Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-21

old), a knit bed spread. Mrs. q. II.
Heath. Montpelier. knit spread and pillow
shams. very pretty. Embroidered canvas
covers, Ellen Howe, Mortified. Hair
wreath. Mrs. Geo. F.. C. Wheaton, Barre.
Worsted wreath, carriage robe, very hand
some, Mrs. Alex Cochran, Ryegate. II.
E. TeInpleton, Montpelier. had nice speci-
mems of fret work, and Frank Nichols.
Barre. had fret work clock case, very
handsome. Miss Carrie Newman of Ely
had tiny moss cottage hat looked as if
the fairies might "keep house" in it. Oil
panel pictures, II. II. Scribner, Montpelier.
The lovers of art and artistic decoration
must observe with qualification the evil
dent advance made in this dire ton. as
shown by the more excellent character of
these exhibits as seen year by year.
In oil paintings and crayon were some
really excellent pieces. Mr.. Gilman Of
Montpelier had several crayons of rare
excellence, one, The Rogue, which we
lhink portrait is truely work of art, no
finer perhaps than one or two other pieces
of his work, but we like the subject better
Mrs. R. Henston had.several oil paintings
one of which THE old maid" is a gem
Mrs. I. was awarded first prize. Miss
Alice M. Gray, West Randolph had hand.
some oils and crayon work, though we
think her oils her best work,-One bit OF
autumn landscape was excellent. Miss
Gray took the second prize. Miss Lizzi
Cummings had some fine oil paintings
twelve in all, which show talent. Maste,
Harry Cutler, Montpelier, tl3 years old
had IA fine penciling and an oil printing OF
considerable merit. Mrs Mcintyre, Ran
lolph, showed birds eggs from Aaska
also Alaskan articles of dress made from
he intestines of goats and ornamcnlcd with
feathers. Miss Jennie Dewey had elegant
| ly decorated china, and received the frs
prize.
Lamoille Mills, Fairfax had tine ex
hibit Of yarn. hannels and wooden goods
The Glen Falls shirt company showec
forty.one cases of their goods, gentlemen
fine shirts Of various material and styles
and OF elegant workmanship This com
pany have lately removed their bushes,
to st. Adams and are doing full business
and the presence of concern employing
80 many hands must favornbly influence
The business of the place These good
were laundried by the manufacturrrs'steam
laundry company, who took the st prIz,
ut the Paris exposition for their work
They had also a case of goods from fine
laces to ladies dresses. The Weed Famil,
Favorite sewing machine had samples OF
he work done on their mqchne by MIS-.
r o. Smith Of New York (who had ex-
hibited the machine) The finest we ever
saw, especially some outline embroidery
on tanvas, and cheneille on s1tin was the
most elaborate exhibited. They ais
showed work done on the finest muslin
and from that up TO three sheets Of roofing
tin sewed through and through The ma
chimes are nickle plated. ornamentcd b,
hand, and are handsome as well aS II, eful
G. w. Wilder made IL good display Of
organs and pianos, one fine Knabe attract
ing general attention, and il is really .
line instrument, Mr.. Waterman of Mon.
pelier also had u fine display. NJ W.
Wheelock had a case of handsome samples
of binding from the Freeman bndery,
mostly custom work taken from the inf
work done.
The committee on fruit finished their La
bors Friday afternoon, and awarded thu
silver medal to G Miller and son, Pomfre,
for best ten varieties of apples. A. 0
Hood, Winooski, the bronze, and AKRON
Webster, Roxbury, the diploma. f. f.
Andrews, Berlin, made hand,ome show
ing, and also Chas. Wlnterbottom of Shell
burne.
The protest of Dean and Jennings on the
award of the committee on Merno sheen
was entertained by the directors, the old
committee dismissed and a new one com
posed of Leslie Moore, Shoreham; ]. r
Stickney, Shoreham; and N. c. Tabor
Montpelier, was appointed who attended
to their duties, and awarded the gold
medal to Dean & Jennings, Cornwall; he
silver medal to l.. P. Clarke, Addison. OfI
the merits of the sheep or the Justice of the
last award we know nothing, but tn.
action of the directors in promptly dismiss
ing the old committee will commend itself
t. all right minded men.
The financial success of the fair is bioh1v
satisfactory. the receipts covering all ex
penses and the loss incurred last year, and
will probably leave a balance in the treas
ury besides. There were over 8 200 tickets
sold on Thursday, 200 on Friday, and
Thursday night people found it hard to
find place to sleep On the whole a
great fair,