... assistance would be gratefully received. There was no resisting this appeal, and presents of 2s. and 2s. 6d. were thick as blackberries. In one street alone she reabsed no less than 20s. Berwick Advertiser. Proposed Monument to the late Principal Macfarlan ...

... and rushy bed, Little eyes that love to look the trees and in the brook, Tiny feet and dew-lit eyes, Should not find his blackberries. — Thomas Ashe. Quite the Cheese.—A vain fellow, who commanded a small vessel, but who tried to appear biggar than the ...

... lad was nearly poisoned last week near the town of Sevenoaks, in Kent, eating the berries of night-shade in mistake for blackberries. On reaching home he appeared in a state of extreme intoxication. This was afterwards followed great delirium and total ...

... State that it should rid itself of such landlords, as also denude itself of their abettors, who are to be fouud as thick as blackberries in the pulpit, at the bar, in the Senate, and at the editor's desk. This common-sense way of disposing of the thing, however ...

... stacks of straw and a patent portable thrashing machine. Ghost Story.—Ghost stories about Christmas time are as plentiful as blackberries in autumn, but the following is so extraordinary as to be almost incredible. We give it, however, for what it is worth ...