Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1901 — Cows in the Streets of Munich. [ARTICLE]

Cows in the Streets of Munich.

About one-half the draught animals in Munich are cows. It is one of the connecting links with the old life, when all were cows. These interesting and sedate animals have a fondness for lying in the streets, chewing their cuds when not engaged in the hauling business, which is a constant source of annoyance, because it disturbs traffic. Electric cars are new to Munich, and the inhabitants are very proud of them and of Munich’s rise to the position of a great capital t of the world, as they delight to call her. Hence interference with traffic is the unpardonable sin. It is one of the city’s most interesting sights to see mobs of vociferous men getting cows off the track. Only then does one understand the possibilities of the German tongue. It is interesting to observe the horses also. They eat slices of black rye bread for luncheon, and are usually hltclFed to one side of a single wagon pole when in harness. If there be shafts, they also are lopsided, ’wayback country fashion, even if the vehicle be a carriage.—New York Sun.