Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-08
Pefstn Town.


There are people, especially in towns.
Whose l,iI IresS 90 their pts - cyrrcls SCI ar
The expense or their HcigGb1rs 81 Islg as
tEey are an amusement 10 thcIr owners
without being a nuisance ID the pubic. no
one can complain. There are, 10 Us true,
cruSty people who would ike f,a w,rII bef
ter II 10 contained neither kittens nor babies.
But q cannot 30 real narm q alybofv
that an Old LADY should turn rabbits loose
IN her garden in order 10 REFUGE the
excessive cOrpuleace Of her darling
prgs by a little wholesome coursing.
IL i COOL Tor her pets ana does not hurt the
RABBITS. Nor does u inJure the public that
twice year size fndS herself under the ne
cesSliy OF posting 10 the seaside IN order 70
give her favoTltCS the constitutional refresh.
meLl o. n lew walks on the shore. Sue must
post ali tie way, because it wolld be impoS-
>lule 10 let them enter the cruel den set apart
or mere dogs ON the railway. and the COM
pany VIII not let her hire a hrSt-class cpm-
parimept Cor their use. Even the collier
who fsedS his bUll-pup GA beersfCsfs AMI
milk, 81 the cost OF half stRryinghi VIE aut
children, may ~ least plead that ne does not
interfere, With the comfort or con yea tence of
Ms nelghborS. But IL is little odd that
there Is no way OF restraining him III he
would 90 further, lie may, "a FAR as the
present state Il the law can control him
cause his dog 10 be nuisance and annoy
ance OF the worst kind 20 al who live within
hearing; yet ~ is apparently impossible 20
interfere with him. IL may be right enough
that a man should be free 10 make
the lives OF his wife, his children, ani his
servants as miserable as he pleaSes, but
his attentions 10 his neighbors with eguaI
impunity. The general public, aud especi-
ally That considerable section OF 40 which
consists OF helpless invalidS, have no remedy
against a Growing cock or a barking dog n
extreme cases ~ Is possible that physician
may be able for a time 10 abate such a mis-
anee as being dangerous TO his patielt's life;
but there seems 10 be no redress unless ia
cases OF life and death. In London a SUI.
terer from Sucl complaint as chrolie mem
ralg:a may be Kept In torture all day by
~ in fHnn
the house, and may pass a wakeful night
owing 10 The bowling OF the same animal
when chained up. There is no choice but
cnange OF residence, n the invalid cannot
bear The noise OF cabs and mill carts al the
other side OF The house. An appeal 10 the
police magistrate only ELECTS another aud
perhaps more dismal tale OF suffering. His
worship is but human, and he too has had
days OF Illness prolonged into weeks owing
10 the geological propensities OF his neigh
bOrs. He cal do nothing for himself ant
nothing for the complainant. The law saws
that every person who blows a horn or
creates an unusual noise and disturbance in
the night time is guilty OF a nuisance; but
IL makes no provision Tor case in which the
noise is produced without the Intervention
OF the horn, and apparently does not
viced only IL be usual. True. a civil actioa
may be brought against the owner OF the
animal making the noise, IL the sufferer has
been Injured In the pursuit OF his lawful
calllng or occupation; but as he probably
carries on his occupation miles away In the
quiet TecesseS OF city, and Is chiefly
employed at home I'm what appears 10
be the unlawful occupation OF resting
himself, he has no ground for action. We
bad some Imperfect sort OF protection
against brass bands and barrel ORGANS; why
not against singing birds, which night as In
ChC6IeS O'lNOGcg, be interrupted 10 Include
lighting cocks? An extreme course alone is
open 10 the sufferer at present. We are not
concerned 10 point IL out too plainly. Bat.
short OF this desperate and certainly ohiec-
uonable remedy, there is no way, so far as
we can see, OF interfering with ANY develop
ment, however disc greeable, of the pettiDg
faculty. We may habitually wear COTTON
wool In our ears, or, IL We like &c better. we
may leave oUr house aud take auotCer: 'bUt
IL is rot clear we nave any power az present
10 prevent our next door ueiGhbOr FOO a con
inning "A pack OF hounds In his Sta Die, sus-
pending row OF lnacaWs on his balcony.
Keeping chOruSes OF cats on his lea is ald "a
laughing hyena in his back kitchen.-Sd.T-
dOy ReUiSlr.