. Colonial times on Buzzard's Bay . ntyeth of Decem-ber & if any ram shall Be taken up theOwner Shall forfeit & Pay One dollar. Toprotect them while pasturing in the woods,the town kept four hounds and paid a bountyfor every foxs head brought in. In the autumn, salt grass, shell fish, andcider were cared for. In the winter, firewoodwas cut, nails were wrought in the smithies,charcoal was made, the shoemaker and theschoolmaster went their round of visits. Allthe year through, intentions of marriage werescreamed in the meeting-house. The townclerk certified each intention in his best styleof han
. Colonial times on Buzzard's Bay . ntyeth of Decem-ber & if any ram shall Be taken up theOwner Shall forfeit & Pay One dollar. Toprotect them while pasturing in the woods,the town kept four hounds and paid a bountyfor every foxs head brought in. In the autumn, salt grass, shell fish, andcider were cared for. In the winter, firewoodwas cut, nails were wrought in the smithies,charcoal was made, the shoemaker and theschoolmaster went their round of visits. Allthe year through, intentions of marriage werescreamed in the meeting-house. The townclerk certified each intention in his best styleof handwriting, and the minister, or the jus-tice of the peace, took the certificate andthree shillings, performed a marriage cere-mony, and drank a bumper to the new manand wife. The records of a justice of the peace begin-ning in 1804 show that the jurisdiction of thiscourt was more extensive than it had beenbefore the war. On his farm he vegetatedwithout a law library, but by his commonsense maintaining a tribunal before which. TOWN LIFE AFTER THE WAR. 149 eminent lawyers pleaded causes. Once ayear the town officers came before him totake the oath of office, as their predecessorscame before his father to swear allegiance toKing George the Second. But now it wasrequired of the town constables to subscribean oath before the justice, in which they didrenounce and adjure all allegiance subjec-tion and obedience to the King, Queen, orGovernment of Great Britain, and everyother foreign power whatsoever. The sessions of this court were held inthe dwelling-house on Fearing Hill. Hithercame plaintiffs and defendants from the vil-lage and from neighboring towns to lay theircases before the justice, who was known inall the region as the Squire, and the witnessesloitered by the lilac-trees at the frontdoorwhile they waited a summons to come into hispresence. If the defendant did not appearat the time appointed for trial, his name wassolemnly called three times, and, no responsebeing heard, ju
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