, 1877-12-22
President WooIsey on Po'it-
icaI Science ---Bool<-
let's by Ruskin.
A Host Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
Travel---Advioe to Ladies'
--Frithiofs Saga.
I1,usthold.Art--" "Ono Summer" 49, Tho
ghine--Charles aud Mary Lamb
.".Single Famous Songs.
Great American sculptors--Art at the
Centennial-Peters and His Blue
Laws Of Connecticut.

19AUo Va NV1AASSSAS-~'
PETERS AND nta "DLUE LAWs.o
rlE HEv. SAMUEL PETERS, Ills DEFEND
TT acncnoilsAs's" I,xv,sw 81 ': fiji Taua pLus
Laws or IoSSketcG3T I..fc3 & az 5 y. ~ nsMnosD 81
Tnuanrtt Haf'tof4, ls'7' sso., pp, ~ :,
Tho allegeh "blao Laws OK connecticut
have been fruitful subtect OF comment and
.'rc,, n ,hn ..f,,nc,ot 11i.tory q, fonncctI.
sPpsA. ~. ~. ~ D.. p...s',a, De-, .sn.a,. f.,
cut W tno nsf' sanuc' le'e!.' p.'n.sa mH.'", -,
London IN ISL Peters was Al, hp''sooal
clergyman, horn and educated IN Connecticut,
VIM being Loralist, vot into trouble viii, tho
w.. w., ~ ,hs.,v,, ~ M o,,thrcoh ~ liz
Sons ~ n.D,'..,, ~, ~ ,s,. ~ r..',.a,, ~
s M s %tar a e s.aes es an
seautlalous history Of his native colony. Tint
sue,, a ,,a,c NJ lava oa petcrs prutcd never
s". ,,a. ,n,,, roroo,o,iv .hnw,,. hi, hov,no
cA'steu, .,'s ose" .i'ay '"o, 1a' Iss ~. %
R'nc torta asa puo''e ru'hor' a''a having, IN our
day, been recognized as genuine in such psous
rtrks NJ ~ History VI ti,e Protestant Episcopal
csnrSh ro~ as IN A,norica ), hv f,,l,ou wlltrrlu1ca
i tIo1i Bishop u Oxiordj, an<i Siil.tory u tho
Tnr + 4, M Smierstt,. TGonlnin Ia the Gucr,,,
lev - s =, ~, M .r.,,cr 3ot n,"v nsrsnn. aitII h..
i,"., hat Il wns nnc., jlleras In Ennucct,cnt tr
..ss saw'man 10 la ser cliI On ti,n SaLSsth Ur
f,.,,mr.Inv y. nri tbnt - M nnn ai,niI rend
% issmu ,.rns m.'o t"",, f,rtstmn, W. s,;rtss
ilavs tn,kc f,incc ria. tiarcr. NAV rar.fs. ar
n,av INV ins,r,,mcnt al ,,sic. exrent the drurn.
sr,mnrt. rim ntMI lewSi,art,.,'
~ Il Ii 'rr"mtInil ~ uortford. nubt.,,ct1. a
-..r ~ ng,. ~ "a warl cntt,e,i. arhe rruo Bl1r f.sws
J,,nnnt,",,t III. mi Nsw ftnvrn sn,i tt,c Eo,ss
II nI,,a T'nwa 1nr"nte.1 nv lin n"v. aa,n,1ei
p,er.. p''o with sncei,nnns 1T Tia Inws ani In.
li,fai rrocccduEa Of Other Colonies. and some
aT'af H'aa Iaws NJ Enelan1 IN sHo Reipn n lanes
p,So JAWS - 11""'0"1 q" '"' 1t~'e1 " o''''9
II nr rruuahu,, .uowe,, TINT New Eur,uud va.
=, to,st n ,,.nt',rv in n,Iwnucr N ti'n Wnther.
donn,ry in tho reform OF pcral jerislatlon.
Sc "asv iaws NJ Sn.sac',,,sstta and E"nnceti.
~ ,ns5.i tlo ncnaitr ~ ,iroti, o,, "nw tmcre
oHs orenscs *r1,irty.ome 1fYrnsrs wr1c ,mnished
ws,h ,!sn.h nt thn satno time Ia Enetand. and in
sata LII ,hc ,,nh,r " md inrrens.,f IL III
TI'o 1.o nrnal etaic of New EnrianI Syas in cyery
1a!"t aav ,n,,9or Is"n that ~ Hi Eurian,i. r.:
Tr,p,"hnti nrntnI tts rcn,tnc conn:"tir,,t and
SrW Hayc,, cmlos. and showed that titcy con.
Hm taTnct M s,,cl' laws NJ pcfrr. IN s,rossssed 10
ta.ns onntc " IT, e kpl a1 W. lie reeor of tGa Rcy
soU., lcser" whtri' sI,nws tiIat In ,vasn ron.
rant,ni lat y,rtim ri n.r,,titmant,.: thai Iis
shhnrrence Of trutI, was disease; ttlat tno
IT, nt epy H. ssspet to hs ssGs asc RSs s
tn"rhcj w"ra iIkc FsistnIf's' i grss IA mot,nt-
mn men. psl,,aGfe.'i@su opcn and paIpa6le
tat 5 so,I,a uf iIis npolorlsto have insisted that
b. hun never expcetcd to b. believed. liz ,Tas. In
En"ia,nd history.
srhe noicIoir writer's of the Church. who have
50 lonF drawn ammunition and tnisatlcs from
Peters wel.stqSked arsenal, hare cotna TO the
dctenso ot the Rev Samuel Peters as clergy
man ma truth-telltpg HISTORIAN Ile Ch4rth-
asaM tSew YnrkTts tl,c,r osEan. and tbc Hey.
7. ". Cot, u. D.i amt Mf. sahaael y. AlcCor-
mick (the cseat,cfandson q peters), afe the
thanspion dclcndess. Mr; McCoFniGk nus r..
Gnnrcc,,n,t =. ior r,1ofcsscs 1D have ,ioI,e so1,
With additions, Illustrations, notcs, etc;
ln thc pamphlet bcf9fc us, Dr. Irnmb4ll
l1ses ne attention tn VI. Cutt ana NJ. Me-
t,rtn!cs's reprint. The latter publication Is,
ls says, absolutely Torthiess."-nartl from
Urclcsaness, and partly fron posstlvo intent:
Words arc omitted from the text a!1u Inserted
ul lliituM. Additional matter aud contnenta
OF thec.ior arc 50 mingled with tic Original that
~ isnposs't'le tU know wlethcr We arc rcad.
!ns Peters or AcCos!nick' laa5aees which are
LITTLE TOO stccp even for the th"rchnsaHs zeal
aud credullty arc quilted. Peters, who sound
y abused tla social customs OF Connecticut,
excepted thc innocent, yirtuous, aud pru-
dcnL" custom, as he called 1t, OF " bundlin9' !
and he devoted nine pages of big book to It's
cuci1at!on and corn1ncndati1u. had daugh'
tcri.h lin snfJl. hanu RnEnk from Near {uFtY