Amish Corner
It was a beautiful morning on May 4. It was perfect for drying clothes on the lines.Birds are flitting here and there building nests. We…
It was a beautiful morning on May 4. It was perfect for drying clothes on the lines.
Birds are flitting here and there building nests. We have a wren building in a little buggy house, and its cheerful song is lovely to hear. We put guards on the martin house and the starlings can’t get in – now if only those pesty sparrows would leave. But, I guess they were also made for a reason.
Our school had its last day on April 30. The picnic is scheduled for the afternoon and evening of May 8. We have four grandchildren to graduate this year. This will end school days for Joe and daughter Betty and Melvin in Michigan.
Having a cookout the evening of May 3 for John Mat Miller at Joe and Saloma Miller’s were Dan and Sylvia and family. Later on, Perry and Katie Ann Miller and two sons and Joe and I joined them, too. This was for John Mat’s birthday.
Wedding bells are ringing. We have four invitations, with two being on the same day. Two invitations are for sisters Anna and Ruth Ann Hershberger, of Nash Road. Also, Robert Kurtz Jr. and Regina Byler, daughter of Lester and Ada; and Barbara, daughter of Lester and Martha Hershberger, and Allen, son of Elwin and Martha Byler.
Farmers are planting corn, gardens are being planted and the greenhouse folks are sending things to the auction, keeping everybody busy. I’m still working on my flower beds. The greenhouse at Perry Miller’s on Shedd Road is now open.
Having brunch at Wayne and Judy Miller’s on May 3 were Joe and Saloma Miller and girls, Bob and Sylvia Hershberger and three children, Richard and Susan Miller and children and Marty and Barbara Mast and children. They enjoyed sitting around the campfire.
Our singing group had plans to visit and sing for Mrs. Mahlon Yoder the evening of May 5. She lives with her daughter Nancy and Albert Mast and family on Girdle Road.
Merlin, son of Andrew and Susan W. Miller, of Shedd Road, broke his leg in a trampoline accident, needing a cast above his knee. He missed the last several days of school. Mail will reach him at 15049 Shedd Road, Burton, OH 44021.
Bits and Pieces
May 2, 1892: Nice weather at present.
Farmers are mostly done sowing oats and are getting reading to plant corn and potatoes.
May 7, 1892: Nice and warm. Had lots of rain the past week.
Three of Joseph Kurtz’s children are down with typhoid-pneumonia.
J.O. Schlabach is putting up a granary this spring. His is also improving his new home.
Chuckles: Wisdom from Seniors
When did my wild oats turn to prunes and all bran?
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
Funny, I don’t remember being absent minded.
If all is lost, where is it?
The first rule of holes: if you are in one, stop digging.
It was so different before everything changed.
It’s hard to make a comeback when you haven’t been anywhere.
There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
It’s not hard to meet expenses; they are everywhere.
You all have a good week.
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