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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Brasher's Falls - Reading the dictionary through - Painting and decorating carriages - A drink of pure alcohol - Flooring the village wrestler - A fight with Louis Hentz the local bully - Fight for the championship with John Tester - A discussion on Hydraulics - Return to the State of Maine
Working a big lathe on cast iron at Fitchburg, Mass. - A record job on a brass finisher's lathe - Computing the power of an engine - Working as a mechanical draughtsman and a coppersmith - The grand worthy patriach of the Sons of Temperance goes on a drunken debauch and what came of it - Spiritualism - Obtain work in Boston - Density regulators - Inventing gas machines - Automatic sprinklers
Working in New York City - The Novelty Iron Works - Big Wooden ships - The all-knowing German - Inventing a steam trap - Locomotive head-lights
A trip to the Southern States - Extraordinary state of affairs - The reign of the revolver - The girl in the chain gang - Act as hotel engineer
The large gas machine at Saratoga - Stopping a leak - Putting a steam fire-engine in order
Lifting competition with an Irishman - General O'Neal's invasion of Canada - Proposed conquest of England - The brave general arrested - O'Connor and the earthquake - Wonderful display of gold watches - Five years for drawing the badger - Red Jersey mud and the envelope swindle - A wonderful old bruiser - The insurance man - The engine-driver's fortune
Electric lighting - A slow boat and a fast boat - Brandy and milk - The first platinum lamp - Report as to how an incandescent lamp might be made - A terrific explosion prophesied