Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-24
coNNsorIcuT BLUE LAWS.
A.st of the Enaetments Which Forbade
Woman 20 kiss Her Children.

/ as relate to the private con3clenceS of 1ndi
viduals All countries formerly had such
statutes, and the thirteen colonies were nc
exception bsfore the revolution. The code
of Connecticut is often spoken Of in this
respect Those most noted were of the
| colony of New Haven, which was united
with the Connecticut colony in 1855. Here
is full COPY of the New Haven list, often
called the Connecticut blue laws:''
The governor and magistrates, convened
in general assembly, are the supreme power
under God, of this Independent dominion.
Conspiracy against the dominion shall
be punished with death.
Whosoever says there is a power and
jurisdiction above and over this dominion
shall suffer death and the loss of his prop
erty.
Whosoever attempts to change or over.
turn this dominion shall suffer death.
No one shall be a freeman, or give vote
unless he be converted, ard member in
full communion of one of the churches al
lowed in this dominion.
Each freeman shall swear by the blessed
God to bear true allegiance to this domin-
ion, and that Jesus is the only king.
No Quaker or dissenter from the estab-
lished worship of this dominion shall be
allowed to give n vote for the election OF
magistrate or any officer.
No food or lodging shall be offered a
Quaker, Adamite or other hereto.
Ii any person shall turn Quaker he shall
be banished and not suffered to return on
pain of death.
No Quaker priest shall abide in this do
minion he shall be hanished and suffer
death on return,
Priests may be seized by any one without
u warrant.
No one snail run on the Sabbath day, or
walk in his garden, or elsewhere, except
revcrently to and from meeting
No one shall travel, cook victuals, make
beds, sweep house, cut hair or shave on the
Sabbath day
No woman shall kiss her children on the
Sabbath day or Fast day.
The Sabbath shall begin at sunrise on
Saturday.
To pick an ear of corn growing on a
neighbor's garden shall be deemed theft
y person accused of trespass in the night
shall be judged guilty until he clear him
self by his oath.
No one shall buy or sell Tahd without
permission of the selectmen.
When it appears that an accused person
has confederates and refuses to discover
them he may be racked
A drunkard shall have master appoint
ed by the selectmen, who are to debar him
the liberty of buying and selling
Whoever publishes a lie to the prejudice
of his neighbor shsll be put in the stocks
or receive ten strilisss
No minister shall keep school.
Men stealers shall suffer death
Whoever wears clothes trimmed with
gold, silver or bone lace above two shillings
per yard shall be presented by the grand
jurors, and the selectmen shall tax the
offender G300 ON his estate.
A debtor in pi,ifsn swearing he has no
estate shall be laid out and sold to make
satisfaction.
Whoever brings cards or dice into this
dominion shall pay fine of rs.
No one shall read the common prayer
book, keep Christmas or set days, or play
on any instrument except the drum or
jewsharp
No gospel minister shall join people in
marriage The magistrate only shall join
them In marriage, AS they do it with less
scandal to Christ's church.
When parents refuse their children con
venient marriage the magistrate shall de.
termine the point.
The selectmen on finding the children
ignorant may take them away from their
parents and put them in better hands at
the expense OF their parents.
A man who strikes his wife shall pay
fine of $40
A woman who strikes her husband shall
be punished as the court directs.
wife shall be deemed good evidence
against her husband.
No man shall court mail in person or
by letter without first obtaining consent Of
her parents.
Married persons must live together or be
imprisoned in Jail.
Every male shall have his hair cut round
according to a cap.-Queries Magazine.