Tu, to, too; commonly has this sound when used emphatically, or at the end of a sentence. At other times it has the sound of t in tough, as, Ware ye goin' tu? Goin' ta Boston.
Ugly, ill-tempered, intractable. Uncle Sam, United States; the largest boaster of liberty and owner of slaves.
Unrizzest, applied to dough or bread; heavy, most unrisen, or most incapable of rising.
V-spot, a five-dollar bill. Vally, value.
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.
Wannut, walnut, (hickory.) Ware, where. Ware, were.
Whopper, an uncommonly large lie; as, that General Taylor is in favor of the Wilmot Proviso.
Wig, Whig; a party now dissolved.
Wunt, will not. Wus, worse. Wut, what.
Wuth, worth; as, Antislavery perfessions 'fore 'lection aint wuth a Bungtown copper. Wuz, was, sometimes were.
A. B., information wanted con- cerning, 216. Adam, eldest son of, respected, 154.
Eneas goes to hell, 238. Eolus, a seller of money, as is supposed by some, 239. Eschylus, a saying of. 191,
Alligator, a decent one conjec- tured to be, in some sort, hu- mane, 255. Alphonso the Sixth of Portu- gal, tyrannical act of, 258. Ambrose, Saint, excellent (but rationalistic) sentiment of, 177.
"American Citizen," new com- post so called, 241. American
Eagle, a source of inspiration, 185-hitherto wrongly classed, 191-long bill of, 192. Amos, cited, 176. Anakim, that they formerly existed, shown, 259. Angels, providentially speak French, 165-conjectured to be skilled in all tongues, ib. Anglo-Saxondom, its idea, what, 163.
Anglo-Saxon mask, 163. Anglo-Saxon race, 160. Anglo-Saxon verse, by whom carried to perfection, 155.
Ararat, ignorance of foreign tongues is an, 193. Arcadian background, 243. Aristophanes, 175.
Arms, profession of, once es- teemed, especially that of gentlemen, 154. Arnold, 183. Ashland, 243.
Astor, Jacob, a rich man, 230. Astræa, nineteenth century for- saken by, 240.
Athenians, ancient, an institu- tion of, 182.
Atherton, Senator, envies the loon, 201.
Austin, St., profane wish of, 184, note.
Aye-Aye, the, an African ani- mal, America supposed to be settled by, 167.
Babel, probably the first Con- gress, 199-a gabble-mill, ib.
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, 152-recommends a forcible enlistment of warlike editors, 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 heard of Mr. John P. Robin-
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. Blitz, pulls ribbons from his 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.
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