Baby, a low-priced one, 235. Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be damned, 203. Baldwin apples, 259. Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most pleasant, 240. Barnum, a great natural cu- riosity recommended to, 189. Barrels, an inference from see- ing, 259.
Bâton Rouge, 243-strange pe- culiarities of laborers at, 244. Baxter, R., a saying of, 177. Bay, Mattysqumscot, 254. Bay State, singular effect pro- duced on military officers by leaving it, 164.
Beast, in Apocalypse, a load- stone for whom, 222. Beelzebub, his rigadoon, 201. Behmen, his letters not letters, 216.
Bellers, a saloon-keeper, 248 -inhumanly refuses credit to a presidential candidate, ib. Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to
Hon. J. T. Buckingham, 147 -never heard of any one named Mundishes, 148- nearly fourscore years old, ib. -his aunt Keziah, a notable saying of, 149. Biglow, Hosea, excited by com- position, 148-a poem by, 149, 207-his opinion of war, 150 -wanted at home by Nancy, 152-recommends a forcible |
son, 169-aliquid sufflami- nandus, 170-his poems at- tributed to a Mr. Lowell, 174 -is unskilled in Latin, 175– his poetry maligned by some, ib.his disinterestedness, ib. ---his deep share in common- weal, 176-his claim to the presidency, ib.—his mowing, ib. resents being called Whig, 177-opposed to tariff, ib.-obstinate, ib.-infected with peculiar notions, ib.- reports a speech, 181-emu- lates historians of antiquity, ib.-his character sketched from a hostile point of view, 192-a request of his com- plied with, 205-appointed at a public meeting in Jaalam, 217-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.-probably re- ceives same compliment from two hundred and nine, ib.- picks his apples, 259-his crop of Baldwins conjectu- rally large, ib.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 158. Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the dead languages, 238.
Bird of our country sings ho- sanna, 160. Blind, to go it, 235.
enlistment of warlike editors, Blitz, pulls ribbons from his
ib.-would not wonder, if generally agreed with, ib.- versifies letter of Mr. Sawin, 155-a letter from, 156, 198 -his opinion of Mr. Sawin, 157-does not deny fun at Cornwallis, 158, note-his idea of militia glory, 160, note -a pun of, 161, note--is un- certain in regard to people of Boston, ib.-had never heard of Mr. John P. Robin- |
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired, 161. Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 168.
Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize peace essay, 159- presents sword to Lieutenant. Colonel, ib.-a fluent orator, ib.-found to be in error, 161.
Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 222.
Boot-trees, productive, where, 237.
Boston, people of, supposed educated, 161, note.
Bread-trees, 237.
Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion of, 180.
Brown, Mr., engages in an un- equal contest, 204. Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise sentiment of, cited and commended, 156. Buckingham, Hon. J. T., edi- tor of the Boston Courier, letters to, 147, 155, 174, 198 -not afraid, 157. Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 251-plaster, a prophecy in regard to, ib. Buncombe, in the other world supposed, 182.
Bung, the eternal, thought to be loose, 152.
Bungtown Fencibles, dinner of, 168.
Butter in Irish bogs, 237.
bell curfew, light of the nine- teenth century to be extin- guished at sound of, 196- cannot let go apron-string of the Past, 197-his unsuccess- ful tilt at Spirit of the Age, ib.-the Sir Kay of modern chivalry, ib.-his anchor made of a crooked pin, 198- mentioned, 198-202. Cambridge Platform, use dis- covered for, 167. Canary Islands, 237. Candidate, presidential, letter from, 217-smells a rat, 218 -against a bank, 219-takes a revolving position, ib. opinion of pledges, ib.-is a periwig, 220-fronts south by north, ib.-qualifications of, lessening, 224-wooden leg (and head) useful to, 234. Cape Cod clergymen, what, 166 Sabbath-breakers, perhaps, reproved by, ib. Carpini, Father John de Plano, among the Tartars, 258. Cartier, Jacques, commendable zeal of, 257.
Cass, General, 199-clearness of his merit, 200-limited popu- larity at "Bellers's," 248. Castles, Spanish, comfortable accommodations in, 240. Cato, letters of, so called, sus- pended naso adunco, 216. C. D., friends of, can hear of him, 216.
Chalk egg, we are proud of in- cubation of, 215. Chappelow on Job, a copy of, lost, 206.
Cherubusco, news of, its effects on English royalty, 190. Chesterfield no letter-writer,
Chief Magistrate, dancing es- teemed sinful by, 166. Children naturally speak He- brew, 156. China-tree, 238.
Chinese, whether whether they in- they in- vented gunpowder before the Christian era not considered, 167.
Choate hired, 250. Christ shuffled into Apocrypha, 168-conjectured to disap- prove of slaughter and pil- lage, 171-condemns a certain piece of barbarism, 204. Christianity profession of, ple- beian, whether, 154. Christian soldiers, perhaps in- consistent, whether, 180. Cicero, an opinion of, disputed, 223.
Cilley, Ensign, author of ne- farious sentiment, 168. Cimex lectularius, 161. Cincinnatus, a stock character
in modern comedy, 243. Civilization, progress of, an alias, 206-rides upon a pow- der cart, 219. Clergymen, their ill husbandry; 205-their place in proces- sions, 242-some, cruelly banished for the soundness of their lungs, 258. Cocked-hat, advantages of be- ing knocked into, 217. College of Cardinals, a strange one, 168.
