The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-23
"Ths Old Puritan Clergyman.


the above subject, from which We max,
sthe following extract:
Itis9 o'clock OH Sunday. Since O'Clock
on Saturday, no stroke OF work has been
E.lone in town. The hour of worship is near
I'm it is Salem village, the bell has been rung
Noncc, and flag hung out OF the meeting
ehousc. II it is Cambridge, the drum has
Aeen berten once. Ii it is Havcrhill
Abrahan Tyler has been blowing lis horn
n half an hour-tor which Abraham gets a
4 alf-pound of pork annually, from each fam.
}3ly in town
d let me approach the building. There
ssre the stocks, the whipping post and Il
Mlarpe wooden cage To coii.iae offenders
xTherc is u sentry, clothed in arnor, which
~ painted black, and cost "A shilings; he
IA, also his musket, his rest or iron fork
2Stutk in the ground to support it, and his
fandlcer, or leather belt. The meeting
a ouse is the second built in town; the first
vas log hut with a cannon on top, and
Nc gospel cannonadc down below. This
u sus built in 1863, and cost E63. 1t is Of
4 lick smearcd with clay, and covered with
n ayboards, now called ciapboards. The
u Sof i matched. II is % feet square; the
4 ll.ropc hangs in the middle. Outside are
K heads Of all the wolves killed during the
4 lar But the Quakers think that the
olives have got inside in sleeps clothing.
|M The people are collecting. There is Il
he of forty shillings on riding too fast to
cetng The Governor has gone by with
IS attendants, 'caying the French Popish
ambassadors to stay quietly at his house.
He sextoncalls for the minister and escorts
Im. he enters the church in his black
eneva cloak, skull! cap, &c. There are
econg.e.ation, whose places are assigned
bee year according 10 rank and age
be elders sit beneath the pulpit; the boys
sit on the gallery stairs, guardedb by three
Wnstables. The young men @ear gold and
)vcr buttons, points at the knees, great
&oia, &c. the young women wear silk or
..ny hoods, 'cut works. slash apparel. :
d other antique mysteries of toilette
HI there in the aisle sits some wretchcd
I'm or woman with u scarlet letter a. or
on the breast, to denote crime.
8Thc services begin The parson may
\ an hour or so-and after preaching his
Dir, may turn tire hourglass, and invite his
arers to take another glass II any dis
"A
ok four feet high, with the inscription.
Wanton GosPeiler." Even ont OF the
,rch they must not abuse lima. Several
N were fined for saying they could derive
(proii, from Rev. John ligrinson's preach
Fl such things were done now, (sad
lecturer,) which Of Us is safe. II was
eerous TO 20 10 meeting Puritan days,
equally dangerous to stay q; home, for
ich men were put in the wooden cage.
Nov the sermon is over. and the little
Is look happy, for what follows is more
nsfnr. Questions MY now b. asked Of
c!ds.rs-bap,isms and marriages be an
bncetl-.he $ sabbath laws Iaay BE- read, Or
laws promulgated. Or same offend
Magistrate may be compelled 70 stand IN
garments eli Il bench, aud own his sins
tre the people. Then collection is
an---the people all passing NJ one aisle
down the other. before the elders pew.
Ter the bcnchicton, the clergyman de-
b.. bawing 10 the people right and left,
Rh"y All ii, still till he and his family have
D. oGt Then they 90 also, except few.
IN distance, 10 stay 70 cat their cold
HI and bears in the meeting house.
"a m;eh, be supposed that weddings and
n fra!s were Ia lie attended, but the Purl-
would not have prayers on those o.
n ans. though, il is hard - believe this now.
0k;u, Knox and the cstmtitstcr Assem-
Mtrbad, prayers al funerals. The OBJ
r wa. II avoid Catholic and Episcopal
h.; 5, the rcas III Why New Euglandcrs
= salt tis!, on Saturday, is the fact that
0Itoiics cat i on Friday.
Acddinr sermons lasted much longer.
In p.r-un Smiths daughter Mary mar
younq Mr.. Cranch, She chose for her
Mary hath chosen the better pnrt,
- But when her wild young sister Abby
,cd tolnarry Squire John Adams, whom
Rather dislacd and wouil not have to
er. She chose for her text John came
her eating bread or drinking wine, and
uy he hath devil!'' Abby lived to be
i,e Of one United States President and
her OF another.
ID lind the following in IL. columns OF Il
~ English paper:
CluLD EATEN BV PiG.-A hofFiple
e was heard at the Clifton Sessions, III
N u. Mary kync, an infant, sued BY her
T. Dr. Jrhn kyne, person named MICH
IN alroa. 10 recover compensation for
- kiul personal injury. The defendant
X lhe owrcr Of Il pig Of very rrmarkahie
= tv. which went into the house OF
III durino ,h,. absence Of all the family
b. the pluintifi, aud pulling her out Of
E3dla, ate off one OF her hands and
timers of the other. The defendant
Z id notice of the hrute's ferocity, for "A
time previous it had attacked another
Kyua,s ,hiIdrar. The Court awarded