The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-01-12
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STsn miles Northeast Of Washington
Indg3 theHeqiS afertile sectionhofb iant1
ownedfand culttyatedsb by aopeculiar sec
Of peDplenknown as the Anlish. Little,
IL known of ithemexotpteb by the people,
living iodn the immediate vicinity Of
their settlement d'iw ,nshT .hrnUIah
The Amish came to this country at an
early date, and bought ricfi farms for as
nominal price. They have added 5greattl
lSf tontheir possessions unfit NOV this
settlement takes up 0 thousands OF
acres.u Their peculiar manners inand'
customs are interestfnggid W guimm1T9
According, to their religious bsliefs'
the Amish are not allowBd to- use butl,,
tons On their clothes 1fInsts&d Of butt
tons they use hooks and 9eg cd. y Their
clothing Is homespur, and they wear
black SLOUGH hats, All .Amishmeii let
their ,hair. grow Tong and 9alp Over their.
shbhlders. They never shay& not EVEN
when young men. hTheS invariably1
drive tne, Dig, hbrseBi They prefer
death rather than to s@ear s3ih Court.
They are an econumical sect Of people,
ahd are great traders. f'hey Seldom
pay cash for any thing, but always inlI
sisl on trading FARM products and pouf-1
try for what they want noqD El'i2Jaol
Their. settlement, is divided up into,
farms Of an equal - number Of acres,
They, adhere, strictly /, to- the :, code of
laws handed dawn to them. by their
ancestors. One .of, these Jaws Is, to, the
effect that no AmiS Imam in. the! settle
ment shall be entitled, TO- more OF, the
world 81 goods than his, neigh bor, Con
seqhently, the farms, are about the same
sfze, and stocked ,eqhAtly. n Another law
says if one, member Of the, settlement
meets with misfortune, his ,,neighbors
must go down in their pockets, pay his
Indebtedness, and, If necessary, buy
him new farm and stock it. 4. /;
The Amish originally came from a
county in-one of the Eastern States.
In the East. Whenever a scion of one
OF the Eastern families emigrates . to
the Indiana settlement he r. is imme-
diately presented with a farm equal in
size to those of his brethren, n The
Amish do not believe in courts, that is,-
they never settle any of their difhcul7t
ties Ia the courts, All disputes and dis
agreements of, every nature are taken
up for settlement by a majority of the,
members of the settlement, 1t is, how,
ever, a rare occurrence that the least
trouble arises among them, They are
law abiding, honest, and truthful. They
do not deposit their money in banks,
but aecnmulatehand hoard lit in their,
homes. They raise all the farming pro-,
duets usually grown in this section OF
the country, and are said ito be the.
most successful poultry raisers In the
United States. rorg How 6 ONT afdt yunq
aTheir every day life Is their religion
They, speak the German language, and
no other. pheynafe negligent bout
educating children, and start
them, boys and{giTls aiiksrto work In
the fields, when young The women
and girls. never,jwear flashy. colnrs, and,
long pants are put on the boys at the
age of 2 and 8 years. moo 9o--ta.,I1
Several months age a, young Amish-l
Sin = Jeonceived AN idea to discard the
hooks and y eyes on hisre clothing, to-
shave his beard, and to don q suit OF,
store cl0thes,o This he did and re-
turned to his neighbours in the new
garb. He-was- Immediately elected
from the community Has farm was
taken from him, as we'll as his stock
and farm machinery, and he was given,
strict orders never, /. again, to put his
foot on property owned by any mem.
Der OF the settlement After, several.
weeks he allowed his beard to grow to
lts former, 'lc.t III, discarded his new
clothes for the, old. and returned to,
hfs peopIe,, They finally received him
and fetufhed his property to him. O'' IL
Another eAAAmishman,, while doing his
trading In Washington, became struck
with the Idea 81 wheeling.! He Dur
chased bicycle and went gleefSIlTyI
homie, to nshoWo the machine ITO the
members of his afamflyl The ola Ann
lshmen OF the settlement Booked &iS9
and called nIass-meeting to decide
whether or. Not lit was spfoper for one
ofstheif nam bertao5 ride upon SUCH a
eontd4banc6i as "a bieyeI9g o The Verdict
Of the elder heads WAS against the
young Amishman, and he was COMPEL
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