Scarabæus pilularius, 188.
Scott, General, his claims to the presi-
dency, 193, 194.
Scrimgour, Rev. Shearjashub, 312.
Scythians, their diplomacy commend-
ed, 209.
Sea, the wormy, 290.
Seamen, colored, sold, 185.
Secessia, licta, 309.
Secession, its legal nature defined, 260.
Secret, a great military, 297.
Selemnus, a sort of Lethean river, 216.
Senate, debate in, made readable, 200.
Seneca, saying of, 190-another, 199,
note - overrated by a saint (but see
Lord Bolingbroke's opinion of, in a
letter to Dean Swift), 207- his let-
ters not commended, ib. — a son of
Rev. Mr. Wilbur, 215-quoted, 304.
Serbonian bog of literature, 200.
Sermons, some pitched too high, 275.
Seward, Mister, the late, his gift of
prophecy, 267-needs stiffening, 321
misunderstands parable of fatted
calf, ib.
Sextons, demand for, 187
cial devotion of one, 221.
Seymour, Governor, 305.
Shakespeare, 314-a good reporter,
194.
Shaking fever, considered as an em-
ployer, 212.
Sham, President, honest, 196.
Shannon, Mrs., a widow, 258 - her
family and accomplishments, 260-
has tantrums, ib. her religious
views, 277, 278- her notions of a
moral and intellectual being, 279-
her maiden name, ib. - her blue
blood, ib.
Sheba, Queen of, 188.
Sheep, none of Rev. Mr. Wilbur's
turned wolves, 186.
Shem, Scriptural curse of, 221.
Shiraz Centre, lead-mine at, 280.
Shirley, Governor, 266.
Shoddy, poor covering for outer or in-
Skim-milk has its own opinions, 301.
Skin, hole in, strange taste of some
for, 212.
Skippers, Yankee, busy in the slave-
trade, 278.
Simms, an intellectual giant, twin-birth
with Maury (which see), 280.
Slaughter, whether God strengthen us
for, 189.
Slaughterers and soldiers compared, 216,
Slaughtering nowadays is slaughtering,
Slavery, of no color, 184 - -corner-stone
of liberty, 199 also keystone, 201
-last crumb of Eden, 203 -a Jo-
nah, ib. an institution, 208 - a pri-
vate State concern, 219.
Slidell, New York trash, 288.
Smith, Joe, used as a translation, 204.
Smith, John, an interesting character,
Smith, Mr., fears entertained for, 203
dined with, 207.
Smith, N. B, his magnanimity, 205.
Smithius, dux, 308.
Sloanshure, Habakkuk, Esquire, Presi-
dent of Jaalam Bank, 283.
Soandso, Mr., the great, defines his
position, 205.
Soft-heartedness, misplaced, is soft-
headedness, 306.
Sol, the fisherman, 188
soundness of
respiratory organs hypothetically at-
tributed to, ib
Soldiers, British, ghosts of, insubordi-
nate, 268.
Solomon, Song of, portions of it done
into Latin verse by Mr. Wilbur, 307.
Solon, a saying of, 199.
Soul, injurious properties of, 282.
South, the, its natural eloquence, 295-
facts have a mean spite against, 288.
South Carolina, futile attempt to ar
chor, 201 her pedigrees, 276.
Southern men, their imperfect notions
of labor, 257 of subscriptions, 258
- too high-pressure, 261-prima
facie noble, 279.
Spanish, to walk, what, 188.
Speech-making, an abuse of gift of
speech, 200.
Spirit-rapping does not repay the spir-
its engaged in it, 301.
Split-Foot, Old, made to squirm, 261.
Thacker, Rev. Preserved, D.D., 302.
Thanks get lodged, 212.
Thanksgiving, Feejee, 257.
Thaumaturgus, Saint Gregory, letter of,
to the Devil, 207.
Theleme, Abbey of, 283.
Theocritus, the inventor of idyllic poe-
try, 262.
Theory, defined, 292.
Thermopyles, too many, 287.
"They'll say " a notable bully, 270.
Thirty-nine articles might be made
serviceable, 190.
Thor, a foolish attempt of, 201.
Thoreau, 262.
Thoughts, live ones characterized, 315.
Thumb, General Thomas, a valuable
member of society, 198.
Thunder, supposed in easy circum-
Thynne, Mr., murdered, 185.
Time, an innocent personage to swear
by, 186a scene-shifter, 206.
Tinkham, Deacon Pelatiah, story con-
cerning, not told, 255- alluded to,
262-does a very sensible thing, 277.
Toms, peeping, 206.
Toombs, a doleful sound from, 288.
Trees, various kinds of extraordinary
Trowbridge, William, mariner, adven-
ture of, 189.
