Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10

market Gllnlnutlon IN the quantity aD-
>Orbed in town
In this sketch the writer does not mean
to be understood us saying that, in the
manufacture and Use of liquors, Cabot
WAS Il sinner above the other towns in that
vicinity. for it is probably a fact. that for
It's number of inli itbitant>, it had fewer
di>tillerits than aLv other town in that
section.-J. ". FiSher m JoHrnui.
Here are two descriptions-on OF a
Pnrian meeting house in the early times,
and the other of Philadelphia in the last
century-Wlich will give the style Of the
new book ,WgyiI1son's History of the United
.Stttcs for Tie Io"ng, jus, published by
Lee K Shepard, Boston.
IF We could carry ourselves back to
those dty>, and We're TO approach Il New
England village ab ut nihe o'clock on
>undny morning. we should hear some
one beating 4 drum, OF sounding Il horn,
or blowing Il concll-sh OF possibly
ringing Il iell, To call people to worship
A. we came nearer still we should see !,
Il ~ waving from u little L-bult church
or mccting-hul~c' Entering the village
we should see a s;rnn.r fence of stake,
| ,round this meeting -ho l-e, and IL sentinel
| il arnur standing near it; and We shonld
see s me of the men. us lhrv went in,
leaving their muskeis under his care We
should. pei lElpS. see Il cannon OF two
| planted near the .neeting-l uusc; and we
should also see some strange wooden
frames no; fur f. these being the stocks
and the piilory, plt there To punish Of
| tenders. LOOKING ut This church itself.
| we should zee that il had vcry few class
windows. and that these had yelv small
and thick pln,.S. dIamoni->haped. and Sc,
| IN lrldcn frames We should observe
IlIlt the other windows had oiled paper.
instead cf = ass: AMI We should see be-
| tween the windows the heads of wolves
hat had been Killed and di>plavcl tl!cr,
during tie past year
| Ii we were to look inside the littl,
,.llur- h. We. should not see families sittinu
lo"rth,r. Us now: but lhrv would be dis
IIi,ui,d Il according to ar, or sex or rank
In those DAYS Ihr old men SIT tnu,thcr in
,nt. place in church, th. yOunr men il
.n,tIrr. the younr women in another
| he BOYS all >:tt on the pulpit stairs an,
gallery. with con,table> to guard them
E.rI, Of these constable, htl Il wand, witt
4 hare foot ON one end and Il hare : tai
on tie other. These were to keep peorlt
aNakt. If any woman went to seen, the
constable touched hcr on the forrhea,
with the harcs tail, but if II small bo,
nodded he WIS raped with the other end
MT uuiie 80 gently No doubt the wan,
WAS often used; for the service, wrr,
some. .im,.- three on four hours lunr. tn,
sexton turning the hour glass before til,
minister III tie end of every hour Th,
only music consisted of singing hv tn,
cunprrration, from 4 mr,rIcal version q
the Psalms. called The Bay Psalm Book
Tie Whole number of tunes known to tht
people did not exceed ten: and few con
orc" .tiun- could 90 bcvunl five. Til
wa, ,hc Puritan form Of rel rious service
And people were not allowed to STAY Il
home flom it: for men called ti,hinr mel
, were. sent about the town t. look for tho-
who were absent. A'cn were fined fu
every unnecessary absence; and if the
st,ii AWAY = month tore1hcr. they mi h
he put into the stocks, OF INFO Il woodc
t ,ar,.
" "Philalrlpha remained. almost dow
n to tie Revelation. Il l:.ire greene countr
vnc. such rs William Penn had d' sire,
: The houses we've generally of brick {
stone SIlrTOIluteu bN Gardens ana DItn1ltt
' 4 German traveller said. in l74S. til:
: n4,rbps vrr. so abundln, around III
Ii Town that the very plr, were fed ON then
= and that the country people in Euror
l. .m,r,,.I even their tnrnip- more carefnll
+ Ih,n nconl. in PENNSYLVANIA cr,rdrd til
: most delicious fruits. ANY one who chos
" c,rlI r,r over any wall and help himsel
II Every PhiIul,lp lphi.n, he said. had 80 niue
Ihertv and abunIance that he could liy
IL in his own house like :. king. Yet
II those DAYS \ Phll,drlphia shop wa. ONLY
II ,.n,,mon Lv,llinr-hoil-e with Goods in II
4 ln,y,r rnnms and with sometime hun
II ,v.r tho door to show what was sold witt
II in-perhap, Il brsket, :, book. :, wood,
v b.eIiivr. or Il model of an anchor or a >hi
v T., IN. ..rn,t hefnre the shop there WAS I
~ middle of the sidewalk. There we
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