19th century Ti — Jail time for profanity

Ticonderoga government passed a new local law to crack down on swearing in public.

“On and after first day of May, under the new code, any person guilty in using profane language in any public street or place can be directed before a magistrate and sent to jail for ten days,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on April 22, 1882.

In other 1882 Ticonderoga news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• The robust pace of downtown development continued.

“Gilligan & Stevens new block is so far completed that by the first of May the firm will move their stock of goods into it. … When completed, it will be one of the finest blocks in Ticonderoga,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on April 14, 1882.

“Mortar is being rapidly spread on the walls of the second floor of Gilligan & Stevens new block. — The new counters for Gilligan & Stevens’ new market have been placed in position, and they are beauties,” the Sentinel reported on April 21.

Tenants were leasing space.

“Dr. J. W. H. Tefft has leased rooms in the Gilligan & Stevens new block and will move into his new quarters next Monday. Persons contemplating an operation in dentistry will do well to give him a call,” the Sentinel reported on May 5.

“John C. Fenton will occupy rooms in Gilligan & Stevens new block prepared expressly for his use. The are not pleasanter rooms in the village,” the Sentinel reported on May 5.

• “Charles Joubert, contractor, has nearly completed the foundation for L. C. Drake’s new block,” the Sentinel reported on April 21.

“The work of laying the brick for the walls of Drake’s news block began on Tuesday,” the Sentinel reported on May 5. “The Rogers Brothers of Crown Point are doing the work. The are probably the nest bricklayers in Essex County”

• Construction was beginning on a third downtown block.

“Mr. Thomas A. Riley will supervise the erection of Mrs. Laura A. Hall’s new block. He has already commenced work on the frame,” the Sentinel reported on May 5.

• “It is rumored that parties from Albany and Glens Falls are negotiating for the establishment of a bank in this place,” the Sentinel reported on Sept. “Business seems wide awake and prosperity feeds the inspiration and is advancing in value.”
• “Marble sidewalks are to be put down in front of G. C. Weed’s block which will be a lasting improvement,” the Sentinel reported on April 21.
• “A. M. Bailey will build at once a number of tenement houses extending from East Exchange Street south to the Hobday settlement at the foot of Mt. Defiance,” the Sentinel reported on May 5.

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