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Tetch, touch.

Tetch tu, to be able; used always after a nega-
tive in this sense.
Tollable, tolerable.

Toot, used derisively for playing on any wind
instrument.

Thru, through.

W.

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.

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 Wig, Whig; a party now dissolved.
used emphatically, or at the end of a sen-Wunt, will not.
tence. At other times it has the sound of t Wus, worse.
in tough, as, Ware ye goin' to? Goin' ta Bos- Wut, what.

Wannut, walnut (hickory).
Ware, where.
Ware, were.

Whopper, an uncommonly large lie; as, that
General Taylor is in favor of the Wilmot Pro-
viso.

ton.

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Wuth, worth; as, Antislavery perfessions 'fore
'lection aint wuth a Bungtown copper.
Wuz, was, sometimes were.

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INDEX.

A.

A. wants his axe ground, 257.

A. B., information wanted concerning, 190.
Abraham (Lincoln), his constitutional scruples,

257.

Abuse, an, its usefulness, 268.

Adam, eldest son of, respected, 171-his fall,
274-how if he had bitten a sweet apple?
277.

Adam, Grandfather, forged will of, 246.
Æneas goes to hell, 198.

Eolus, a seller of money, as is supposed by
some, 198.

Eschylus, a saying of, 183, note.

Alligator, a decent one conjectured to be, in
some sort, humane, 203.
Allsmash, the eternal, 260.

Alphonso the Sixth of Portugal, tyrannical act
of, 204.

Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but rationalistic)
sentiment of, 178.

"American Citizen," new compost so called,

198.

American Eagle, a source of inspiration, 181-
hitherto wrongly classed, 184-long bill of,
ib.

Americans bebrothered, 241.
Amos cited, 178.

Anakim, that they formerly existed, shown, 204.
Angels providentially speak French, 174-con-
jectured to be skilled in all tongues, ib.
Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what, 174.
Anglo-Saxon mask, 174.
Anglo-Saxon race, 173.

Anglo-Saxon verse, by whom carried to perfec-
tion, 171.

Anthony of Padua, Saint, happy in his hearers,
250.

Antiquaries, Royal Society of Northern, 263.
Antonius, a speech of, 179-by whom best
reported, ib.

Apocalypse, beast in, magnetic to theologians,

192.

Apollo, confessed mortal by his own oracle,
192.

Apollyon, his tragedies popular, 190.

Appian, an Alexandrian, not equal to Shake-
speare as an orator, 179.

Applause, popular, the summum bonum, 265.
Ararat, ignorance of foreign tongues is an, 184.
Arcadian background, 199.

Ar c'houskezik, an evil spirit, 250.
Ardennes, Wild Boar of, an ancestor of Rev.
Mr. Wilbur, 232.

Aristocracy, British, their natural sympathies,

255.

Aristophanes, 177.

Arms, profession of, once esteemed especially
that of gentlemen, 171.

Arnold, 180.
Ashland, 199.

Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 195.

Astræa, nineteenth century forsaken by, 198.
Athenians, ancient, an institution of, 179.
Atherton, Senator, envies the loon, 186.
"Atlantic," editors of. See Neptune.
Atropos, a lady skilful with the scissors, 276.
Austin, Saint, profane wish of, 180, note-
prayer of, 232.

Austrian eagle split, 269.

Aye-aye, the, an African animal, America sup-
posed to be settled by, 175.

B.

B., a Congressman, vide A.

Babel, probably the first Congress, 184-a
gabble-mill, ib.

Baby, a low-priced one, 197.
Bacon, his rebellion, 251.
Bacon, Lord, quoted, 251.

Bagowind, Hon. Mr., whether to be damned,
187.

Balcom, Elder Joash Q., 2d, founds a Baptist
society in Jaalam, A. D. 1830, 283.
Baldwin apples, 204.

Baratarias, real or imaginary, which most
pleasant, 198.

Barnum, a great natural curiosity recommended
to, 183.

Barrels, an inference from seeing, 204.
Bartlett, Mr., mistaken, 239.

Bâton Rouge, 199― strange peculiarities of
laborers at, ib.

Baxter, R., a saying of, 178.
Bay, Mattysqumscot, 203.

Bay State, singular effect produced on military
officers by leaving it, 174.

Beast, in Apocalypse, a loadstone for whom,
192-tenth horn of, applied to recent events,

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Bible, not composed for use of colored persons,
253.

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Colonel, ib.-a fluent orator, 173-found to
be in error, ib.

Bonaparte, N., a usurper, 192.
Bonds, Confederate, their specie basis cutlery,
236 when payable, (attention, British
stockholders !) 260.

Boot-trees, productive, where, 197.
Boston, people of, supposed educated, 173,
note has a good opinion of itself, 243.
Bowers, Mr. Arphaxad, an ingenious photo-
graphic artist, 264.

