Cass, a person with two lives.

Cockerel, a young cock.

Cocktail, a kind of drink; also, an ornament peculiar to soldiers.

Convention, a place where people are imposed on; a juggler's show.

Coons, a cunt term for a now defunct party; derived, perhaps, from the fact of their being commonly up a tree.

Cornwallis, a sort of muster in masquerade; supposed to have had its origin soon after the Revolution, and to commemorate the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. It took the place of the old Guy Fawkes procession. Crooked stick, a perverse, froward person. Cunnle, a colonel.

Cus, a curse; also, a pitiful fellow.

D.

Darsn't, used indiscriminately, either in singular or plural number, for dare not, dares not, and dared not.

Deacon off, to give the cue to; derived from a custom, once universal, but now extinct, in our New England Congregational churches. An important part of the office of deacon was

F.

Fence, on the; said of one who halts between two opinions; a trimmer.

Fer, for.

Ferfle, ferful, fearful; also an intensive.
Fin', find.

Fish-skin, used in New England to clarify coffee.

Fix, a difficulty, a nonplus.
Foller, folly, to follow.
Forrerd, forward.
Frum, from.
Fur, far.

Furder, farther.
Furrer, furrow.

Metaphorically, to draw a

straight furrow is to live uprightly or decorously. Fust, first.

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W.

Wake snakes, to get into trouble.

Wal, well; spoken with great deliberation, and sometimes with the a very much flattened, sometimes (but more seldom) very much broadened.

Wannut, walnut (hickory).
Ware, where.
Ware, were.

Whopper, an uncommonly large lie; as, that General Taylor is in favor of the Wilmot Proviso.

Wig, Whig; a party now dissolved.
Wunt, will not.
Wus, worse.
Wut, what.

Wuth, worth; as, Antislavery perfessions fore
'lection aint with a Bungtown copper.
Wuz, was, sometimes were.

A.

A. wants his axe ground, 257.

A. B., information wanted concerning, 190. Abraham (Lincoln), his constitutional scruples,

257.

Abuse, an, its usefulness, 268.

Adam, eldest son of, respected, 171-his fall, 274-how if he had bitten a sweet apple? 277.

Adam, Grandfather, forged will of, 246.
Eneas goes to hell, 198.

Eolus, a seller of money, as is supposed by some, 198.

Eschylus, a saying of, 183, note.

Alligator, a decent one conjectured to be, in some sort, humane, 203. Allsmash, the eternal, 260.

Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal, tyrannical act of, 204.

Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but rationalistic) sentiment of, 178.

"American Citizen," new compost so called,

198.

American Eagle, a source of inspiration, 181 hitherto wrongly classed, 184-long bill of,

ib.

Americans bebrothered, 241.

Amos cited, 178.

Anakim, that they formerly existed, shown, 204.
Angels providentially speak French, 174-con-
jectured to be skilled in all tongues, ib.
Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what, 174.
Anglo-Saxon mask, 174.
Anglo-Saxon race, 173.

Anglo-Saxon verse, by whom carried to perfection, 171.

Anthony of Padua, Saint, happy in his hearers, 250.

Antiquaries, Royal Society of Northern, 263. Autonius, a speech of, 179-by whom best reported, ib.

Apocalypse, beast in, magnetic to theologians, 192.

Apollo, confessed mortal by his own oracle,

B., a Congressman, vide A.

Babel, probably the first Congress, 184-a gabble-mill, ib.

Baby, a low-priced one, 197.
Bacon, his rebellion, 251.
Bacon, Lord, quoted, 251.

Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be damned, 187.

Balcom, Elder Joash Q., 2d, founds a Baptist society in Jaalam, A. D. 1830, 283. Baldwin apples, 204.

Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most pleasant, 198.

Barnum, a great natural curiosity recommended to, 183.

Barrels, an inference from seeing, 204.
Bartlett, Mr., mistaken, 239.

Baton Rouge, 199-strange peculiarities of laborers at, ib.

Baxter, R., a saying of, 178.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 203.

Bay State, singular effect produced on military officers by leaving it, 174.

Beast, in Apocalypse, a loadstone for whom, 192-tenth horn of, applied to recent events, 275.

Beaufort, 262.

Beauregard (real name Toutant), 242, 256.
Beaver brook, 287.

Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 187.

Behmen, his letters not letters, 191.
Behn, Mrs. Aphra, quoted, 251.

Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 200- inhumanly refuses credit to a presidential candidate, 201.

Belmont. See Woods.

Bentley, his heroic method with Milton, 264.

Bible, not composed for use of colored persons,

253.

Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J. T. Buck-
ingham, 169 never heard of any one named
Mundishes, ib. — nearly fourscore years old,
ib. — his aunt Keziah, a notable saying of, ib.
Biglow, Hosea, Esquire, excited by composition,
169-a poem by, ib., 188- his opinion of war,
170-wanted at home by Nancy, 170- recom-
mends a forcible enlistnient of warlike editors,
ib.would not wonder, if generally agreed
with, 171-versifies letter of Mr. Sawin, 172
- a letter from, 172, 185- his opinion of Mr.
Sawin, 171 - does not deny fun at Cornwal-
lis, 172, note -- his idea of militia glory, 173,
note a pun of, 173, note-is uncertain in
regard to people of Boston, ib. had never
heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 175-aliquid
sufflaminandus, 176— his poems attributed to
a Mr. Lowell, 177-is unskilled in Latin, ib. |
- his poetry maligned by some, 178-his dis-
interestedness, ib. — his deep share in com-
mon-weal, ib. his claim to the presidency,
ib. his mowing, ib. -- resents being called
Whig, ib. opposed to tariff, ib. - obstinate,
ib. infected with peculiar notions, ib.
reports a speech, 179-emulates historians
of antiquity, ib.his character sketched
from a hostile point of view, 184-a request
of his complied with, 187-appointed at a
public meeting in Jaalam, 191-confesses
ignorance, in one minute particular, of pro-
priety, ib. his opinion of cocked hats, ib.
-letter to, ib. - called "Dear Sir," by a gen-
eral, ib.probably receives same compli-
ment from two hundred and nine, ib. — - picks
his apples, 204 - his crop of Baldwins conjec-
turally large, ib. — his labors in writing auto-
graphs, 231-visits the Judge and has a pleas-
ant time, 239- born in Middlesex County,
243-his favorite walks, ib. -- his gifted pen,
259 born and bred in the country, 271-
feels his sap start in spring, 272-is at times
unsocial, ib. the school-house where he
learned his a be, ib. - falls asleep, 273- his
ancestor a Cromwellian colonel, ib. - finds it
harder to make up his mind as he grows
older, 274 wishes he could write a song or
two, 277-liable to moods, 285- loves nature
and is loved in return, 286-describes some
favorite haunts of his, 286, 287- his slain
kindred, 287-his speech in March meeting,
287- does not reckon on being sent to Con-
gress, 289 has no eloquence, ib. - his own
reporter, 290-never abused the South,
ib.-advises Uncle Sam, ib. is not Boston-
mad, 291 - bids farewell, 295.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 172.
Billy, Ertra, demagogus, 281.
Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the dead
languages, 197.

Bird of our country sings hosanna, 173.
Bjarna Grimólfsson invents smoking, 264.
Blind, to go it, 196.

Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 173.
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired,

173.

Bobolink, the, 272.

Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 175.
Boggs, a Norman name, 254.

Bogus Four-Corners Weekly Meridian, 265.

Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize peace essay, 172-presents sword to Lieutenant

Colonel, ib. a fluent orator, 173-found to be in error, ib.

Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 192.

Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis cutlery, 236 when payable, (attention, British stockholders !) 260.

Boot-trees, productive, where, 197.
Boston, people of, supposed educated, 173,
note has a good opinion of itself, 243.
Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious photo-
graphic artist, 264.

Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 190.
Brains, poor substitute for, 244.
Bread-trees, 197.

Bream, their only business, 239.
Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion of, 179.
Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in, to literary
composition, 233.
Brigitta, viridis, 280.
Britannia, her trident, 249.
Brotherhood, subsides after election, 268.
Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal contest, 187.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise sentiment of,
cited and commended, 171.
Brutus Four-Corners, 232.

Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 255.
Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor of the Boston
Courier, letters to, 169, 171, 177, 185-not
afraid, 172.

Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 201-plaster, à prophecy in regard to, 202.

Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence of tracts upon, 277.

Bull, John, prophetic allusion to, by Horace, 240 his "Run," 243 his nortgage, 246 — unfortunate dip of, 261-wool pulled over his eyes, ib.

Buncombe, in the other world supposed, 179, -mutual privilege in, 256.

Bung, the eternal, thought to be loose, 170.
Bungtown Fencibles, dinner of, 175.
Burke, Mr., his age of chivalry surpassed, 254.
Burleigh, Lord, quoted for something said in
Latin long before, 251.
Burns, Robert, a Scottish poet, 239.
Bushy Brook, 252.
Butler, Bishop, 259.
Butter in Irish bogs, 197.

C.

C., General, commended for parts, 176-for ubiquity, ib. - for consistency, ib.-for fidelity, ib. is in favor of war, ib.-his curious valuation of principle, ib. Cabbage-heads, the, always in majority, 289. Cabinet, English, makes a blunder, 241. Cæsar, tribute to, 189-his veni, vidi, vici, censured for undue prolixity, 193. Cainites, sect of, supposed still extant, 171. Caleb, a monopoly of his denied, 172-curious notions of, as to meaning of "shelter," 174 - his definition of Anglo-Saxon, ib. —charges Mexicans (not with bayonets but) with improprieties, ib.

Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-bell curfew, light of the nineteenth century to be extinguished at sound of, 185- cannot let go apron-string of the Past, ib. his unsuccessful tilt at Spirit of the Age, ib. - the Sir Kay of modern chivalry, ib. - his anchor made of a crooked pin, ib. - mentioned, 185–187.