Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most
pleasant, 211.
Barnum, a great natural curiosity recommended
to, 195.
Barrels, an inference from seeing, 217.
Bartlett, Mr., mistaken, 229.
Bâton Rouge, 212-strange peculiarities of la-
borers at, ib.
Baxter, R., a saying of, 190.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 216.
Bay State, singular effect produced on military
officers by leaving it, 186.
Beast, in Apocalypse, a loadstone for whom,
205-tenth horn of, applied to recent events,
265.
Beauregard (real name Toutant), 233, 246.
Beaver brook, 276.
Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 199.
Behmen, his letters not letters, 203.
Behn, Mrs. Aphra, quoted, 241.
Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 214- inhumanly re-
fuses credit to a presidential candidate, ib.
Belmont. See Woods.
Bentley, his heroic method with Milton, 254.
Bible, not composed for use of colored persons,
243.
Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J. T. Buck-
ingham, 181 -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,
181 -a poem by, ib., 201―his opinion of war,
181-wanted at home by Nancy, 182-
ommends a forcible enlistment of warlike ed-
itors, ib. would not wonder, if generally
agreed with, 183 versifies letter of Mr.
Sawin, ib. a letter from, 184, 194 - his opin-
ion of Mr. Sawin, 184 does not deny fun
at Cornwallis, 184, note-his idea of militia
glory, 185, note a pun of, ib. is uncertain
in regard to people of Boston, ib. — had never
heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 188 aliquid
sufflaminandus, ib. — his poems attributed to
a Mr. Lowell, 189— is unskilled in Latin, 190
- his poetry maligned by some, ib. - his dis-
interestedness, ib.-his deep share in common-
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, 191-emulates historians of antiquity,
192-his character sketched from a hostile
point of view, 196 -a request of his complied
with, 200-appointed at a public meeting in
Jaalam, 204-confesses ignorance, in one
minute particular, of propriety, ib. — his
opinion of cocked hats, ib. letter to, ib. -
called "Dear Sir," by a general, ib.prob-
ably receives same compliment from two hun-
dred and nine, ib.- picks his apples, 217-
his crop of Baldwins conjecturally large, ib.
- his labors in writing autographs, 221- vis-
its the Judge and has a pleasant time, 229-
born in Middlesex County, 232- his favorite
walks, ib. his gifted pen, 249-born and
bred in the country, 261 feels his sap start
in spring, 262-is at times unsocial, ib.— the
school-house where he learned his a b c, ib. -
falls asleep, 263- his ancestor a Cromwellian
colonel, ib.-finds it harder to make up his
mind as he grows older, 264 - wishes he could
write a song or two, 267-liable to moods,
275-loves nature and is loved in return, ib.
- describes some favorite haunts of his, 276
- his slain kindred, ib.- his speech in March
meeting, 277 - does not reckon on being sent
to Congress, 278 — has no eloquence, ib. — his
own reporter, 279-never abused the South,
280 advises Uncle Sam, ib. - is not Boston-
mad, ib. - bids farewell, 284.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 184.
Billy, Extra, demagogus, 271.
Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the
dead languages, 210.
Bird of our country sings hosanna, 185.
Bjarna Grímólfsson invents smoking, 254.
Blind, to go it, 209.
Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 185.
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired,
185.
Bobolink, the, 262.
Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 187.
Boggs, a Norman name, 244.
Bogus Four-Corners Weekly Meridian, 255.
Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize peace
essay, 184-presents sword to Lieutenant-
Colonel, ib.- a fluent orator, 185-found to
be in error, ib.
Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 205.
Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis cutlery,
226-
when payable (attention, British stock-
holders!), 251.
Boot-trees, productive, where, 210.
Boston, people of, supposed educated, 185, note
- has a good opinion of itself, 234.
Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious photo-
graphic artist, 254.
Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 203.
Brains, poor substitute for, 234.
Bread-trees, 210.
