New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
POULTRY CAME NEXT.

Events moved on swiftly yet noiseIessIy- On
July 6 the council had a petition from
twenty property owners of the aristocratic South
Mountain avenue and Plymouth street section
asking for the abolition OF chickens. ducks and
geese The petition declared that the noise of
growing roosters. quacking ducks and cackllne
geese between the hours OF midnight ana D a m
was unbearable The fathers of Montclair looked
at one another Some of them, mayhap. main
tanned hen roosts themselves. and were wont to
go after eggs in the cool of the morning and
liked TO have roast goose on the table every
Christmas The crusade was reaching an uncon-
trolable, ominous. stage when 1t invaded the
personal liberty of the henyard
They'll want rubber tires the trolley car
wheels next" said Councilman Alworth in a sepul-
chral voice.
u move the petition be referred TO committee
for report" said another councilman
OF course the chief of police usual, got his
share of trouble from the new agitation 1t was
suggested that he should include the hen roosts
in the beats covered by his men, and wiseacre
from Beverly, Mass. wrote that it was The easiest
thing in the world TO silence roosters by putting
them on low perches so they couldn't stand up
right TO hail the morn, and a Dutchman from
Asbury Park said that ducks and geese could be
muzzled every night just like dogs s" they
couldn't quack caCkle for cents worth
It is not surprising that Bloomfield avenue is be-
ing paved with ii noseesS asphalt. that
the town council is considering ordinance to oil
the nosier streets twice a year, expense Of
20 cents a yard. The movement grows by what it
feeds on A woman advertised last week sell
her mechanical piano player cheap. All the resu-
lar pianos in town have had their forte pedals
taken out it is said 4 soundless electric motor
has been substituted for steam engine in the
pressroom OF The Montclar Times" complaint
has been made of putting gas engine in jam
factory and OF the n. m. whistle blown by 4
printing establishment Since the whistle serves
n fire alarm, its absence will doubtless produce
noiseless conhagratons Mrs. John Haynes Ward.
of Valley Road has called attention to the nuisance
of mknen calling at early hours.
The soughing Of the pines and the murmurirg OF
the leaves. together with the babbling OF the
brooks. have been far exempt from statutory
prohiLitiuu. but a number of anti -nature-nose
lovers have spoken favor of soasless song birds
They declare that the eighteen species OF song
birds around Montclair. the delight of occasional
visitors. are nuisance citizens and sleepers
Anyhow the residents of the town get enough high
class music in the regular opera season. pa wing up
to S5 Il seat and they dent want 70 be bothered in
summer with early concerts Il orioles robins and
thrushcs The sparrows make the worst racket
they say.
The literature of Moutclar silence is growing
one story relates that leading citizen who died
and went To heaven being shown about the
place 10y ST Peter when he heard , rafting sound
and inquired:
Mercy sakes what's that nCise:'
My keys" replied St Peter
Il can't stand that" said the citizen. I'm going
back to MUntclaiT.