The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-10-16
PURITAN PUNISHMENTS.
Tne strange and Curious Methods oil Cor
reCting Criminals in OIdeu Times.

i Strange anu Nufiibu~ W VIZ
recting Criminals in Oiden Times.
thicGgO Hif,-0croa.
The idea of the "Mikadn," to make
the punishment hit the crime AS means
to innocent merriment. certainly entered
into the law making of early Boston,
Salem and ideal Virginia What else
can be thought when We learn that in
1884 Virginia woman, who 10y the vio-
lence of her tongue had III ,de her home
and neighborhood uncomfortable was
set in the ducking school and ducked
five times before she repented. She then
cried piteously Let me go. Let me go.
BY Gods help I'll sin no more Where
upon the correctors drew back the ma
chine, united the ropes, and let her walk
home in her wetted clothes, hopefully
penltent woman Those old fellows
were very severe with scolding women,
and were vigorous enou IN in the ende"v-
ors to enforce the policy OF Paul. They
we're not prejudiced by her sex in their
ulstflDuIl'n Oi saving Sld 20, u'"oN'i' -
qniet nap was sometimes as much t" he
reprehended as a clacking tongue, and
''in 1913 Roger Scott, from rtp"att d
sleeping in meeting on the Lords day,
and for striking the person who wake d
him, was at Salem, sentenced to be St
yefely whipped.
4, a "a. ff,l At al a
thief pay thrice the value OF the go"ds
stolen III addition To being roundly pun
ished by other means. Francis Brown,
being convicted IA sec mi time for steal
ing goods was sentenced to sit on the
gallows an hour with rope about his
neck, to be- whipped thirty stripes and
pay treble damages. H, says lie was
born in Lisbon, and has been great
thief" If 1t CHANGED To be d neg" who
did the stealing the punishment WAS cap
itaI. Forgery was "a crime punishable
with death, and III 1871 Imu / Go TX Was
executed tor that crime, thungn lie was
then 81 years OF age. Mary, vile oil
Tnomas Ouver, OF ) ,ieiu, had Rather a
strong sympathy with women 5 rlgnis ID
her Nature, ami gave great de ii ri tr' u
ble To the ON cIalS, So til At she wd> puU-
licly whipped lor ''repr"acAlns the Mag
istrate,, aud Tor ''sianderlng the elders"
had cleft stick pur on her tongue for
h .lf All hour.
II hon. h,lI effect
ually subdued, though she lett the colon y
after some years OF futile 4 al IN the tul :
therauce of her views. Her attitude p, s.
sibly had more influence toward Il Q
framing Of a late law"whereby 1t WAS or
dered that '.scolds and raiers shall lie
gagged or Set on ducking stool and dip
ped over head aud ears three times. y
This too free expression of opinion was
not encouraged i'll any one. Thos. Maule
was whipped "toI saying that Mr. HIS-
gibson preached lies, aud that his ill.,
structiou was the doctrine of devils -"
And for making hard speeches a-aius t
Salem Church, as well as the Govern
ment." Phillip Ratclih WAS sentenced to
pay $40, to be whipped, to have his ears
cropped, aud to be banished. What
would some of the Chicago Anarchists
say to this punishment of their hard
speeches p
The dandy Jared poorly in that time
of simplicity, dude of 1902 being heav-
,,f al h.,l
ribbands, gould aud silver lace W hen
Thomas kendry broke into the store OF
Israel Bartlett and stole suudry g"ojs he
little thought he would be required to
pay the said b rtlett t3j 80, 10 ri; on
the gallowS one hour with d rope about
his neck, to be whipped thirty stripes
Island two years, but such was his tate.
Get. though extreme measures "t reprcS
SION were Il .alnu~ly applied To ever! de
gree of crlmt mis"i"mean II III "iftnsr
there WAS considerable compliant III ih'
press of tn: times that the in 'de at pun
ishmeut had lIttlr. Ii,huen"e IN DIFFERING
OUntlS IfOtn Ltlt COMMISSION ~ tiit Sth'
crimes, aud one writer very enthusiast
cally called atteuti II 10 The evident vain.
OF the new law %. imprisonment IA, Labor.
the idea OF which is ''iulcn more dread
full To sucn VIII aus than nat "t corporal
punishment" It. may BE-. after all thai
the modern sl stem is quite is III ctiv,
as an, that eau 10. easily DEVISED. pro
vlded it be entorc, Il.