Bream, their only business, 229.
Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion of, 191.
Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in, to liter-
ary composition, 223.
Brigitta, viridis, 270.
Britannia, her trident, 238.
Brotherhood, subsides after election, 258.
Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal contest, 200.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise sentiment of,
cited and commended, 183.
Brutus Four-Corners, 221.
Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 245.
Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor of the Boston
Courier, letters to, 181, 183, 189, 198 - not
afraid, 184.
Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 215-plaster, a
prophecy in regard to, ib.
Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence of tracts
upon, 267.
Bull, John, prophetic allusion to, by Horace,
231-his "Run," 233- his mortgage, 236-
unfortunate dip of, 251-wool pulled over his
eyes, 252.
Thundering, a euphemism common in New
England for the profane English expression
devilish. Perhaps derived from the belief,
common formerly, that thunder was caused
by the Prince of the Air, for some of whose
accomplishments consult Cotton Mather.
Tu, to, too; commonly has this sound when used
emphatically, or at the end of a sentence.
At other times it has the sound of t in tough,
as, Ware ye goin' tu? Goin' ta Boston.
Ugly, ill-tempered, intractable.
Uncle Sam, United States; the largest boaster
of liberty and owner of slaves.
Unrizzest, applied to dough or bread; heavy,
most unrisen, or most incapable of rising.
V-spot, a five-dollar bill.
Vally, value.
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.
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 wuth a Bungtown copper.
Wuz, was, sometimes were.
A. wants his axe ground, 247.
A. B., information wanted concerning, 203.
Abraham (Lincoln), his constitutional scruples,
247.
Abuse, an, its usefulness, 259.
Adam, eldest son of, respected, 183- his fall,
264-how if he had bitten a sweet apple ?
267.
Adam, Grandfather, forged will of, 236.
Eneas goes to hell, 211.
Eolus, a seller of money, as is supposed by
some, 211.
Eschylus, a saying of, 196, note.
Alligator, a decent one conjectured to be, in
some sort, humane, 216,
Allsmash, the eternal, 251.
Arnold, 192.
Ashland, 212.
Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 208.
Astræa, nineteenth century forsaken by, 211.
Athenians, ancient, an institution of, 192.
Atherton, Senator, envies the loon, 199.
"Atlantic," editors of. See Neptune.
Atropos, a lady skilful with the scissors, 266.
Austin, Saint, prayer of, 221.
Austrian eagle split, 259.
Aye-aye, the, an African animal, America sup-
posed to be settled by, 187.
B., a Congressman, vide A.
Babel, probably the first Congress, 196-a
gabble-mill, ib.
Baby, a low-priced one, 210.
Bacon, his rebellion, 241.
Bacon, Lord, quoted, 240, 241.
Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be damned,
Balcom, Elder Joash Q., 2d, founds a Baptist
society in Jaalam, A. D. 1830, 273.
Baldwin apples, 217.
Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most
pleasant, 211.
Barnum, a great natural curiosity recommended
to, 195.
Barrels, an inference from seeing, 217.
Bartlett, Mr., mistaken, 229.
Bâton Rouge, 212-strange peculiarities of la-
borers at, ib.
Baxter, R., a saying of, 190.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 216.
Bay State, singular effect produced on military
officers by leaving it, 186.
Beast, in Apocalypse, a loadstone for whom,
205-tenth horn of, applied to recent events,
265.
Beauregard (real name Toutant), 233, 246.
Beaver brook, 276.
Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 199.
Behmen, his letters not letters, 203.
Behn, Mrs. Aphra, quoted, 241.
Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 214-inhumanly re-
fuses credit to a presidential candidate, ib.
Belmont. See Woods.
Bentley, his heroic method with Milton, 254.
