deSerU-
ing the notice of the Society, and, ADORE al,
as they consider the manufacture of such
Bonnets eminemtly acorthy all the encourage
eminent of the country can bestow- upon it,
Trey recommend that the Trustees, il il be
within their authority, vote her gratatify and
they venture 20 suggest the propriety, and
e1pedtency; under all the circumstances of the
case, of making that gratuity equal to the
premium offered, $500.
No premium was offered for Strdin Bonnets.
But there was one exhibited by Mrs. Hannah
Dunton, Of ----, of such extraordinary
JinenesS and WhitenesS, so leeH shaped, reH
pressed, and so highly finished in every panic-
ulaf, that the Committee have no hesitation in
recommending that g6atutty Of So 90 be
given to her.
Several other Bonnets were exhibited,
which evidenced much ingenuity, and some of
them, much taste. Among them was one
made of Turkey Doa,l by Mrs. John Nelson,
of Leicester; and one, made, as the Commit
zee coniectatred, of the dorm of the .UiIkwecd,
by Miss Lucy Henry, of Worcester.
bunch of Sewing silk, containing 921
skeins. of various colours, made by Mrs. So
pita Bailey, of Sterling, was exhibited Al
though not very Gnc, the silk appeared TO be
strong, and tolerably even; and the Commit
tee, believing it to be an object to encourage
the production Of Silk, recommend that gfa-
tnify Of $500 be voted TO her. IN making
this and other similar Recommendations, they
have il in mind, that the premiums which
they propose should be withheld, are more than
equal to the amount of the grGtuities which
they have suggested.
Various other articles fell under the obserya-
ton Of the Committee. lot Of Chairs. hioh
ly finished and exceedingly we'll painted and
ornamentcd, were exhibited by Dorance J.
Wiidtr, Of Worcester:--Seyeral Account
o,,A
anu oouna 10 s9RenST man;
model of a Side-HiI Plough, of Ingenious
construction, said to be used in the State of
New-York with great advantage And a
Machine for pairing and qudrtcring Apples,
which appeared to be much superior to those
commonly used.
The model of Machine invented by John
H'insloa0, of Maine, called the g Self feeding
Brick Press" was exhibited by the inventor,
and is deemed worthy OF more particular no.
tee. Some of the Committee witnessed The
manner Of its operation. The advantage of
the Machine appears to consist in this, that,
quantity Of impressed brick being laid on
beard, $ the Machine takes them, one at
time, puts them in the mould, presses and re-
moses them in such a manner as 10 obviate
the necessity of handling them in a green
state.n This operation is said to be perform
ed at the rate Of Is bricks in a minute.
The Committee were invited to inspect a
Machine for Threshing and Winnowng Grain.
patented in 1924, by Edmund Worren. The
opportunity, however, which they had for ex-
aiming it or of witnessing It's operation, was
not such as to warrant them in expressing any
very decided opinion as to its superiority over
other machines. They have no doubt it
would prove highly useful to farmers who raise
large crops of grain, and tina; it is, at any rate
worthy the attention of farmers generally.
By order of the Committee,
AUSTIN DENNY, Chairman.
Worcester, Cc,. II, 1926.