Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-12
IN DEFENSE 0F
 THE TOWN COW East End Residents Present Pitiful Plea in Behalf of the Bovine Family to Win Freedom for Them.
THE COUNCIL IS COLD
Some of the Reasons Why the "TOwn Cow" is Denied Privileges-"In the Name of Our Merciful Lord and
 Master,' Let Them Enjoy Freedom

The residents of the East End presented several pitiful pleas at the meeting of the city council last Monday night in defense of the town cow.'' The arguments of the defenders of the babies friend" brought tears to the eyes of many of the councilmen. After the flood of feeling had subsided Alderman Fred Fox arose and said that the wishes of all the citizens should be heard at all times and allowed if the majority so ruled, yet if such wishes should be detrimental to the march of progress of the city they should not be countenanced. He said that such small towns as Sher- idan, Dumas and others have stock laws which were strictly enforced at all times and that he did not think it in keeping with the prog ress of the city to allow the cows to roam at large. He also said that that experiment had been tried once before and that an extensive dairy sprung up i'll a weeks time, and that a regular stream of cows would be seen every morning driven to the free pasture ground, from those places on the unfortunate side of the Missouri street line. He I
 thiclly populated as to leave no small patches of ground which could not be fenced in at slight ex- pense Although much moved by the petitions, the aldermen thought it necessary to deny them.
 The councilmen doubtless felt that it would hardly be in keeping With the spirit of liberty to have the citizens awakened in the dead of night by the changing, not of a coW-bell, but of veritable slibertv bell' tied to the neck of some rest less bovine. They are also, doubt less, afraid of the repetition of an occurrence which happened only a few weeks ago, which will be re- peated by The Graphic for the ben eft of those readers who have not yet had the good fortune to hear it. Once upon a time the city fathers were sitting in grave si- fence meditating upon those things which might bring prosperity to the doors of our beloved city and while in the midst of these uplift- ing thoughts one of the most ter rife dins yet heard by mortal ears arose, and the good city fathers hastened to the nearest exit. to still the tumultous beating of their hearts. It was thought by every one that the fire department was turning out to save that hall from fire in which they were assembled and "pell-mell the benign fathers fell over one another in the.r mad haste to reach the street At last all arrived safely on the ground floor and no fire department being in sight, they looked about for the cause of all the excitement. "1t" was seen coming around the corner under the fatherly guidance of the City pound-man and with bell around it's neck which would put the courthouse chimes to shame Then and there the fathers decided that if the sleep-loving people of the suburbs were being kept from their peaceful dreams each night by such noise, it was "adios" for the town COW.
 One of the petitions of the East End residents follows:
 Honorable Mayor and Board of
 Pine Bluff, Arkansas:
 Gentlemen-I present you peti- tion of many signers begging that you give free range to our COWS in East End from Missouri street, east and south.
 So many tenants have nowhere to pen their COWS when the milk and butter is most of their living for their little children. As far the cows-suppose any or all of you were confined to a small close room and required to do the usual amount of work on bread and water looking through large window into large room with large table well laden with all good edibles