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... since the two biggest figures in Frarice met on a similar unhallowed errand; and, seeing that duels are as plentiful as blackberries in France, and 'that anybody can have one for the picking of it, it is little to be wondered at that two enraged females ...

Published: Saturday 18 August 1888
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 674 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

AN ISLAND OF SLEEP

... grapher, with his bulgy pockets full of dry plates, t are safe on the island. ancl lost in the mazes of the c giant fern and blackberry bloouc. So let us go )' down to the port, where the sailors are sunning i themselves, and see if one of them will not take ...

Published: Saturday 25 August 1888
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2721 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

GLEANINGS

... bad been drowned in an old quarry at Bishocbriggs, some miles from Glasgow. They left their homes in Glasgow to gather blackberries, and a man passinE the quarry men- tioned observed one of the bodies floatirng in a pool at the foot. The other two bodies ...

Published: Friday 03 August 1888
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2057 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

A RAINY DAY WITH THE RAGGED SCHOOL CHILDREN

... One of these, with a woebegone white little face, her vet dark hair clinging to her face, held in her hand a bunch of pink blackberry blossoms, the trophy of her day in the country, and behind her ;tood her sister, wringing, with motherly solicitude, the ...

Published: Wednesday 29 August 1888
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2350 | Page: 13, 14 | Tags: News 

FOVERAN AND BELHELVIE HORTCULTURAL SOCIETY

... Best band-sewed lady's night dress -Eliza Grey. Best window rose, amateur 2- Andrew Davidson. General M'Kenzie's prize for blackberries-Mrs Murray, Newburgb. General M'Kenzie's prize for cauliflower-Andrew Gibson. General M'Kenzie's prize for sweet milk cheese- ...

Published: Thursday 09 August 1888
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1627 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

A RAINY DAY WITH THE RAGGED SCHOOL CHILDREN

... One of these, with a woebegone white little face, her ,et dark hair clinging to her face, held in her hand a bunch of pink blackberry blossoms, the trophy of her day in the country, and behind her ;tood her sister, wringing, with motherly solicitude, the ...

Published: Wednesday 29 August 1888
Newspaper: Pall Mall Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2399 | Page: 13, 14 | Tags: News 

FLOWER SHOWS

... backvward season into account, the show was highly creditable. Fruit, as at moan other places, was a poor show in vhich perhaps blackberries carried the palmn. In this class Mr Alllmn, carpenter, was the muost successful competitor. In the vegetable section rhubarb ...

Published: Saturday 18 August 1888
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3153 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

ANNUAL GALA DAY AT NEW BYTH

... were a very good turnout. Roses and pansies were,B perhaps, the best exhibits forward. The show of fruit W was only fair. Blackberries, however, were specially i good. Inthe veetable section turnips were acreditAbil E show, as also were onions, bot potatoes ...

Published: Monday 27 August 1888
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 6505 | Page: 6 | Tags: News