The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-12-18
HISTORICAL "REMINISCENCES.
Continued from last aoeek.)

Our magistrate Of ye olden time"
seems to have been tenacious in regard
to his title, as was the custom 100 years
ago, hence we find his name. written
by himself, with an Esq" attached.
Other signatures are found with Mr."
capt" or "Sergt." attached by them
selves.
Malicious Mischief.
4 ".At q cort holden in Pennington
Nov. 80, A. D. 1853, present Jared Lee
Esq. Just. Peace Joseph Page
brings an action in his own name and
in the name of our Lord the King,
against Thomas Kinkade, Daniel
Woodruff Jun. and David Clark Jun.
Z being guilty of breach of Law
of this Colony page 172. The sd Page
saith that We afore sd persons or some
of them did enter into his home lot in
|Southington in the night season next
after the 28th day of Nov: inst. and
near the highway, Cut a Serte2a Cart
Rope made of Fza1 oboatte rods long,
into 8 se0er0z pe0ces, of the sd Joseph
Pages oa0fa property C IN HIS posses
sion, which is to his damage the sum
o ten shillings Lawful money! : *
Dilinquants appear in Cort and plead,
not gilty. < The evidence being
heard the cort find them not gilty as al.
legged, and We sd plaintiff shall recover
the. cost of prosecution against sd JOS
eph Page. Costs so IS O."
A "cart rope" is 10 to 80 feet long,
and used by New England farmers to
bind hay on to their carts. An whip
is seven or eight feet long and called a
"cart whip"
Did Not attend Church. -
AT "a Cort holden at Pennington
March 18th, 1854, present Jared Lee
Just, Peace. \ Thomas Neal being
attached by vartue of writ on file :
\ and brought to answer one COM.
plant given in by Phineas Barns,
Grandjuror who saith vt We sd,
Thomas Neal did not attend the Pub
lick eoogsbip Of God I'm any place, azzoso-
ed By Lao on ye third Sabbath or Lords
Dag in February last past being the
21st day of sd February 1854, X : sd
Neal confessed judgments = x and
shall pay as fine to the town the sum
of 3s Lawful money, and cost of prose-
cution so As Sd, whereof execution
remains to be done. Fine IS Cd.
May 18th 1854 then granted execution
costs Is Sd On this Judgment"
s Let us review this case. The "meet-
ing house" stood upon bleak hill and
was reported in a memorial TO the
+" General Assembly," in. 1851, for
authority to build a new "house of
worship" as $50 mach in1pasrd & de-
Gagged, GIT ye same is not com Portable for
any persons IN ye time of s71oao Dc rain.
a0hich come into sd house, into almost
e0ery part thereof and ye sd Inhabitants
a0iU By no means repair or enlarge. ale
same"
At that early day fire in church
had not been heard of except the small
tin foot stoves SIX inches square carried
by the women. 1t would have been
flying in the face Of Providence" to
warm the house. Had he not temper
ed the winds for these lambs? People
came from the surrounding country
and attended two services, sitting muf-
filed up, while tile munster held forth
in oyercoat and mittens, and not I'M
Frequently extended his "discors" to
Joatrteeathzy and .t3fteenthzy. Small
cabins were built in rear Of the church
called Saba day houses. in which they
spent the noon hour and eat their
| frozen dinner until the sound Of the
drum called them to afternoon services.
The moro wealthy INDUCED in a stone
Fire place and fire. This " neglect" &c.,
occurred in Feb, 1854. The house
had not been repaired and we know
that a New England February is not
very balmy. It would seem that the
Esq" might have been lenient, but
the evidence was before him, and there
was no Sinking duty-the loao zOoS IN
ecorable. 49, Would people naturally
:" smile WREN a Sabbath appeared ?"
There is a difference between Febru-
airy and May, as will be seen in the
following case:
Naughty Girls Smiling and Loatg7s-
ing IN Meeting.
At a cort holden in Pennington
\ X June 1st 1854, present Jared Lee
Esq, Just. Peace : Maria Ives and
Rhoda Ives minor daughters to Joel
Ives : being attached and caused
to appear in cort to answer to one
complaint signed by Thomas Wells
.tithing man, saith that ye said Maria
and RhodG Toes acre in the meeting
house IN Soutlsipgton parish ge 26tb
dag Of Nay last past, IN ye afternoon
IN ye time of pubzick o0ors7sip, 1t being
Sdbboth or Lords day, d.. did profane
the same. by rude and idle behavior,
satch as smiling and laughing and en-
ticiqsg others to the same eotE, which is
against our good and Wholesome law of
this colony, Law Book page 1879 6 lao
X \ sd Maria and Rhoda plead not
gilty. The evidence being heard and
considered the cort find they are gilty
= and shall pay fine OF shillings
each to the town and costs of prosecu-
ton, Is I'd lawful money.
Fipo co &c 0J Eipo fooc 4 i