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EXTRACTS FROM THIS WEEK'S PUNCH

... The Government have been beaten all oves the country bv an overwhelnhiug majority. Reasons for this are as3 aplenty as blackberries. Among them we may mention those of A KEEN POLITICAL OnrEasvEs.- Because the weather hls been dead against them all along ...

Published: Thursday 15 April 1880
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 582 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE ATLANTIC CABLE COMPETITION

... Monday the deceased accompanied a number of other persons to the mountains above Port- madoc for the sake of gathering blackberries, and be- came separated from her friends, who thought she had leit for home in advance. Finding that she did not return ...

Published: Tuesday 21 September 1880
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 761 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

RIPON COURSING CLUB AUTUMN MEETING

... will ; wheie intolerance and bigotry are at a rimnous tiscount ; where broad liberal unselfish views are as plentiful as blackberries at the bottom of a Surrey yalley. But, after a tine, symptoms appear which show that the mind needs the stimulus of variety ...

Published: Friday 04 December 1863
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 754 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

GRIMSY AND ITS IMPROVEMENT ACT

... effectually rectified until the town is supplied with water from a distant source. 'l'here are political reasons, plentiful as blackberries, why Mr. Heneage should go with Lord Yarborough, but even with him, too, there is a little bit of self. Mr. Heneage is ...

Published: Friday 04 March 1853
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 1088 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

PROFESSOR THORPE ON THE AZORES

... of Pico; there were pumpkins and pine apples, passion flower fruit and pomegranates; peaches were almost as plentiful as blackberries; and apples and a pricots were to be had for the asking. The first member o the Azores was discovered in 1432 by the Portuguese ...

Published: Thursday 17 February 1881
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 929 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

MAYORAL BANQUET AT HUDDERSFIELD

... Although its performances had Uot been very great there had been, abundant promises for the futuce-proiniaes as plentiful as blackberries, and it remained for the future to deciae whether the performances come up to the point exirected. The first thing they ...

Published: Monday 18 October 1886
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 943 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

FOREIGN MISCELLANY

... dollar at the same 3' time. Mrs .J L Tuthill, of Factoryville, Staten Island, has made during the blackberry season, just closed, 72 gallons of blackberry brandy, of the very best quality, for our brave soldiers. It goes forward to be used in the er hospitals ...

Published: Friday 30 September 1864
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 2240 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

AQUATIC SPORTS

... Mvumper, by'l'ramp: four non piaced.-Sweeslisakes (30 sovs. eacb) by Lord Derby's Roselear, heating Mr. Houlds. te, ths r f Blackberry.-A piece of plate, or gold cup (value t~~~~~~erv0g ade oaseepstokes of 11) says, each, by Mr. Cliiton's sd hr c Guido, by ...

Published: Tuesday 08 June 1830
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1007 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS

... leaves twine round the stelOS, elI orchideans let down their flower-laden tendrils to the * ground. Hero, tangled masses of blackberry, ?? a l biudweed grow luxuriantly. Strawberry plants sh°,t IP foot aud a half high from the soft wood earth, thousOn1 t7 ...

Published: Friday 16 January 1863
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 872 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE NEW PROVINCIALISM

... long ago a daily newspaper was unheard of im any but the very largest country towns ; now sach papers are as common as blackberries, while all the larger towns have their halfpenny evening papers as well, which make thQ London press almost superfluoas ...

Published: Tuesday 20 April 1880
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 1210 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

PROFESSOR PEGSOLE ON PHILOLOGY

... but there is not antiquity enough in it for me. Well, you see, it was in this way. The chiefs had their native sloe and blackberry wines at these pig feasts. They got top full of it. This stage was known by putting the fore digit of the right hand into ...

Published: Friday 28 August 1874
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: | Words: 1187 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

FROM LAST NIGHT'S LONDON GAZETTE

... AsnOuB.-tLoVdis agent at hideford telegraphed yesterday that the Star of Peace sobooner, of Plymouth, has gone ashore at Blackberry Cliffs. HarlalnL No informalion asl to the wrew. I ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1887
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 925 | Page: 5 | Tags: News