Bible, not composed for use of colored persons,
Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J. T. Buck-
ingham, 181 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,
181-a poem by, ib., 201 -his opinion of war,
181-wanted at home by Nancy, 182- -rec-
ommends a forcible enlistment of warlike ed-
itors, ib. would not wonder, if generally
agreed with, 183 versifies letter of Mr.
Sawin, ib. a letter from, 184, 194 — his opin-
ion of Mr. Sawin, 184 - does not deny fun
at Cornwallis, 184, note-his idea of militia
glory, 185, note a pun of, ib. is uncertain
in regard to people of Boston, ib. - had never
heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 188- aliquid
sufflaminandus, ib. his poems attributed to
a Mr. Lowell, 189-is unskilled in Latin, 190
- his poetry maligned by some, ib. - his dis-
interestedness, ib.--his deep share in common-
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, 191-emulates historians of antiquity,
192-his character sketched from a hostile
point of view, 196 -a request of his complied
with, 200-appointed at a public meeting in
Jaalam, 204 confesses ignorance, in one
minute particular, of propriety, ib. — his
opinion of cocked hats, ib. - letter to, ib.
called "Dear Sir," by a general, ib.-prob-
ably receives same compliment from two hun-
dred and nine, ib. - picks his apples, 217
his crop of Baldwins conjecturally large, ib.
his labors in writing autographs, 221 vis-
its the Judge and has a pleasant time, 229-
born in Middlesex County, 232- his favorite
walks, ib. his gifted pen, 249-born and
bred in the country, 261-feels his sap start
in spring, 262- is at times unsocial, ib. - the
school-house where he learned his a b C, ib.
falls asleep, 263- his ancestor a Cromwellian
colonel, ib.-finds it harder to make up his
mind as he grows older, 264 - wishes he could
write a song or two, 267-liable to moods,
275-loves nature and is loved in return, ib.
- describes some favorite haunts of his, 276
- his slain kindred, ib. — his speech in March
meeting, 277 - does not reckon on being sent
to Congress, 278 - has no eloquence, ib. - his
own reporter, 279-never abused the South,
280-advises Uncle Sam, ib. - is not Boston-
mad, ib. bids farewell, 284.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 184.
Billy, Extra, demagogus, 271.
Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the
dead languages, 210.
Bird of our country sings hosanna, 185.
Bjarna Grímólfsson invents smoking, 254.
Blind, to go it, 209.
Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 185.
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired,
185.
Bobolink, the, 262.
Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 187.
Boggs, a Norman name, 244.
Bogus Four-Corners Weekly Meridian, 255.
Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize peace
essay, 184-presents sword to Lieutenant-
Colonel, ib. -a fluent orator, 185-found to
be in error, ib.
Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 205.
Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis cutlery,
when payable (attention, British stock-
holders!), 251.
Boot-trees, productive, where, 210.
Boston, people of, supposed educated, 185, note
-has a good opinion of itself, 234.
Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious photo-
graphic artist, 254.
Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 203.
Brains, poor substitute for, 234.
Bread-trees, 210.
Bream, their only business, 229.
Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion of, 191.
Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in, to liter-
ary composition, 223.
Brigitta, viridis, 270.
Britannia, her trident, 238.
Brotherhood, subsides after election, 258.
Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal contest, 200.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise sentiment of,
cited and commended, 183.
Brutus Four-Corners, 221.
Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 245.
Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor of the Boston
Courier, letters to, 181, 183, 189, 198-not
afraid, 184.
Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 215-plaster, a
prophecy in regard to, ib.
Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence of tracts
upon, 267.
Bull, John, prophetic allusion to, by Horace,
231-his "Run," 233- his mortgage, 236-
unfortunate dip of, 251-wool pulled over his
eyes, 252.
Cæsar, tribute to, 201- his veni, vidi, vici, cen-
sured for undue prolixity, 206.
Cainites, sect of, supposed still extant, 183.
Caleb, a monopoly of his denied, 184
notions of, as to meaning of "shelter," 186-
his definition of Anglo-Saxon, ib. charges
Mexicans (not with bayonets but) with im-
proprieties, ib.
Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-bell curfew, light
of the nineteenth century to be extinguished
at sound of, 197 cannot let go apron-string
of the Past, ib. his unsuccessful tilt at
Spirit of the Age, ib. the Sir Kay of mod-
ern chivalry, ib.-his anchor made of a
crooked pin, 198 mentioned, 198, 199.
Calyboosus, carcer, 272.
Cambridge Platform, use discovered for, 187.
Canaan in quarterly instalments, 255.
Canary Islands, 210.
Candidate, presidential, letter from, 204
smells a rat, ib. — against a bank, ib. -takes
a revolving position, ib. - opinion of pledges,
ib. is a periwig, 205 fronts south by north,
ib.-qualifications of, lessening, 206-wooden
leg (and head) useful to, 209.
Cape Cod clergyman, what, 187-Sabbath-
breakers, perhaps, reproved by, ib.
Captains, choice of, important, 279.
Carolina, foolish act of, 280.
Carpini, Father John de Plano, among the Tar-
tars, 217.
Cartier, Jacques, commendable zeal of, 217.
Cass, General, 198— clearness of his merit, 199
- limited popularity at "Bellers's," 214.
Castles, Spanish, comfortable accommodations
in, 211.
Cato, letters of, so called, suspended naso
adunco, 203.
C. D., friends of, can hear of him, 203.
Century, nineteenth, 245.
Chalk egg, we are proud of incubation of, 203.
Chamberlayne, Doctor, consolatory citation
Chance, an apothegm concerning, 223—is im-
patient, 265.
Chaplain, a one-horse, stern-wheeled variety of,
225.
Chappelow on Job, a copy of, lost, 200.
Cincinnati, old, law and order party of, 259.
Cincinnatus, a stock character in modern com-
edy, 212.
Civilization, progress of, an alias, 200— rides
upon a powder-cart, 204.
Clergymen, their ill husbandry, 200-their
place in processions, 212- some, cruelly ban-
ished for the soundness of their lungs, 217.
Clotho, a Grecian lady, 266.
Cocked-hat, advantages of being knocked into,
204.
College of Cardinals, a strange one, 187.
Colman, Dr. Benjamin, anecdote of, 191.
Colored folks, curious national diversion of
kicking, 185.
Colquitt, a remark of, 199-acquainted with
some principles of aerostation, ib.
Columbia, District of, its peculiar climatic
effects, 193-not certain that Martin is for
abolishing it, 215.
Columbiads, the true fifteen-inch ones, 258.
Columbus, a Paul Pry of genius, 203- - will
haps be remembered, 253-thought by some
to have discovered America, 281.
Columby, 213.
Complete Letter-Writer, fatal gift of, 205.
Compostella, Saint James of, seen, 186.
Compromise system, the, illustrated, 257.
Conciliation, its meaning, 267.
Congress, singular consequence of getting into,
193-a stumbling-block, 246.
Congressional debates found instructive, 196.
Constituents, useful for what, 194.
Constitution trampled on, 198- to stand upon,
what, 204.
Convention, what, 193.
Convention, Springfield, 193.
Coon, old, pleasure in skinning, 198.
Co-operation defined, 244, 245.
Coppers, caste in picking up of, 208.
Copres, a monk, his excellent method of argu-
ing, 197.
Corduroy-road, a novel one, 223.
Corner-stone, patent safety, 246.
Cornwallis, a, 184-acknowledged entertaining,
ib. note.
Cotton loan, its imaginary nature, 226.
Cotton Mather, summoned as witness, 186.
Country, our, its boundaries more exactly de-
fined, 189-right or wrong, nonsense about,
exposed, ib.-lawyers, sent providentially, ib.
Earth's biggest, gets a soul, 269.
Courier, The Boston, an unsafe print, 196.
Court, General, farmers sometimes attain seats
in, 212.
