Our first century . a rum. Iton muster day It was the day on which all the men of military age weresummoned to receive that amount of instruction in themilitary art which was deemed necessary to render themfit for the soldierly duty of defending the colony againstits enemies. Muster day was a day of universal frolicand enjoyment. On that day everybody drank hard ciderin unlimited quantities, while those who had acquired a taste for it drank Ja-wasthatmen who had offendedagainst the law oragainst public senti-ment, as representedby the church, werestood in the stocks orplaced in pillory. Itwas
Our first century . a rum. Iton muster day It was the day on which all the men of military age weresummoned to receive that amount of instruction in themilitary art which was deemed necessary to render themfit for the soldierly duty of defending the colony againstits enemies. Muster day was a day of universal frolicand enjoyment. On that day everybody drank hard ciderin unlimited quantities, while those who had acquired a taste for it drank Ja-wasthatmen who had offendedagainst the law oragainst public senti-ment, as representedby the church, werestood in the stocks orplaced in pillory. Itwas the privilege ofall those other menwho had been drink-ing hard cider orJamaica rum as thecase might be, to pelt these unfortunates with clods orstale eggs, or whatever else in the way of a missile mightbe handy. Muster day and other days of public gather-ing were selected for the punishment of these men inorder that they might be thus shamed into a better life,and in order that others might be deterred from offences. Costume of a burgomaster of NewAmsterdam. (From a portrait in theNew York Historical Society.)
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