Amish Corner
Sunday, Dec. 14, was another dreary day. It was a good day to rest, read and relax.We visited awhile at daughter Sylvia and Dan's in…
Sunday, Dec. 14, was another dreary day. It was a good day to rest, read and relax.
We visited awhile at daughter Sylvia and Dan’s in the evening. Their daughter Rosanna, Aden, two children and son Danny Ray and wife Betty were also there.
We are sorry to hear Robert J. Miller, of Jug Road, is in University Hospitals in Cleveland waiting to have heart surgery. His wife Nora Mae recently passed away from cancer. We hope he will soon be feeling better.
We’re also sorry to hear Mrs. Reuben Martha Yoder, of Burton-Windsor Road, had a stroke. She had gone to see her husband in the hospital when she got the stroke in the hospital.
The funeral of Miss Dorothy H. Miller was Dec. 15. She was in a wheelchair for many years, being a cripple.
Mrs. Bill Amanda Miller is still a patient in University Hospitals in Cleveland having treatments for her cancer. She may need to have a bone marrow transplant.
Our church women plan to visit with John (Mat) Miller the evening of Dec. 15. She recently broke her arm.
It felt like spring on Monday morning. I even saw a fly sitting on the door in the sun. Hopefully, the laundry dried on the lines outside, but it was pretty damp.
Born to neighbor Andrew and Susan Miller a son named It’saac. He had two sisters and one brother to welcome him home. He was born the evening of Dec. 12.
Our family Christmas gathering is planned for New Year’s Day at daughter Sylvia and Dan’s, giving us one more week to shop.
Dec. 10, 1899:
As we have moved to a new country, I thought I would write a few lines for my friends.
We live about 18 miles northeast of Middlefield in Trumbull County.
The Byler boys have taken a job cutting, skidding, sawing and loading one million feet of lumber. A.J. Byler and the writer have the job of cutting at 75 cents per thousand. A.J. Farmwald and R.J. Detweiler do the skidding.
This is very nice country; land sells here from $5 to $25 per acre. There is a 50-acre tract near here that can be bought for $350, all ready for the plow. I don’t see any use to go to Michigan for cheap land at any rate.
We were out hunting one day last week and in three hours we caught nine rabbits.
Yours Truly, I.M.J. Stutzman
Chuckle
My wife is a by-the-recipe baker. But, that still hasn’t made her chocolate chip cookies taste any better. One day after the cookies had been in the oven awhile, I smelled a familiar odor.
“They’re burning,” I shouted.
“I know,” she said.
“Aren’t you going to take them out?”
“No. They still have six minutes to go,” she replied.
You all have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Recipes
Date Candy
[Mrs. Mel (Fannie) Yoder]
3 cups sugar
1 cup milk
2 Tbs. light Karo syrup
1 Tbs. butter
1 cup dates
1 cup nuts
Cook first four ingredients until it forms a soft ball. Add dates and nuts and boil again to a soft ball. Add four marshmallows and stir until you can roll it like a sausage link. Roll and put onto waxed paper, and then cut and roll in powdered sugar.
Cheese Ball
2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese
2 packages dried beef, chopped fine
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Green onion tops or onion powder
Mix all together except one package of chopped dried beef. After you have shaped the ball, roll it in the remaining dried beef. Great to serve with crackers.
