Salmagundi; or, The whim-whams and opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, esq. [pseud.] and others. By William Irving, James Kirke Paulding and Washington Irving. Printed from the original ed., with a preface and notes by Evert A. Duyckinck.

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a contrivance to get dry shod over a river or brook; and town,
an appellation given in America to the accidental assemblage of
a church, a tavern, and a blacksmith's shop-Linkum as right
as my left leg;-Rahway River-good place for gunboats —
wonder why Mr. Jefferson don't send a river fleet here, to protect
the hay-vessels?-Woodbridge-landlady mending her husband's
breeches-sublime apostrophe to conjugal affection and the fair
sex;* — Woodbridge famous for its crab-fishery-sentimental
correspondence between a crab and a lobster-digression to
Abelarde and Eloisa;-mem. when the moon is in Pisces, she
plays the devil with the crabs.
CHAPTER III.
Brunswick-oldest town in the state-division line between
two counties in the middle of the street;-posed a lawyer with
the case of a man standing with one foot in each countywanted to know in which he was domicil-lawyer couldn't tell
for the soul of him;-mem. all the New Jersey lawyers nums;
-Miss Hay's boarding-school-young ladies not allowed to eat
mustard-and why?-fat story of a mustard-pot, with a good
saying of Ding-Dong's;-Vernon's tavern-fine place to sleep,
if the noise would let you-another Caliban! —Vernon slew-eyed
-people of Brunswick, of course, all squint;-Drake's tavern
-fine old blade-wears square buckles in his shoes-tells
bloody long stories about last war-people, of course, all do
the same;-Hook'em Snivy, the famous fortune-teller, born here
— contemporary with Mother Shoulders-particulars of his
history-died one day-lines to his memory, which found their
* Vide the Sentimental Kotzebue.