prefer their own:
"And let it be enacted further still,
That all our people strict observe our will:
Five days and half shall men and women too
Attend their business, and their mirth pursue.
But after that, no man without a fine,
Shall walk the streets, or at a tavern dine.
One day and half 'tis requisite to rest,
From toilsome labor, and a tempting feast.
Henceforth let none, on peril of their lives,
Attempt a journey, or embrace their wives:
No Barber, foreign or domestic bred,
Shall e'er presume to dress a lady's head.
No shop shall spare (half the preceding day),
A yard of Ribband, or an ounce of Tea.
Five days and half th' inhabitants may ride
All round the town, and villages beside;
But, in their travels, should they miss the road,
'Tis our command they lodge that night abroad."
From hence 'tis plainly seen how chang'd indeed,
That sacred law which GOD himself decreed!
In this one act they think to merit heav'n,
By taking half a day from six to add to seven.

[A] _Boston--where a similar law was formerly enforced with rigour._

_"One Man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth
every day ALIKE. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own
mind."_ Romans xiv. 5.

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The _old_ custom of opening Barbers' Shops in this Town on Sunday
ceased yesterday, in consequence of the determination of the
Grand Jury to make presentment of all such violations of the
Sabbath. Cautions have also been given to the Horse Letters,
against loaning any Horses or Carriages on Sunday; and there
appears to be a very serious and wise determination in the
"_Gentlemen_ of the Grand Jury" to put a stop to those shameful
practices, which have for twenty years disgraced the most sober
and quiet Town in Massachusetts! _Laus Deo!_ There will be no
more horses killed now of a Sunday in going to Boston, either by
_lack of bating_, or by _hard driving_! It is whispered, that the
public are indebted, for this salutary reform, to the covert
exertions of a _ci-devant_ PREACHER, who lacking the ability to
_lead_ his _wakeful_ flock formerly, is now determined to _drive_
all within his Circuit, into the pale of obedience, and thereby
make up for former Sins of Omission. The Federalists predicted
the loss