State; therefore we the undersigned, being appointed Tithingmen,
give notice to the public, that we are under oath, and it has
become our indispensable duty to prosecute all, who wilfully
violate the laws with respect to the Lord's Day.

And we hereby request all persons, to abstain on the Lord's Day
from travelling, from worldly business and amusement, and thus
relieve us from the painful necessity of prosecuting for a
violation of the laws of the State.

[_Signed by the Tithingmen of Concord, N.H. Salem, N.H. Bradford,
Ms. Andover, Reading, Tewksbury, Beverly, Manchester, Hamilton,
Ipswich, and Wilmington._]

Aug. 6, 1814.

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BOSTON JUNE 1.--At the meeting on Monday last, the town of Boston
evinced its good sense by voting to postpone the choice of
_Tythingmen_ till the first Monday of March next. We venture to
assert, that in no district in the universe, of the extent and
population of Massachusetts, is the Sabbath more decently and
_sincerely_ observed.

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Law against keeping barber's shops open on Sunday morning in Salem in
1804:--