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openly declare that he took the said Mary Carpenter to 

 be his wife, promising to be unto her a loving and faith- 

 ful husband till death should separate them, and she, the 

 said Mary Carpenter, then and there in the assembly, did 

 in like manner openly declare that she took the said 

 Daniel Fiere to be her husband, promising to be unto 

 him a loving, faithful and obedient wife till death shoukl 

 separate them, and for a further confirmation thereof, 

 both the said parties to these presents have hereunto in- 

 terchangeably put their hands, she after the custom of 

 marriage, assuming the surname of her husband ; and 

 we whose names are hereunto subscribed, being wit- 

 nesses present at the solemnization thereof, the vear and 

 day first above written. 



Witness: DANIEL FIERE, 



Emantjel Carpenter, MARY FIERE. 



Henry Hanes, Elizabeth Kemp,. Paulus, Peter Apfel, 

 Henry Carpenter, Salome Carpenter, Lawrence Hayn, 

 Daniel Le Fevre, Henrich Zimmerman, William Buffing- 

 He fills his barns and cellars with good cheer, 



Against that dreary season of the year. 

 He scorns exotic foods, and gaudy dress. 

 Content to live on homely fare, in peace. 



Sweet to the taste his unhought dainties are 



And his own home spun he delights to wear^ 

 His lowly dwelling views his large domain, 



Improv'd in part, where peace and plenty reign. 



Plain furniture, but useful, he doth c-huse ; 



And wisely values ev'ry thing for use. 

 In these blest shades may I delight to be ; 



Here Uttle is enough, with peace, for me. [motto was: 



These were days of peace and plenty — the German's 



" Selbst'gesponnen, und selhst-gemacht ; 

 Rein dabei, ist Bauern TrachV — which he practised. ' 



