Sentence:  ... an illusionist, a wrestler offering to take on all comers. Children ran among the booths, and couples strolled arm in arm. Fiddlers and drummers played, <WSD>boothmen</WSD> bawled out their wares, animals for sale bleated or lowed or clucked. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One who mans a booth, such as at a fair or ("historically") a Thing.