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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
PERRINEVILLE, 2.7 miles (150 alt., 175 pop.), named for an old family once prominent here, consists of two grocery stores, a synagogue, and
old red GRISTMILL (L), where the roadway forms the mill dam. The
pond stretches back into wooded ravines. The road takes an S-shaped
course through the handful of farmhouses, some offering accommodations
for travelers, that comprise the rest of the village.
Howard Patterson, who is custodian of the schoolhouse, recalls the time
when he tried to shake hands with the Jersey Devil. "It was a foggy
night," he relates, "when I saw him all aglow, just a few feet off the road.
I walked right up and put out my hand. Found an old tree trunk with two
knotty arms, lit up with fox fire." The Jersey Devil, it should be noted,
conventionally appears as a sort of winged creature with no more illumination than is provided by an occasional fiery snort (see FOLKLORE).
At 3.4 m., a crossroads, the route turns R. on a macadam road and over
the hill to higher ground. This is poorer farming country, with wrecks of
yesterday's automobiles and rusted farm machinery littering the yards;
with iron bedframes serving as gates, and outhouses flaunting three or
more varieties of roofing paper. A sky-blue mailbox and a daffodil-yellow
house with blue trim offer examples of unregimented rural choice of pigments. Woods are thicker, with pines and patches of mountain laurel by
the roadside.
At 6 miles is the junction with another macadam road.
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