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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,
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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
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mouth, 160.

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.

Brahmins,
ing, 214.

navel-contemplat-

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.

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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,

216.

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.

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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.

D.

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.

E.

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.

sail

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.

F.

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.

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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.

I.

Icarius, Penelope's father, 174.
Infants, prattlings of, curious
observation concerning, 155.
Information wanted (universal-
ly, but especially at page)
216.

J.

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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