Christmas

-Times change and mcnchango witli thcm - ko snys thc Salem Gazeite. At this pcriod, Christmas day is religiously ol)served by numerous individuáis, and by scveral powerful sects in our country - y et the followíng is nn exact transcript from n law oí the colony of Massnchusetts, inlGSl : "Whosoever símil be found observing any such day as Christmas and the like, cither by forbearing labor, fcastingor any other wny, upon such accounts as aforesaid, every such person so offending, shall pay for such oflbnce five shillings,