Comments on: Submit your Amish questions

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:25:59 +0000

I would like to have an Amish pen-pal there are no settlements out in Oregon and I was wandering if i could find a free magazine that has Amish pen-pals willing to write to a non Amish.

thanks

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:17:32 +0000

Thanks for your answer, Henry! Much appreciated

By: Lin

Lin — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:40:06 +0000

Barbara: my contact said the Beaver Run School Benefit Auction is the first Saturday in September, and the third Saturday in April.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:26:41 +0000

I have been searching everywhere for information on the dates of the next Beaver Run School Benefit Auction held in Washingtonville, PA and cannot find any information on it. The Susquehanna River Valley info center gives out several different dates when called. I have found the April date in these articles but not the September (or August) date. I believe it to be Sept and not Aug. Can anyone give me the exact date and information on it? Thank you.

By: Henry Troyer

Henry Troyer — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:28:06 +0000

Yes, Gabriela, the Amish utilize the services of vets just like anyone else. That goes for all the Amish that I know of, although it is possible that some of the most conservative Amish like the Swartzentruber Amish would have certain reservations about vet services.
Henry

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:06:39 +0000

Hello Erik!
I’ve just found your website and I am reading it with much interest. I am a vet student (from Argentina) and I was wondering about how the Amish care for their animals (i.e. horses). Would it be OK with their faith and way of life to accept the assistance of vets when treating their animals? I do not wish to cause offense with my question, I am genuinely curious.
Many thanks

By: Bill Gunderson

Bill Gunderson — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:35:03 +0000

Hi
I’m trying to locate an Amish Lumber mill in the Sandwich, IL area that manufactures Wood Pallets.
If you have a listing of other Amish Lumber Mill in Illinois I would also be interested in this information as well.

Thank you,

Bill Gunderson

By: Connie

Connie — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:34:43 +0000

Hi Erik,

I was wondering if you or any of your readers can tell me anything about the Amish that have started a community in Northern Ontario. Chisolm Ontario to be exact. Over the past several years they have bought land and farms and are quickly growing into a fair sized community – well, fair sized for Northern Ontario anyway. They own a few Furniture businesses and are doing a wonderful job at bringing some old forgotten farms back to life!

I travel the rural roads that aren’t far from where I live and I enjoy seeing them on the roads with their buggys and often stop to by fresh produce from them.

We go to St. Jacobs Ontario at least once a year to visit the Farmer’s Market down there and up until a few years ago that was the only place to see and admire Mennonites and the way they live.

Some people in the area say they are Mennonites and others say Amish. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Connie

By: Judy Cosgrove

Judy Cosgrove — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:51:35 +0000

Are any Amish women allowed to shave…I just cant imangine a woman with long hair on her legs and especially growing under her arms

By: Mary Ann Chase

Mary Ann Chase — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:21:12 +0000

Years ago my sis in law would can stew so therefore the meat was cooked before processing. I imagine the Amish would do that too. If they can meat before cooking then they’d just cook it more when they use it for a recipe. I wonder how many now have freezers to keep their meat in…powered by propane or something else like their fridges are and stoves in many stories I’ve read. In our american history in certain areas they’d save their ice from winter in a straw in a cave. Did the Amish ever do that?
It is fascinating to me the different communities having different rules, the Ordung is it called? You’d have a period of adjustment if moving from one to another. I would just love to study it. MA