Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-09-17

| Carpenter; best preserved Strawber
ries, Mrs DIR. Hinkel; best apple
jelly, Mrs Clara Bost, best plum
jelly, Mrs G N Wisner, and also Miss
Nora kearney; best currant jelly,
Miss Mary Venie; best preserved
apples, Miss Sallie Rickard; best
pears, Miss Rebecca Chambers; best
picked cucumbers, Miss Ella Shook;
best apple butter, Miss Ella Strait
man; best tomato catsup, Hester
Fairfax I'd premium and Mrs Laura
Williams 1st; best citron, M ISIS En-
lily Sayles, and to 1frs Gaver, grape
jellv.
Flowers-The committee consider
variety displayed by Mrs j III Shaw
entitled to a diploma.
Fine Arts--B Best painting in oil,
III ISIS Mary A Vanmetre; best pencil
drawings, III ISIS Il B Hedges, best
painting in water colors, p G Hun
ter; best display of photographs, &C.,
p G Hunter, and complimentary no.
tice of pencil drawing by Miss Katie
Mitchell.
Ornamental, Shell and Needle
work-best crochet quilt, hrs w III
Ell Flick; best knit qailt, Mrs James
l. Randolph: best and neatest made
baby dress, Mi ISIS Sue Stribling, dip.
best worked handkerchief, az ISIS III
l. Berry; best crochet shawl. Miss
Emma Tabb, Dip; best worked CAM
brio skirt, Mrs w & Edwards, dip;,
best and neatest made ladies' unde-
clothing, Miss Katie Sowes best
and neatest made children's CLOTH
ing, Mrs Annie Perry; best carriage
afghan or blanket, Miss IL e
Burdette; children's AFGHAN, Mrs
John l. Dorm, dip; best lamp mat,
Miss Bette Dooley, dip; best toilet
mat, NJ ISIS Leila Kraft; ornamental
needlework, N ISIS Jennie Bowman.
and Mrs ii + Keyser, dip; best pin
cushion, III ISIS } r Appleby; best
worsted work, M ISIS Lola Scheu and
NJ ISIS Ella Noll. dips; best silk en-
broidery, Miss Flora Atkinson; best
wax wo, k, nj ISIS Mamie Bowman;
best chochet work, Miss Maggie
Michael, dip; best bracket work,
Mrs Elizabeth Grub, dip; to Miss
Lille Witzenberger, for pest orna-
mental worsted work, dip.
Factory Goods, &c.-Best rag car
pet, Slime 81 Giossner; hearthrug,
| Mss Jennie Morrow; best knit cot
ton stockings, Mrs Mary Young.
| Agricultural Implements, &C.
Best moving machine, j N Thatch-
er fWood's); best reapir machine,
j n Thatcher, same; best cider mill
and press, j N Thatcher (Hickock);
best hay press, L f Harbaugh; best
tanning machine, Vollmer q Boyd;
best wheat drill, ] n Thatcher; best
corn cultiyator, one horse; Vollmer
81 Boyd, for cultivator and horse
hoe; best horse hay fork, j w Dodd;
best portable fence, J ID Fulk; best
well pump, E Powell; best appara-
tus for raising water, same; best
farm gate, j III Light; best pillow for
general purposes, Luther Ropp; best
sod plow, Vollmer 81 Boyd; best
stubble plow same; best hay and
straw cutter, Zigler IL Shaffer; best
two-horse barrow, Vollmer 81 Boyd;
best gripdstone, Vollmer d Boyd,
for sickel grinder and grindstone.
| THE judges beg leave to say that
the wheat drill on exhibition, man.
ufactured by Mr.. John Fitz, and
known as the Shepherd u Hendricks
drilI, be highly commended for its
admirable qualities, believing that
when once put in practical opera
ton it will meet with great success
among our farmers.
| Machinery Best portable steam
engine, John Fitz, made by same.
! Vehicles-Best two carriage,
Mason 81 Rice; best spring wagon,
| w w Crump; best one-horSe buggy,
Thrush, Parlett 81 Storgh; best jack
screw, e 5 Hunter; best two.horse
farm wagon, Volmer u Boyd.
Swine = Berkshire, pure blood
Best boar, two years old and over,
ii III Ambrose; w b Walters, dip;
best SOW two years old and over,
ii ii Ambrose; j L Carothers, dip;
best boar one year OLD and under two
raised and owned in Berkeley coun-
ty, III III Ambrose, second best Jos
Thatcher.
| Swine-Essex,. pure blood-Best
boar, two years old and over, G E
Thomas.
Swine-Poland China, or Magic
Best boar two years old and over,
A Grazier.
| Swine-without pedigree, Grade
Best boar, one year old and under
two, G o Lambert, I'd prem; best
SOW one year old and over, f D Boy
er, second best, G 0 Lambert; best
sow with litter of not less than five
sucking pigs, + D Boyer, second
best, Jacob Miller; best six pigs I'M
der six months old, + D Boyer.
| Fine Wool Sheep-Best buck two
years old and over James Fl Griffith,
4 first premium best buck one, year
4 old and under two, Jos Vanmeter,
first premium best buck lamb, Jas
NJ Vanmeter, first premium, second