LANCASTER COUNTT. 105 



" Whereas, Daniel Feire, Junior, of the county cf 

 Lancaster and province of Pennsylvania, yoeman, and 

 Mary Carpenter, daughter of Henry Carpenter of the 

 county and province aforesaid, spinster, having made due 

 publication of their intention of marriage as the law 

 directs : — These are therefore to certify all whom it may 

 concern that on the first of May, Anno- Domini, 1739, 

 before me Emanuel Carpenter, one of his Majesty's 

 justices of the peace for the said county, they, the said 

 Daniel Fiere and Mary Carpenter appeared in a public 

 and solemn assembly for that purpose appointed and 

 meet together at the dwelling house of the aforesaid 

 Henry Carpenter, where he the said Daniel Fiere did 



Providus in morem formicae alimenta reponit 



E-usticus hiberni frigoris usque memor. 

 Aestivo reputans quodumque labore lucratur, 



Quae mox insequitur, longa vorabit bymeDs. 



Stramine tecta replet Cerealibus horrea donis 

 Impeger, et curat condere quicquid habet: 



Pespicit exoticas que dapes, vestesque superbas, 

 Contentus modicis viverepace suis. 



Esuriens dulces epulas depromit Inemptas, 



Et proprio vestis vellere texta placet, 

 Parva humilisque domus, latos quae prospicit agros, 



Parta vel empta, sibi sufficet atque suis. 



Utilis est iUl, si non opulenta supella ;. 



Res sapiens omnes utilitate probat. 

 ! mihi si liceat sylvas habitare beatus, 



Et modico victu, non sine pace, frui. 



TRANSLATION. 



The farmer, provident, amidst his cares, 

 For winter, like the prudent ant, prepares ; 



Foreknowing, all that summer doth produce, 

 Is only for consuming winter's use. 



