Posted by Gary Mitchell on July 26, 2018 at 09:20:10 from (75.121.32.25):
In Reply to: Re: Amish Sawmill posted by olgentdc on July 26, 2018 at 07:42:41:
An area I used to peddle freight in, (Rich Hill, MO.), had a rural Amish community and I would occasionally have a delivery for one or the other of them. It was interesting and sometimes challenging to locate a customer you couldn't call on the phone. Another issue was lack of gravel on drive/entry ways that I had to back a 28" pup, (or bigger), and Freight Liner up, a problem when it was wet. A plus was when you came into the area, everyone came running so there wasn't ever a time that I couldn't get someone to unload and sign for delivery. This particular bunch had a harness and sorghum making business that shipped all over. One time they got half a pup load of rope and units of kd boxes. It also came COD, which concerned me a little, but the head man pulled a roll of cash out of his coat and pealed off several hundred $ that I had to worry about the rest of the day. They had me stand back while they attacked the load and had it off in no time flat. Their horses? I've passed buggy's on narrow black-tops pulling a set of trailers and they'd never shy in the least.
There were also quite a few Mennonites in the Butler, MO. area. They all had modern machinery. About the only similarity I saw between them and the Amish was that the women all wore the same sort of garb, just more colorful, and the guys all had beards. I think the Mennonites were pretty patriarchal. You would see a couple and she would be dressed in her stock dress and bonnet. They might be going down the road in the man's p/u truck with a CB antenna. He's likely have on a ball cap and regular duds. The thing I noticed most about them is when going to their farms you'd see huge, nice machine sheds, barns, and other nice out buildings and an itty bitty cruddy house. I think they plowed about every nickel they made back into the farm. Interesting time in my life. gm
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