Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — The Joys of Owning A Car On Sunday. [ARTICLE]

The Joys of Owning A Car On Sunday.

Brook Reporter. C. E. Sunderland owns a Ford. He says he as lief own a Packard but the Ford can, go anywhere and some places you couldn’t navigate a Packard. Taking a century run afternoons or Sunday is a common diversion for him. Last Sunday he went to the Tippecanoe and then to Monon. This side of Moncn tw'o miles Lizzie balked. It was dark as usual the old girl blew out the lights. What Skip knows about a car in daylight would fill a postal card and what he knows about one in the dark wouldn’t cover a postage stamp. So the first fellow who came along hauled him back to Monon. He stayed in the garage until he was afraid of breaking the eight hour law and borrowed a set of heavy batteries and proceeded without lights. On the way he started a herd of calves and drove these along the road until he was afraid he would be arrested for grand larceny. Within three miles of Rensselaer, Lizzie balked again. She would-run standing but would not run on wheels. The S. O. S-brought a WlLfl Ttow line arkTthc trip to Rensselaer was made tandem. Here the garage men entertained Lizzie while the night watch have Skip the “Welcome to our fair city.” The cc.emonies lasted until 3:30 in Che morning. The joyriders around Rensselaer had not returned with the garage cars hnd a hurry up call to Brook finally brought Billy Gentry over, and Lizzie was led home. When you ask Sunderland anything about his car now he says all he knows is, that she is “halter broke.”