... _their d » y « and nights _to _Hoodlid abandon tho art in despair . _His pun ' _s are »» t onl y thrown out as thick a _. blackberries , but _icy are introduced with consummate skill , and _ many case _. _. united to poetry of a high order . • nuecd , ...

... meaning . Tlie _fanners at tlie _last _election were _gulled by tlie _pledges and _promises , _wliicli wero plentiful as _blackberries in their _hedges , and were nearly as valueless . These _men , proverbially slow to learn , have been rendered wise by ...

... _fowling-piece at a girl _sixteen years _old , who liad stepped from her _father ' s _garden into a plantation to gather _blackberries . Several _shots _entered into _the poor _girl's _liotly , _THE LAST OF THE REBECCAS . _—Henry _Rvaiis , _committed to ...

... _sweets _, and _tho _cident insects are at present busy culling food from rag-weed , wild mustard , and the blossoms of _blackberries _. Prices for this season have not yet been _fixed . _—Dumfries _Courier . _ATTEMPTED _SUICIDE AT GALASniELS . —On Monday ...

... _—There is likely to be a keen contest for the _represema tion of this city . Candidates are positively as plentiful as blackberries , every post _announcing a fresh one . Mr Butt _has determined to take the fieldand _would probably have had a fair _cliance ...