Immediately  after  the  dinner,  the  following  resolutions
were  offered  by  the  Connecticut  delegation,  and  carried  by
acclamation  by  the  assembled  ladies.  As  these  resolutions
form  the  conclusion  of  the  S^air,  and  manifest  its  harmonious
action  and  more  than  kind  appreciation  of  services  rendered,
they  can  scarcely  be  omitted  here :


TBK  BorS  IS   BLUE.  ^

"  WberkjUi,  The  Im^ea  in  charge  of  the  Fair  have,  by  their
lotiriog  zeal,  indofltrj  and  effort,  sncces^follj  ioaag^iTsted,
ondDcUrd  and  ODDcluded  the  great  ^i^orth-Wesi^TD  Fair:  and

"  WherEjIS,  Tboee  Ladies  have  \Ken  sabjeoed  to  mas/
persoiuU  iriala  aod  difficolties  ia  the  pro»»nitioii  of  their
noble  work  for  the  soldien;  therefore

"  RaolcrJ,  That  we,  the  ladies  of  the  Conaecticut  depart-
ment of  tbij  North-WeslerD  Fair,  wish  lo  espress  oor  high
nenac  of  the  iiirala&blo  serrices  of  the  litdies  in  charge  in  tb«
cauae  »>  dt^ar  to  as  all,  and  fa>  thank  them  in  particular  Sar
the  abilil}-,  skill  and  oacocES  with  which  thej  hare  conducted
the  Kurtfa-^Vuitcrn  Fair  lo  a  triumphant  conclusion.
"  /fc«o/rW,  Th«t  lliia  Fair  has  been  an  unparalleled  success,
not  murely  in  a  pecuniary  point  of  view,  but  as  a  great
uprising  of  the  women  of  the  Norih-Wost,  in  signification
of  their  devotion  to  the  cause  of  our  devoted  and  imperilled
country.
"Saolvfd,  That  we  offer  our  thanks  alao  to  Mre,  O.  E.
Hosmer  and  Mrs.  H.  E.  Franklin  for  the  admirable  and
courteous  manner  in  which  they  have  discharged  the  labor-
ions  and  difQcult  duties  devolving  upon  them,  as  superin-
tendents of  the  dining-hall  of  the  North- Western  Fwr.
