With an experience of eleven years in manufacturing and improving their machine, the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, sparing no expense to render the maching as perfect as can be made, have lately introduced several new improvements, among which are the Glass Cloth Presser and Hemmer and the Glass Braider, as represented in the following diagrams. The Glass Cloth Presser enables the operator to see each stitch as it is formed, and to guide the work more accurately. The Hemmer is easily attached by sliding it in the place of and substituting it for the Glass Cloth Presser, which is much more convenient than the old style Hemmer. The Braider is a simple and ingenious device for stitching braid on any kind of fabric in the most elaborate designs, without any previous basting. The braid follows the needle with per fect accuracy, taking any curve desired, so that the most intricate pattern may be braided with great rapidity, and, as it is made of glass, the stamped pattern can be seen through it and readily followed. The Corder, made also of glass, holds the cord to its place, and is of great advantage in cord ing shirt bosoms, collars, etc. The ingenuity of the Rotating Hook is wonderful from its remarkable simplicity; it dispenses with the dirt of lubrication, and requires no addition to the power needed to drive the machine, while the stitches are made more rapidly. A good deal of time is also saved in winding the bobbins to form the lock-stitch. This invention of the Rotating Hook is that which has given character to the Wheeler & Wilson Machine, and although the stitch is the same as that originally produced by Howe, it is done by a more simple and ingenious method. The Rotating Hook is upon the end of the main shaft that moves all the work, and is carved out of solid steel by a series of the most ingenious machines that we ever saw in operation. Indeed, it could not be made by any other means, so that every one would be perfect and exactly like every other one. As it revolves it seizes the loop of the thread in the needle the instant it passes through the cloth, opens it out and carries it around the bobbin, so that the thread is then passed through the loop of the stitch; this is then drawn up with the thread in the needle, so that the two are looped together about half way through the cloth, forming the strongest possible seam, showing the stitching exactly even upon both sides, with no threads above the surface to wear off and allow. the seam to rip. THIRD DEPARTMENT. In the classes of silks and mill fabrics there wese 25 entries, and the following premiums were awarded: SILK AND FABRICS OF SILK. Best lb. reeled silk made in family, C. Reeves, Cleveland... MILL FABRICS. Best 10 yards woolen cloth, Cleveland Woolen Mills, Cleveland... Best flannel, Cleveland Woolen Mills .... .... Best pair woolen blankets, Cleveland Woolen Mills Best 10 yards floor oil cloth, John and L. Webster AWARDING COMMITEE—C. S. Martindale, H. B. Spellman, E. T. Sturtevant. In the class of Needle, Shell, and Wax Work, there were 245 entries, in which the follow ing awards were made: NEEDLE, SHELL, AND WAX WORK. Best ornamental needle work, Fanny McGarry... Best specimen of wax fruit, Wm. Burger, Cleveland 28 best specimen of wax fruit, Miss. E. Craig, Cleveland. Best fancy work with needle, Miss. Erinda E. Thomas, Newburgh $3 3 323 3 ..... 3 3 Best worked collar, Miss. Emma Hills, Cleveland Best patch work quilt, Mrs. Margaret Johnson, Cleveland.... Best lamp stand mats, Mrs. George W. Campbell, Delaware.. Best embroidered sofa cushions, Mrs. Allen Richmond, Cleveland.... ...... Best worked handkerchief, Mrs. Fanny M. McGarry, Cleveland. 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 5 In the class of Household Fabrics, there were 120 entries, with the following awards: Best 10 yards kersey, Mrs. A. Anderson, Painesville. 2d best do. C. I. Dayton, Alden, N. Y... Best pair kersey blankets, Mrs. R. Hawkins, Rockport.... Best double carpet coverlet, Mrs. W. W. Richards, Solon. Best pair woolen knit stockings, Mrs. M. A. Robb, Olmstead 2d best do. Mrs. F. L. Richardson, Brooklyn...... Best Ib. of linen thread, Mrs. George Anderson, Painesville... 