Eagle, national, the late, his estate ad- ministered upon, 260.
Earth, Dame, a peep at her housekeep- ing, 201.
Eating words, habit of, convenient in time of famine, 198. Eavesdroppers, 206. Echetlæus, 189.
Editor, his position, 203 -command- ing pulpit of, 204-large congrega- tion of, ib. -name derived from what, ib.-fondness for mutton, ib. -a pious one, his creed, ib. -a showman, 205- - in danger of sudden arrest, without bail, 206.
Editors, certain ones who crow like cockerels, 184.
Edwards, Jonathan, 313.
Eggs, bad, the worst sort of, 295, 296. Egyptian darkness, phial of, use for,
Enfield's Speaker, abuse of, 295. England, late Mother-Country, her want of tact, 263-merits as a lecturer, ib. - her real greatness not to be for- gotten, 265-not contented (unwise- ly) with her own stock of fools, 268 -natural maker of international law, ib.her theory thereof, ib.- makes a particularly disagreeable kind of sarse, 269-somewhat given to bullying, ib. has respectable re- lations, ib. ought to be Columbia's friend, 270 anxious to buy an ele- phant, 281. Epaulets, perhaps no badge of saint- ship, 191. Epimenides, the Cretan Rip Van Win-
Episcopius, his marvellous oratory, 221. Eric, king of Sweden, his cap, 215. Ericsson, his caloric engine, 261. Eriksson, Thorwald, slain by natives,
Essence-pedlers, 283.
Ethiopian, the, his first need, 284. Evangelists, iron ones, 190.
Eyelids, a divine shield against au- thors, 200.
Ezekiel, text taken from, 203.
Ezekiel would make a poor figure at a caucus, 296.
Faber, Johannes, 314.
Factory-girls, expected rebellion of, 202. Facts, their unamiability, 288-con- pared to an old-fashioned stage-
coach, 292. Falstaffii, legio, 390.
Family-trees, fruit of jejune, 214—a primitive forest of, 293.
Faneuil Hall, a place where persons tap themselves for a species of hydro- cephalus, 200-a bill of fare menda- ciously advertised in, 214.
Father of country, his shoes, 216. Female Papists, cut off in midst of idol- atry, 215.
Fenianorum, rixa, 308.
Fergusson, his "Mutual Complaint,” &c., 262.
F. F., singular power of their looks, 281.
Fire, we all like to play with it, 201. Fish, emblematic, but disregarded, where, 200
Fitz, Miss Parthenia Almira, a shere. siarch, 312.
Flam, President, untrustworthy, 196. Flirt, Mrs., 276.
Flirtilla, elegy on death of, 313. Floyd, a taking character, 286. Floydus, furcifer, 309.
Fly-leaves, providential increase of,
Fuller, Dr. Thomas, a wise saying of,
Funnel, Old, hurraing in, 187.
Gabriel, his last trump, its pressing na- ture, 292.
Gardiner, Lieutenant Lion, 266. Gawain, Sir, his amusements, 201. Gay, S. H., Esquire, editor of National Antislavery Standard, letter to, 206. Geese, how infallibly to make swans of, 268.
Gentleman, high-toned Southern, scien- tifically classed, 277. Getting up early, 184, 188.
Ghosts, some, presumed fidgety, (but see Stilling's Pneumatology,) 207. Giants formerly stupid, 201. Gideon, his sword needed, 272. Gift of tongues, distressing case of, 200. Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 290.
Globe Theatre, cheap season-ticket to, 206.
Glory, a perquisite of officers, 212- her account with B. Sawin, Esq., 214. Goatsnose, the celebrated, interview with, 209.
God, the only honest dealer, 274. Goings, Mehetable, unfounded claim of, disproved, 263.
Gomara has a vision, 189 - his rela- tionship to the Scarlet Woman, ib. Governor, our excellent, 254. Grandfather, Mr. Biglow's, safe advice of, 267.
Grandfathers, the, knew something,
Grand jurors, Southern, their way of finding a true bill, 258. Grantus, Dux, 309.
Gravestones, the evidence of Dissent- ing ones held doubtful, 291. Gray's letters are letters, 207. Great horn spoon, sworn by, 201. Greeks, ancient, whether they ques- tioned candidates, 209. Green Man, sign of, 193.
Habeas corpus, new mode of suspend- ing it, 286.
Hay-rick, electrical experiments with, 306.
Headlong, General, 266.
Hell, the opinion of some concerning, - breaks loose, 305.
Henry the Fourth of England, a Par- liament of, how named, 194, 195. Hens, self-respect attributed to, 256. Herb, the Circean, 291.
Herbert, George, next to David, 275. Hercules, his second labor probably what, 221.
Hermon, fourth-proof dew of, 278. Herodotus, story from, 186
Hesperides, an inference from, 214.
Hessians, native American soldiers, 282.
Hickory, Old, his method, 305.
Higgses, their natural aristocracy of feeling, 279;
Hitchcock, the Rev. Jeduthun, col- league of Mr. Wilbur, 254-letter from, containing notices of Mr. Wil- bur, 302 ditto, enclosing macaronic verses, 307 teacher of high-school,
Holmes, Dr., author of "Annals of America," 254.
