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THE FAMED BLUE LAWS

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 31.

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THE FAMED BLUE LAWS.

The blue laws of Connecticut were so-called because they were printed on blue-tinted paper. These are some of them:—
No one shall be a freeman, or have a vote, unless he is converted and a member of one of the churches allowed in the dominion.
No dissenter from the essential worship of this dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for electing magistrates or any other officer.
No food or shelter shall be offered to a heretic.
No one shall cross the river on the Sabbath but an authorized clergyman.
No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep houses, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath day.
No one shall kiss his or her children on the Sabbath, or feast days.
The Sabbath shall begin at sunset Saturday.
Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold, silver, or bone-lace above one shilling a yard, shall be presented by the grand juror, and the selectmen shall tax the estate £300.
Whoever brings cards or dice into the dominion shall be fined £5.
No one shall eat mince-pie, dance, play cards, or play any instrument of music except the drum, trumpet, or jews-harp.
No man shall court a maid in person or by letter without obtaining the consent of her parents. £5 for the first offense, £10 for the second, and for the third imprisonment during the pleasure of the court.