Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-25
A NORTH CAROLINA
MARRIAGE.

tain had acquired considerable expert
ence in the business of managing real
estate, drawing up deeds, etc., during
the fathers lifetime, and then in set
tling the estate after his decease. Fur
thur than this he has no legal knowl-
edge, and, indeed, his entire stock of
"book-learning" was small and poorly
selected, but any lack in general infor-
nation was fully made by, for his uses,
by self-assertion. Late one afternoon,
as he was riding home from Raleigh, he
met young woman and two men, who
hailed him and inquired if he was Cap
tain x. The young woman and one Of
the men wished to be married at once
The other had come as q witness. They
had procured the necessary license, but
an irate father was on their path, and
swore that they should never be mar
ried. 1t was considered on all accounts
safest to have the ceremony performed
without delay, and try paci6cation af-
terward.
Now the captain had never witness
ed marriage, and naturally had no
very clear idea of what was usual in
such cases. He remembered having
seen book about the house years be-
fore with form for marriage in it, but
what the book was and where it was
he could not remember.
"Why," said he, when he told the
story afterwards, Il knew the 'Postles
Greed and Commandments, and at first
| thought I'd use, 'em to begin on, but
then | reckoned, on the whole, they
was too burned solemn
He asked the couple to come to his
house, secretly hoping that he could find
that book but they declined, for the
reason that the matter admitted of no
delay.
A less assured man would have been
sorely perplexed. but not he. He lost
no time in removing his hat, and re-
marked, Hats off in the presence Of
the courts All being uncovered, be
said, "I'll swear you in fust off Hold
up yer right hands"
"Me too % asked the friend of the
groom.
"Of course said the captain, "al
witnesses must be sworn. You and
each of you solemnly swear that the ev
idence you shall give in this case shal
be the truth, tn ole truth, an nothin
but the truth, s'elp you God. You
John Marvin, do solemnly swear that t
the best of your knowledge an belle
you take this yer woman ter have an
ter hold for yerself, yer heirs, exekyer
ters, administrators, and assigns. fol
your an their use an behoof forever ?"
81 do" answered the groom.
"You, Alice Ever, take this yer mai
for yer husband, ter hev an ter holc
forever; and you do further swear tha
you are lawfully seized in fee-simple
are free from all incumbrance, and he
good right to sell, bargain. and conve,
to the said grantee yerself, yer heirs
administrators, and assigns %
81 do" said the bride rather doubt
fully.
"Well, john" SAID the captain
"that'll be about dollar n fifty cents
"Are we married ?" asked the other.
"Not by burned sight ye amt.
quoth the captain, with emphasis; "bu
the fee comes an here" After som
fumbling it was prodaced and handed t
the "Court," who examined it to max
sure that it was all right, and the
pocketed it, and continued: "Know al
men by these presents, that I, Captai
X, of Raleigh, North Carolina, bein
in good health and of sound and dis
posin' mind, in consideration of dol
lar n fifty cents to me in hand paid
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowl
edged, do and by these presents hav
declared you man and wife during goo
behavior, and until otherwise ordere
by the court. :"
The men put on their hats again, th
young couple, after shaking their bene
factors hand, went on to meet thei
destiny and the irate father, while th
, captain rode home richer in exp erienc,
, -Hmper's Magazine.
IMMENSE SIZE OF THE SUN.-The su
is body SO vast that. were it hollow
and our earth placed at its centre, th
moon would not only revolve freel
around our planet just as it does now
but on every side the sun would exten
more than 100000 miles beyond th
lunar orbit. We have heard so often {
the distance from here to the sun, 8
l-3 million miles, that We begin to thin
! we have some idea of its inconceivabl
greatness. Yet, so large IS the sun ths
only 107 such bodies, laid SO as to touc
: each other, wonld be needed to form
continuous bridge from the earth to tha
: luminary. In the sky it appears $
small that we find it difficult to realiz
: that scacely more than 100 times il
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