... to have. There's a great deal of trouble in getting a wife —a good one ; as for the bad ones, they are as plentiful as blackberries. There have been two or three young blades wanting to be after j Jane, continued the shrewd Mrs. Armstrong, but I put ...

... Sir Em'st's, sir ? Yes, I said, rather pompously ; for I was a terrible snob, and baronets had not been as thick as blackberries with me heretofore. I must here observe that I required to dwell constantly on the rank, pomp, and circumstance of my *uL££n ...

... her with her lessons ; Jack, who was nearer her age, but a few months older, took her out on expeditions, haymaking and blackberrying and the like, and would bring her home with her frock torn and her knees damaged. He told her brave little girls never ...

... Wednesday, John Barrett, fanner, Dalton, was charged with assaulting Elizabeth Ann Lonsdale, of Deighton. She had been blackberrying on his land, and for this he struck her on the head with a stick, inflicting a wound two inches long. He was fined, including ...

... 8 Oto 3 6 Hams .per lb.. 0 9 to 1 0 minus head and feet. Bi. 0.1. to Bs. 4d. per stone urns (per lb.) 3d. to 4d. Blackberries (per quart) 3d. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. grocer, Walham Grove Green, London.—George Lon V ' un ' shorthand-writer, B ...

... Eggs 9 to 10 for ls. Fat pigs for saltin,'. minus head and feet. Bs. Od. to Bs. 6d. perstone of 161bs. Plums (per lb.) 3d. Blackberries (per quart) 4d. Mushrooms (per lb.) 6d. Geese (per lb.) lOd. to ls. Pheasants (per brace) 3s. 6d. Woodcocks (per brace) ...