The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-02-05
Indecent manner" were fined IS each.
Costs for each 4s Cd I'd.

Indecent manner" were fined IS each.
Costs for each IS Cd I'd.
February 10Th 1851, Andrew Culver
complained of by Obadiah Andrus
for being on the road be
tsDeen S0uthingt0n meeting house and
his place Of abode on Sabbath Or Lords
day did the same profane by aoicked
and rude beh0Uior, such as throsO;no
dosOn Phebe Atkinson on the ice.n
Confessed judgment and fined IS. Cost
Is.
Oct. 9th 1872, John Bartholomew COM
planned against by David Clark Tith
ingman. !. in the name of our Lord the
King, being In the meeting house on
the Sabbath or Lords dag, did prorane
the same By playing s0ith lis hand and
fingers at his face" Fined IS. Cost
IS. Fine and cost paid by aaid John.
June 10Th 1868. Silas Culver minor
son of David Culver. complained of
by David Clark Tithingman, "teing
sOest Of S0uthington meeting house,
on ye soest side of the hill, about 20 rods
aoest Of the meeting house. on Sabbath
or Lords day did tn, same profdne BY
throwing sticks, and laughing and play
ing" Found not guilty. but David Cul-
vef shall pay for sd minor son, the cost
of prosecution, which is 3s.
February goth 1893, James Root,
Rachel Clark and Mabel Clark minors,
complained of by ,Toel Hitchcock Tith.
ingman in the name OF our Lord the
King wherein he saith that. ne sd
James. and Rachel, and MGbeZ, bsino
east Of Lieu DGUid Woodruff s Sabbath
dag house in So'ittington Parish on the
4th day Of December last. being Lord
dag, did profaaae ye same By talking and
laughing and other ttsaseenping actions"
Def nd-nts plead, the action ought to
be quashed, set aside and dismissed be-
cahse :" the place achere sd fault aoas
committed aOas not stated, a0hether In
thts tOaCn or IN Gay other t0aCss," and
tbs judged the complaint ought to be
quashed and dismissed.
The above are specimens of frivol
Gus complaints brought before a magis
trate in the latter half of the last cen.
fury. Many of them are curioslties in
their way, and at this age would cause
a smile in the old Blue Law state itself
But they were solemn realities at thai
time, and the peace and good order Of
society were supposed to require tn,
execution of the law to the very letter
Laws of other colonies were equally
absurd. and even more so, when W,
Call to mind the laws against witch
craft in Massachusetts. From the MI
merous prosecutions for misdemean
ors, it is not to be presumed that tt,
people of Southington Parish wer,
sinners above all Galileans;" on th,
contrary, they were pious, church
going, superstitious, law-abiding PEG
Pile. over-zealous in the strict observa
ton of the Sabbath. and retributIol
was sure to overtake offenders.
i The so-called Blue Laws of Connecti
cut are supposed by many to hav
4 been genuine. Such was not the case
they were a burlesque on the Colony
Their author was Rev. Samuel An
drew Peters. native of the Colony, ;
graduate of Yale College, and minis
ter of the Episcopal church. In 1892 h
took charge Of the churches OF Hart
/, ford and Hebron. He was tory o
the revolution, and in 1774 was force,
to flee to England. where he revenge'
himself on the Puritans by writing {
history of Connecticut in 1881. which
has been denounced as the "most un
scrupulous and malicious of lyinl
narratives" Being printed on blu
paper, they were nick-named Blu
Laws. The following are said to be
| few specimens:
Any woman kissing her baby or hus
band on Sunday shall be put in Jail.
All married people shall live togethe
or be put in Jail.
| All people shall obey the laws O.
God till the legislature has time to pas
better laws.
Any cock growing on Sunday shall
be beheaded without benefit of clergy
Every child shall learn the cate
chism, or be logged.
| He returned to America in 1905 and
lived in New York in poverty and OBJ
security, where he died in 1929, aged 81
years.