Slaughterers and soldiers compared, | Tarandfeather, Rev. Mr., 289.
Slaughtering nowadays is slaughter- ing, 132.
Slavery, of no color, 47-corner-stone of liberty, 87-also keystone, 92- last crumb of Eden, 95-a Jonah, 96-an institution, 111—a private State concern, 144. Slidell, New York trash, 309. Sloanshure, Habakkuk, Esquire, Pres- ident of Jaalam Bank, 298. Smith, Joe, used as a translation, 99. Smith, John, an interesting character, 106.
Smith, Mr., fears entertained for, 97 - dined with, 107.
Smith, N. B., his magnanimity, 104. Smithius, duz, 356.
Soandso, Mr., the great, defines his po- sition, 104.
Soft-heartedness, misplaced, is soft- headedness, 350.
Sol, the fisherman, 56- soundness of respiratory organs hypothetically attributed to, ib.
Soldiers, British, ghosts of, insubordi- nate, 256.
Solomon, Song of, portions of it done into Latin verse by Mr. Wilbur, 354. Solon, a saying of, 64.
Soul, injurious properties of, 296. South, its natural eloquence, 326- facts have a mean spite against, 310. South Carolina, futile attempt to an- chor, 91- her pedigrees, 275. Southern men, their imperfect notions of labor, 228-of subscriptions, 231 -too high-pressure, 239-prima facie noble, 286. Spanish, to walk, what, 58. Speech-making, an abuse of gift of speech, 87.
Spirit-rapping does not repay the spir- its engaged in it, 338. Split-Foot, Old, made to squirm, 239. Spring, described, 331-333.
Star, north, subject to indictment, whether, 96.
Statesman, a genuine, defined, 324. Stearns, Othniel, fable by, 389. Stone Spike, the, 255.
Store, cheap cash, a wicked fraud,
Strong, Governor Caleb, a patriot, 68. Style, the catalogue, 333. Sumter, shame of, 263.
Sunday should mind its own business, 324.
Swearing commended as a figure of speech, 53, note.
Swett, Jethro C., his fall, 376. Swift, Dean, threadbare saying of, 71.
Tag, elevated to the Cardinalate, 63. Taney, C. J., 294, 319.
Tarbox, Shearjashub, first white child born in Jaalam, 244. Tartars, Mongrel, 226. Taxes, direct, advantages of, 131. Taylor, General, greased by Mr. Choate, 140.
Taylor zeal, its origin, 138. Teapots, how made dangerous, 347. Ten, the upper, 288. Tesephone, banished for long-winded- ness, 89.
Thacker, Rev. Preserved, D. D., 341. Thanks get lodged, 122. Thanksgiving, Feejee, 227. Thaumaturgus, Saint Gregory, letter of, to the Devil, 108. Theleme, Abbey of, 299. Theocritus, the inventor of idyllic poetry, 241.
Theory, defined, 319.
Thermopyles, too many, 308. "They'll say "a notable bully, 261. Thirty-nine articles might be made serviceable, 63.
Thor, a foolish attempt of, 90. Thoreau, 243.
Thoughts, live ones characterized, 370. Thumb, General Thomas, a valuable member of society, 84.
Thunder, supposed in easy circum- stances, 120.
Thynne, Mr., murdered, 50. Tibullus, 345.
Time, an innocent personage to swear by, 52, note-a scene-shifter, 104. Tinkham, Deacon Pelatiah, story con- cerning, not told, 221-alluded to, 241-does a very sensible thing, 278.
Toms, peeping, 106.
Toombs, a doleful sound from, 310. Trees, various kinds of extraordinary ones, 129.
Trowbridge, William, mariner, adven- ture of, 62.
Truth and falsehood start from same point, 65-truth invulnerable to satire, ib. compared to a river, 75-of fiction sometimes truer than fact, ib. — told plainly, passim. Tuileries, exciting scene at, 85-front parlor of, 303.
Tully, a saying of, 77, note. Tunnel, northwest-passage, a poor in- vestment, 298.
Turkey-Buzzard Roost, 235. Tuscaloosa, 235.
Tutchel, Rev. Jonas, a Sadducee, 317. Tweedledee, gospel according to, 99. Tweedledum, great principles of, 99. Tylerus, juvenis insignis, 356-por- phyrogenitus, 357 - Johannides, flito celeris, 359-bene titus, 360. Tyrants, European, how made to trem- ble, 230.
