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... the property of Mr. Isaac Swift, on the 11th instant. appeared from the evidence of keeper that defendant was getting blackberries, and never saw him do anything else.—The Bench strongly censur ed the prosecutor for taking such advantage of defendant ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1859
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 229 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

POETRY

... trembles as tbe wind comes whistling up, And slips with gentle force from out its perfect moulded cup. The hedge is thick with blackberries, and little children know The lanes where they are plentiful and where the finest grow ■. They cull the sweet and simple ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1854
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 265 | Page: 4 | 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

4aturalists' Column

... have gooseberry and strawberry blossom, and even fruit the latter has been gathered lately ; in the bodges the fruit of the blackberry is not unfrequently seen, and close beside it may be found that most welcome of all our wild dowers—the primrose. I may ...

Published: Saturday 15 January 1859
Newspaper: Leicester Guardian
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 371 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Miseriks o. bbino a Hero.— You de not know the miseries of being a hero. Penny-a-liners arrest your ser-

... hero of, and those that made a»e so should at once repent. Much better may easily be had. The er op is as plen- tiful as blackberries, Crimeans are .verytbing now and everywhere and though wild looking and hirsute animas ar easily ca_->ht, Uo not at all ...

Published: Saturday 18 October 1856
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 424 | 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

Varieties and Literary Extracts

... some woman ° Expl icit —There a white blackberry described as being, when fully ripe, of a light greenish colour. A friend, wbo very blue, desirous of knowing if they are red when green, like the black blackberry ? Mr. S. Carter Hall told the following ...

Published: Saturday 27 June 1857
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1040 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HOME AND FOREIGN

... at night a magnificent spectacle. Mount Etna was also in eruption Blackberries. - The hedges and woods in the neighbourhood of tbis city are tbis season literally covered with blackberries, and hundreds of women and children find abundant employment in ...

Published: Saturday 10 October 1857
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 1721 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

COUNTY COURT, LEICESTER.—Tuesday, Feb. 6

... statement of fl he plain- tiff (a little Ind), he was getting blackberries in Evington- lane, when a Ind named Robert Webster came to him and offered to give him some beans for blackberries. The plaintiff gave him some, and the lad went away. Shortly ...

Published: Friday 09 February 1855
Newspaper: Leicester Journal
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1095 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Itettering

... determined to make an example of the first offender he could detect.—Defendants said they taking walk, and gathering few blackberries, and had no intention to take any the roots home. Bugby said he was dry, and only took a turnip to quench his thirst. peeled ...

Published: Saturday 11 October 1856
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 426 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BOROUGH POLICE

... having short “ measures” ow her stall in the market on Saturday. The inspector said he found defendant selling mushrooms and blackberries in a 3-quart measure, which she represented as gailon. The defendant promising to a sell by weight for the future, the ...

Published: Friday 14 October 1859
Newspaper: Leicester Journal
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 527 | Page: 6 | Tags: none