CLASS 47-Leather and leather manufactures. Best carriage harness, Jas. Kremer, Fond du Lac. Best wagon harness, C. A. Faustnor. Best single harness, C. A. Faustnor. Best 4 horse collars, Jas. Kremer. Best and largest exhibition of sewed boots and shoes, one pair of each style, manufactured in this state, Verne & Schalle, Silver Medal and CLASS 48-Paper, printing and book-binding. Best specimen of print paper in variety, exhibited by manufacturer, CLASS 49 Textile fabrics, clothing, etc. Best exhibition of woolen fabrics manufactured in the state, exhibited by the manufacturer, John E. Sullivan, Fond du Lac... Best suit of men's clothing, J. E. Sullivan Best suit of boys' clothing. J. E. Sullivan Best exhibition of gents' hats and caps, F. N. Fox. Best 6 buckskin gloves, F. N. Fox.. Best 6 buck mittens, F. N. Fox $10.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 10.00 . Diploma $20 00 10.00 5.00 5.00 3. 00 3.00 Best painting in oil, 17 exhibits, Jas. R. Stuart, Madison $10.00 Second best, Mrs. D. A. Beal.. 500 Best original landscape in oil, work of exhibitor, 12 exhibits, Jas. 10 00 Second best, Mrs. Walter Wilde, Fond du Lac. 5.00 Best painting of a horse from life, Jas. R. Stuart 10.00 Best painting of cow from life, Jas. R. Pompelly, Fond du Lac 10.00 7.00 Best painting of historical landscape in oil, Jas. R. Stuart 10.00 5.00 Best specimen of bird painting in water colors, Mrs. C. W. Flower, 4.00 Best crayon from photograph, G. E. Rogers, Fond du Lac. Best collection of China painting, Mrs. W. H. Hiner. 5.00 Best single piece of China painting, Mrs. Dared Babcock..... $3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 Best pencil drawing, Mrs. Walter Wilde 3.00 Best crayon drawing by exhibitor, Jas. R. Stuart. 2.00 Best collection of paintings, water colors. Jas. R. Pompelly 15.00 5.00 Best collection of oil painting. not less than 15 pieces, J. R. Stuart.. Best collection of photographs and other sun pictures, by exhibitor, 10.00 Best collection of photographic copies of oil paintings, Lind Bros. 5.00 2.00 Best collection of stereoscopic views Wisconsin natural scenery, J. 10.00 CLASS 52 Needle, sheil and wax work. Best sample of plain and fancy sewing, etc., Miss Minnie Lowell.. Best embroidered chair covers, upholstered, Miss Jessie Morrison.. 2.00 Best ottoman covers, upholstered, Miss Jessie Morrison 2.00 Best sofa cushion, upholstered, Gertrude A. Kellogg. 2.00 Best agricultural wreath, Mrs. Thomas Worthing.. 2.00 Best hand braidwork. No award.. Best sample of work in wax, Mrs. Susanna P. Kremer. Best honiton lace, work of exhibitor, Mrs. J. W. Dillon.. Best exhibition of any other kind of lace, Mrs. Dorlin Mihills. 3 00 Best Applique embroidery, Mrs. D. Babcock.. 2.00 Best set of embroidered underclothes, Mrs. M. N. Trall. 2.00 Best picture embroidery, Miss Jessie Morrison. 2.00 Best exhibition in this entire class, Miss Jessie Morrison. Best specimen of lambrequin, Mrs. W. L. Higbee..... 2.00 Best specimen of bleached ferns, etc., Mrs. August Carstens.. 2.00 2.00 Best pillow shams, Mrs. Geo. P. Knowles.. Best specimen of darned lace, Miss H. E. Johnson 2.00 Best specimen of spatter work, Miss H. E. Johnson... 2.00 Best specimen of plain sewing, Miss Clark (five years old), Fond du Lac........ 1.00 Best landscape penciling, Miss Jennie Roberts 1.00 Best specimen still life penciling, John W. Decker. 1.00 Best fifteen yards of rag carpet, Barbara Fountain. Second best, Thos. Mason.. Best woolen stockings, Mrs. H. J. Ray. 4.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 Best silk quilt, Miss Ida Trail, Rosendale. 4.00 Best silk log cabin quilt, Mrs. G. W. Swift. Best patch-work quilt, Mrs. Maggie Butler. Best wrought counterpane, Mrs. T. G. Kinder. Second best, Miss S. M. Carter. Best worsted scarf, A. J. Clum. Best exhibition of taste and skill in cutting and making ladies' dresses by other than professional manufacturers, Mrs. H. L. Hatch, Fond du Lac... Best specimen of darning. No award. Best and greatest variety of articles of millinery, C. J. Pettibone, Best ladies' cloak, domestic manufacture, Alice S. Clum. CLASS 54 Natural history. Best collection of Wisconsin clays for brick and tile with sample of manufacture. S, C. Matterson, Campbell's Fort, Wis.. 2.00 4.