... rarity of true friendship, but this must be a gloomy libel on human nature, for sincere friends, if not as plentiful as blackberries, are at least as numerous as newspapers. We put it to the experience of all readers of the public journals—either daily ...

... table in character—not destitute of talent, adapted for real usefulness and permanent popularity, are now plentiful as blackberries. Under these circum- stances it is amusing to read the report of a meeting recently held in London, under the title of ...

... OYER. Last Thursday, a little boy, eleven years of age, named William Baker, while crossing the road after getting some blackberries from a hedge, near the barracks, was knocked down by a farmer who was driving a cart, and received a severe concussion ...

... returned heme from his work on the morning of Thursday last, told his wife that he wou d go out to the fields to gather some blackberries, for the purpose of making a tart but his not returning that day nor ntglit, raised the suspicions of his wife and friends ...