Colman, Dr. Benjamin, anec- dote of, 180.
Colored folks, curious national diversion of kicking, 162. Colquitt, a remark of, 201-ac- quainted with some princi- ples of aerostation, ib. Columbia, District of, its pe- culiar climatic effects, 185- not certain that Martin is for abolishing it, 251. Columbus, a Paul Pry of gen- jus, 215. Columby, 246.
Complete Letter-Writer, fatal gift of, 221. Compostella, St. James of, seen, 165.
Congress, singular consequence of getting into, 184. Congressional debates, found instructive, 194.
Constituents, useful for what, 186.
Constitution trampled on, 198 -to stand upon, what, 218. Convention, what, 185. Convention, Springfield, 185. Coon old, pleasure in skinning, 200.
Coppers, caste in picking up of, 232.
Copres, a monk, his excellent method of arguing, 194. Cornwallis, a, 158-acknowl- edged entertaining, ib. note. Cotton Mather, summoned as witness, 165.
Country lawyers, sent provi- dentially, 172.
Country, our, its boundaries more exactly defined, 173– right or wrong, nonsense about exposed, ib. Courier, The Boston, an unsafe print, 192.
Court, General, farmers some- times attain seats in, 244. Cowper, W., his letters com- mended, 216.
Creed a safe kind of, 235. Crusade, first American, 166. Cuneiform script recommend- ed, 224.
Curiosity distinguishes man from brutes, 214.
Davis, Mr., of Mississippi, a re- mark of his, 200.
Day and Martin, proverbially "on hand," 148.
Death, rings down curtain, 212. Delphi, oracle of, surpassed, 191, note--alluded to, 222. Destiny, her account, 190. Devil, the, unskilled in certain
Indian tongues, 165-letters | Elizabeth, Queen, mistake of
to and from, 217. Dey of Tripoli, 196. Didymus, a somewhat volumi- nous grammarian, 222. Dighton rock character might be usefully employed in some emergencies, 224.
Dimitry Bruisgins, fresh supply of, 213.
Diogenes, his zeal for propagat- ing certain variety of olive, 238.
Dioscuri, imps of the pit, 166. District-Attorney, contemptible conduct of one, 196. Ditchwater on brain, a too com- mon ailing, 195. Doctor, the, a proverbial saying of, 164.
Doughface, yeast-proof, 210. Drayton, a martyr, 196-north star, culpable for aiding, whether, 202.
D. Y., letter of, 216.
Earth, Dame, a peep at her housekeeping, 197. Eating words, habit of, con- venient in time of famine, 189. Eavesdroppers, 214. Echetlæus, 166.
Editor, his position, 205-com- manding pulpit of, 206-large congregation of, ib.-name derived from what, 207— fondness for mutton, ib.-a pious one, his creed, ib.-a showman, 211-in danger of sudden arrest, without bail, 212.
Editors, certain ones who crow like cockerels, 152. Egyptian darkness, phial of, use for, 224. Eldorado, Mr. Sawin sets for, 237.
her ambassador, 182. Empedocles, 215.
Employment, regular, a good thing, 231.
Epaulets, perhaps no badge of saintship, 172. Episcopius, his marvellous ora- tory, 258.
Eric, king of Sweden, his cap, 239. Evangelists, iron ones, 167. Eyelids, a divine shield against authors, 194.
Ezekiel, text taken from, 205.
Factory-girls, expected rebel- lion of, 201.
Family-trees, fruit of jejune, 237.
Faneuil Hall, a place where persons tap themselves for a species of hydrocephalus, 195-a bill of fare menda- ciously advertised in, 237. Father of country, his shoes, 245.
Female Papists, cut off in midst of idolatry, 241.
Fire, we all like to play with it, 197.
Ham, sandwich, an orthodox (but peculiar) one, 202. Hamlets, machine for making, 226.
Hammon, 191, note, 222. Hannegan, Mr., something said by, 200.
Harrison, General, how pre- served, 221.
Hat-trees, in full bearing, 237. Hawkins, Sir John, stout, some- thing he saw, 237.
Henry the Fourth of England, a Parliament of, how named, 182. Hercules, his second labor prob- ably what, 259.
Herodotus, story from, 156. Hesperides, an inference from, 238.
Holden, Mr. Shearjashub, Pre- ceptor of Jaalam Academy, 222-his knowledge of Greek limited, ib.—a heresy of his, ib.-leaves a fund to propa- gate it, 223.
Hollis, Ezra, goes to a Cornwal lis, 158.
Hollow, why men providential- ly so constructed, 183. Homer, a phrase of, cited, 206. Horners, democratic ones,
plums left for, 187. Howell, James, Esq., story told by, 182-letters of, commend- ed, 216.
Human rights out of order on the floor of Congress, 199. Humbug, ascription of praise to, 210-generally believed in, ib.
Husbandry, instance of bad, 170.
Icarius, Penelope's father, 174. Infants, prattlings of, curious observation concerning, 155. Information wanted (universal- ly, but especially at page) 216.
Jaalam Centre, Anglo-Saxons unjustly suspected by the young ladies there, 164
"Independent Blunder- buss," strange conduct of editor of, 205-public meet- ing at, 217-meeting-house ornamented with imaginary clock, 239. Jaalam Point, light-house on, charge of prospectively offer- ed to Mr H Biglow, 220.
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