Show WHEN KISSING WAS COSTLY Time was when In this fair land o ot of America kissing was a. a a co costly experiment ment In early colonial days the gooc good folk tolk of New England set their faces face against unlicensed kissing with the rigid determination that their rock rock- ribbed hills meet Atlantic gales A case casein casein casein in point was that of the People versus 1 heard by the Governor of New NewHaven NewHaven NewHaven Haven In council May day 1 1660 Jacob and Sarah Tuttle had been horrible to relate caught kissing ea each h other We are not explicitly told whether the puritanical colonists were more horrified at the offense of kissing or the folly of the kissers in being caught Be that as it may Jacob true trueson trueson trueson son of ot Adams tried to threw the blame on Sarah It was not this time the plea the woman gave me to eat buthe but bu the wom woman n gave me to kiss and he kissed Sarah denied all evil Intent No wily wity serpent had suggested the kissing A woman woman she she felt a desire to be kissed and she was accordingly kissed How he did It is told by the demure Jacob himself He lie averred that he tooke her by the hand and they both set down upon a chest but whether he her heror heror heror or she him he knows not for he never thought of It since until Mr Raymond Raymond Raymond Ray Ray- mond told him that he not mit layde it to heart as he ought The Governor was of course horrified and his council took what In modern college parlance Is termed conniption fits His Excellency without telling the young offenders how he had done his own courting dwelt at becoming length on the enormity of their offense and decreed that the sentence therefore therefore therefore there there- fore concerning them Is that they shall pay either of them a fine of ot 20 shillings to the colony While the Secretary of ot the Navy Is a descendant of the framers of ot the colonial colo cob nial kissing anti laws It does not appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear that any of the naval heroes given to exercise are chips of ot that thai cold old block Like children in the matter of soap or spanking she will cry till she gets It |