The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-16
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL Is, 1869.

Association, manufactured by the Meriden Bri.
Best soda spparstus, T. 8. Waterman.
Best display OF cotton and wooden goods, Eagle
and Phoenix Ma uufactories.
Best piece Of shseting, Kennedsle Cotton Mills,
Best piece Of shir ing, F. Goldsmith, Indian Hill
Factory, Ala.
DgPrETNENr A.
Best display Of chocolate from any State, Bus
sell Hall, New Orleans,
Best specimen OF starch, honorable mention OF
McFarlan, Straight & Co.
Best specimen of extract ~ rye, Russell & Hall,
New Orleans, for A. B. Richardson Co., manu-
facturers.
Best SPECIMEN s,as,9 Of barley, honorable mention
Best specimen OF chopped hay, Bailey Co.,
New York.
The committee Of awards say that there has
been exhibited to them new ton,sto plant SELF
sustaining, seed introduced from Paris, which
they think will prove an acquisition to vegetable
gardens; also, fine specimen OF Texas pecan
trees, two years old, well grown from tue seed, BY
Mr.. J. NJ. Nelson.
Messrs seaton and Nelson, special coumittee,
awarded premium to the Java ramie pant for
vigor Of growth. They Also examined the CAinese
rsmie plent, placed on exhibition by Mr.. F. j..
Knapp, and recommend it for trial.
Best stationery steam engine, premium diploma
20 Leeds d Co., New Orleans.
Mor.icing machine, premium silver medal to Rice
Bros Co., New Orleans, for 5teptoe q heFarlan,
Cincinnati.
Hub boring machine silver medal premium to
Harper Gutman d Co., Pittsburg.
Small vertical engine, premium recommended to
Geo. H. Dougsll, New Orleans.
Anti.fIiction Journal box and lining metal, prem
ium recommended to ]. II. Crowell Il Co., Cincin
nsti, Friction Manufacturing Company, Jersey
City.
Tube expsnder, premium re recommended to Robt.
Mckenzie, New Orleans.
EaSaw mill, premium diploma to W. L. Cushing,
made by Lane q Bodey, Cincinnati, favorable
notice to Leeds q Co., New Orleans.
Circular saw, premium diploma to Curtis Co.,
made by them at St. Louis, favorable notice to
W. L. Cushing for one made by Wood q McFsr-
lane.
Circular saw with inserted teeth, premium
diploma to stauner, Keni& Co., New Orleans, for
hoe Co., New York.
Straight and UPRIGHT saw, premium silver medal
to Curtis 4 Co.
Machine for making shingles. premium bronze
medal to W. l.. Cushing, made by Fuller Ford.
Saw mill head blocks, premium diploma to w.
L. Gushing (Noye's patent), favorable notice to
Biuminous coal, favorable notice to Walter NJ.
Phillips.
Portable FIRE extinguisher, premium silver medal
to B. L. Brown, made by U. S. Fire Engine Com
psny, New York.
Machine for stopping crevssses and natural sup
port for spes, honorable mention for each to J. j.
Gutierrez.
Fruit and potato dryer, premium recommended
to G. d. Bustsmente, Goodman, Mississippi, ma
cbiDery agency.
Railway cutoff saw, premium recommended 10
W. L. Cushin made by Lane Bodley.
Planning machine, premium diploma to W. L.
Cushing, Noye's patent.
Best cooking stove for wood, Bostick & Sey-
meur, gold medal for the Cosmopolitan"
Best psrlor stove, Buck Wright, diploma.
Best display Of stoves of all kinds, Rice Bros. q
Co., New Orleans. silver medal.
Best psrlor CRATE, james Reynolds, diploma.
Best steam cooking apparatus, premium to
Rice Bros. Co.
Best tin stove trimmings, premium to Levi &
Nsvrs, New Orleans.
Best toy stoves and trimmings, premium to
same.
Best truck made in the United States, Hope
Hook and Ladder Company, New Orleans.
Best fifth wheel truck made 10 New Orleans
Joseph Schwartz, Lafayette Hook and Ladder
Company.
Best fire ladders made IN New Orleans, same.
Best Wheelbarrow for brick, Harper Gutmsr
& Co.