HARTFORD FAIR.
From the Connecticut Mirror.
To the Executive Committee of the Hartford County Agricultural Society. The Committee appointed to examine Domestic Manufactures, and award premiums to those who in their opinion are entitled to them, respectfully report:
That notwithstanding the unpleasant weather, the articles they were called to inspect were greater in number, and in general much superior in quality to those exhibited last year.
There were some woollen cloths of a finer texture and finish, than that which obtained the premium, but a part of them were not of the requisite width, and others were dyed in the piece, while your committee felt it their duty to give the preference to cloth dyed in the wool. A piece inferior to the premium cloth sold for $2.50 per yard.
It was with much satisfaction that our committee remarked the improvement in the manufacture of Carpeting; last year but one piece offered for their inspection was filled with wool, while this year most of those exhibited were of that description. They were also gratified to learn that the premium carpets were all spun and dyed in the family.
The committee are of opinion that scarcely any thing submitted to their examination denotes so rapid an improvement in taste and domestic industry, as the hearth rugs—those which were this year exhibited displayed an elegance both in their design and execution, which in articles of that kind is rarely met with.
Many of the flannels were of a quality much superior to those exhibited last year. A large part of them sold at from eighty cents to one dollar; and the premium flannel brought $1.25 by the piece.
The premium blankets excited universal attention, and were equally admired for their beauty and for their more substantial qualities. We have never seen any superior to them imported from England; they measured nearly twelve quarters, and sold for $14.25.
The quantity of hosiery was much greater than at our former exhibition—many pairs of stockings sold at from 80 cents to $1.50.