Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-09-07
Sunday Autoing
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car came along back in about ten min
utes, going South. Probably it went
to Fort Lee to get something. The
driver had nothing to say, but looked
daggers both trips. One of the party
near the reporter suggested, "Mebbe
the women-folk. got afraid at your
taking down the number"
Two boys came along on bicycles
and the kerosene jokelet was hurled
at them, provoking merry laughing
retort, "G-g-g-g-asolene," the boy
suffering.
Three young fellows, looking bit
Indifferent, were in car No. lis, 945,
a well-worn runabout, which sputter-
ed along with some difficulty, and with
the cutout wide open, snorting like a
racer. After some minutes absence in
the direction of Fort Lee the car came
back making the same kind Of noise,
and scarcely crawling along with a
wheeze in the cylinders.
A little Ford tourer went South
about four o'clock, and bore on both
sides printed in fve-inch letters,
"USING KEROSENE" Whether this
was the truth or not could only be
sssesseds At .anss ratSst the ]s siss !hare
n, pod fruit, for no one suspected THAT
It might have been touch Of satire,
or cannoufage. The sign made many
laugh at the idea of any one going to
a printer to have such cards printed
in that fashion. If the owner was
camoufaging, he would have his con-
science to deal with later, even if the
law did not have any business med
ding into his case-that is, if he had
a conscience.
In the hour that the reporter stood
On the curb in Anderson avenue and
watched its deadly stiffness, there
were probably fifty cars, at least half
of them run by soldiers Some of the
big touring cars had the whole fam
lily out, and in most cases contained
from five to eight persons in each.
The reporter made special feature
of his exploit of getting their num-
Ebers." In nearly every case there was
evident resentment at the act, and
only one lady turned in her seat and
held out paper as though to say,
eve have a permit" AS no permits
were necessary except one dicated by
conscience, this was regarded as a
joke itself, Of no small proportions.
But it could have been prescription.
But it all made one think of the rea-
son why the whole family went along
just to go to the drug store.
An amusing incident took place
when fellow came along driving an
old poke of horse. He was clearly
German, according to his dialect, for
when asked if he were using gasolene,
he turned and laughed, saying, "No,
sir, don'dt hat to use none o. dot.
I got der besdt O. dem fellers."
The following license MURDERS were
taken down in the houur watched by
the "Palisadian" man:
/ 61,514, N. j., 1856, N. j., 6S,155,
N. j., 19,4s7, n. j., 93,867, N. j.,
F148, SOC, N. Y, 1850, N. j., 116,055,
N. j., 69,o4S, N. j., 1858, N. j.,
1860. n, J, l44,065, N. j., 115,545,
N. j., 136,038, N. j., 1900, N. j..
90, JAP, NY, 81, 1876, N, j., H
There were any number of large
army trucks loaded with Camp Mer-
rift soldiers going south that came
along during the afternoon, Some Of
the residents along Anderson avenue
thought the town had been suddenly
metamorphosed they could not under
stand it. The change from Sunday
/ afternoons of screening, noise-mak-
ing, nerve-racking automobiles to a
day of ancient, long-ago quietude was
SO ralical they did not know what to
make of it.
/ "Isnt this fine " asked Mrs. King
who happened to see the reporter.
"My! but / wish it could be like this
all the time. This makes life here
worth living" -
This sentiment was uttered by
many other residents along the ave-
nue.. Mr.. L. C. Anderson said, IF it
would stay like this I would never
want to leave Palisade. But the Sun
days for several years past have made
life on this thoroughfare almost un-
endurable. Really, can. scarcely
recognize the town, it is 50 different.
/ never saw anything like it,, I never
though I would notice the change so
wildly. Ayday like this reminds me
of the earlier days Of Palisade long
before the automobile began to choke
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