Litchfield enquirer., 1854-09-28

| E. HsrrisoA. each, discretionary premiums of 50 cents-
 The best three pair of WOman's woolen
 hose lo Miss Jane JUdson, pre-. Oi Sl %.
 The 9d bes, three pair of do. to MIs.
 AsaIeI a. Morse, 50 cents.
 The best two pair mems hose (ihere be- ing no half hase we were compelled tO eX> amine whole hose as we should prefer) Co Miss Harriet w. Morse, ore. of @l %.
 The 2d best do. to Miss RUxana JudsOn, l A premium of 50 cents.
 Three pairs do. wooden, cotton and lin en, very superior. to Mrs. Turner, 50 cts. ] Three pairs children hose to Mrs. Del phia E.. Howe, 25 cents. One pair of black silk hose by Mrs. Side ney Hand, a .ady Sl years old, discretion 1 ary premium of 50 cents. 1 The best 10 yards white linen cloth to Miss Jane Judson, the list pre-. of 92 %. l The best piece of unbleached linen to Miss Rhoda Taylor, @l co. The best piece of unbIeached kersey 10 Mrs. L. TMney, 50 cen,s. To one p,ece of diaper. a table cover, to l Miss Roxana Judson. so cents. One piece linen sheeling to Mrs. James H. Smith, 50 cents. One piece kersey, also, to Mrs. James H. Smith, 50 cents.
 One plece tewelling 10 Mrs Sidney Tay> Tor, 50 cents. A beautiful sample of domestic linen thread from Mrs. H. Marse, to whom the committee awarded 50 cents.
 The committee awarded the following premiums ,to articles not embraced in the list of domestic manufactures, but deserv. ing of consideration aAd notice, and enii- tied by precedent to discretionary pFemi> ums.
 One beautiful marked handkerchief, by Miss Phebe Everitts, to whom we award- ed 50 cents.
 Two worked handkerchiefs, to Miss Lauren Whiting, 50 cents. Lamp mats and fancy articles, very beautiful and tasty, to Mrs. Stephen 1 rrowbridge, 50 cents. To Mrs. Carlisle, for one knit lbaske, and twe toilet hoxes, also 50 cents. ! To Miss Lorinda l.. Smith, grl 9 years old, for fancy work very ,credaabe to her, 50 cents.
 To Miss Roxana Whiting, for pair of lamp mats, 50 cents.
 To Mrs. Lucinda Ho.chkiss, lady .5l l years of age, 25 cents.
 One pair of lamp mats, veiy beautiful, to Mrs William Wheeler, 50 cents.
 To Miss Elizabeth s Vail, for a beau
 tiful pair of oliomans, 75 cents.
 For lot of artificial fuwers, to Miss \ Sarah Hard, premium of 25 cen,s. To Miss E. Collins, for two very ee. gant 'Crayon Drawings, the only encs on I exhibition, ,he Committee awarded each
 premium of 50 cents, &Si).
 To Miss Caroline k. Bissel, for Pens cil picture of Q 'een Victoria on horse back. we'll executed, premium of50 cts.
 To Mrs. Helen Cand e, for fly perch, premium of 95 cents. To Edwin Wheeler, for wochair sides,
 he being an invalid, and unable to do use- l iu labor, the Committee notice as a pre-
 mum, 50 cents.
 The attention of the Committee was j called to an exhibition of portable um' \ brellas, by Messrs. Morris, Perry, Rich. l arlson, and Seymour, recently patented 10 them. They were very ingenious, and I combined elegance with convenience and l utility. The handle aud ribs were so con- structed with joints, as to admit of being l folded into the dimensions of trunk, ar 1 travelling bag of the ordinary size, and l possessing when expanded for use, by
 means of springs attached 10 the ribs, all l the .frmness and durability of the best constructed and most elegan, silk uurbre
 la--thus affording to travellers desidera
 sum long desired. of an umbrella alDays at hand and ready Jor Nse, withon, the
 trouble of keeping il constantly a, the side, , or being exposed lo lIte liability of being
 left al every stopping place, or taken by the first traveller whose necessities reqnr- ed i., under the old impression that il be-
 longs to species of property :" not appro-
 pria,ed, but get common" As this was 8 t patent obtained in our County, ijs an ar icle '0l great utility and convenience, the
 Committee awarded discretionary pre-
 mium of $2.
 There were also in the room, but no,
 exhibited f1r premiums. a specimen oi J Clocks, made by Coe & Co.,, New Haven,
 with paper macbe stands, -enameed fa- !. ces, and covered with glass shade-be.
 ing very cheap and in good taste, and well deserving d patronage. They were no, ii entered for premium, bat merely to ex hibil the taste and ingenuity of the inven> tor, s. N. Bosord, Esq, late of this town, to whom they were very credl,able. I All of which is submitted by I J. G. BECK WITH, Chairman.