The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-04
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE JUDGES OF
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SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE JUDGES OF
HOUSEHOLD AND DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
In addition to the regular award OF premiums for
excellence In the several articles mentioned, the
| Judges of the department of HOUSEHOLD AND Do.
mEsTIc MANUFACTURES, are permitted by the Ex-
ecutive Committee to express publicly their grati-
cation in viewing the exhibition which the WOMEN
| OF VIRGINIA have this year made In her Great
State Fair" OF their taste ingenuity and industry.
They have concluded that it would be hard indeed
to present to five men of ordinary feeling, a more
difficult task than they have this day tried to per-
FORM The articles offered, were, with scarcely an
exception, superior of their kind; decidedly 80,
that with their very spare list of premiums, they
have found themselves continually at loss how to
discriminate; and besides these, many others not
| embraced in it, worthy of special common
dation that they have not been able refrain FROM
thus publicly noticing them. They conclude by hear
ty congratulating the Men of Virginia the posses.
sion OF such wives and daughters. After all, they
are the material from which Gin this WORLD our
lasting and truest happiness is to be derived
Virginia can never cease to have great men, while
| she continues to possess such valuable women.
| The Misses Sally, Alice, and Mary Munford, of
Prince William, exhibited number of specimens
| of THREAD and SILK LAcEs which were of excel
| lent quality
Mrs. B. Burwell exhibited piece of carpeting;
Mrs l. B Evans, yarn counterpanes; Mrs John Fl
Holman, a rag carpet Mrs Broaddus of Culpeper,
beautiful crochet collar; Miss Martha Baldwin,
| pair of yarn hose; Mrs VIM M Baeby negro cloth;
| Mrs Mary w Britain, piece of flannel; Mrs An
| bert Grey, yarn half hose; Miss Martha Sampson
of Powha.an, (blind) parcel of childrens' stock.
lngs; Miss Rebecca Sinton, embroidered sleeves;
Miss II Bolton, portrait in worsted work. Mrs
Cabell "a blind lady 60 years OF age) netting work.
Mrs James Ayres, silk socks; Mrs M B Clopton, en-
| broidered collar and sleeves; Mrs Isham Seay
blankets; the Misses Ruffner, parcel of tasty and
| handsome fancy baskets; Mrs James Sheppard, en-
| broidered sleeves; Mrs o Elicit, Chesterfield
yarn counterpanes and fine piece of jeans; Miss
Eliza Pledge Gan invad) parcel Of well knit hose,
gloves, &c; Miss Lucy l. Bradley, hearth rug;
Mrs P Dobbin, cloak embroidered by herself in
two weeks; Mrs VIM f MORRISON, silk embroidery:
| and Miss Maria Snead, domestic All the above
articles challenged the special admiration of the
dersigned for their quality and elegant workman
ship. Many others equally meritorous have doubt
| great crowd which had to be encountered during
| the examination, but mainly because of the i'm
mense number of articles offered, rendering inn
possible to do all full justice.
The following noticed, for their superior
beauty and excellence, to which prizes would have
been awarded had 1t been within the power of the
Committee. Domestic Linen, by Mrs Jane A Van
Lear homemade silk goods, Mrs Philip Slaughter;
counterpanes and quilts by Mrs Robert Watkine,
Mrs NJ Wainwright, Mrs Jas Robertson (nnost
excellent;) Mrs Anna C Churchman, Mrs Rag
land, jr, Mrs M Jones of Rockbridge, Mrs Alex'r
McCrea of Richmond and Mrs John ChurchmaD,
Augusta, (qualys superb0 Embroidery, by Mrs ]
w Finks beautifully doneD Miss Mildred Ruffn
OF Hanover, (chaste in design and admirably exc
cuted3 Mrs Lavinia Tschendi (srcellent;) Mrs John
Iabb Mrs Jas Ayres, weddingidress, splendid
article, and Mrs Scott of Dinwiddie Worsted
work, by Mrs Fl P Nash, Miss M Williams, (ueat-
ly and prettily wrought;) Mrs VIM Moore, Miss
Ada Byron Henry, "a most elegant piece of work;)
Miss Matilda McAdam, st Josephs Academy, "a
sea storm and sbipwreck" most admirably done;)
| carpet of cows hair by Mrs Redd of Caroline,
which has been in 20 years; stockings of mole fur,
sy as nr' m Lny re-
Mrs Eliza CLARK, twas very superor;) most ogen
Gus and elegant leather Ornamental basket, by Mrs
crochet work, by girls of the Petersburg Orphan
Asylum. very beautiful and mertorious beautifully
Miss A E Davis. ii years old most elegantly
worked French collar, by Mrs w N holland of Al
bemarle; and very handsome braided and embroid-
cred shawl or scarf By Mrs DR. l. Buckieso of Berke-
The Committee was much pleased to see In the
collection, tic .psndsSy b9 our. copy Of Alone
and elegance of finish, they have excel
led by the most costly English bindings 1t bears the
appropriate legend Genius and art, the pillars OF
the State" Honor to theSsnus of our fair country
woman and to the art of our countryman who has 30
| beautifully enshrined it.
Col Brown of Bucking CHAM and Mr. Thomas
Garland of -, were introduced TO the Committee,
clothed in wooden jeans of their own home manufac-
not in their power TO end these fabrics for pre-
| mlums. They both deserved 1t, particularly that
worn by Col Brown.
Mr. Jacob Alice exhibited parc.l of leather, to
which the attention of the undersigned particu
lsry called They notice it because it strictly
| Of "domestic manufacture" No premium was OF.
fared for the article, but this ertainy deserved
No article is of more general use, has greater
claims upon general attention. 1t tanned by
kennedy's" new process, and the samples exhibited
furnished very strong evidence that t s IAN improve
Inenp which promises . era In the art of tan.
ming. All which 10 respectfully submitted.
THOMAS X. PRICE, R Alfred WILLIAMS, Rich
mond SAMUEL 9. GRESHAM, King l. Q aeen; VIM.
M kEBIiNGER, Albemarle: JOHN b. BREcKEN-
BRIDG L, Augusta.
Richmond. Va, Nov lst, 1854.