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Show WELLSVILLE PRIMARY FAIR. The Wellsville Primary Association Fair was held on Wednesday in the Relief Society building. For several weeks past, the juveniles of this city have been taxing their energies and employing their deft little fingers, in order to have some little piece of handicraft to show at this fair. It was truly a credit to the contributors. In the boys' department there were exhibited a miniature cupboard, a box, and a table, cabbage, onions, turnips, beets, and other cultivated vegetables. The girls' department had a large number of zephyr cardboard mottoes and samplers in frames, well-knitted hose, worsted jackets hanging baskets, comb cases, hearth rugs, hanging crowns for vases, lace pin cushions baskets, dishes, quite a number of tidles, wristlets, one pair of slippers a glass case of zephyr flowers, and other samples of the same; lots of nice pies and cakes several small patchwork coverlets, one large bed quilt, and twenty yards of home-made rag carpet. The proceeds of the last two articles over expenses, will go to the Temple. The exhibition hall was tastefully decorated. At 2 p. m. oral exercise were held in the large meeting house. Quite a number were present. The program included songs, recitations and select readings by the children, and short addresses by the President, Sister Marie Parkinson, Bishop William H. Maughan, and Sister Paul, of Mendon. The annual report was read as follows. Number of members, 258, meetings held, 13; testimonies borne, 132, recitations, 65; songs, 33; select reading, 14; Bible reading, 6, letters written by the children, 6; essays, 2; dialogues, 8; money donated to the society, $11.63; given to emigration fund, $5.00; paid for stationary, $4.08; cash on hand, 32.55. In conclusion all bespoke the care of Sister Marie and her council. Next Sunday the quarterly examination of the Sabbath School comes off. T. B. |