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Published: Saturday 07 September 1850
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2004 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE ELECTRIC INDICATOR

... make our word)—tho miracles of art and invention and discovery have become so very plentiful, even to exceed Falstaff's blackberry crop of reasons, that we no longer feel or express any astonishment at the impossibilities and improbabilities yesterday ...

Published: Saturday 28 December 1850
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 374 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

were thicker upon the ground to-day than ever, both costumed and uncostumed —splendid Hungarians—grave ..

... days? But we five in an age in which the miracles of art and science and improvement and invention are as plentiful as blackberries on a hedge—in which the dream of one day is the common-place of the next. Steam is yet in its infancy. are in their very ...

Published: Saturday 18 October 1851
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 8791 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Varieties and Literary Extracts

... William and Mary Howitt, ornaments of the sect to whom coronets are an abomination. Married authors have been plentiful as blackberries, but married poets have been rare indeed ! Miss MitfortVs Recollections. Showing his Respect.— An Irish baronet, a great ...

Published: Saturday 13 March 1852
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4113 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Provincial News

... l>ody of a travelling draper, supposed to have jjpen murdered, was discovered yesterday week, by two children gathering blackberries, among some bushes a ditch at Eastbank, near Sheffield. — A medical examination was made on Sunday, by Mr. Roper and Mr ...

Published: Saturday 11 September 1852
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6712 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Local And Provincial News

... Others amused themselves with cricket, drophandkerchief, tag, &c. &c., while some of the younger excursionists went a blackberrying. A great improvement was this year effected in the arrangements for the tea, which, on former occasions, was not the best ...

Published: Saturday 02 October 1852
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3811 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE SPARKENHOE HUNDRED FARMERS' CLUB

... of supply arise. I passed through one of our fields last week in which was flock of turkeys; these were occupied picking blackberries from the hedge, and as they|had cleared off all within their reach, determined to help them to some of the higher boughs ...

Published: Saturday 09 October 1852
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2737 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Hinckley

... damage clover-field, his property, Wykin, to the amount of on Sunday the 19th Sept. The defendants said they were getting blackberries. Fined Is. each with costs, or 14 days' imprisonment. Committed. J 111 Calver was charged by John Underwood with assaulting ...

Published: Saturday 09 October 1852
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1192 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Market Harborough

... Harborough, charged Crofts, ot iiraybrook, with assaultingdiim October 7. Complainant and several other chUdren were gathering blackberries, when defendant took them away, beat the complainant, and set a large shepherd dog on him. The other children confirmed ...

Published: Saturday 30 October 1852
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1062 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Melton Mowbray

... Melton, was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons on the 25th inst. Ceicket. —A match at cricket was played on Blackberry Hill, near Belvoir Castle, on Thursday last, between 11 of the Belvoir and Redmile Club, and 11 of the Wymondham Club, with ...

Published: Saturday 30 July 1853
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 631 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WHY WE ARE FIGHTING, AND WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR

... patriotic temper so wrong-headed and sturdy a gladiator as Mr. Bright, we could adduce them till they became as plentiful as blackberries. But it is needless. Mr. Bright is pleased to appear as if he did not know why his countrymen are fighting. But he not ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1854
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1635 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HOME FOR PENITENT FEMALES

... (barrister) for defendant.—A little boy named Raven was blackberrying one Saturday in Evington-lnne, and saw two other boys a field with some beans. They agreed to exchange some beans for blackberries, but after one of them had eat his berries he came up ...

Published: Saturday 10 February 1855
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1936 | Page: 1 | Tags: none