Mass, the, its duty defined, 59. Massachusetts, on her knees, 8 --something mentioned in connection with, worthy the attention of tailors, 44 --citizen of, baked, boiled, and roasted (_nefandum!_), 95. Masses, the, used as butter by some, 46. M. C., an invertebrate animal, 49. Mechanics' Fair, reflections suggested at, 87. Mentor, letters of, dreary, 76. Mephistopheles at a nonplus, 62. Mexican blood, its effect in raising price of cloth, 103. Mexican polka, 24. Mexicans charged with various breaches of etiquette, 22 --kind feelings beaten into them, 70. Mexico, no glory in overcoming, 45. Military glory spoken disrespectfully of, 17, _note_ --militia treated still worse, _ib._ Milk-trees, growing still, 100. Mills for manufacturing gabble, how driven, 53. Milton, an unconscious plagiary, 43, _note_ --a Latin verse of, cited, 66. Missions, a profitable kind of, 67. Monarch, a pagan, probably not favoured in philosophical experiments, 12. Money-trees desirable, 100 --that they once existed shown to be variously probable, _ib._ Montaigne, a communicative old Gascon, 75. Monterey, battle of, its singular chromatic effect on a species of two-headed eagle, 50. Moses held up vainly as an example, 65 --construed by Joe Smith, _ib._ Myths, how to interpret readily, 84. Naboths, Popish ones, how distinguished, 25. Nation, rights of, proportionate to size, 20. National pudding, its effect on the organs of speech, a curious physiological fact, 25. Nephelim, not yet extinct, 124. New England overpoweringly honoured, 48 --wants no more speakers, _ib._ --done brown by whom, _ib._ --her experience in beans beyond Cicero's, 84. Newspaper, the, wonderful, 70 --a strolling theatre, 71 --thoughts suggested by tearing wrapper of, 72 --a vacant sheet, _ib._ --a sheet in which a vision was let down, 73 --wrapper to a bar of soap, _ib._ --a cheap impromptu platter, _ib._ New York, Letters from, commended, 76. Next life, what, 72. Niggers, 5 --area of abusing extended, 46 --Mr. Sawin's opinions of, 117. Ninepence a day low for murder, 14. No, a monosyllable, 25 --hard to utter, _ib._ Noah, inclosed letter in bottle, probably, 75. Nornas, Lapland, what, 101. North, has no business, 58 --bristling, crowded off roost, 81. North Bend, geese inhumanly treated at, 82 --mentioned, 113. North Star, a proposition to indict, 62. Off ox, 70. Officers, miraculous transformation in character of, 21 --Anglo-Saxon, come very near being anathematized, 22. O'Phace, Increase D., Esq., speech of, 40. Oracle of Fools, still respectfully consulted, 41. Orion, becomes commonplace, 73. Orrery, Lord, his letters (lord!), 76. Ostracism, curious species of, 41. Palestine, 23. Palfrey, Hon. J. G., 41, 50 (a worthy representative of Massachusetts.) Pantagruel recommends a popular oracle, 41.