The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-01-04

Ir.,.. pe5eIty OF presentation by the Gran,
eir,s anu II persons wear laces, silks lew
eny os gold buttons, they are Ia he taIe ~ :,
PIoPor'ion to their apparent and no, tsa u
leaI means. In l6ii living is 10 he , me-
lSneu by line or bodily Correction DiIpo ~,
uieRI children are to be put TO death
no one shall be freeman or riye . vo,,
Sn MeSS he be converted and a mem No. ~ T.
lu.l communion of one of the churches ~
lowed IN this dominion" AVA al
NO man shall hold office who Is no,
souhu IN The faith and faithful TO his domin'
son' ana whoever gives vote TO such y ner,
ona Sn iS pay line OF 81; Tor a sec.
ot ~ otenee he shall be diSfranchised,
N9 quaker or dissenter from the estab.
a uHieu worship OF this dominion shall he
r r,o " give vote for the election of
magistrate or any otiicer,n
NO food or lodging shall no snnnl;oa .,
Quaker, Adamite or other heretirip i T" "
| no one shall run on the SABBATH dow =,
walk IN his garden, or elsewhere. eyceni pa
Nersntly to and from church. "
NO woman shall kiss her child on tbe
sabbath or fasting day" ''-e
neli II appears that an accused have
GohIeuerates and he refuse to discover them
| he shall be racked." ''''i
no one shall buy or sell lands without
permission Of the Selectmen.n
"A drunkard shall have n master nm.
pointed by the Selectmen, who are In ds.
par nm from the liberty of buying and
A debtor in prison, swearing he has no
estate, snail be let out and sold to make
satisfaction" ~ MANY
NO one shall read common PRAYERS
keep Christmas, make mince pies, plnv
cards, or play on any instrument excent
Tue Hrum, trumpet and Jews-harp."
no gospel minister shall Join people in
marriage ut being degradation. The mag
istla'es only may join in marriage, as they
Church, ''
'lf any man shall kiss his wife. or wife
kiss her husband, on the Lords day. The
party in fault shall be punished at the dis
cretlon OF the Court CT Magistrates :"
There was an ancient law in NIasso.
chuSetts that ladies' dresses should be
made so long as TO hide their shoe buckles.
ana III 1890 there was an act of
the General Cort also prohibiting short
sleeves and occurring garments to be
heightened so as to cover the arms to the
wrist and gowns to the shoe buckles, In
loo5, |. Fairbanks was tried for wearing
great boots, but was acquitted"
III any thief be not able to make restitu.
ton he is to be sold for servant tin bv his
labor he may make due restitution"
But II no estate can be found to nay or
satisiie such just debt or debts every such
debtor shall Statistic by service, if the cred
itor or creditors require it, for such time
as the court considering the debt
shall, with due moderation, Judge meet.
but shall not be sold to any out ofthe
united English colonies Haven
Colony,
These laws speak for themselves, and
leave but little room for comment. The
of other blue laws, which are
not given here, such as that which forbade
the making of beer on Saturday, les! it
should work on Sunday, the penalty of
which was flogging, the barrel or that
which ordained that no planter should
plant any outside row in his corn-feld, as
that row was always eaten by crows. has
often been disputed, on the ground that the
Puritans, although fanatics, were not
fools.
But the laws which prohibit the making
OF mince pies, which forbid msthsrs kissing
their children and husbands their wives
are quite as foolish. but were really en-
forced. These and others, which we have
given, are very laughable to us.-INew
Orleans Journal ofCommerce.