Biglow, Ezekiel, his letter to Hon. J. T. Buck-
ingham, 169 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,
169 - a poem by, ib., 188- his opinion of war,
170-wanted at home by Nancy, 170-recom-
niends a forcible enlistment of warlike editors,
ib. would not wonder, if generally agreed
with, 171-versifies letter of Mr. Sawin, 172 Brahmins, navel-contemplating, 190.
-a letter from, 172, 185- his opinion of Mr. Brains, poor substitute for, 244.
Sawin, 171-does not deny fun at Cornwal-Bread-trees, 197.
lis, 172, note-his idea of militia glory, 173,
note a pun of, 173, note-is uncertain in
regard to people of Boston, ib.- had never
heard of Mr. John P. Robinson, 175-aliquid
sufflaminandus, 176— his poems attributed to
a Mr. Lowell, 177—is unskilled in Latin, ib.
-his poetry maligned by some, 178-his dis-
interestedness, ib. - his deep share in com-
mon-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, 179-emulates historians
of antiquity, ib.his character sketched
from a hostile point of view, 184-a request
of his complied with, 187-appointed at a
public meeting in Jaalam, 191-confesses
ignorance, in one minute particular, of pro-
priety, ib. his opinion or cocked hats, ib.
-letter to, ib. -called "Dear Sir," by a gen-
eral, ib.probably receives same compli-
ment from two hundred and nine, ib. - picks
his apples, 204 - his crop of Baldwins conjec-
turally large, ib. - his labors in writing auto-
graphs, 231-visits the Judge and has a pleas-
ant time, 239-born in Middlesex County,
243- his favorite walks, ib. - his gifted pen,
259-born and bred in the country, 271-
feels his sap start in spring, 272-is at times
unsocial, ib. -the school-house where he
learned his a b c, ib. - falls asleep, 273- his
ancestor a Cromwellian colonel, ib. - finds it
harder to make up his mind as he grows
older, 274- wishes he could write a song or
two, 277-liable to moods, 285- loves nature
and is loved in return, 286-describes some
favorite haunts of his, 286, 287- his slain
kindred, 287-his speech in March meeting,
287- does not reckon on being sent to Con-
gress, 289 has no eloquence, ib. - his own
reporter, 290-never abused the South,
ib.advises Uncle Sam, ib. is not Boston-
mad, 291-bids farewell, 295.
Billings, Dea. Cephas, 172.
Billy, Extra, demagogus, 281.

Bream, their only business, 239.
Brigadier-Generals in militia, devotion of, 179.
Brigadiers, nursing ones, tendency in, to literary
composition, 233.
Brigitta, viridis, 280.
Britannia, her trident, 249.
Brotherhood, subsides after election, 268.
Brown, Mr., engages in an unequal contest, 187.
Browne, Sir T., a pious and wise sentiment of,
cited and commended, 171.
Brutus Four-Corners, 232.
Buchanan, a wise and honest man, 255.
Buckingham, Hon. J. T., editor of the Boston
Courier, letters to, 169, 171, 177, 185-not
afraid, 172.

Buffalo, a plan hatched there, 201-plaster, a
prophecy in regard to, 202.

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Birch, virtue of, in instilling certain of the dead
languages, 197.

Bird of our country sings hosanna, 173.
Bjarna Grímólfsson invents smoking, 264.
Blind, to go it, 196.

Blitz pulls ribbons from his mouth, 173.
Bluenose potatoes, smell of, eagerly desired,

173.

Bobolink, the, 272.

Bobtail obtains a cardinal's hat, 175.
Boggs, a Norman name, 254.

Bogus Four-Corners Weekly Meridian, 265.
Bolles, Mr. Secondary, author of prize peace
essay, 172-presents sword to Lieutenant

Buffaloes, herd of, probable influence of tracts
upon, 277.

Bull, John, prophetic allusion to, by Horace,
240-his "Run," 243- his mortgage, 246-
unfortunate dip of, 261-wool pulled over
his eyes, ib.

Buncombe, in the other world supposed, 179,
- mutual privilege in, 256.
Bung, the eternal, thought to be loose, 170.
Bungtown Fencibles, dinner of, 175.
Burke, Mr., his age of chivalry surpassed, 254.
Burleigh, Lord, quoted for something said in
Latin long before, 251.
Burns, Robert, a Scottish poet, 239.
Bushy Brook, 252.
Butler, Bishop, 259.
Butter in Irish bogs, 197.

C.

