Cal'late, calculate. Cass, a person with two lives. Close, clothes. 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 cant 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 per E. Fish-skin, used in New England to clarify coffee. Fix, a difficulty, a nonplus. Fur, fur. Furder, farther. Furrer, furrow. Metaphorically, to draw a straight furrow is to live uprightly or decorously. Fust, first. Jint, joint. Peaked, pointed. Peek, to peep. Pickerel, the pike, a fish. Pint, point. Pocket full of rocks, plenty of money. Pooty, pretty. Pop'ler, conceited, popular. Pus, purse. Put out, troubled, vexed. Q. Quarter, a quarter dollar. Queen's-arm, a musket. Resh, rush. R. Revelee, the réveille. Rile, to trouble. Riled, angry; disturbed, as the sedi ment in any liquid. Riz, risen. Junk, a fragment of any solid substance. Row, a long row to hoe, a difficult task. Rugged, robust. Snake, crawled like a snake; but to snake Sogerin', soldiering; a barbarous amuse- Som'ers, somewhere. So'st, so as that. Sot, set, obstinate, resolute. U. Ugly, ill-tempered, intractable. V. Spiles, spoils; objects of political ambi- V-spot, a five-dollar bill. tion. Tetch, touch. Taters, potatoes. Tetch tu, to be able; used always after a negative in this sense. Tollable, tolerable. Vally, valve. Wus, worse. Wut, what. Wuth, worth; as, Antislavery perfessions 'fore 'lection ain't wuth a Bungtown copper. Toot, used derisively for playing on any Wuz, was, sometimes were. wind instrument. Thru, through. 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' to? Goin' ta Boston. A. A. wants his axe ground, 319 INDEX. A. B., information wanted concerning, 237 Abraham (Lincoln), his constitutional scruples, 319 Abuse, an, its usefulness, 332 Adam, eldest son of, respected, 213his fall, 338-how if he had bitten a sweet apple? 342. Adam, Grandfather, forged will of, 307 Eneas goes to hell, 245 Eolus, a seller of money, as is supposed by some, 245 Eschylus, a saying of, 228, note Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 242 Alligator, a decent one conjectured to Astræa, nineteenth century forsaken be, in some sort, humane, 252 Allsmash, the eternal, 323 Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal, tyrannical act of, 253 Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but rationalistic) sentiment of, 222 "American Citizen," new compost so called, 247 American Eagle, a source of inspiration, 225-hitherto wrongly classed, 228long bill of, ib. Americans bebrothered, 300 Anakim, that they formerly existed, shown, 253. Angels providentially speak French, 217-conjectured to be skilled in all tongues, ib. Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what, 217 Anglo-Saxon verse, by whom carried to perfection, 214 Anthony of Padua, Saint, happy in his hearers, 311 Antiquaries, Royal Society of Northern, 326 Antonius, a speech of, 224-by whom best reported, ib. Apocalypse, beast in, magnetic to theologians, 239 Apollo, confessed mortal by his own oracle, 239 Apollyon, his tragedies popular, 236 Appian, an Alexandrian, not equal to Shakespeare as an orator, 224 by, 245 Athenians, ancient, an institution of, B., a Congressman, vide A. Baby, a low-priced one, 244 Balcom, Elder Joash Q., 2d, founds a Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most pleasant, 246 Barnum, a great natural curiosity recommended to, 227 Barrels, an inference from seeing, 253 Beaver brook, 354 Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 232 Behmen, his letters not letters, 237 Behn, Mrs. Aphra, quoted, 312 Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 249-in humanly refuses credit to a presidential candidate, ib. Belmont. See Woods. Bentley, his heroic method with Milton, 327 Bible, not composed for use of coloured persons, 314 Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J. T. Buckingham, 211-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, 211-a poem by, ib., 234 -his opinion of war, 212-wanted at home by Nancy, 213-recommends a forcible enlistment of warlike editors, ib.-would not wonder, if generally agreed with, ib.-versifies letter of Mr. Sawin, 214-a letter from, 214, 231-his opinion of Mr. Sawin, 214-does not deny fun at Cornwallis, 215, note-his idea of militia glory, 216, note-a pun of, ib. -is uncertain in regard to people of Boston, ib.-had never heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 219-aliquid suflaminandus, ib.-his poems attributed to a Mr. Lowell, 221-is unskilled in Latin, ib.-his poetry maligned by some, ib.-his disinterestedness. ib.-his deep share in common-weal, ib.-his claim to the presidency, ib.-his mowing, ib.resents being called Whig, 222opposed to tariff, ib.-obstinate, ib. -infected with peculiar notions, ib. -reports a speech, 223-emulates historians of antiquity, ib.-his character sketched from a hostile point of view, 228-a request of his complied with, 233-appointed at a public meeting in Jaalam, 237-confesses ignorance, in one minute particular, of propriety, ib.-his opinion of cocked hats, 238-letter to, ib.called "Dear Sir" by a general, 237 -probably receives same compli ment from two hundred and nine, ib. -picks his apples, 253-his crop of Baldwins conjecturally large, ib.his labours in writing autographs, 289 -visits the Judge and has a pleasant time, 298-born in Middlesex County, 302-his favourite walks, ib. -his gifted pen, 321-born and bred in the country, 334-feels his sap start in spring, 336-is at times unsocial, ib.-the school-house where he learned his a bc, ib.-falls asleep, 337-his ancestor a Cromwellian colonel, 338-finds it harder to make up his mind as he grows older, ib.wishes he could write a song or two, 342-liable to moods, 353-loves nature and is loved in return, ib.describes some favourite haunts of his, 354-his slain kindred, 355-his speech in March meeting, ib.-does not reckon on being sent to Congress, 357-has no eloquence, ib.-his own reporter, 358-never abused the South, 359-advises Uncle Sam, ib. -is not Boston mad, 360-bids fare well, 365. Billings, Dea. Cephas, 215 327 Blind, to go it, 244 Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 215 Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 218 Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious Bream, their only business, 298 Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion of, 223 Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in, 331 |