Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-05


each, sweet and sour; w. B. Hill twenty
six varieties, and James Baird also had
good show.
j. B. Fassett had very handsome plant
stand filled with equally handsome plants.
Mrs. H. N Bushnell had lovely flowers.
Hell m NJ. Holden had fine collection
Of petunias and Mrs. A. NJ Pierce hand.
some array of plants in pots.
George o. Boyce and A. E. Lovejoy had
nice honey, as we know of a surety, and
we know good honey when we taste 1t;
md Lyman Fisk had some very white
maple sugar.
The ladies' department of floral hall was
the best we have ever seen in this valley land
he ladies of the society have demonstrated
heir ability TO compete with those of other
localities in things useful and artistic.
Mrs. J. NJ. Van Deusen showed fine
Grecian painting. j. wilkins of Waits
field had some excellent specimens of pen
manship and pen drawing, that one could
scarcely believe we're really executed in
pen and ink. Miss Hattie Prentiss had
several oil paintings and pencilngs Mrs
Il, A. Bushnell showed an exquisite pencil
sketch. Mrs. Cassns Joslyn had a lovely
hair wreath, also worsted wreath that
excited much admiration, as did those OF
Mrs. l. R. Joslyn and Violet Knapp. Mrs.
n. G. Joslyn showed some sea moss, most
xquisitely arranged. and Susan Preniss IA
beautiful hair work harp. Mrs. II B.
Gross had several specimens of painting
n silk. and M,ry Fisk some panel paint
rg. much admired. A rustic picture and
several fairy like scenes in moss pictures
we're the creation of the artistic h md of
Mss Mary Tambing; they must be seen
TO he appreciated Miss Abbie Jones hao
| wo fine pencilings and match set and card
receiver of card board Mrs. II. Bulky
ntd very pretty embroidered toilet cu>h
on, and Mary Gleason very tasteful one.
"A combination of white o1gandy and scar
ct worsled. Mrs. William Farr had a
'ovely shopping bag Of macrame lace, als o
Anna JoSlyn one of similar workmanship
Mrs. VIM. Farr had some very pretty hand
knit lace and beautiful bead work bag
Mrs. l. R. Joslyn showed nice specimens
If her handiwork in hand knit lace collars
Mrs. +. d. Lamb had beautifully en-
broidered Ottoman and some lovely tide4
n canvass embroiderv her rose pattern
trdy was the admiration of all. There
were so many tides of wrought canvass
so nearly OF equal merit that the commit.
ee had q most trying time and heartily
wished they might dispose of them all in II
lump, by giving them all first premiums
nut those of Mrs. F. D. Liant, Mrs J
Wilkins, Belle M'Carty and Miss Ellie
Savage being deemed a little the handso.
NEST, though it was hard to choose.
In fine needle-work there was good
display and of excellent quality. Mrs. Il.
Buckley had two beautifully made nigh
robes, and Mrs. Noah Robinson of Water
Jury Centre, and Mrs, E. A. Dumas of
Vaisheld had elegant pillow shams
wrought in monogram. Mrs, l.. R JoSyn
had hand worked shams with Hamburg
raining. MIS-. J. c. Gleason some nice
mes trimmed with hand knit lace. Mrs
Noah Robinson showed an embroidered
Iambrequin that was lovely, and quilts
of which she had three on exhibition, wer,
especially fine. Fred Van Deusen hal
several pieces of fret work in black wanu,
and white wood, and Mlttie Prenli s
tret work toilet case and wall basket-al
very fine specimens of handiwork, Mis-
Matte had a lovely painted feathpl
fan. Mrs. j. G. Prentiss some curious
cooking fans Of foreign workmanship, anc
! lovely infants cap. Mrs. E E Wood
trd of Moretown, a beautiful colored cray
oning. Miss Ellen Hanks of Warren hat
Il very pretty toilet set in honey comb can
vass; Miss Mary Gleason another, and Mis-
Ellen also exhibited a handsome car
board picture frame. and Helen H inks
card board bracket. In notices there wer
great variety and some very good work
nanship exhibited. 1.-The Lords PRAYER
ny Hattie Hanks, "Old arm chair" by Kat
Savage, and Cool luck" by Hattie Hank.
we're very fine. Miss Jennie B trnard ha
some well executed card board pctur,
and water color picture. Mrs Luc
II Martins bead work chandelier was low,
ket also. A very handsome crochet par
l. cover by Mrs. j. G. Prentiss attractt
l. much admiration, and Mrs. Geo. Folso
had nice crochet mum r and NJ. J. Folso
ID crochet shawl. Mrs. j. Wilkins and MI
)t A. M. harrington hal handsome slipp
.e patterns wrought Mrs. A. E. Lovei
y and Mrs Geo Pierce hal some very han
+ some rag ctrpetlng, and the show in ru
We never saw excelled. In braided lu
n Mrs. A. G. Jones had one with the colo
very nicely arranged, and there were SO
rs eral others so nearly equal in merit II
ne The committee found it very hard to deci
as which should take the premium,-all we
very nict ly made. The show of draw
IN rugs was large and rich, those Of Nj
en- j. G. Lewis and Mrs. David Griffith bel
nd considered little the best by the nm
tee, but those Of Mr.. Cassius Joslyn, n
de Harry Buckley and several others W,
very handsome. There were some nj
en- button rugs, Miss Hattie Hanks and NJ
ce Hattie Bragg having the two pretti
&C ones. Mrs. l.. Bowman and Mrs. A.
nv Bragg had pretty bedspreads of tuf
no work. A good show of quilts. those
ze Mrs Noah Robinson being deemed
incest; but the patcn work puffs of Ell
I'D Wilder 90 years old), and josie Viii,
q years old), we're worthy of menti,
Mrs. Geo. Heath had a case of millin,
- and fancy goods arranged very artistical
W J. G. Prentis showed some curious trol
al nnia and aoma f,nnv wnodan snoon q