... have had a deal of work to accom- plish, but have notwithstanding performed it to the satisfaction of all. To-morrow is Blackberry Friday. The school children of Northumberland claim it as a holiday, and the teachers do not very strongly resist the claim ...

... in tbe Isle of Man. *£Erd.y . fanner -sasaWe to gather abrendi i large bramble bosh, having quite a number S^j^eveloped blackberries upon it. It has been announced from a Swansea Valley lit that the Galatians and the Welsh are of The same family, and ...

... omelet for Julius Augustus. But she never did. or rather, wben she got home the omelet was made with a liberal admixture cf blackberries, and tbe front cf ber restketie dres3 was ruined, added to this was an odour which sent Julius into spasms and frightened ...

... holly and other berries, ar>- numerous; enough. Some are very fully developed, and all are beautifully r.-eJ. Bramble., or blackberries, the llnbus ;.-•■'■- nisns of the botanist, an- plentiful in some quarters, but they are not black. Bed, or even green ...

... and back breadths of cordu roy, the sides being of cloth, set in close folds. Another gown in this material is of unripe, blackberry col oar, and deep purple black velvet — the shade the fruit is when fit to pick, 'lhe bodice is in corselet form, having ...

... but nothing systematic has yet been dene in the col- lection of electoral anecdotes. Yet these must be as numerous as blackberries. The field is worth an effort to cultivate, and a gleaning here and tliere might conceivably lead somebody up to the attempt ...

... flowers ; in fact, plums, cherries, | and berries are being run on. They look season- ' able, bat not pretty. There are blackberry bonnets I and great son hats for garden wear laden with | bunches of fruit. Feather ruffs are quite a fashion with dressy ...

... nothing that man don't know. In the London markets plums and damsons are almost over, but there is a bounteous supply of blackberries, and also plenty of cr_nberries to cook with tbem, thereby counteracting their well-known medicinal properties. Mount Ararat ...

... Corporal Wa_r..ter, who was advancing a company, came to a clump of bushes on which was growing a large quantity of fine blackberries, aad to the surprise aud delight of the men gave the command in loud tone 3, Halt; gather black- berries ! THOUGHT IT ...

... (thunderously^ : After the way I have described it to you ? Henry : That's what made me go. Why do you call theso blackberries ? asked the small boy of the grocer. Because they are black, was the prompt reply. ?? They why do they call these other ...

... out, and the last stage of that man's jaw is worse than the first, being full of parcelain and a roof- plate built to hold blackberry seeds. Stone bruises line bis pathway to manhood ; his father boxes bis ears at home, the big boys cuff him in the playground ...

... acquaintance with first-class cricket. BPJLLIAHT BATTIH _. j The Sheffield Telegraph says:— Fours were! aa common as blackberries will be soon ; singles i ...