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 Queer Laws of Mediceval Glasgow. tive setback on July 10, 1589, when the Session enacted that no woman should oc cupy the forms that the men should sit on, but should either " sit laigh " or else bring stools. At about this period, the church services oft took the animated appearance of a polit ical convention in America or of a meeting

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dominie went to the Hie Kirk on his first Sabbath morning to preach, he found the congregation already gathered listening to a sermon by one Reverend Howie. The new Archbishop, after vainly demanding his rights, appealed to Sir Matthew Stewart, the Lord Provost of the city, who was present. Sir Matthew at once ascended into the pul-

THE OLD HIE KIRK OF GLASGOW. From a photograph math expresslyfor this article.

of the Board of Aldermen of Chicago. In 1 58 1, the King appointed one Richard Mont gomery to be Archbishop of Glasgow and consequently the supreme power in the Hie Kirk on the hill. There was some doubt regarding the moral character of the new Archbishop, as well as regarding the soundness of his theological views. Accordingly, the people opposed the appointment, and when the

pit, pulled the squatter preacher out by his whiskers and knocked several teeth down his throat. The loss of several good teeth and a handful of whiskers so enraged Rev erend Howie that he then and there solemnly pronounced the judgment of God on the Lord Provost, his family and posterity. It is later recorded that, in consequence of this malediction, the posterity of Sir Matthew died in poverty and want.