Ulysses, husband of Penelope, 69- borrows money, 130 (for full partic- ulars of, see Homer and Dante) — rex, 356.
Unanimity, new ways of producing, 289.
Union, its hoops off, 288- its good old meaning, 320.
Universe, its breeching, 290. University, triennial catalogue of, 73. Us, nobody to be compared with, 231, and see World, passim.
Van Buren fails of gaining Mr. Sawin's confidence, 141-his son John re- proved, 142.
Van, Old, plan to set up, 141. Vattel, as likely to fall on your toes as on mine, 267.
Venetians invented something once, 130.
Vices, cardinal, sacred conclave of,
Whig party has a large throat, 72 — but query as to swallowing spurs, 140.
Wickliffe, Robert, consequences of his bursting, 347. Wife-trees, 129.
Wilbur, Mrs. Dorcas (Pilcox), an in- variable rule of, 73-her profile, ib. - tribute to, 342.
Wilbur, Rev. Homer, A. M., consulted, 44his instructions to his flock, 52-a proposition of his for Prot- estant bomb-shells, 63 - his elbow nudged, 64- his notions of satire, ib. some opinions of his quoted with apparent approval by Mr. Big- low, 67-geographical speculations of, 68-a justice of the peace, ib. a letter of, 69-a Latin pun of, 70 -runs against a post without in- jury, 71- does not seek notoriety (whatever some malignants may af- firm), 72- fits youths for college, 73 a chaplain during late war with England, 74-a shrewd obser- vation of, 76-some curious specu- lations of, 87-89 his martello- tower, 88-forgets he is not in pul- pit, 96, 116-extracts from sermon of, 98, 99, 103-105-interested in John Smith, 106-his views con- cerning present state of letters, 107, 108a stratagem of, 113-ventures two hundred and fourth interpreta- tion of Beast in Apocalypse, 114- christens Hon. B. Sawin, then an infant, 116 - an addition to our sylva proposed by, 128-curious and instructive adventure of, 130 - his account with an unnatural uncle, 132 his uncomfortable imagina- tion, ib. speculations concerning Cincinnatus, 133-confesses digres- sive tendency of mind, 149 - goes to work on sermon (not without fear that his readers will dub him with a reproachful epithet like that with which Isaac Allerton, a May- flower man, revenges himself on a delinquent debtor of his, calling him in his will, and thus holding him up to posterity, as "John Peterson, THE BORE"), 150 his modesty, 215 disclaims sole authorship of Mr. Biglow's writings, 216— his low opinion of prepensive autographs, 217 — a chaplain in 1812, 220 -- cites a heathen comedian, 221 - his fond- ness for the Book of Job, ib. preaches a Fast-Day discourse, ib.
is prevented from narrating a singular occurrence, 222 - is pre- sented with a pair of new spectacles, 240 his church services indecor- ously sketched by Mr. Sawin, 283-
hopes to decipher a Runic inscrip- tion, 297a fable by, 298-- deci- phers Runic inscription, 312-318- his method therein, 314- is ready to reconsider his opinion of tobacco, 317 his opinion of the Puritans, 329 his death, 341 - born in Pigs- gusset, ib. letter of Rev. Mr Hitchcock concerning, 341-343 fond of Milton's Christmas hymn, 343-his monument (proposed), ib. -his epitaph, ib. - his last letter, 343-346-his supposed disembodied spirit, 352-table belonging to, 353 -sometimes wrote Latin verses, 354 - his table-talk, 302-369 — his pre- judices, 363 against Baptists, ib. his sweet nature, 376 - his views of style, 378-a story of his, 380.
Wildbore, a vernacular one, how to escape, 88.
Wilkes, Captain, borrows rashly, 256. Wind, the, a good Samaritan, 116. Wingfield, his "Memorial," 277. Wooden leg, remarkable for sobriety, 118-never eats pudding, 119. Woods, the. See Belmont. Works, covenants of, condemned, 279. World, this, its unhappy temper, 223. Wright, Colonel, providentially res- cued, 56.
Writing dangerous to reputation, 219. Wrong, abstract, safe to oppose, 80.
Yankees, their worst wooden nut- megs, 311.
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