Courts of law, English, their orthodoxy, 255.
Cousins, British, our ci-devant, 232.
Cowper, W., his letters commended, 203.
Credit defined, 251.
Creditors all on Lincoln's side, 246.
Creed, a safe kind of, 209.
Crockett, a good rule of, 226.
Cruden, Alexander, his Concordance, 222.
Crusade, first American, 187.
Cuneiform script recommended, 206.
Curiosity distinguishes man from brutes, 203.
Currency, Ethiopian, inconveniences of, 226.
Cynthia, her hide as a means of conversion, 228.
Dædalus first taught men to sit on fences, 242.
Daniel in the lion's den, 225.
Darkies dread freedom, 246.
Davis, Captain Isaac, finds out something to
his advantage, 233.
Davis, Jefferson (a new species of martyr) has
the latest ideas on all subjects, 226-supe-
rior in financiering to patriarch Jacob, ib.
-is some, 245-carries Constitution in his
hat, 246-knows how to deal with his Con-
gress, ib. astonished at his own piety, 250
packed up for Nashville, 252-tempted to
believe his own lies, ib.-his snake egg, 257
blood on his hands, 277.
Davis, Mr., of Mississippi, a remark of his, 198.
Day and Martin, proverbially on hand," 181.
Death, rings down curtain, 202.
De Bow (a famous political economist), 244.
Delphi, oracle of, surpassed, 196, note-alluded
to, 205.
Democracy,
false notion of, 247-its privileges,
268.
Demosthenes, 279.
Destiny, her account, 195.
Devil, the, unskilled in certain Indian tongues,
186-letters to and from, 204.
Didymus, a somewhat voluminous grammarian,
Eagle, national, the late, his estate administered
upon, 227.
Earth, Dame, a peep at her housekeeping, 197.
Eating words, habit of, convenient in time of
famine, 195.
Eavesdroppers, 203.
Echetlæus, 187.
Editor, his position, 200- commanding pulpit
of, ib. large congregation of, ib.
name de-
rived from what, 201-fondness for mutton,
ib. - - a pious one, his creed, ib. - a showman,
202-in danger of sudden arrest, without
bail, ib.
Editors, certain ones who crow like cockerels,
182.
Edwards, Jonathan, 274.
Eggs, bad, the worst sort of, 259.
Egyptian darkness, phial of, use for, 206.
Eldorado, Mr. Sawin sets sail for, 210.
Elizabeth, Queen, mistake of her ambassador,
192.
Emerson, 229.
Emilius, Paulus, 232.
Empedocles, 203.
Employment, regular, a good thing, 208.
Enfield's Speaker, abuse of, 259.
England, late Mother- Country, her want of
tact, 230-merits as a lecturer, ib. - her real
greatness not to be forgotten, 232-not con-
tented (unwisely) with her own stock of fools,
234 natural maker of international law,
ib.her theory thereof, 235-makes a par-
ticularly disagreeable kind of sarse, ib.
somewhat given to bullying, ib. has re-
spectable relations, ib. - ought to be Colum-
bia's friend, 236-anxious to buy an ele-
phant, 246.
Epaulets, perhaps no badge of saintship, 188.
Epimenides, the Cretan Rip Van Winkle, 240.
Episcopius, his marvellous oratory, 217.
Eric, king of Sweden, his cap, 211.
Ericsson, his caloric engine, 228.
Eriksson, Thorwald, slain by natives, 255.
Essence-peddlers, 247.
Ethiopian, the, his first need, 249.
Evangelists, iron ones, 187.
Eyelids, a divine shield against authors, 197.
Ezekiel, text taken from, 200.
Ezekiel would make a poor figure at a caucus,
Faber, Johannes, 274.
Factory-girls, expected rebellion of, 199.
Facts, their unamiability, 252 - compared to an
old-fashioned stage-coach, 256.
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