C., General, commended for parts, 176-for
ubiquity, ib.-for consistency, ib.-for
fidelity, ib. is in favor of war, ib.-his
curious valuation of principle, ib.
Cabbage-heads, the, always in majority, 289.
Cabinet, English, makes a blunder, 241.
Cæsar, tribute to, 189-his veni, vidi, vici,
censured for undue prolixity, 193.
Cainites, sect of, supposed still extant, 171.
Caleb, a monopoly of his denied, 172-curious
notions of, as to meaning of "shelter," 174
- his definition of Anglo-Saxon, ib. — charges
Mexicans (not with bayonets but) with im-
proprieties, ib.

Calhoun, Hon. J. C., his cow-bell curfew, light
of the nineteenth century to be extinguished
at sound of, 185- 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, ib. — mentioned, 185–187.

Calyboosus, carcer, 282.
Cambridge Platform, use discovered for, 175.
Canaan in quarterly instalments, 265.
Canary Islands, 197.

Colored folks, curious national diversion of kicking, 173.

Colquitt, a remark of, 186-acquainted with some principles of aerostation, ib.

Columbia, District of, its peculiar climatic effects, 180-not certain that Martin is for abolishing it, 201.

Columbiads, the true fifteen-inch ones, 267. 193—Columbus, a Paul Pry of genius, 190-will perhaps be remembered, 263- thought by some to have discovered America, 292.

Candidate, presidential, letter from, 191– smells a rat, ib. — against a bank, ib. — takes a revolving position, 192-opinion of pledges, ib. is a periwig, ib.-fronts south by north, ib. -qualifications of, lessening, wooden leg (and head) useful to, 196. Cape Cod clergymen, what, 175-Sabbathbreakers, perhaps, reproved by, ib. Captains, choice of, important, 290. Carolina, foolish act of, 290. Caroline, case of, 241.

Carpini, Father John de Plano, among the Tartars, 204.

Cartier, Jacques, commendable zeal of, 204. Cass, General, 186-clearness of his merit, ib. -limited popularity at "Bellers's," 200. Castles, Spanish, comfortable accommodations in, 198.

Cato, letters of, so called, suspended naso adunco, 191.

C. D., friends of, can hear of him, 190.
Century, nineteenth, 255.

Chalk egg, we are proud of incubation of, 190. Chamberlayne, Doctor, consolatory citation from, 251.

Chance, an apothegm concerning, 233-is impatient, 275.

Chaplain, a one-horse, stern-wheeled variety of, 235.

Chappelow on Job, a copy of, lost, 188.
Charles I., accident to his neck, 274.
Charles II., his restoration, how brought about,

274.

Cherubusco, news of, its effects on English royalty, 183.

Chesterfield no letter-writer, 191.

Columby, 200.

Complete Letter-Writer, fatal gift of, 192.
Compostella, Saint James of, seen, 174.
Compromise system, the, illustrated, 266.
Conciliation, its meaning, 277.

Congress, singular consequence of getting into, 180-a stumbling-block, 256.

Congressional debates found instructive, 184. Constituents, useful for what, 181. Constitution trampled on, 185- to stand upon, what, 191.

Convention, what, 181.

Convention, Springfield, 180.
Coon, old, pleasure in skinning, 186.
Co-operation defined, 254.

Coppers, caste in picking up of, 195.
Copres, a monk, his excellent method of argu-
ing, 184.

Corduroy-road, a novel one, 234.
Corner-stone, patent safety, 256.
Cornwallis, a, 172-acknowledged entertain-
ing, ib. note.

Cotton loan, its imaginary nature, 236.
Cotton Mather, summoned as witness, 174.
Country, our, its boundaries more exactly
defined, 177-right or wrong, nonsense about,
exposed, ib.-lawyers, sent providentially,
ib. --Earth's biggest, gets a soul, 279.
Courier, The Boston, an unsafe print, 184.

Chief Magistrate, dancing esteemed sinful by, Court, General, farmers sometimes attain seats 175.

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Court, Supreme, 256.

Courts of law, English, their orthodoxy, 265.
Cousins, British, our ci-devant, 241.
Cowper, W., his letters commended, 191.
Credit defined, 261.

Creditors all on Lincoln's side, 256.
Creed, a safe kind of, 196.
Crockett, a good rule of, 236.
Cruden, Alexander, his Concordance, 232.
Crusade, first American, 174.
Cuneiform script recommended, 193.
Curiosity distinguishes man from brutes, 190.
Currency, Ethiopian, inconveniences of, 236.
Cynthia, her hide as a means of conversion,

238.

D.

Dædalus first taught men to sit on fences, 252.
Daniel in the lion's den, 235.
Darkies dread freedom, 256.
Davis, Captain Isaac, finds out something to
his advantage, 243.

Davis, Jefferson (a new species of martyr), has the latest ideas on all subjects, 236-superior in financiering to patriarch Jacob, ib. -is some, 255- carries Constitution in his hat, 256 3-knows how to deal with his Congress, ib. astonished at his own piety, 260packed up for Nashville, 261-tempted to

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