An exchange vouches for the existence of the following laws to regulate in old colonial times; it is worth while to note them again:
"If a boy shall whistle or sing on the Lord's day, it is a fine of ten cents.
"If a boy shall go to sleep in church, it is a fine of three cents, and the warden may cane him.
"If a boy shall throw a stone at a neighbor's dog, it is a fine of five cents, and his father shall whip him.
"If a boy laughs in public school, his teacher may take off his coat and administer thirteen hard blows."
And it is just to such extremes as the above that a commonwealth is led when it tries to regulate moral conduct. Such statutes are logical results of Sunday legislation.