Thompson, Daniel P. (Daniel Pierce), 1795-1868 [1835], The adventures of Timothy Peacock, esquire, or, Freemasonry practically illustrated (Knapp and Jewett, Middlebury) [word count] [eaf389].
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THE
ADVENTURES
OF
TIMOTHY PEACOCK, ESQUIRE,
OR
FREEMASONRY PRACTICALLY ILLUSTRATED.
COMPRISING A
PRACTICAL HISTORY OF MASONRY,
EXHIBITED IN A
SERIES OF AMUSING ADVENTURES
OF A
MASONIC QUIXOT.
BY A MEMBER OF THE VERMONT BAR.
MIDDLEBURY:
KNAPP AND JEWETT, PRINTERS.
1885.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835,
By Knapp and Jewett,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Vermont.
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PREFACE.
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There may be such a thing as conferring on folly a sort of dignity—
nay, even a dangerous importance, by treating it too seriously. There
may also be such a thing as pursuing vice and crime so far with one
unvaried cry of denunciation as to give them a temporary advantage
by the more easily eluding the pursuit, or by adroitly crying, “martyr,”
“persecution,” &c., so far to enlist the sympathies of the spectator, who
has thus seen but one of the aspects of “the frightful mien,” as to
induce him to say, “forbear — enough!”
If the following pages shall succeed in presenting the various and
motley features of Freemasonry in their proper light—show where it
is most effectual to laugh, where to censure and denounce, and where
to (not praise—that word would be a white sheep in such fellowship,)
where to let it alone—the aims of the author will have been accomplished.
His views of that extraordinary, strangely compounded and
certainly very powerful institution, are not dissimilar to those of many
others at the present day; but he may differ from them in the manner
in which he believes it most expedient and politic to serve up for the
public many of the materials of which it is composed.
THE AUTHOR.
April, 1835.
Preliminaries
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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
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TO HIS INEFFABLE POTENCY,
EDWARD LIVINGSTON,
General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of the Celestial Canopy of the United States of
America:
This feeble attempt at a practical illustration of the Beauties of
Freemasonry is humbly dedicated, as a suitable tribute to the Man
and the Mason, whose matchless wisdom, so admirably adapted to the
genius of that institution of which he is the exalted head in this thus
honored country, has successfully foiled its most formidable assailants
by the unanswerable arguments of his Dignified Silence.
By THE AUTHOR.
Anno Lucis, 5835.
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Thompson, Daniel P. (Daniel Pierce), 1795-1868 [1835], The adventures of Timothy Peacock, esquire, or, Freemasonry practically illustrated (Knapp and Jewett, Middlebury) [word count] [eaf389].
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