Homer, a phrase of, cited, 204. Homer, eldest son of Mr. Wilbur, 313. Horners, democratic ones, plums left for, 197:
Hotels, big ones, humbugs, 272. House, a strange one described, 256. Howell, James, Esq., story told by, 195 - letters of, commended, 207. Huldah, her bonnet, 301.
Human rights out of order on the floor of Congress, 201.
Humbug, ascription of praise to, 205 -generally believed in, ib. Husbandry, instance of bad, 191.
Latimer, Bishop, episcopizes Satan, 185. Latin tongue, curious information con- cerning, 192.
Launcelot, Sir, a trusser of giants for- merly, perhaps would find less sport therein now, 201. Laura, exploited, 313. Learning, three-story, 299. Letcher, de la vieille roche, 279. Letcherus, nebulo, 309.
Letters classed, 207 their shape, 207 - of candidates, 208- - often fatal,
Lettres Cabalistiques, quoted, 264. Lewis Philip, a scourger of young na- tive Americans, 199 — commiserated (though not deserving it), ib. note. Lexington, 267.
Liberator, a newspaper, condemned by implication, 193.
Liberty, unwholesome for men of cer- tain complexions, 204.
Licking, when constitutional, 282. Lignum vitæ, a gift of this valuable wood proposed, 189.
Lincoln, too shrewd to hang Mason and Slidell, 288.
Literature, Southern, its abundance, 280.
Little Big Boosy River, 260.
Longinus recommends swearing, 186 note (Fuseli did same thing). Long sweetening recommended, 211. Lord, inexpensive way of lending to, 258.
Lords, Southern, prove pur sang by ablution, 279.
Lost arts, one sorrowfully added to list of, 221.
Louis the Eleventh of France, some odd trees of his, 214.
Lowell, Mr. J. R., unaccountable si- lence of, 192.
Luther, Martin, his first appearance as Europa, 188. Lyæus, 310.
Lyttelton, Lord, his letters an imposi- tion, 207.
Macrobii, their diplomacy, 209. Magoffin, a name naturally noble, 279.
Mahomet, got nearer Sinai than some
Mahound, his filthy gobbets, 189. Mandeville, Sir John, quoted, 264. Mangum, Mr., speaks to the point, 201 Manichæan, excellently confuted, 200. Man-trees, grew where, 214. Maori chieftains, 264.
Mapes, Walter, quoted, 265 - para, phrased, ib.
Mares'-nests, finders of, benevolent, 206.
Marius, quoted, 276. Marshfield, 216, 218.
Martin, Mr. Sawin used to vote for him, 219.
Mason and Dixon's line, slaves north of, 201.
Mason an F. F. V., 288.
Mason and Slidell, how they might have been made at once useful and ornamental, 288.
Mass, the, its duty defined, 201. Massachusetts on her knees, 185-
something mentioned in connection with, worthy the attention of tailors, 196 -citizen of, baked, boiled, aud roasted (nefandum !), 212.
Masses, the, used as butter by some,
Medium, ardentispirituale, 308. Mediums, spiritual, dreadful liars, 301. Memminger, old, 259.
Mentor, letters of, dreary, 207. Mephistopheles at a nonplus, 203. Mexican blood, its effect in raising price of cloth, 215. Mexican polka, 189.
Mexicans charged with various breach- es of etiquette, 188-kind feelings beaten into them, 205.
Mexico, no glory in overcoming, 196. Middleton, Thomas, quoted, 276. Military glory spoken disrespectfully of, 187, note-militia treated still worse, ib.
Milk-trees, growing still, 214.
Mill, Stuart, his low ideas, 287. Millenniums, apt to miscarry, 306. Millspring, 287.
Mills for manufacturing gabble, how driven, 200.
Mills, Josiah's, 299.
Milton, an unconscious plagiary, 195, note a Latin verse of, cited, 204- an English poet, 290 — his “ Hymn of the Nativity," 303. Missionaries, user 1 to alligators, 256 - culinary liabilities of, 278. Missions, a profitable kind of, 204. Monarch, a pagan, probably not favored
in philosophical experiments, 186. Money-trees, desirable, 214—that they once existed shown to be variously probable, ib.
Montaigne, a communicative old Gas-
Naboths, Popish ones, how distin- guished, 189. Nana Sahib, 264.
Nancy, presumably Mrs. Biglow, 266. Napoleon III., his new chairs, 285. Nation, rights of, proportionate to size, 188-young, its first needs, 286. National pudding, its effect on the or- gans of speech, a curious physiologi- cal fact, 190.
Negroes, their double usefulness, 259 -getting too current, 286. Nephelim, not yet extinct, 221. New England overpoweringly honored, 198 - wants no more speakers, ib.-
done brown by whom, ib. rience in beans beyond Cicero's, 200 Newspaper, the, wonderful, 205- strolling theatre, ib. - thoughts sug gested by tearing wrapper of, 206- a vacant sheet, ib. — a sheet in which a vision was let down, ib.-wrappe to a bar of soap, ib. -a cheap im promptu platter, ib.
New World, apostrophe to, 272. New York, letters from, commended, 207.
Next life, what, 204.
Nicotiana Tabacum, a weed, 290. Niggers, 184 -area of abusing extend- ed, 196-Mr. Sawin's opinions of,
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