Show IN THE OLDEN TIME now A letter written in ho year and accidentally been by me will demonstrate boso imojan that day acro also hampered by ft license lw 1 will civo you the following extract tho practice of issuing licens ca is ag I 1 apprehend without of law abo ses as issued are a most cruel invasion of domestic righta I 1 infer from the fore goSi that tho ireal s ir ro undina acro quite as vexatious and onerous then as attend tho obtaining 1 marriage license at hie present time in those lays locc calciu was a solemn undertaking tho lair received her lover only when in lier coin pany orif not her mother what was then considered a proper in tact before ft maiden could receive a lovers addria ca it vaa imperative on his part that from tho parents or ho had and then tho bashful lover inadoli ia advances in alie presence 0 abo old folks and the only signals acro lender glanceau and whispered aws ana ornies comans a courtens the court in was conducted by tho parties interested with tho most perfect decoi uin gravity of demeanor and instructive conversation and it lie fair maiden os inclined to coquetry etwas to determine on the lovers pait how far he had in mariuz nil impression on alio henrt of tho fair martha or tho fair deborah ns the case might be aa sl auces not words that tho ol 01 tho maidens heart was revealed the only dissipation 0 o mako merry and biow fat or lean upon durina the clinso 0 tho courtship quiet aca party or supper at 1 arienda iri enda house and after alio intention of biar biaso had acon formally displayed by P gotico placarded pla carded on tho meeting steps the wedding in duo season followed with an expensive it tho parties were iu good circum atances the l company alli i tho interior of tho colonial liouta standing stand inz in coups on polished pol ishel wax or seated on tho high bachee unbending chairs of tho pcr ol 01 now prized so highly liy their owners for quaintness and antiquity alio health and future happiness ot tho bride aai groom was always drank by the in guests immediately upon entering tho house punch bowls of this insidious compound were placed conveniently eliat all could imbibe as no restricts 0 liquor law governed their in theao da 3 tho brido and her maids remained on the second floor whilo alio pooai received alio malo friends below anil only ascended to tho room upon tho arrival of iho antiro company when it was allowable to kisa the bride the were continued with eating and drinkin principally for two or tarco consecutive da s w hile liquore and food were promiscuously distributed then tho happy couple acro left in undisturbed bliss until the termination of a fort when they opened lionso to receive friends that elopements elope ments of rare occurrence iu days may bo accounted for by the fact of alio almost overwhelming difficulties that would attend such an I 1 aavo frequently heard related a family tradition of colonial time with rather apropos to the present linc the only eon of a prominent official in the then municipal 0 a pretty iho rc bis lore but as neither iad reached age anil wag no prospect of choir obtaining their parents consent to a speedy they to throw off all restraint and seek the services of n clergyman residing a few bilm distant from abo city jimila tho ardent lover ra to acet clear out of alie town attracting attention anfor tunal cly courso obliged them to cross a swollen brook as alio recent had caused a rise of alio water making the lording almost im passable when reaching the oc the alio water camo even with tho gis floor and ihen to make worse alio horse became balky to alir and on application 0 alio llio whip firmly ground oil himself threw up liis amil hs h s annj dron chod tho bould ao bradu and croom as well ns alio yellow alio arii lil trousseau 1 be delay at tho brook was fatal to connubial hopes as luicir chopo mant had boan almost immediately discovered and the fathers in pursuit overhauled jhc thc ui in tho plight described in abo height or rather depth 0 their tei scry the i returned to their homes crestfallen and depressed with spirits ns well as bodies dc damped colonial customs and ways hivo bo cobio gradually cra dually revolutionized and iuar quaker of equal lesca etith the worlds peo |