Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ugh religious liberty was permitted everywhere. The laws were amazingly strict and would never be submitted to in thesetimes. To illustrate : a watchman in Hartford rana; a bell everv mornnio: as HOME LIFE OF THE COLONISTS. 87 notice to all adults to rise from their beds. Massachusetts had fourteen andVirginia seventeen offenses that were punishable with death. Some of theminor punishments were unique. If a woman became a com
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . ugh religious liberty was permitted everywhere. The laws were amazingly strict and would never be submitted to in thesetimes. To illustrate : a watchman in Hartford rana; a bell everv mornnio: as HOME LIFE OF THE COLONISTS. 87 notice to all adults to rise from their beds. Massachusetts had fourteen andVirginia seventeen offenses that were punishable with death. Some of theminor punishments were unique. If a woman became a common scold, shewas jjlaced near her own door, with a gag fastened in her mouth, that all mightsee and beware of her example. For other offenses, a man was ducked in wateror put in the stocks. A stock was a strong framework, through which the feetor both feet and hands were thrust and held fast, while the pillory was a frame-work through which the head and hands of a criminal were imprisoned. Be-sides the disgrace attending such punishment, it was very trying. The whipping-post was quite common long after the Revolution, and it is still occasionally usedin AMERICAN STAGE-COACH OP 1795, FROM WELDS TRAVELS. (Probably similar in form to those of the later colonial period ) jNIen and lioys dressed much alike, and the fashions for women and girlswere similar. TJie breeches of the men suggested the present style of knicker-bockei-s, the rich making quite a display of silver buckles and buttons. Thebreeches of the poorer people were made of coarse cloth, deerskin, or leather, theobject being to obtain all the wear possible. The wealthy used velvet, and themen and women were as fond of display as their descendants. In the earliest days, all the houses were made of logs, and oiled j^aper tookthe place of glass for windows. Carpets were an unknown luxury. Often thefloor was the smooth, hard ground. The cooking was done in the big fireplace, 88 INTERCOLONIAL WAR—FRENCH AND INDI
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