Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . ith that companycame in and disarmed him, and carried himby force to the stocks; but soon after theConstable took him out and carried him toprison. When the stocks were not found effectiveto cure drunkenness, a Scarlet Letter methodwas employed. Thus we find Robert Colescondemned in 1634 for drunkenness by himcommitted at Rocksbury shalbe disfranchizd,Weare about his neck and so to hang uponhis outwd garment a D. made of redd cloth& sett upon white: to continyu this f
Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . ith that companycame in and disarmed him, and carried himby force to the stocks; but soon after theConstable took him out and carried him toprison. When the stocks were not found effectiveto cure drunkenness, a Scarlet Letter methodwas employed. Thus we find Robert Colescondemned in 1634 for drunkenness by himcommitted at Rocksbury shalbe disfranchizd,Weare about his neck and so to hang uponhis outwd garment a D. made of redd cloth& sett upon white: to continyu this for ayeare, & not to have it off any time hee comesamong company; . . also hee is to wearthe D outwards/^ Besides being closely associated with thechurch, the Puritan ordinary was often theplace where the court convened. At suchtimes the public house became the resort oflarge numbers of people, and the heart ofthe tavern-keeper rejoiced within him. Inwhat is now York county in Maine, thecourts were usually held at the tavern ofSamuel Austin, the jurors being allowed two meals a day at the expense of the county 10. When the Inn Was a Puritan Ordinary during the time of their attendance upon thetrial. One of the important functionariesat these tavern-trials was the court drummer,who drew two shillings a day for beating atattoo to attract the populace to the seat ofjustice. It was before this court at AustinsTavern in Wells that several good citizensand their wives were brought, in the middleof the seventeenth century, for saying theDivil a bit; and it was by order of a decreehere made that George Gaylord was in 1661subjected to thirty-nine lashes for visitingthe widow Hitchcock. Wherein this wasconsidered a crime the records fail to had several interesting old ordi-naries. In 1660 Mr. Collier, who was emi-nently distinguished in the public affairs ofthe colony, was licensed to sell the beverageto his neighbours in Duxbury, and this not atall for gain, but because the
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