20. Philadelphia was one hundred miles farther, but Franklin concluded to go there. In crossing the bay, a squall struck the little vessel he was in, and tore her rotten sails to pieces. She was driven upon Long Island.
21. On the way, a drunken Dutchman, who was a passenger in the boat, tumbled overboard. As he was sinking, Franklin reached out and caught him by a very bushy head of hair, and drew him up again. This sobered him a little, and he went to sleep, having first taken a book out of his pocket, which he desired Franklin to dry for him. It proved to be a Dutch copy of his old favorite book, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and he carefully complied with the wish of the sleepy owner.
1. What induced Franklin to adopt a vegetable diet? What arrangement did he make with his brother on this account?
2. What advantage resulted from this? Describe Benjamin's economy of time.
3. How did he learn arithmetic?
4. With what treatise was Franklin so much pleased? Of what disagreeable habits did it cure him?
5. What advice does he give on the manner of conversation?
6. Who printed the second newspaper in New England? What was it called?
7. How was Benjamin connected with it?