2d best do. Mrs. A. Anderson, Painesville... Best pair of woolen fringe mittens, Mrs. E. A. Tyler, Crestline.. 2d best do. Mrs. M. A. Robb, Olmstead Best pair of woolen mittens, Mrs. F. G. Lewis, Rockport.... 2d best do. Mrs J. T. Merriman, Burton.... Best worsted knit stockings, Mrs. R. Hawkins, Rockport. Best gents' shirts, Mrs. E. E. Larnder, Cleveland Best 10 lbs. dressed flax, Mrs. A. Anderson, Painesville... Best 5 lbs. flax yarn, Mrs. A. Anderson ..... AWARDING COMMITTEE-H. B. Spellman, C. S. Martindale, Mrs. W. J. West, Mrs. Samuel M. Young. In worked metals there were 26 entries, to which the following awards were made : WORKED METALS. Best display of copper work, L. A. Lammott, Marietta.... display of brass work, B. P. Bower, Cleveland..... display of axes, Robins & Hunter, Norwalk display of plumbers' goods and ware, B. P. Bower, Cleveland.... display of iron fence, including posts, King, Bros. & Co., Ashtabula display of Coopers' tools, M. E. Higley, Cleveland................ ...... display of kitchen utensils of tin, Henry Blisk, North Fairfield, Ohio Do Wm. Pollybank, Cleveland...... .... silv med silv med and $5 3 silv med diploma and 3 5 3 ..diploma In the class of Stoves and Castings there were 13 entries. The premiums awarded were as follows: warming furnace or other apparatus, L. E. Holden, Cleveland.... med 5 AWARDING COMMITTEE.-J. Cooper, J. C. Danks and A. H. Wrenn. In Cabinet Ware there were 13 entries, and premiums were awarded as follows: J. J. Gillmore, Warren, O., chair for invalids $3 The following is the report of the committee: The committee on Cabinet Ware report that but few articles of this ware were entered for exhibition, although it is of extensive use and manufacture, and on it liberal premiums were offered. The committee award a premium on an invalid chair, entered by Mr. J. J. Gillmore, of Warren, O. In their opinion the purposes of its construction are well attained by a variety of easy positions, which an invalid by a little exertion may give himself when using the chair. J. F. MOORE, J. H. MANSFIELD. There were 20 entries in the class of Wooden Ware, and the committee made the following awards: AWARDING COMMITTEE.-M. A. Brown, James Taylor and Wells Aldrich. $2 323 In the class of Saddlers' and Shoemakers' Ware there were 34 entries, to which the following awards were made, and of which the committee reported as follows: SADDLERS' AND SHOEMAKERS' WARE. Best set farm harness, W. Pond, Elyria, O..... display hames and saddle-trees, M. R. Hazard, New London.. pair of dress boots, Geo. Sill, Cleveland pair heavy boots, Smith & Dodd, Cleveland... pair gents' dress shoes, Smith & Dodd, Cleveland pair Congress gaiters, Smith & Dodd, Cleveland pair ladies' gaiters, Smith & Dodd, Cleveland pair ladies' slippers, Smith & Dodd, Cleveland.... pair bootees, Smith & Dodd, Cleveland... ........ made suit of gent's clothing, Isaac A. Isaacs, Cleveland REPORT OF COMMITTEE. The undersinged have discharged their duty, by a careful examination of all the articles on exhibition in this class, and report as follows: There was only one set of farm harness, but that was in every way worthy. One pair of hames-very superior. The display of brushes--some very fine brushes, by Industrial School, but the best display was No. 7. The committee were at some loss to decide upon gents' dress boots, but finally came to the e onclusion that No. 16 should have the premium, combining more utility and strength, with a bigh order of finish and skill in the manufacture. We wish, however, to state that No. 6 (fancy dress boots) cannot be too highly commended as articles of taste and fancy skill. There were three entries of heavy boots, all good, but the best were No. 7. There was only one entry each of gents' dress shoes, congress gaiters, laidies' gaiters, ladies' booties, and ladies' slippers, but these were all of such excellent workmanship and quality, that we did not hesitate to award the premiums offered. There was one entry only of gents' suit of clothes-a most excellent suit. We also commend |