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... for trespassing in a wood belonging to the Misses Starkey, of Hattrin Hall, and taking therefrom, on the 15th of October, blackberries (wild brambles) of the value of six- pence, or thereabouts. The gamekeeper stated he had cautioned the defendant more than ...

THE AMATEUR POACHER

... greengrocers and retailed at a high price. Later the blackberries ripen and form his third great crop; the quantity he brings in to the towns is astonishing, and still there is always a customer. The blackberry harvest lasts for several weeks, as the berries ...

WELBURY AGRICULTURAL SHOW

... Miss Reah. . Hen eggs, Dlrs y Gates, deoury* 2, Mrs W.A r Wood, East H~arslcy; 3, Miss Reah. Fancy] butter, MSiss Cox. Blackberry Farm, Deighton. Ijimealtedl better, Miss M S Wilson ; 2, Mrs U Gat es; 3, M~rs J T Watlker, West Rlounton. Bread, Mrs J ...

EXTRACTS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS

... with in light comedies. To ask for a heaviness in any tragic English actor, appears to us _ like asking for blackness in a blackberry, or sweetness -- in a sugar-plum. But perhaps this heavy man may be wanted to give weight to the characters he personates ...

FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER

... rie ornament is added at the Ivaist, or towards one shoulder; the greatest novelty in this way, however, is a bunch of blackberries, walnuts, chestiiuts, or some other autumn or winter fruit, imitated in plush or velvet. - Forn more ceremonious toilettes ...

FASHIONS

... unbecoming, tilted over the eyebrows, so that the wearer can see nothing above her boot tips, and trimmed with cherries or blackberries hanging feebly downwards, or, worse still, woollen lumps which resemble nothing in nature. A becoming hat or bonnet of ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1878
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1389 | Page: 19 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

BOOKS ON OUR TABLE

... in a periodical called sh to The Truth Seeker. ev( !S. of to Almanacks for the coming year are as plentiful as NV, le blackberries; among those before us are the Bolton hi, id Almanack, ' The Protestant Dissenters' Almanackl' CO 'e The Illustrated ...

BRISTOL FINE ARTS ACADEMY EXHIBITION

... rendering a humble subject in an attractive guise. Her hedgerow beauties comprise wild convolvuli and the blossoms of the blackberry plant. The picture has been creditably executed. 078, On the North Sands, Teuby (A. W. Parsons)-We are able to speak of ...

IPSWICH SCHOOL OF ART

... piece which is handled prettily and with much delicacy and care. Miss C. Josselyn, for a study in chalk from the fiat, a blackberry stem and fruit; the foliage is very softly shaded out. the next two medals are given to MlissNotcutt and Mrs. R. Noy, for ...

FOLKESTONE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION

... marquee. in the grounds, and, speaking of exhibitions generally, said at the pre- sent moment theywere as plentiful as blackberries, but still, like that luscious fruit, one did not tire of them. Sir E. Watkin, the Duke of Abercorn, and Viscount Folkestone ...

WIT AND HUMOUR

... MNIMPORTE.- Host That's right ; help yourself: Guest: Thankee, I haven't tasted such a glass of port since the great blackberry season of 1824. Tu QVoQUE.-Town Belle: The ball was awfully slow last night, the men could think of nothing but their ...

LOCAL SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE AND ART

... Cecilia ,uxnm enassrce panel; Caroling Gillman, Sepia;twvo reliefs e by iodion,; EmesaLong, Sepia,' fromn the 'cast of blackberries, also some capital elementa~ry desiuns in cslour; Mlartin hu'rlant,: antique figutre dancing fawvn, in chl3k, also outtline ...