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What Judge Sallee asked the bride & groom

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While [Judge Sallee] never married himself, he occasionally tied the knot for others in the discharge of his official duties, and in doing so imposed obligations that were very specific and strict on the contracting parties. On one such occasion, it was in substance as follows:

"Well, John you and Betsey wish to get married, do you? Hold up your hands and be sworn. John, do you love Betsey? Do you promise to be good to Betsey, and to take good care of her? Do you promise to keep her supplied with plenty of dry wood and kindling while she does the cooking, and do you promise to get up the mornings and kindle the fire and bring water from the spring, and otherwise demean yourself as a good husband?

Betsey, do you love John? Do you promise to continue to love him, and to do the cooking, and keep John's socks darned and his pants mended and otherwise demean yourself as a good wife should? All right, you two are married now, and you can go on home."