Excerpt from An Exposition of the Forms and Usages Observed in the Various Lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as Organized in the United States: Together With a Full Account of the Awful and Terrifying Ceremonies Attendant Upon the Initiation of a New Member Into the Order But, as I am not professing to write a history of the order, Iwill enter at once into the direct subject of my pamphlet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.