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 <PiiJ5fiHrIntsritrj (!|IiarttaljIiJ Pertanir giJ5f)0ciatii)n, If til iiif i ixiiBifiiii ii'Si^ AWAEDED TO CHICKERING & SONS, III[|{IGH[n PREMIUM, HOLD MM, FOR THE BEST ORAND, SE.TII-C^RAIVD, AIVD SQUARE PIANOFORTES; SILVER MEDAL, THE ONLY PREMIUM FOR UPRIGHT OR COTTAGE PIANOS. Making in all 40 Medab, the highest premium over all competitors. From, the ^^ Daily Atlas and Bee," Tkursday Morning, October 2b, 1860. Premiom Pianos at the Late Fair. — By reference to the above advertisement it will be seen that the celebrated firm of Chickering & Sons have again obtained all the first premiums for superi- ority in Pianos, at the late Fair of the Massachusetts Cliaritable Mechanic Association, and over all competitors. These awards are made for each of the individual classes of Instruments under the name of Grand, Semi-Grand, Square, and Upright; a Gold Medal having been given for the first three, and a Silver one for the last, which latter was the only premium gained for that peculiar style. In calling the attention of the public to this notice, we cannot but feel pride at this new triumph of our townsmen, and the more so when we consider that at no other Fair in the United States are speci- mens of mechanism put to so severe a test, or have their excellences so thoroughly and impartially criticised, as at the Massachusetts Exhibition, holden in Boston. A superiority at a former display can be no criterion at a subsequent one, as the cou.stant exertions, during the interval of three or four years which elapse between the Fairs, for improvement either in skill or new inventions, are almost sure to result in an advanced state of the art. As can easily be inferred, therefore, renewed* exertions must be the price of any hopes of future success, the time having gone by wlien a name only is all that is necessary for advancement. A reputation is made by care and attention, aided by genius; and the oft-repeated remark of " get- ting a name up " means neither humbug nor chance, but is the result of a strong will to excel, clear- sightedness, and industry. These qualities, possessed in so great a degree by the cider Chickering, have descended to his sons, and their continued triumphs can be ascribed only to the rare inheritance of their fathers' endow- ments