Currant and other Cordials. The currant wines, and other fruit liquids coming under the Society's general name of cordials, were severally creditable to their makers and exhibitors, and we recommend to each one a premium of $3. Cider. Neither of the specimens of cider shown, we regret to say, were up to the standard that so common a national beverage should attain for special commendation. Cider, properly made and put up, is an excellent article, and the art of its good preservation is not difficult to either learn or practice. Vinegar. To A. Birdsall and E. W. Sylvester, for very superior samples of venegar, five dollars each. Among the other samples of the article shown, some were passable, merely, and others hardly that. An article so indispensable in domestic economy cannot be too carefully and skillfully prepared, from the abundant and cheap material which our country produces. "Wine-Plant" Wine. Specimen bottles of liquid manufactured from the so-called "Wine-plant" were submitted for examination. The committee have no hesitation in utterly condemning the production of this article under the name of wine. The plant producing it is simply the common rhubarb of the gardens-totally unfit for any purposes of wine. The sale of the plant under any other name is only an imposition on the public. Raspberry Syrup, To Mrs. Emma Brooks is awarded the first premium for a very superior sample of raspberry syrup, or shrub, which, in the opinion of the committee, should become in more general use as a summer beverage in all well ordered rural households. It is, when duly mixed with water, a cooling, grateful drink; healthful, palatable, vehemently good, as a part of your committee have for many years found by familiar association. The second premium to O. Howland. Currant, Isaac Bower, North Chili, N. Y. Currant, H. G. Warner, Brighton, N. Y.. Currant, Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y....... Best raspberry cordial, Mrs. Emma Brooks, Penfield, N. Y.. Second, O. Howland, Auburn, N. Y......... Pure cider vinegar (very superior), B. Birdsall, Mendon, N. Y................ Brandies, Urbana Wine Company..... No. 29. DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES. Best pair woolen blankets, Mrs. Wm. H. Graves, Blossvale, N. Y. .... Best 10 yards woolen cloth, Mrs. John Johnson Best woolen knit stockings, Mrs. Amos Clark.. Second, Mrs. W. H. Graves. .... Best woolen knit mittens, Mrs. J. Johnson Second, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee... Best woolen fringe mittens, Mrs. Amos Clark. Second, Mrs. W. H. Graves.. Best woolen socks, Mrs. Amos Clark. Second, Mrs. J. Johnson... Best 10 yards linen cloth, Mrs. W. H. Graves.. Second, Mrs. C. L. Dayton Best 10 yards linen diaper, Mrs. C. L. Dayton.... Second, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee... Best 10 yards linen kersey, Mrs. Amos Clark Second, Mrs. C. L. Dayton..... Best 10 yards linen bagging, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee Second, Mrs. W. H. Graves.. Best (cotton) knit stockings, Mrs. Amos Clark.. Best pound of linen sewing thread, Mrs. Amos Clark.. SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY PREMIUMS-CLASS 5, No. 29. EXTRACT. The committee in Class 5, No. 29, in making their report, desire to speak in terms of high praise of the zeal and enterprise of the ladies who contributed to the attractions of Domestic Hall, in making and bringing forward for exhibition their various productions. They would call attention particularly to the beautiful display of wax work by Mrs. H. B. Gilbert of Auburn, and recommend a premium of $5. Wax flowers, leaves, &c., the work of Mrs. D. P. Flinn, of Geneva, $3. Wax flowers, &c., by Miss Perrine, of Rochester, $3. Natural flowers, preserved in a beautiful and peculiar manner, by Mrs. J. W. Maltby, of Rochester, $3. The committee also award a premium to Mrs. Haynes, of Rochester, for a very fine display of worsted work and embroidery, $3. Also to her daughter, twelve years of age, for a beautiful affghan, $3. The committee desire to notice a fine display of worsted work, silk embroidery, bead embroidery, affghans, &c., by McDowell & Co., of Rochester, and would speak in high terms of admiration of a large moss picture exhibited by Miss Evangeline Glankey, Rochester. Miss Isabella O. Tyler, Rochester, nine years of age, for a beautiful affghan, made by her, $1. The