... to'-be very weak,. ?? the pre-; vious Wednesdiy afternoon he was in a field gathering blackberries from the hedge, when the prisoner came up and laid claim to' the blackberries he had gathered. Complainantput them on the ground when he was struck with a stick ...

... THE BRAMBLE. The bramble or blackberry is a fruit for which p the demand is very rapidly increasing, and A nowhere more thav. in Glasgow and the b neighbourhood. The bramble plant, as everyeno aj knows, resembles the raspberry bush, and in e. addition ...

... weather. ?? striking among the many illustrations of this which have lately come before us is a package of ripe strawberries, blackberries, and fll. blown flowers which we received yesterday, and which were picked on the previous day, not on the sunny southern ...

... this be so, it will be iwell for them to remem- ber that competent managers and superinten- dents are as plentifisl a.s blackberries; but that there is only one Professor Mfacewen in Her Majesty's dominions.?' ...

... the Warrenton Rifle Corps. One day he told us that a countryman had come into camp swith a quantity of biackberry pies. Blackberries in America are a much finer fruit than those ripened by our faint English sun, and are quite popular in their season. The ...

... would.b' gratefully received. There was no resisting this apLI peal, and presents of 2s. and 2s. Gd. were its thick as blackberries. In one street alone she realised not less than 20s.-Be-lrick Advcrtiscr. DEATH OF SHERIFF Lu>IxDEN-Thie Aberdeen Fr ee1 ...

... be had from othler eourees than loans, and plans of taxation that will produce tie desired results are now as plenty as blackberries. 'I'he duties on foreiga imports seern to be as high as they can be, short of absolute prohi. bition. I think many people ...

... entered in competition; but he eventually gave the first place to Cigarette, owned by Mr E. Furman, and the second to Blackberry, the owner of which is Mr S. Woodiwise. In the dog classes for winners of five or more prices at shows held under Kennel ...

... alrea~dy been forwarde by ?? 'Men to Hopetownsc 660iaeli's, at whiA latter place nuiggets are Oaid to be as plentifal~ as blackberries. The veins are sometimes more. thn an inch broad, and some of the small flat pieces (f quartz, which at prsent ewar the ...

... are even a greater failure this season than the garden fruits, the yield of rasp- berries Leing limited, while that of blackberries was almost nil, compared with previous years; but there is good prospects of a heavy bramble crop. It is also feared the ...

... was held in this a hotel last night. DuctAs, Duchessas, Mar. ej hesasas, and Cavallieri were as common as the proverbial blackberry. In the afternoon was a a Battle of Flowers, and tigbtly-tied pasies were 3s flung from carriage to carriage, and fun and ...

... fruits ought to be re. I munerative to all concerned; with strawberries selling at from 3d to Is per lb., and with rasps and blackberries at from 4d to 8d, some one or two should be adding to their bank account. In conclusion, I would recommend our ClyLes- ...