Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1914 — Barnyard Opera Is O. K.; Vender’s Shouts? No [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Barnyard Opera Is O. K.; Vender’s Shouts? No

CHICAGO. —They may have to put up with barnyard grand opera in Evanston, but they draw the line at the peddlers' grand uproar. The campaign against the crowing of roosters, mooing of cows and barking of dogs at

night has fallen down hard, but the inhabitants of the peaceful and temperate North shore suburb reach their limit right there. *1 can't put the lid on the dogs and the chickens and the cows,” Desk Sergeant Dennis McHenry declared when he gave up the first antinoise campaign. "They call me up to kick night and day until they are a worse nuisance than the noises.” But the edict has gone out against the fest’ve street venders. No longer

are they to be allowed to give Imitations of Swiss bell ringers and steam calliopes as they call attention to the gentle asparagus, sweet corn, macaroni leaves and garlic which bedeck their wagons. No, sir. Chief Fred Shaffer has told all the policemen in Evanston that they Utaust muzzle the peddlers. According to the chiefs description, Evanston must now sound like a boiler factory five minutes before the lunch whistle blows and all the embryo heavyweight white hopes are hitting hard and thinking of their full dinner palls. . , "They blow whistle* add ring bells and whistle and short, and it's all got to stop,” he declared. _ * y . .. .