... in casks to ferment, are said to produce an excellent wine. The colour of wine is often rendered darker by a mixture of blackberries with the grapes.—Louden's Gardener's Maga- zine. CHANGB OF TIMES.—About the middle of the Seventeenth century, persons ...

... SITTING HENS.—Farmers' wives of the old school say, that hens should never be allowed to sit during the season that the blackberry is in blossom. There is an old saw to the same effect which runs thus Between the sickle and the scythe, What you rear ...

... and alleys leading froin St. Mary- treet, in all of which places he will rind. dangerousBt idisances'* as plentiful- as blackberries are in Autumn Nti ?or what he has done, aud for the effective manner inflT vhich he has accomplished his unpleasant task ...

... Eng- land, and that Liverpool and Manchester are each among the places to which a new Bishop will be appointed. BLACKBERRY JELLY.—Blackberries (which are now in season) make a delicious jelly of finer flavour than that of any other fruit. It is made in ...

... Richards, wife of John Richards, of Aberkenfig, said: On Monday, the 14th September, I was in M.ry John's field, gathering blackberries. I saw a sheepskin in the hedge; it was covered over. The head was on. I informed Mary John, and went with her and helped ...

... gets his full shure. In autumn. independently of the corn fields, he can gain an honest sub- sistence by frequenting the blackberry, wild raspberry, or dewberryi In winter he revels in the seldom-failing beech htast, diversifying the regimen occasionally ...

... the assistance of two large sonp- turcens,- the numerous dishes were all displayed- We had among other luxuries, fresh blackberries and bon-bons, the latter were r.ther dry, and had, no doubt, travelled far Each, man had a tnree-pronged fork, and a regular ...