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Show HOW THEY MaRKIKI IS '7'i. A hundrtd years ago a Virginia bello .was not to bo won without foolm:ap land red tape. This was tho certificate which tho brido had to ngn before tier lover could got a marriage license: "Hie bearer hereof has my permission to procure from authority the necesiary credentials, which shall duly and honorably merit my attention in tho support of my affections, affec-tions, to conlinuo through the end of all tiling, which shall reflect overy ray of lionor ascrihublR to so rcHplemlent an clement or sentiment of my right mind, and wnii h shall hencolorth bo strictly adhered to tho proper form, at my instance and his importunity, in tho makiiiR valid all things per-iiiniiig per-iiiniiig to tho Htrciam of my desire to become his partner in tliovignrof niy youth, in the morning of adcctuHiB, properly directed to thu momentous obligation f conjugal cmbrucfM in endless felicity. Ju witneMB of tho above I havo hereunto," etc., etc. |