Take on, to sorrow. Talents, talons. Taters, potatoes. Tell, till.
Tetch, touch.
Tetch tu, to be able; used always after a negative in this sense. Tollable, tolerable. Toot, used derisively for playing on any 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 accom
plishments 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 Gen-
eral 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.
Yaller, yellow.
Yeller, yellow.
Yellers, a disease of peachtrees.
Zach, Ole, a second Washington, an antislavery slaveholder, a humane buyer and seller of men and women, a Christian hero generally.
A. B., information wanted
concerning, 135.
Adam, eldest son of, re-
spected, 53.
Eneas goes to hell, 165.
Eolus, a seller of money,
as is supposed by some,
165.
E-chylus,a saying of, 104,
note.
Alligator, a decent one
conjectured to be, in
some sort, humane, 187.
Alphonso the Sixth of
Portugal, tyrannical act
of, 191.
Ambrose, Saint, excellent
(but rationalistic) senti-
ment of, 83.
"American Citizen," new
compost so called, 169.
American Eagle, a source
of inspiration, 95-hith-
erto wrongly classed,
104-long bill of, 104.
Amos, cited, 82.
Anakim, that they for-
merly existed, shown,
193.
Angels, providentially
speak French, 68-con-
jectured to be skilled in
all tongues, ib.
Anglo-Saxondom, its idea,
what, 66.
Anglo-Saxon mask, 66.
Anglo-Saxon race, 61.
Anglo-Saxon verse, by
whom carried to per-
fection, 55.
Antonius, a speech of, 89
-by whom best
ported, ib.
Apocalypse, beast in, mag-
netic to theologians,
143.
Apollo, confessed mortal
by his own oracle, 143.
Apollyon, his tragedies
popular, 131.
Appian, an Alexandrian,
not equal to Shakspeare
as an orator, 89.
Ararat, ignorance of for-
eign tongues is an, 107.
Arcadian background,171.
Aristophanes, 81.
Arms, profession of, once
esteemed especially that
of gentlemen, 54.
Arnold, 91.
Ashland, 171.
Astor, Jacob, a rich man,
153.
Baratarias, real or im-
aginary, which
pleasant, 167.
Barnum, a great natural
curiosity recommended
to, 101.
Barrels, an inference from
seeing, 193.
Bâton Rouge, 171-strange
peculiarities of laborers
at, 172.
Baxter, R., a saying of,83.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 186.
Bay State, singular effect
produced on military
officers by leaving it,
67.
Beast in Apocalypse, a
loadstone for whom,
143.
Beelzebub, his rigadoon,
117.
Behmen, his letters not
letters, 136.
Bellers, a saloon keeper,
177- inhumanly refuses
credit to a presidential
candidate, 178.
Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter
to Hon. J. T. Bucking-
ham, 1-never heard of
any one named Mun-
dishes, 46-nearly four-
score years old, ib.—his
aunt Keziah, a notable
saying of, ib.
Biglow, Hosea, excited
by composition, 46-a
poem by, 47, 125- his
opinion of war, 48-
wanted at home by
Nancy, 51– recom-
mends a forcible enlist-
ment of warlike editors,
ib.-would not wonder,
if generally agreed with,
53-versifies letter of
Mr. Sawin, 55-a letter
from, 57, 112-his opin-
ion of Mr. Sawin, 57-
does not deny fun at
Cornwallis, 58, note-
his idea of militia glory,
62, note-a pun of, 63,
note-is uncertain in re-
gard to people of Bos-
ton, ib. had
heard of Mr. John P.
Robinson, 73-ali quid
sufflaminandus, 74—his
poems attributed to a
Mr. Lowell, 80-is un-
skilled in Latin, 81-
his poetry maligned by
some, ib.-his disinter-
estedness, ib.-his deep
share in commonweal,
82 his claim to the
presidency, ib.- his
mowing, ib. resents
being called Whig, 83—
opposed to tariff, ib.-
obstinate, 84-infected
with peculiar notions,
ib.-reports a speech, 89
-emulates historians of
antiquity, 90- his char-
acter sketched from a
hostile point of view,105
-a request of his com-
plied with, 122-ap-
pointed at a public
meeting in Jaalam, 137
confesses ignorance,
in one minute particu-
lar, of propriety, ib.-
his opinion of cocked
hats, ib.-letter to, ib.
-called "Dear Sir," by
a general, ib.-probably
receives same compli-
ment from two hun-
dred and nine, ib.-
picks his apples, 193-
his crop of Baldwins
conjecturally large, ib.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 58.
Birch, virtue of, in instil-
ling certain of the dead
languages, 164.
Bird of our country sings
hosanna, 61.
Blind, to get it, 161.
Blitz pulls ribbons from
his mouth, 61.
Bluenose potatoes, smell
of, eagerly desired, 62.
Bobtail obtains a cardi-
nal's hat, 72.
Bolles, Mr. Secondary,
author of prize peace
essay, 60-presents
sword to Lieutenant-
Colonel, ib.- a fluent
orator, ib.-found to be
in error, 62.
Bonaparte, N., a usurper,
143.
Boot-trees,
Boston, people of, sup-
posed educated, 63, note.
Brahmins, navel-contem-
plating, 133.
Bread-trees, 164.
Brigadier-Generals in mi-
litia, devotion of, 87.
Brown, Mr., engages in
an unequal contest, 121.
Browne, Sir T., a pious
and wise sentiment of,
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