This Is
The Law
CAN I GET OUT
OF THE CONTRACT
You've signed a contract obligat
ing yourself to buy something or to
perform some other obligation.
After a few days of reflection . your
spirit of anticipation has been
replaced by a trapped feeling.
You ask. "Is there any way that I
can get out of that contract?"
There may be. but usually there
is not.
The law may give you a way out.
You generally have the right to
cancel a contract made in your
home with a door-to'-door salesman
if you cancel within three days.
If the contract is so one-sided
that it is grossly unfair to you, you
may be able to obtain relief in
court.
The contract itself may permit a
cancellation under certain circum
stances.
But ordinarily you must perform
? assuming, of course, that the
other party has performed or is
willing to perform.
Needless to say. contracts should
be signed only after careful
thought.
"Things That
Matter"
by L.'icien Coleman
WITCH HUNTING
The Reverend George Burroughs
was hanged in 1692, It wasn't a
very dignified way to die. After his
body was removed from the scaf
fold, his clothes were stripped off
and his corpse was dragged
through the streets of Salem behind
a horse to the place of burial. The
earthly remains of the Reverend
Burroughs were then thrown into a
shallow grave, along with the
bodies of John Willard and Martha
Carrier, who had also been hanged.
What were his crimes? Had he
done something horrible? Had he
raped and murdered little girls?
Had he terrorized the community?
No, nothing like that. Burroughs
died because he had been convicted
by a duly constituted jury of being a
witch .
The townspeople of Salem had
decided that he was certainly a
witch because ... well, because he
was unusually strong, and he had
failed to attend communion regu
larly,' and, some said, he had
treated his wives badly.
The chief witness against Bur
roughs was Ann Putnam. It pro
bably was just coincidental that the
preacher had not gotten along very
well with Anne's father, Thomas
Putnam. Another witness was
Mercy Lewis, who had been a
domestic servant in the Burroughs
household, but was. at the time of
the trial, employed by the family of
another of the Putnams, John.
The evidence against the Rev
erend Burroughs was less than
overwhelming. But what difference
did that make? If the Putnams said
he was a witch, then he must have
been a witch. To the witch-hunters,
accusations were more important
than evidence.
But, lest we be too hard on our
New England forebearers, let it be
admitted that the witch-hunting
mentality is very much alive today.
A recent example is an out
landish rumor related to the Proc
tor and Gamble company. Ac
cording to the rumor, which seems
to be making the rounds in some
religious circles, the company's
moon and stars tradmark is a
santanical occult symbol. The story
even has it that a Proctor and
Gamble official recently appeared
on the Phil Donohue television
show to discuss the company's
connection with satanism.
There is not one shred of truth in
either part of the story. The
trademark in question goes back to
a mark put on a PP&G carton in
1851 . And company officials have a
letter in hand which documents the
fact that no P&G representative
has ever appeared on the Donohue
show.
It just goes to show that if you say
something loud enough and often
enough, someone will be naive
enough to believe you. That kind of
mentality sent the Reverend George
Burroughs to the gallows in 1692.
And the Lord only knows how
much damage it does today.
Please don't
burn up
my home.
Sincerely,
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