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Show j 'I, 1lli laiklui In lliinli u riawii, ' Ii Hi Tho Puritan Kiithera wiro greatly I Wk addicted to amoking bidoed, tlm ; 1 1 C praetfeo becanto ho common that r I WL even tho Btraitl&ced obHerera of r I K tltnea and tutuon actually ftmoked i . li: luihureh. Thin custom soon catued 1 r ta ery coiwldorablo mtnoyanee, as tho J , IB nllgiinw eicniewcro gnatlydla 1 i ,i turlnxlby tho clinking of lltnta mid ri'4i m. Bteels to light their pipes and the " n1 aft ' clouilaof butoko iu church, lleneo "r Mil '" "j0 Vl'"r 1CC3 '" colony p.uweil ft j ", tliUlaw, "It ia enncted that any ptr- ' tl ion or ieraonii that bhnll bo found 8 BUtoklng of tobacco on tho Loitl'a B day, going to or coining from tho E meetings, within two miles of meet lng houso. ohrdl pay tn el o penco for 7 everj-such di fault" Under thia law I luvernl pi'rsoiui w ero nctually f.nedj lj . but tho punlbhinent failed toEectito I i tho currying out of tho arbitrary tec- jk ond jiortlon of tho inacttmnt. All JHjj v'i tho Year Hound. |