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... keeniag overttock of that plant mdigenou. everywhere, yclept factorlike Torndon and Inverinate, where they arc plentiful as blackberries or hob-nails—and other, a lack of common sense, or a .ingle .park o{ nature', fire. How pleatant it i* be*tow compliment ...

Published: Friday 04 October 1850
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2630 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

... thirty-sevon this year. It is decidedly in bad taste to attend the funeral of black friend, and then inform your Mends yon black-berrying. A schoolmistress asked child what 8-e spelt. Tha child hesitated. - What Ido when I look at you*’ TkqyimX?' replied the ...

Published: Saturday 15 February 1851
Newspaper: Nairnshire Mirror
County: Nairn, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2294 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT

... such like things, are nearly all bad speculations ; and as for lodgings, which were to be so scarce, they are plentiful blackberries in autumn, and cheap enough as yet. The next two months may make a little amends for this, but still it will not repay ...

Published: Friday 06 June 1851
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 755 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

COLLISION ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY

... and riages could not be denied that when they had serambled out of the ear- 6 shockin fi ance. Black eyes, noes, ful as. blackberries, bumps and bruises, were ae plenti- and it was only those who had the gvod fortune to insure their bodies betlore started ...

Published: Friday 19 September 1851
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 350 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SCOTLAND

... Forfarshire, which Mantell Us obtained evidence to prove belong to batrachian. Those in clusters, and popularly known as blackberries, he believes to be the spawn of animals, of the fiog tribe; while other and larger ova, which occur singly or in pairs ...

Published: Friday 02 January 1852
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1325 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

... coined pieces from the other can hardly be imagined. [From the Daily News »f 3d Oct. 1861.] Gold is as plentiful as blackberries; there is positively no end to it. woald amuse to see fellows with bottles and panikins full of it, and so greatly does ...

Published: Thursday 05 February 1852
Newspaper: Inverness Courier
County: Inverness-shire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2233 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Varieties

... a you inter, died lately at Pittsburgh, United States, of er, ice of putting type in his mouth. “Live Life is Be ld of blackberry bushes. ean squat down and pick the fruit, no matter how they black their fingers; while genius, proud and per- pendicular ...

Published: Friday 19 March 1852
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1808 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FROM OUR EDINBURGH CORRESPONDENT,

... amongst other objects of the societio attention. Election rumours are pretty rife, and will now became R s plentiful as blackberries, since D'lsraeli has declared the dissolution to be coming. You are to have Protectionist candidates for the Inverneem ...

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

... pettieoat of white «ilk trimmed with white tulle and white ribbons. Her Majesty wore round her head wreath composed of blackberries and diamonds. The Queen held investiture of the order of the Bath on Thursday, upon which occasion Lord Broughton received ...

Published: Thursday 29 April 1852
Newspaper: Inverness Courier
County: Inverness-shire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1061 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

... eloped was her father's groom. Murdkr in Sheffibld.—On Friday evening, the 3d about half-past seven, two children, who were blackberries in a hedge-bottom at Eastbank, a mile and a-half to tbe south-east Sheffield, discovered the dead body of man almost concealed ...

Published: Thursday 16 September 1852
Newspaper: Inverness Courier
County: Inverness-shire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1646 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

... struggle to come out here ; and so they ought, too, for there is room enough for all. Man! money here is as plentifal as blackberries on the Barrack hills in harvest time. No grinding Let of soul and body for a subsistence ! artisans of all classes come ...

Published: Friday 18 February 1853
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1908 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Facetia

... ladies is * beau-he.’ in favour among unmar- NONSENSE.—To think of curing a disposition for telling white lies by eating | blackberries, There is a benevolent citi zen who boil is the pudding- cloth every Christmas and gives the bro: h to the poor. * Tears ...

Published: Friday 13 January 1854
Newspaper: John o' Groat Journal
County: Caithness, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1265 | Page: 4 | Tags: none