Show puritan durstan stan small boys isoyo in a book in which jonathan il recorded tha minor cases he tried as justice of tho the peace is this entry his majesties entered complaint against jona and susan smith that on the lords day during divine service bervice they did smile they were found guilty and each was fined five shil shillings linzs and costs but it was the small boy whose behavior in the meeting house provoked the puritan elders to groan in chorus foolishness is bound in the heart of a child the boy behaved badly y because he was seated with other boys instead of with his hia father and mother in a family pew they were herded to together ether on the pulpit and gallery stairs and ingmen and constables were appointed to watch over them and see that they behave themselves comete and use such raps and blows as meet in one parish it was ordered in town meeting that there be some sticks set up in in various vanous places in the meeting house and fit persons by them and to use them |