The Montana post., 1868-10-16
sixth Days Proceedings.

Saturday morning the indications of
a pleasant day were not remarkably
promising The sky was overcast with
dark. heavy clouds, which hung like a
pail over mountain and valley, threat
ening the anticipations and disconcert-
ing the expectations of the devoted
pleasure s.+ekers who were bent on re-
visiting the Fair but as the day wore
on all fears of IA storm vanished, and the
attendance at the Fair Grounds was
very good On arriving, we found the
several Committees busily engaged in
giving judgment upon the merits of the
various articles upon exhibition. We
were pleased to notice the care and pa
thence displayed by the Lady Committee
in Floral Hall in the performance of
their difficult duties. Being so thor~
oughly conscious of our extreme igno-
rance of the comparative merits of
patchwork and combinations of flannel
and muslin, and realizing the humiha-
ting fact that all beauty of embroidery,
lace and crocheting are to us " hidden
we have selfishly availed ourself of the
opinions of a lady, who is connoisseur
in HOl6tOH, -iLHcOR, and point de VeHjSe
antique, an adept in worsteds aud cro-
cheting, and an fat in productions of
the pen, brush and chisel, and who was
generous enough to express her opinions
tree from envy. untinctured with preju-
dice and loud enough for us hear an d
indite. The wax flowers of Mrs. 3 T.
Molitor are exquisite, and are really one
of the finest specimens of handiwork
il the Floral Hall. Mrs. Molitor contrib
uted beautiful sofa cushion, and she
deserves great credit for her efforts TO
contribute to the success of our Fair
The calico dress of Mrs. James King is
really beautiful specimen of needle
work. 1t was made and finished with
regard to durability and neatness, and
will bear close inspection. The child's
dress made by this lady also attracted
attention, which il certainly merited,
as, like the dress, il was elegantly en-
Uroidered. Her specimens of lamp mats
and worsted work were very neat. Mrs.
kleiusChmidt contributed some beauti~
tul embroidery in silk and worsted; Glso
a camp chair, done in worsted, in which
the blending of colors was very artist
icly shown. The embroidered saddle
cloth. slippers and bead work of Mrs. A.
VI. Hotter reflected great credit upon
that lady's skill and patience. The
crimson silk embroidery of Mrs Mans
field was neat. tasty and beautiful Mrs
Birdseye of Blackfoot. contributed two
chair tides and cushions, which were
very fine. and attracted much attention,
The contribution of Mrs Wilson. of
Blackfoot, in the shape of chair tidy
and cushion, was very fine Mrs.
Stems worsted ottoman cover was very
elegant, and she also contributed two
pairs of woollen hose, which were
neatly done. The Srotcheted foot-stool
OF Mrs. Wittenbach was a very fine
specimen of that class of work The
handsomely tatted collar made by Mrs
Canon showed extreme patience and
taste and the mats contributed by this
lady were also very fine. Mrs. G. Brown
contributed some beautiful specimens
OF embroidery and needle-work. Mrs.
). A. Dake was a contributor of some
elegant embroidery. Mrs. O. Z. Pen
Well, of Gallatin, contributed very at
tractive chair tidy. The silk embroid-
cry of Mrs. Codling was very neatly and
skillfully executed. Mrs. Anna Black
mans specimen of tatting was very
tnstily done. A babes sack, in worstec,
by Mrs Cutbbert, was very elegant A
quilted counterpane of
Mrs. Wilcox attracted special attention.
Mrs Grant contributed some excellent
rag rugs; also some neat worsted en-
brOidery. Mrs. Lucy Watson coutribu-
ted a memorial monument of Araham
of perforated bristol board,
which displayed good taste in execution
and selection of subject. Mrs F. Allen ex-