Truth and falsehood start from same
point, 190 truth invulnerable to
satire, ib. compared to a river, 194
of fiction sometimes truer than fact,
told plainly, passim.
ib.
Tuileries, exciting scene at, 199-front-
parlor of, 285.
Tully, a saying of, 195, note.
Tunnel, northwest-passage, a poor in-
vestment, 283.
Turkey-Buzzard Roost, 260.
Tuscaloosa, 260.
Tutchel, Rev. Jonas, a Sadducee, 291.
Tweedledee, gospel according to, 204.
Tweedledum, great principles of, 204.
Tylerus, juvenis insignis, 308-por-
phyrogenitus, 309- Johannides,
flito celeris, 310-bene titus, ib.
Tyrants, European, how made to trem-
ble, 258.
Ulysses, husband of Penelope, 192-
borrows money, 215 (for full partic-
ulars of, see Homer and Dante)-
rex, 308.
Unanimity, new ways of producing, 280
Union, its hoops off, 280- its good old
meaning, 292.
Universe, its breeching, 281.
University, triennial catalogue of, 193.
Us, nobody to be compared with, 258,
and see World, passim.
Van Buren fails of gaining Mr. Sawin's
confidence, 219- his son John re
proved, ib.
Van, Old, plan to set up, 219.
Wilbur, Rev. Homer, A. M., consulted,
183 - his instructions to his flock,
186 a proposition of his for Prot-
estant bomb-shells, 190 - his elbow
nudged, ib. his notions of satire, ib.
- some opinions of his quoted with
apparent approval by Mr. Biglow,
191- geographical speculations of
192 a justice of the peace, ib. — a
letter of, ib. a Latin pun of, ib.
runs against a post without injury,
193 does not seek notoriety (what-
ever some malignants may affirm), ib.
fits youths for college, ib. — a
chaplain during late war with Eng-
land, 194 a shrewd observation of,
195 some curious speculations of,
199, 200-his martello-tower, 200
forgets he is not in pulpit, 203, 210-
extracts from sermon of, 203, 205-
interested in John Smith, 206 - his
views concerning present state of let-
ters, 206, 207—a stratagem of, 209-
ventures two hundred and fourth in-
terpretation of Beast in Apocalypse,
ib. christens Hon. B. Sawin, then
an infant, 210-an addition to our
sylva proposed by, 214- curious and
instructive adventure of, 215 - his
account with an unnatural uncle, 215
-his uncomfortable imagination, 216
speculations concerning Cincinna-
tus, ib. confesses digressive ten-
dency of mind, 221-goes to work
on sermon, (not without fear that his
readers will dub him with a reproach-
ful epithet like that with which Isaac
Allerton, a Mayflower man, revenges
himself on a delinquent debtor of his,
calling him in his will, and thus hold-
ing him up to posterity, as " John
Peterson, THE BORE,") 222 - his
modesty, 253-disclaims sole author-
ship of Mr. Biglow's writings, ib. -
his low opinion of prepensive auto-
graphs, 254-a chaplain in 1812, 255
-cites a heathen comedian, ib. --
his fondness for the Book of Job, ib.
preaches a Fast-day discourse, ib.
is prevented from narrating a singular
Occurrence, ib. - is presented with
a pair of new spectacles, 261 - his
church services indecorously sketched
by Mr. Sawin, 278- hopes to deci-
pher a Runic inscription, 283 - a
fable by, 283, 284 - deciphers Runic
inscription, 289-291-his method
therein, 290 is ready to reconsider
his opinion of tobacco, 291 - his opin-
ion of the Puritans, 296 - his death,
302-born in Pigsgusset, ib. - letter
of Rev. Mr. Hitchcock concerning,
302, 303-fond of Milton's Christ-
mas hymn, 303 his monument
(proposed), ib. his epitaph, ib. —
his last letter, 304, 305-his sup-
posed disembodied spirit, 307-ta-
ble belonging to, ib. sometimes
wrote Latin verses, ib. his table-
talk, 311-314- his prejudices, 312
against Baptists, ib.- his sweet
nature, 317 his views of style, 318
- a story of his, 319.
Wildbore, a vernacular one, how to
escape, 200.
Wilkes, Captain, borrows rashly, 268.
Wind, the, a good Samaritan, 210.
Wingfield, his " Memorial," 276.
Wooden leg, remarkable for sobriety,
211 never eats pudding, ib.
Woods, the. See Belmont.
Works, covenants of, condemned, 277.
World, this, its unhappy temper, 256.
Wright, Colonel, providentially res-
cued, 188.
Writing dangerous to reputation, 254.
Wrong, abstract, safe to oppose, 197.
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