... TO-DAY'S RECIPE. BLACKBERRY BLANCMANGE. Pick over the blackberries carefully so .as to remove any stalks or leaves, and measure out two br.eakfastcupfuls. Place in a saucepan on the fire with a quart of water, and allow to boil very slowly . for about ...

... PENKETH. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday a girl named Fisher had a narrow escape from drowning. She was gathering blackberries from a bush along the brook side, when she overbalanced herself and fell into the water. Owing to the recent heavy rain the brook ...

... green as grass, but it isn't grass; as red as blood, but it isn't blood; as black as ink, but it isn't ink. What is it? A blackberry. When is a man above .his ears in debt? When he has got a hat on that is not paid for. • What is that which is up the hill ...

... Stewed Pears & Custard. rry them ;together. . Stewed Plums & Custard. BIRD'S CUSTARD is the one thing •.:4 ~ ' Stewed Blackberries tic Custard. Stewed Damsons & Custard needed with an Stewed, Tinned, ,- i.k. their flavour, imparts to -•:•r .,, .4' ,' ...

... as grass, but it is not grass; red as fire, but it is rot fire; black as ink, but it is not ink. What is it ?—Answer: A blackberry. llopinc , to see this in print, I remain, your loving Niece, ...

... cities the coming and goings of the seasons are not so noticeable as in the couetry, but when the town-bred children go a-blackberrying t,ne knows that autumn is tapping at the door, and that we may soon expect the fall of the leaf.—At many churches the harvest ...

... , 168; cherries, 165; pears, 157; grapes, 14 . 9; apples, 130; whortleberries, 103; raspberries, 9•7; pineapples, 9.3; blackberries, 8 - 4; cranberries, B'4; lemons, 7'4; melons, 7'2; strawberries, 6'o: peaches, s'B; olives, 57. Several other fruits were ...

... Custard. 1,,,,, _ . . ,, 5T er•l, Stewed Pears & Custard. rilr - Cry them iogetlier. Stewed Plums & Custard. . is th Stewed Blackberries & Custard. the one sag Stewed Damsons & Custard. needed with all Stewed, Tinned, a ~v, ' : • or Bottled Fruits. It enhances ...

... month great crops of blackberries are ripe and ready for use. Comparatively little of the fruit—in proportion to the immense quantities that come to maturity—is picked or eaten. Yet it is not that English people do not like blackberries. There is probably ...

... gipsy, And liv'd upon the moons; Her bed it the brown heath turf, And her house was out of doors. Her apples were swart blackberries, Her currants, pods o' broom; Her wine was dew of the wild white rose, Her book a churchyard tomb. Her brothers were the ...

... lanes to be enjoyed, and the romping in the hay. It is rare fun, too, to set off, arined with crboks, to gather nuts or blackberries. It is lovely on a hot, sultry day to sit under the trees and enjoy Nature's wonderful beauty. I prefer the glorious country ...

... had the pleasure to be presented with, and, in fact, personally to cult, large numbers of primroses. Wild strawberry and blackberry blossoms, too, were in profusion, and the calyx of the rhododendron gave promise of earlyopening and revelation of its gorgeous ...