New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21

times fined for taking exua pay "'""eI. ~,
ployer was not punished for giving ~.
Weeden remarks on this: 1he con'ia''
treatment Of employer and employed. IN the al
..,n, N fine one and not the other for the same
offence. reflects tile notion Of the time regaroi"s
labor. They firmly believed that the Iaooer
owed moro TO society than 1t owed to him. Inc
rewards OF apprenticeship showed this very
clearly. bow might be bound from bis seventh
to his twcuty-frst year, during the ~noie u
which time he received NO wages, nothihs ""' mo
board and clothing, and at the end OF his TER" nIS
master was under obligation to bestow upon hlu'
some such muniHcent provision as "douo'e Ap'
narel THAT Il. two suits of clothes>. muSket'
sword and bandoliers, apd twenty soiilihs''
arl. after five ysars' scrvice, was 70 receive a
she.goat 70 help her startling In lne. Ihe Con- Con-
ditions Of service were rigorous, moreover i'
courts whipped. imprisoned and ''neo s''hS .''
wants One Maxwell. in York. in 1871 Is tuuS
condemned for "exhorbitant and abusive cur
risaes toward his master and mistress Inc
charges amount to c. los. and II lie cannot pay
this sum TO his master then he may he sold 70
Virginia. Barbados, or any English plantation
The functions Of the General Court EXTENDED 10
the regulation Of private morals, and IL was
much concerned with the dress OF the people
Whenever the sturdy Puritan in the COLONIES
faltered for q moment. he was nagscd by his hcrce
brethren in England into busying himself with
the small affairs of his neghbors One writes to
Governor Winthrop in 1861, many in yonr
plantations discover muck pride These proud
sinners order lace Of the narrow kinds, going as
farr as they may" because wide lace was pro-
hibited. They wstc, too, Tor cutt-woTke
ooifcs; and Others. for deep stammell dyes. MI
Of which is bewailed by the stern moralist
Later, in the so-caled second period. the reGnla-
aud MANN hpca1nA
rigorous Mr.. Weeden says:
Numerous traditions attest the actual opera
lion of the blue laws Of Connerticut They do
not differ in kind from others; MassachlsFtts
had many statutes, often enforced with penal-
ties, quite as severe in principle. But Con-
the system longer, and probably made II more
effective. The code, whether written or I'M
written WINS certainly severe NJ foGd or lOdgnS
hertic No one could run on the Sabbath day.
or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except rever-
entity L, and from meeting no one should travel.
or shave, on the Sabbath day. No woman should
kiss her child on the Sabbath or fasting day
Whoever brought cards into the c DOMINION para
keep Christmas or saints days make minced
pies, dance, play cards, or play on any nstr
"i% ' mr. The magistrates only should join in
marriage. as they might do 1t with less scandal
to Christs Church.
In early times ministers were not allowed n
perform marriages. Private persons were chosen
In one instance a tavern-keepcr. the host Of the
Blnc Anchor" was allowed to celebrate mar
riagcS
The old.timc tavern vas strictly regulated.
The price of meals was fac! ny tariff and the
kinds Of wines and liquors. Liluor-.rinkinc was
regulated. the Of tobacco was tink"red con.
stantly." often being prohibited. At one time
no one could use tobacco without doctors GER
tihcate No one could smoke in the streets. or
the fields or thc woods. except on a iournev VI
ct least ten miles, or at dinner. Nor shall any
one take il in any Eousc IN his town with
more than one person taking il at the same time"
There was a law a9ains, drinking i.caltls CAM
ing was of course. forbidden. irt also
the hcalthm bowling anC the harmless shuttle
board Inkecpers were foed for keeping shuttle
hoard (which wasted precious time Plymouth
prosecuted for mixed dancin".' and Mas<a-
chuset;s forbade il :" in OrdlnGrieS at weddings
But dress troubled the Fathers more than any thing
In 1884 the Massachusetts General Court forbade
tic purchase Of any apparel. elter wooucn
! silkc or lynnen. with anv lace on it, silver.
| gold, silke, or thread The public shall not
make or buy sla:hcd clothes, other tnan one
s!ashc in each sleeve, and another in the backe {;
| there shall bc no cut works, lmbroidd nredl"
! sirdes, hattbands. belts. rufus. he.yer hats.
/ To make the statute more effective, It's applica-
| ton was left to the taste or f.ncy of whom 1t
might concern if any man shall Judge the wear
ing Of above rev fashions, or len. hair, or Of
| the like nature, to bc uncomcly. or prcjr to
! comon ,otd, and party not reforming, n~Nt rs
| si.tants shall haze power ~ bind etc. II a
woman wore q silk hood she was halcd before
the court and unless she cot Id prove that her
| husband or father was worth G:0O she was
pun ished.
| Generally the people dressed plainly. Leather
! was much worn by the working Ga sscs nnd s"rv-
ants H0 Use furniture simple. If not rude
House liuea formed the most important part OF a
won!an's p,enishinS. \ god wedding ring at
sixteen sbillings. n ring with a Diamond AT ri%ht
| slillin.s are rare varieties The feeling against
! admitting strangers to the towns was curiousy
strong. \ man was prosecuted for harhorng his
own married daughter 4 widcw could 10, en-
| tprtain her own .,n-.aw and another. ~ any
man desired TO leave the colnny he must post
lus name with an officer appointed by the Gov
ernor. Interference sometimes went the length
Of breaking up families. The Wise men OF
| dorchester summon ed francis Bale to enquire
| concerning his outward estate Francis cou
not respond to their satisfaction and they al.
| vised him to dispn-c OF two OF his children. Hi
wife was no, willing. and they "pswaGed him
10 pswad his wife 10 DO it,. Here i, another
instance Of reference in little things: The
tradition runs in Suco that about 1857 tn" All
thorities fired man Tor saying that MAJOR
Philipps's house is lean as all Indians dog
The major wa, a leading citizen. The dignity
Of the community hcdsed his sacred person; II
even wrapped itself about the srrawny ribs OF
Iii. worn and lean jade Put the people were
not always perfectly docile. nor did the rigi'
regulation Of life prevent the doing OF i'll. "Thcr'
was class of offences showinp n.unEers t:nctulrd
With brutality, and very haisii system for con-
trolling them. A man is frel for beating hi'
daughter with fail. Another. when Summoned
for abusing his wife. claimed that she was III:
"servaIt and slave In Maine and New.liamp