Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-10-24
cRoWLEss BOOSTERS.
Inventor Who Hopes in Time to Pro-
duce Such a Breed.

| '"FS'boi WIN flopcS VI lTne 10 frO-
! duce Such Breed.
! Would it be possible for me to in
5ent some simple attachment by
which the CHEEKY but piercing notes
of the early-crowing chanticleer could
be prevented without injury to the
bird?" This was the question that Ed
ward p. Howard of Brockton. asked
himself not long ago. He was con
fined to his home at the time with an
attack of the grip, and the dulcet
tones of the pet bantams belonging to
his son were not conducive to the en-
joyment of the needful beauty sleep"
Now, BrocktOn is the home of in
ventors-not only of shoe machinery,
but of many other Yankee notions"
for was it not in the Shoe City that
wise and thoughtful married man in
vented the anti.snoring machine?
This boon to heads of families was an
arrangement of steel springs and pad
ded clamps, by means OF which the re-
taxation of the jaws so necessary to
the well-rounded and able-bodied
snore was prevented automatically.
II was so planned that the farther the
jaws were opened the tighter the ma
chimes grip, and thus the snore was
cut off before its birth without effort
on the part of the wearer.
Mr.. Howard remembered the sue.
cess of this antl-snoring device, which,
by the way, was successfully patented,
and he set out to conquer the growing
of the troublesome ROSTERS in SINH
lar manner. The bantams upon which
the first experiments were made were
not the only featherd bipeds in the
immediate vicinity, for his residence on
West Elm street is in the heart Of a
beautiful residential district, and he
dared to hope that were the effort
successful at home he might persuade
some of his neighbors to try the eff
feet of the "anti-crower" upon several
lusty songsters of the Plymouth Rock
variety.
With copper wires, pliers and
stout heart Mr.. Howard essayed the
task he had chosen There was no
danger Of catching any contagious dis
ease from the bite of the little things,
for. as he told a Journal man, "the
bantams were as tame as kittens"
Experiment after experiment was
made until the proper shaped yoke of
bright new wire had been properly
fitted to the ROSTERS bills. But let
Mr.. Howard describe the apparatus in
his own words:
The device Is fastened to the bill
Of chanticleer after he has gone to
roost by simple clasp, and does not
interfere In any way with his respira-
ton, circulation or digestion. Mr..
Rooster dozes comfortably until per.
haps 1880 a. m. when he awakes and
decides TO arouse the neighborhood.
He arises from his perch, throws his
head back, and opens his mouth to it's
full extent. Here Is where the fine
work OF the invention comes in, as II
gently but firmly closes the open
mouth, and Mr.. Rooster subsidies with
a gasp Of establishment, to be similar
ly 'trun down at each attempt to give !
his sleep-destroying call.
1T was my fond hope" continued
Mr.. Howard, ito rear in time breed
OF non-crowing fowl, since aside from
the great boon to humanity which a
breed of noiseless fowl would be, the
financial side would certainly be worth
considering as fraught with great pos
sibilities. 1t is well known that the
exertion Of Growing causes the neck of
the ordinary fowl to become lean,
tough and strlngy, while with the non