Posted on 08/31/2013 10:45:25 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
SUGARCREEK, Ohio—The corn stands 5 feet tall, the temperatures are in the 90s and Johnny Byler got hooked on his head while fishing with a friend, reported Mrs. Jerry Ray Byler in a recent front-page article of the Budget.
Mrs. Byler is one of about 860 correspondents for the Budget, a 123-year-old weekly newspaper, which carries the news of Amish and Mennonite communities, from Diagonal, Iowa to the three Minnesota outposts of Bertha, Clarissa and Lenora. They write about who got married, who went to church, who received dentures—and how 11 chickens went missing when Toby Schrocks of Cisne, Ill., forgot to close the chicken-house door.
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FTA: The Budget, a 123-year-old weekly newspaper, carries news of Amish and Mennonite communities.
FTA: One woman had 400 pounds of beets, which she washed in her wringer washer. “It worked very well,” she reported.
FTA: The Budget, a 123-year-old weekly newspaper, carries news of Amish and Mennonite communities.
FTA: One woman had 400 pounds of beets, which she washed in her wringer washer. “It worked very well,” she reported.
The Garden Group might be interested in some of this homespun advice.
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Maybe some of the Mennonites or Beachy Amish read this on battery-powered mobile devices, or even Old Order when on rumspringa.
“Shovel photos are permitted.”
Not sure what this means. Are they referring to a photo of a shovel?
I’m not sure either, except that the Amish don’t like to have pictures of themselves taken and think that it is rude when the “English” do it. I guess tools ae OK.
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