Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-11-13


tatoes planted in the bottom of the furrow liberal
ly manured with common farm-yard manure ; rows
from three and half TO four feet apart the land
well raked with 2-horse rake, soon as the first
Potatoes showed above the ground ploughed once,
and all the grass, not covered with the plough,
covered with the hoe. RICHARD B. PosEY.
Mode Of Cuuuating S,ceet Potatoes Jy H. a. Moore.
lIand-light sandy soil. Preparation-first plough
ed about inches deep, then broad cast of stable
manure, literally applied then laid off with the
plough, one turroW about feet wide between the
turrows hills were made l-2 feet apart pieces
planted in each hill, about 2 inches apart and 2
inches Deep SO soon as they were up, and the
grass appeared, they weeded with a hoe, and
after the vines about inches long a hill was
put to them and laid bv.
HENRY A. Moore.
Report Of the First Committee on Home
Manu- factures.
The first Committee have examined the
many kinds of articles Of home manufacture
submitted to their inspection, and it is with
some difficulty that they could make up
their minds to whom premiums should be
given, from the fact that most Of the fabrics
We'd with each other in ineness an beauty
of texture. They however concluded to
award premiums to the following numbers:
To No. 2. Mrs. Sophia A. Gardiner,) for
the best twiIled Cloth, 50; to No. 3, Basil
D. Sralding,) for The second best twiled
Cloth, 81; to No. l, Miss Lefty Oliver
for the best striped or plaid Twiling, 50 !;
to No. 4, Basil D. Spalding,) for the second
best striped or plaid TwiIlng S Il; to M. 1;
| (Miss Mary Adams, for the best plaid Cot
ton, 81 TO No. l, (Mrs. George w. Mat
lhews,) for the best Domestic Flannel, So /;
10 No. 2, (Mrs. Sarah Maddox,) for the
second best Domestic Flannel. ST. All of
which is respectfully submitted,
VIM. FERGUSON,
! WDI. Boswell.
Report Of the Second Committee on Home
Manufactures.
! The second Committee on Home Manu-
features, to whom was referred the consid-
Grafton of Counterpanes, Quilts, Stockings
and Socks, award the following premiums {:
To Yarn Counterpart, N 4, Mrs. Mary S.
Price,) the first premium of So; to Yarn
Counterpart, No. 6, Mrs. George Csrrico,)
the second premium of 81 to Cotton Coun-
terpane, No. 3, (Mrs. Dr.. J. F. Price,) the
premium of 81; to homemade Quilt, No. 8,
(Mrs. Adelaide Padgett,) the first premium
of 50 }; to homemade Quilt, No. 6, (NIrs.
Jas. F. Stone the second premium of 81
to Yarn Stockings, No. l, (Mrs. Sarah Mad
dox, } the premium Of 81 to Yarn Socks,
No. l, (Iiss Calharine A. Tucker,) the
premium Of Scots; to Cotton Socks, No. 5,
Mrs Jas. F. Neale,) the premium of Scots.
Your Committee would respectfully recon-
mend to the ladies, that they would here
after put little more padding in their Quilts,
as they do not deem any exhibited here
sufficient to keep off the chilling effects Of
cold Norhwesler. All of which is re-
spec,luly submitted.
FRANCIS II. DIGGEs,
II. H. ROBERTSON.
Report Of the Committee ON Tapestry.
The undersigned Committee, appointed
to report on Tapestry, and fine N Needlework
other than Tapestry, submit the following !:
The duty OF passing judgment upon ar
ticles with which we are so lil,le acquaint
ed, and pass as critics upon work SO beau
lifully delicate and rare, caused US much
embarrassment, in drawing any line Of dis
lincion The sample No |, Piano Cover,
wrought by Miss A. E. Gardiner, for beauty
of design, richness of colors, delicacy Of
shades so natural, and neatness of execu-
ton, merit the highest praise our unequal
! judgments can bestow,-and for that we
award the frs. premium. There were seve-
raj other pieces before us-one marked No.
?, which we supposed TO belong to the Pi-
ano Cover, from the great simlli!ude of de-
sign and colors. 1t was a most beautiful
specimen Of what the ladies' of our county
can do. There were also two pairs of
Slippers, both Of which were very neat and
we'll executed.
Your Committee was al loss to deter
mine whether Rug, No |, came within
this class of Tapestry, and finally reported
1t as such We feel it our duty to ask for
it premium, as j, was spun, dyed and
wrought by Miss E. Hunt, and is a most
beautiful arlicle-chaste in design, rich in
its colo1s, and beautifully made up. it is
really lovely article of genuine Charles
county manufacture and for an article
claiming so deservedly the reward OF the
Society, we feel confident suitable prem-
UNI viii be awarded.
| We award the premium for plain Needle
work to No. /, being four Shirts made by
! Mrs. Elizabeth NeaIe. This work had
claimed the attention Of your Committee,
being little more familiar with it than with
the first branch assigned us. The work
was exceedingly neat, and in our judgmen,
could not have been very easily surpassed.
We regret that several ladies did not ex
hbit their Tapestry, under an impression
.ha. it must, by rule of the Society, have
been wrough. within two years next preced-
ing the Exhibition; and the time after pub
licaion was too short to prepare other sam