106 HISTORY OF 



openly declare that he took the said Mary Carpenter to 

 b» 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 Uke 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 should 

 separate them, and for a further confirmation thereof, 

 both tlie 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 heremito subscribed, being wit- 

 nesses present at the solemnization thereof, the year and 

 day first above written. 



Witness: DANIEL FIERE, 



Emanuel Carpenter, MARY FIEHE. 



Henry Hanes, Elizabeth liemp, Paulus, Peter Apfel. 



Henry Cai-penter, Salome Carpenter, Lawrerice Hayn, 



I^aniel Le Fevre, Henrich Zimmerman, WillianxBufiiiig- 



He fills hi$ 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. 



Siceet to the taste his unhought dainties are 



And his own home spun he delights to icear. 

 His lowly dwelling viewsiiis large domain, 



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



Plain furniture, but useful, he doth chuse ; 



And wisely values ev'ry thing for use. 

 In these blest shades may I delight to be ; 



Here little is enough, with peace, for mq. [motto was : . 



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



" Selhst-gesponnen, und selbst-gemacht ; 

 Rein dabei, ist Bauern Tracht^' — which he practised. 



