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Show Cen'eiiiiial Awards. The awards for superiority isaued by the Centennial judge, instead ol satisfying anyone, displeases all exhibitors, ex-hibitors, and the newspapers all over the country are severely criticising the judges and tiie system adopted by them. It is not probable that many of the exhibitors will take unto themselves them-selves much glory over the wearing of a Centennial award of merit, as those awards are too common. Prentico Mulford, a spicy correspondent, thus dcacribes how it is done: Tlie present system of awards ha- been planned with tlie view of giving every one tho highest prize. The variations of degrees of merit are ex nressed in the written report concerning concern-ing your exhibit, which accompanies tho medal. It works tbun: You, Mr. Acoru, have an exhibit of pumpkin seeds. You receive a medal ns an award of merit for your pumpkin seeds. Mr. Butternut has also pumpkin seeds on exhibition. Ho receives a medal. Peanut baa pumpkin seeds. Another medal is granted Peanut. Acorn, Butternut and Peanut walk home with medals hanging hang-ing about their respective necks, ail awards of merit for victorious pump kin seeds a', tho American congress of nations. But whoso are the best pumpkin seeds? Kead the written Acorn's reads thus: mo distinguished distin-guished characteristics of Mr. Acorn's pumpkin seeds Ho iu their symmetrical sym-metrical roundness at the larger end. Their artistic finish at this extremity is unparalleled." .Butternut's report reads: "The meritorious feature ol Mr. Butternut's pumpkin seeds lies in their symmetrical finish aud artistic ar-tistic curve at tho smaller end, as well as a peculiar fullness in the middle, indicative of a certain richness rich-ness and fine flavor. The pies made from Mr. Butternut's pumpkins, raised from ih.u aJs, wilt uuubt-less uuubt-less possess a fruitlulness aud boquct de pumpkin unattainable by pies made from pumpkins raised from any other seed." DO BBS, Run iw, SCRDHBS. Aud when wo come to Peanuts' report we find his pumkin seeds commended "for an average of symmetry sym-metry at both tho large and small ends, which, while neither the large end taken singly may have attained ae regards shape the peculiar excellence excel-lence of Acorn's pumpkin seed, nor the small end regarded as an end taken all by itself may equal in artis-tie artis-tie finish the merits of Butternut's pumpkin seed, e till the average of Peanut's pumpkin aeeds regarded aa an average may doubtless bo considered consid-ered a superior average than that attuiued by tho product of eithor Acorn or Butternut, although in special points of merit Peanut's ptilupkin seeds will rank one or two degrees in the scale lower than tho above-mentioned Acorn's or Butternut's Butter-nut's pumpkin seals. Dubbs, Kubbs, SCEUBBS. You will sec that by this ingenious method of award everybody is guaranteed guar-anteed a superior article; everybody gets a medal; everybody gains the highest possible prize, and everybody, especially in tho piano, patent churn, reaper, mower aud sewing machine line, have tho opportunity of starting in the commendation of their wares just where they commenced before the Centennial and fighting their battles bat-tles all over again. |