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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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• CHAPTER I.—Contains a brief account of the hero's parents—
  their settling in Mugwump—the private initiation of his father
  into the secrets of Freemasonry. 5

• CHAP. II.—The hero's birth and education, and the wonders
  attending each. 18

• CHAP. III.—His journey to Vermont, and the commencement
  of his adventures. 24

• CHAP. IV.—His attempt to become a school-master—examination
  by a committee, &c. 32

• CHAP. V.—He hires himself to a tavern-keeper—attends a
  barn-raising—makes a speech in favor of Masonry; and, by invitation
  of a member present, proposes himself as a candidate to
  join the Lodge. 39

• CHAP. VI.—He is initiated—singular mishaps attending the
  ceremony. 45

• CHAP. VII.—He meets Jenks, a masonic friend, in a field on
  Sunday to study the masonic lectures, &c.—They are beset by
  bears, and capture a cub. 58

• CHAP. VIII.—Further progress in Masonry.—He quits the
  service of his employer, and he and his friend project a journey to
  New-York with their bear for exhibition. 73

• CHAP. IX.—The two friends set out on their journey.—A romantic
  love adventure at a Dutch tavern. 84

• CHAP. X.—Their journey down the Hudson river.—Adventure
  with a hypocondriac.—Arrested for passing counterfeit money—
  miraculous escape from the officer by means of masonic signs.
  Lie hid in the woods—shear and shave their bear. 97

• CHAP. XI.—Arrival in New-York.—The exhibition of their
  bear, Boaz, beset by a mob.—The death of the bear and the
  escape of his owners. 114

• CHAP. XII.—Voyage up the Hudson in a sloop.—Epitaph on
  Boaz, &c. 120

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• CHAP. XIII.—Arrival in Albany—The friends separate—The
  hero remains—His further progress in Masonry—Takes the Royal
  Arch degree. 139

• CHAP. XIV.—Adventure in a house of ill-fame.—Meets a
  brother Royal Arch—the latter assaults a man and leaves him for
  dead—is arrested—his trial—the hero appears as a witness and
  swears him clear. 150

• CHAP. XV.—The hero attends Town's lectures—takes the
  higher degrees—receives a letter from home, and prepares for his
  departure. 161

• CHAP. XVI.—Delivers a masonic oration in Vermont on St.
  John's day. 171

• CHAP. XVII.—An account of Wm. Botherworth, and his
  crime of initiating a man privately—the manner he was decoyed
  to a neighboring city for trial. 182

• CHAP. XVIII.—The sitting of the Council to determine the
  fate of Botherworth—its result. 191

• CHAP. XIX.—The appearance of Botherworth before the
  Grand Council—his speech—the announcement of their decree—
  its execution, and the death of Botherworth. 200