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 10.00 10.00 4.00 Best samples of clay for paint. S. C. Matterson. Best collection of the peats of Wisconsin, S. C. Matterson. $5.00 Diploma Diploma Oak Centre. $25.00 Best collection of the insects of Wisconsin, R. W. Bass, Fond du 25.00 Miscellaneous articles not in list. STATE AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL CONVENTION, Held at Madison, February 5 to 9, 1883, under the auspices of the State Agricultural and State Horticultural Societies. MONDAY, February 5, 1883. Executive Board of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society met in the rooms of the society at the capitol, at 7 P. M., as required by law, when the regular business of the meeting was transacted, and the changes in general regulations relating to the fair that appear in the catalogue of 1883, were made. On February 6th, the board convened and revised the premium list. It was resolved to hold the annual fair during the second week of September, 1883. At 7 P. M. the convention met, and President Fratt delivered the opening address, as follows: Members of the Wisconsin State Agricultural and Horticultural Societies, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a cause of devout thankfulness that many and rich blessings of a material kind have been given us to enjoy since last we met together. Generally speaking, the year has been one of very great prosperity. All our industrial interests have prospered, and labor has been rewarded with plenty. Of commerce and trade, both foreign and domestic, it may be said that they have thriven almost beyond precedent, and wealth has rolled in upon us in a golden stream. We have been at peace with all nations, and all nations have contributed of their populations to people our unoccupied territory and help convert what was once a desert into fruitful fields, to build up thriving towns and cities farther on towards the great western sea, and to dispossess savage with civilized life in the far northwest. For all these things our thanks are due a kind Providence to whose orderings we are indebted for the unparalleled prosperity that gladdens us, and the wealth of outward blessings which we as a state and as individuals enjoy. Only the other day we stood among the hundreds of our people who had come together to exhibit in a competitive way, the products of their farms and shops, and to mingle congratulation and rejoicing at the close of a most fruitful season. In view of this goodly portion of the broad land given us for our inheritance, of the pleasant homes in which we live, of the prosperity that attends us in our every calling and pursuit, and our rapidly increasing means of improvement and wealth, we ought to be a very glad and grateful people. As great and notable causes of thankfulness, we might point to our many and great physical advantages and blessings. Perhaps no other portion of our highly favored country possesses such a wealth of NATURAL RESOURCES as this mighty valley of the Mississippi, of which our state forms a part- no other portion that can claim more and greater, and few so many and great facilities for trade and commerce. Consider our mines of inexhaustible mineral wealth; our extensive forests of pine and oak; our openings and prairies with the richest and most productive soil in the world; our vast inland seas dotted with the white sails of a busy commerce; our broad rivers running to the ocean, and bearing the wealth that industry extracts from the bosom of the earth; our green hills, and cheerful valleys, and fruitful plains, all furnishing employment and homes and highways for honest labor in every legitimate calling and pursuit. These are the evidences, that the lines have fallen to us in pleasant places, and that a goodly heritage has been given us to enjoy. To this I may be permitted to add, that corrupt as any time may be, badly as affairs may be managed by |