committee would call special attention to the exhibition of cloths, cassimeres and flannels from the OAtka Woolen Mills, Oliver Allen, manufacturer, Mumford, N. Y., and recommend Silver Medal. Also, to E. Bostock, Albany, N. Y., for self-acting tucker, creaser and guide, a valuable improvement, certificate of merit. The following are also reported as worthy of notice and commendation: Woven bed-spread, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee, Tomhannock, N. Y.; pressed flower wreath, Mrs. F. S. Irwin, Rochester; hair wreath, Miss Bessie Pinehurst, Mendon, N. Y.;, worsted work, Miss Mary Haynes, Rochester; stocking yarn, Mrs. W. H. Graves, Blossvale, N. Y.; embroidered affghan, Mrs. D. G. Weare, Clifton Springs, N. Y.; woolen yarn, Mrs. John Johnson, Alden, N. Y.; vase wax flowers, Mary C. Cox, Wheatland, N. Y.; farmer's wreath, Clara C. Clark, Henrietta, N. Y.; affghan, Mrs. J. L. Wead, Binghamton; inlaid bureau, said to be made by a convict at Auburn, with a jackknife, exhibited by Mrs. Sophia McCoy, Rochester; feather wreath, Miss Katy A. Moody, Big Flats, N. Y.; hair flowers, Friend & Meigs, Rochester. Sewing Machines. Howe's best family machine and machine for all work, exhibited by E. D. ....... Weed's manufacturing machine, exhibited by Lavan & Williams, Rochester, Silver Medal. Silver Medal. Committee. CLASS VI.-FLOWERS, PLANTS, DESIGNS AND FRUITS. Cut Flowers. Best display, James Vick, Rochester, N. Y ...... Second, Frost & Co., Rochester.... $10 S. S. Medal. Best collection, James Vick Dahlias. Second, Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y. Best 12 dissimilar blooms, Frost & Co...... Roses. Greatest number of the newest and best varieties, Ellwanger & Barry.. Newest and best 12 varieties, Ellwanger & Barry. Second, Frost & Co......... Phloxes. Greatest number of newest and best varieties, James Vick.... Second, Ellwanger & Barry..... Verbenas. Greatest number of newest and best varieties, Ellwanger & Barry.......... Newest and best 12 varieties, Ellwanger & Barry Best collection, 3 varieties American seedlings, not before exhibited, Ellwanger & Barry Best collection, James Vick..... German Asters. Pansies. Best display, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee, Tomhannock, N. Y.... Second, Mrs. D. Lyday, Henrietta, N. Y................... Dahlias. Greatest number of the newest and best varieties, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee.... Best 12 dissimilar blooms, C. W. Crosman, Rochester Second, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee.... Best 6 dissimilar blooms, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee.. Roses. Greatest number of newest and best varieties, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee...... Best 6 varieties, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee Verbenas. Greatest number of newest and best varieties, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee..... Best 12 distinct varieties, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee Best 6 varieties, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee Best annual, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee.. .... Phloxes. Best 6 varieties, perennial, Mrs. J. T. Van Namee... German Asters. Best collection, C. W. Crosman, Rochester Best collection of house plants in pots, 20 different specimens, Ellwanger & $3 3 3 Second, Frost & Co., Rochester, N. Y.. Floral Design or Ornament. Best, Frost & Co....... Second, Ellwanger & Barry.... Bouquets. Best pair hand, Ellwanger & Barry.. Second, Frost & Co...... Best pair parlor, Frost & Co.... Second, Ellwanger & Barry...... Best basket bouquet, Mrs. D. Lyday, Henrietta, N. Y Second, C. W. Crosman, Rochester Best display of newly introduced flowers, not contained in the foregoing list, The committee would especially commend a very fine display of new and choice varieties of geraniums, introduced by Frost & Co., from the Paris Exposition. The display of flowers was unusually fine; far exceeding, in beauty and variety, the usual exhibitions on such occasions. This, with the fine arrangement of the hall, confer great credit on the management of the committee having this matter in charge. J. A. EASTMAN, Rochester, No. 33. CLASS 1.- PROFESSIONAL LIST. Apples. Best 40 varieties and specimens, Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester... Best 20 varieties, E. Ware Sylvester... |