Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-24
THE SECOND EXHIBITION OF THE HE
TROPOLITAN MECHANICS INSTITUTE,

For the Promotion and Encouragement o.
Manufactures, Commerce, and the Me.
ehamie and Useiut Arts,
NI ILL be opened at the City Of Washington. On
the new and splendid hail of the Smi hsonian Insti
tution which is Of the Eoost magnificent room
10 1hs Uni Cd Stairs.
To this Exhibition he Aanuf,ctur-rs, Mechanics
Artrts. lnv-ntors. and all others ds.iDg to display
the result, of their labor, ski atty and TASTE
from ali portions Of the Union cordially invited
to contribute.
1hs Machinery Depart.enf will be under the
charge of Special Superintendent steam power
fixtures labor, &c, will be given free Of expssse.
All intending to exhibit reque' ted give
tice at as .srly day as possible Goods should Be
accompanied with proper invoice.
The Committee, Therefore, feel that. in inviting z
contributions IRON al PORTIONS tf the Union to the
Second Exhibition OF the Metropolitan Aechauics
institute. they firing t. the producer of excel
lent articles valuable opportunity Of maxi q
known to the whole country their novelty and utiI
iry, the suoerior style of ;hsir workmanship, and
thcr adaa to the purposes fer which they msy
be intended. :
They would RESPECTFULLY solicit from the Led:es
those specimens CT ssanthsndiwork, ah ch, here
feature of these dispays-t as proposed to suhRa
al such contributions td esdt ee of Laoies, and
to award to ar.i les Of { ftin ums Of js~ elry,
&C.; suitrd to the tastes Of e1hib bitora.
on Monday. the 29rh OF Jilogk,, ~ on the even
ing Of hursdsy, the 9Th Il February, a. Z. o'clock.
the Bxhibition will be formally opsuai the
reception Of viitsrs, and continue opesft6nt four
weeks
No article deposited SITTER saturssy night the Sd
OF February, c. be entered upon the Judges Lists
for competion prem .ium, except suen ~ The Com
mittee shall BE- sa.ished were dispatched from dil
tance in tme to have reached he fall by that day
but fa ed to arrive from unavoidable detention.
Articles designed for exhibition oDly will be re-
csred free of charge until Tues Ay night, the OH
of February, at 10 O'Clock; aftr hch time, depfhs
itore will be subject a charge Of from 60 cents to
81, for each article deposited.
Apprentices and minors. who contribute article s
Of their own make or invention, shall specify heir
business
All articles deposited for competition End pre-
MUM must be of Amerioan manufacture, conspcu-
ously labeled with approt Tiare names; the nane OF
the maker and inventor, Gr knownO aid the name
nshed the ERIK at The time of bringing the goods
for entry the record. Pric-s may be fixed, or
not, at the option Of tbs exhibitor.
Depoeitor at the time Of ertsy, Will receive a
ticke of title to their goods whica 4.ket will aleo
admit them to tbs Exhibition at al 4 xse when open
to the pubic
N B-aoods Ghould - s3ars1sA as follows
Exhibition OF Is2s MsEopolitsu NeAhapics lns,i
tuts, Washington, >. G - .nd shotii have tie n 4.
ture Of ths araises and I've naIae e tie party s@
ing them, distinctly marked tn. !ack,ges They
should aloo BE- ac3ompsossd hy dJa;;ed invoice.
Circulars, ocotslz2ns detailed Ing auctions, will
be frwarded, acd say taiSrInatisn aiven, on appli
cation to the Corresponding Ssoreurs, 10 whom ali
communications On tsse business ii the Ins,itut.
should he atdVosses. oot 81 1aw6w