The Baylor Amish Family, and the Ghost

Chapter One,

Our Amish Bakery, Sisters

There were ten Sisters, Eileen, ava, Evy, Susan, Opal, garnet, Dedra, illamae, chelsey, Anna, Baylor, Their Mother Mary, and Father Chemal.

They Bakery was down the dirt road from the Farm their Mother and Father owned; it was a Dairy Farms, known for milk, cheese,icecream,and Father owned and Milk inCartons Baylor Farms stickers on them. Then each wrapped on the Butter , Cheese , Icecream too. This was called The Baylor Dairy Farm. Their Mother and father worked very hard to Build a Buisness.

They also had seven boys , Altz, Fritz,Hanse, Biron, Frank, James,Earland,.

The Boys raised the cows, and horses. While the Girls baked andnow today The Amish builders would build a Bakery in Day. Their Mother and Father were very proud of their Children. They had no phone but a phone down in the valley to use when needed. The Horse drawn to use when needed. The horse drawn plow made ferrows in field . It smelt heavenly of alfalfa. The lilac bushes were very pretty this time of year in full bloom. The Farm house.

They brought lawn chairs down in the Horse pulled wagon ; And sat to watch , they'd go home to eat lunch. Everyone was very excited, Mother kept her hands clasped, her shawl around her shouders, she knitted dark blue, She wore a dark blue long dress to the calf of her leg, and a white bonnet on, with hair pins her long waiste hair pinned into a knot under her bonnet. she wore black stockings and black tie shoes. She wore glasses square rectangle in shape. She was a Beautiful women dark haired no grey in her hairyet. Then her Husband young too. The wagon pulled out front. They had been anxiousely a waiting . Today was the building day of The Bakery in Kalona, iowa.

Mother, walked down to greet them. They introduced themselves , John stoltefus his came his came to build aswell Vernon, Jacob, Eli, were well known for their excellant carpentry. Their Big Dog Bailey came to sit down again by the children, her girls with her all ten of them not her boys allseven of them, They were so Happy the start of their long prayed for a Bakery. Then Mother sang yes Jesus loves me.

The Girls sang to the tune of yes Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so . Yes Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so .

The sun became warm and The Builders put all the walls up the roof on a forever roof. The glass windows , wooden steps, it smelt of saw dust and fresh cut wood . The loud hammering, sawing, in constant motion. The men took their break motion. The men took their break to eat and sat on the benches in the wagons ; eating sandwiches , drinking coffee, and water out of thermoses. The Baylor, got into their buggy a four seater big enough for them all the seats long and wide , like our amish Bus Buggy. Mother headed the team of Horses home, driving into the yard at noon time, they piled out , and walked into their big lovely Farm house . The two wide step made of wood , a large wrapp around porch, with a wooden glidder and several chairs, and planted with ferns in them. The green screen door, open then slammed till all of them were in. The house had a large kitchen with all kinds of cupboards , and an island cupboard in the center of the room , pans hung from the ceilig , the calender was on thewall no curtains lots of plants , in the livingroom on a plant table Father made, three large couches , leather and, ,three wood rockers , no curtains on the front window looking into the backyard where in the fall you would see large rows of corn, knee high by the fouth of july . And a porch off the window to sit at a picnic table , no pictures just plain white walls. The Dinningroom two large long tables , with Benches, Father made too.

In The center of the table a lazy susan to spin with jams, jellys, on it; no curtains or pictures for they were of plain culture, The Amish. Then the floors were all wood , with a rag rug, Mother made them sell. For lunch they had Ham salad sandwiches, hard boiled eggs, and sugar cookies, it was a deliciouse lunch. Then they decided it was warm out and they'd take a nap, so upstaires to nap then , there were three floors, it was huge house. Twelve Bedrooms , Eileen, and Ava,Evy, Susan,slept in one large bedroom they had a dark blue shade on the windows, a cross hung on the wall and a calender. They each had a single bed larger tan a twin size bed not as big as a full. There was a walk in closet , and four desks with a chair made from wood , to read and study books , and writing . There was a walkin closet to hang their clothes in and a shoe rack too. They had a lantern there on a chest of drawers with a box of wood matches to light the wick to see at night a smalll bowl of water to set the the match in making sure it was out. Opal, Garnet, Dedra, slept, in the next Bedroom, coordinated by their age , illamae, Chelsey, Anna, sleptin the room across the hall. Mother and Father room was on the end. You walked up two flights of five steps and the Boys slept four bedrooms, Biron, Frank, Jsmes, Earland, in another they had the rooms all set up the same as their Sisters did. The Boys were in the field today planting corn. The Girls with Mother till Three. Then down to The bakery again. There were several clothes lines outside withe clip close pins lesft on the line. They owned two wringer washers which were on the back porch , the basement used for winter vegetables to be set on the floor; and crocks too store meat with salt to preserve which made a rine. Then they made a school house from a Barn, Mother taught them, and they tested in town with the Home School Center making sure they were up to date on their lessons to pass. then there were two very large gardens , full of vegetables , squashes , five kinds, carrots, parsnips, beets, beans, just to names a few. Then the second watermelon, musmelon, pumkins along the wine fence.