WHEREAS the sober and thoughtful People of this Town are much
displeased by the great Noise and Disturbance made in the
Streets, on Saturday and Sabbath Day Evenings. It is earnestly
desired that all Heads of Families would keep their Children and
Servants at Home, on those Evenings, and thereby greatly
contribute to the Quiet of the Town and Peace of the Inhabitants.
The appearance of Essex Street in Salem at the present time on Saturday
evening would seem to indicate that "heads of families" do not now "keep
their children and servants at home."
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From a communication in the "Massachusetts Centinel," April 30, 1788,
"riding on the Sunday" is held to be a "flagrant crime."
_For the_ CENTINEL.
AS the devoting one day in seven to religious purposes is a
bounden duty we owe to God our creator, and a most reasonable law
of our Commonwealth--to see people riding on the Sunday in
pursuit of their worldly affairs, is so disgusting to the man of
true principle, that the neglect of our executive authority of so
flagrant a crime, is to be lamented. The common practice of a Mr.
C----fl----n of H-pk----n is notorious on this account. Would not
wish to traduce the character of any man, but would only query,
whether such conduct is not highly reprehensible, and deserving
the cognizance of the magistrate.