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' 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.
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.

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.

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,
200.

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.

Beaufort, 252.

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.

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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

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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 bat, 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.

Buncombe, in the other world supposed, 192-
mutual privilege in, 246.

Bung, the eternal, thought to be loose, 182.
Bungtown Fencibles, dinner of, 187.
Burke, Mr., his age of chivalry surpassed, 244.
Burleigh, Lord, quoted for something said in
Latin long before, 241.

Burns, Robert, a Scottish poet, 229.
Bushy Brook, 242.

Butler, Bishop, 249.

Butter in Irish bogs, 210.

C., General, commended for parts,
ubiquity, ib.-for consistency, ib.
ity, ib. is in favor of war, ib.
valuation of principle, ib.

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188-for

- for fidel-
his curious

Cabbage-heads, the, always in majority, 279.
Cabinet, English, makes a blunder, 232.

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-curious
notions of, as to meaning of "shelter," 186-
his definition of Anglo-Saxon, ib. - charges
Mexicans (not with bayonets but) with im-
proprieties, ib.

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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.

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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.

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Cape Cod clergyman, what, 187- Sabbath-
breakers, perhaps, reproved by, ib.
Captains, choice of, important, 279.
Carolina, foolish act of, 280.

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 per-
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.

Court, Supreme, 247.

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.

Doctor, the, a proverbial saying of, 186.
Doe, Hon. Preserved, speech of, 253–260.
Donatus, profane wish of, 193, note.
Doughface, yeast-proof, 202.

Downing Street, 231.

Drayton, a martyr, 197-north star, culpable
for aiding, whether, 199.

Dreams, something about, 263.

Dwight, President, a hymn unjustly attributed
to, 265.

D. Y., letter of, 203.

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.
spectable relations, ib. - ought to be Colum-
bia's friend, 236-anxious to buy an ele-
phant, 246.

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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,
260.

Flam, President, untrustworthy, 194.
Flirt, Mrs., 241.

Flirtilla, elegy on death of, 274.
Floyd, a taking character, 251.
Floydus, furcifer, 270.

Fly-leaves, providential increase of, 197.
Fool, a cursed, his inalienable rights, 268.
Foote, Mr., his taste for field-sports, 198.
Fourier, a squinting toward, 196.

Fourth of July ought to know its place, 258.
Fourth of Julys, boiling, 192.

France, a strange dance begun in, 199― about
to put her foot in it, 246.

Friar John, 232.

Fuller, Dr. Thomas, a wise saying of, 188.
Funnel, old, hurraing in, 184.

Gabriel, his last trump, its pressing nature, 256.
Gardiner, Lieutenant Lion, 233.
Gawain, Sir, his amusements, 198.

Gay, S. H., Esquire, editor of National Anti-
slavery Standard, letter to, 203.

Geese, how infallibly to make swans of, 234.
Gentleman, high-toned Southern, scientifically
classed, 241, 242.

Getting up early, 181, 186.

Ghosts, some, presumed fidgety, (but see Still-

ing's Pneumatology,) 203.

Giants formerly stupid, 198.
Gideon, his sword needed, 237.

Gift of tongues, distressing case of, 196.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 255.

Globe Theatre, cheap season-ticket to, 202.
Glory, a perquisite of officers, 208-her account
with B. Sawin, Esq., 210.

Goatsnose, the celebrated interview with, 206.
God, the only honest dealer, 239.
Goings, Mehetable, unfounded claim of, dis-
proved, 230.

Gomara has a vision, 186-his relationship to
the Scarlet Woman, ib.
Governor, our excellent, 221.

Grandfather, Mr. Biglow's, safe advice of, 233.
Grandfathers, the, knew something, 237.

Grand jurors, Southern, their way of finding a
true bill, 225.

Grantus, Dux, 271.

Gravestones, the evidence of Dissenting ones

held doubtful, 255.

Gray's letters are letters, 203.
Great horn spoon, sworn by, 198.

Greeks, ancient, whether they questioned can-
didates, 206.

Green Man, sign of, 190.

Habeas corpus, new mode of suspending it, 250.
Hail Columbia, raised, 225.

Ham, sandwich, an orthodox (but peculiar) one,
199-his seed, 243-their privilege in the
Bible, ib. immoral justification of, ib.
Hamlets, machine for making, 207.
Hammon, 196, note, 205.

Hampton Roads, disaster in, 249.
Hannegan, Mr., something said by, 199.
Harrison, General, how preserved, 205.
Hat, a leaky one, 225.

Hat-trees in full bearing, 210.

Hawkins, his whetstone, 228.

Hawkins, Sir John, stout, something he saw.
210.

Hawthorne, 229.

Hay-rick, electrical experiments with, 268.
Headlong, General, 232.

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Hell, the opinion of some concerning, 263 —
breaks loose, 267.

Henry the Fourth of England, a Parliament of.
how named, 192.

Hens, self-respect attributed to, 223.
Herb, the Circean, 255.

Herbert, George, next to David, 240.

Hercules, his second labor probably what, 217.
Hermon, fourth-proof dew of, 243.
Herodotus, story from, 183.

Hesperides, an inference from, 211.

Hessians, native American soldiers, 247.
Hickory, Old, his method, 268.

Higgses, their natural aristocracy of feeling,
244.

Hitchcock, Doctor, 254.

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Hitchcock, the Rev. Jeduthun, colleague of
Mr. Wilbur, 221 letter from, containing
notices of Mr. Wilbur, 265-ditto, enclos-
ing macaronic verses, 269- teacher of high-
school, 274.

Hogs, their dreams, 223.

Holden, Mr. Shearjashub, Preceptor of Jaalam
Academy, 205-his knowledge of Greek
limited, ib. -a heresy of his, ib. - leaves a
fund to propagate it, ib.

Holiday, blind man's, 284.

Hollis, Ezra, goes to Cornwallis, 184.

Hollow, why men providentially so constructed,

192.

Holmes, Dr., author of "Annals of America,"
221.

Homer, a phrase of, cited, 200.

Homer, eldest son of Mr. Wilbur, 274.
Horners, democratic ones, plums left for, 194.
Hotels, big ones, humbugs, 237.

House, a strange one described, 223.

Howell, James, Esq., story told by, 192-let-
ters of, commended, 203.

Huldah, her bonnet, 264.

Human rights out of order on the floor of Con-
gress, 198.

Humbug, ascription of praise to, 202- ger
erally believed in, ib.

Husbandry, instance of bad, 188.