AMISH BUGGY NEWSLETTER

Number 9

• MO - Big young heavy roosters sold for $.50 each at the produce auction.

• Topeka Auction -
  Top springer sold for $1,535
  Top cow sold for $1,400

• Shipshewana, IN - Driving Horse Auction - December 16

• Centre Hall, PA - Horse Consignment Sale - December 29 - 5 pm

• TN - the horse got away from the owner.  After a 2 hour search, it was found caught on a bridge with no harm to the horse or buggy.

• A 34 point buck was shot with a bow & arrow by nonAmish.  The spread between the 2 main branches spanned 20 inches.  It is believed to be the largest taken by bow in Missouri.  Many Amish are also hunting getting, rabbit, squirrel, turkey, and deer.

• OH - forgot to remove socks out of shoes when taking shoes to the repair shop.   Repairman sewed sock tops closed because that was the only holes he could find.

• OH - the Marietta Amish community will be extinct shortly when the last family moves out.

• MO - the horse shoer had one horse like he had never seen before.  The horse was wicked and tried everything to get his way.  That is one horse that went out the door barefoot.

• MI - 2 families have whooping cough.

• PA - A car passed the buggy earlier and when the Amish women turned the driver of the car pulled in crosswise and penned the buggy in.  The auto driver got out with a baseball bat and demanded money.  She said she didn't have any but gave him her checkbook.  He demanded money again and she gave him her wallet which only contained some change in it.  He yanked the  27 year old Amish women out of the buggy threatening to kill her and hit her twice in the back of the head with the bat.  Her children age 9, 7, 6 were also in the buggy.  The checkbook was found where this happened.  The women spent the night in the hospital and was probably saved by her hair and hat that padded the blows.  Update from one of our newsletter reader from the local paper -  the suspect in this assault committed suicide soon after this beating.  The man was 31 years old.  He was the only suspect in the case and had been identified in a photo lineup.

• PA - in 1984 it was recorded on what was needed for a funeral of 300.
  60 lb. boneless meat, 35 lb. cheese, 1 gal. molasses, 6 lb. butter, 2 cans of coffee
  16 loaves bread, 20 doz. buns, 3/4 bushel cabbage, basket of apples for sauce
  5 lb. salt, 10 lbs. prunes or peaches, 3 baskets peeled potatoes
  Plus cakes, pudding and pies

• Since 1900, over 250 Amish settlements have been established in nearly every farming state.  Since then the church has allowed some advancements such as business telephones in barns, plane trips in an emergency, and whatever medical care is necessary.

• Ohreweh - earache

• Weh - hurt

• Schtaar - cataract (eye)

• Uffschtoosse - to belch

• Verrenkt - sprained, twisted

• Ringwarem - ring worm

• Schnipser - common cold

• Sodbrennes - heartburn

• Waarz - wart

• Pock - pimple

• Wasserpareble - chicken pox

• Zaahweh - toothache

• Ad - Dried apple snitz $3.00 a pound.

• Ad - black yearly morgan stallion $1,200.

• Ad - Dressed organic chickens 7-10 pounds - cost $1.00 a pound.

• Ad - Will feed your heifer at my farm - $1.15 a day to 800 lb. or $1.25 over 800 lbs.

• OH - Harvested where an 85 pound and a 90 pound watermelon.  Also a 1,109 pound pumpkin (squash).  Seeds from this pumpkin were sold for $1 a piece for the large ones.  Smaller seeds sold for a little less.

• MD - Tobacco beds have been plowed, gassed, and covered with plastic for sowing in February.

• WI - corn husking is done.  Most Amish schools in all areas of the U.S. were left out for a week so scholars could help with corn husking.  Most communities are done.

• KS - Honeysuckle bushes are in bloom.

• PA - it's time to dry up January cows.

• KY - tobacco stripping has started.

• Rosmarinus - is a pale blue dew-like flowers that is often grown near the sea.   It is a symbol of remembrance and friendship and is often used at weddings as a sign of love and fidelity.

• WA - farming declined 6% between 1992 to 1997.  In 1997, 80% of the farms were classified as family farms but 57.4% of the farm operators worked off the farm at least part of the time.

• PA - $9.75
  Class III $10.02 down $.74
  Class IV  $11.84 down $.13

• MI - $9.00 c.w.t. down $1.85 from last month

• IN - dropped by $1.85 a hundred
  IN - $9.75 - another area

• MO - $9.70 c.w.t. for Class III

• WI - $11 c.w.t.

• IL - $11

• Illinois Amish - http://www.illinoisamishcountry.com/ammain.htm

• Ohio Amish - http://www.amparks.com/states/Ohio/Amish_Country/index.html

• Gardening, plant care, calendar, terms - http://www.thegardenhelper.com/index.html

• Story of Creation - great site - may not work on webtv - http://www.theartmill.com/creation.htm

• How Christmas is celebrated around the world - http://christmas.com/worldview/

• Chicken Soup for the Soul - http://www.chickensoup.com/

• Christmas - story - recipes - crafts - http://www.holidays.net/christmas/index.htm

• Holiday craft ideas - http://ntl.sympatico.ca/~whogan/oldx.htm
• Holiday crafts - http://www.keppie.htmlplanet.com/craft/holiday.html
• Make paper ornaments - http://www.janbrett.com/make_your_own_holiday_ornament.htm

• It's estimated you'll eat some 35,000 cookies in your lifetime.

• About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments each year.

• An average American family of 4 consumes almost 6,000 pounds of food per year.

• Cake eaters - 69% eat the cake first, then the frosting.

• In Japan, Gerber's top selling baby food is a sardine dish.

• The Frisbee was originally named the Pluto Platter when it was introduced in 1957.

• There is a huge salt mine under Lake Erie.  Trucks have used the underground shafts since 1920.

• If you can't hear God speaking, check the volume control of your conscience.

• Consider the pin...its head keeps it from going too far.

• Happiness comes when we stop complaining about our troubles and begin to be thankful for the troubles we don't have.

• Even a broken clock is right 2 times a day.

• The straight and narrow way has the lowest accident rate.

• Be careful of your thoughts. They may become words at any moment.

Have A Safe and Blessed Holiday Season

See You Next Month