Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Aurora, Illinois.-Up to last year some 700 cows had run in the streets of this city to the great disgust and annoyance of the people generally. This was convenient to the cow owners, but our citizens, by a vote of two to one on the subject, decided that the city should no longer be used as a cow pasture. Thereupon the Council took measures to enforce an ordinance against cows running at large, and last year, the first time for forty years, the cows were kept from the streets, to the relief of our better class of citizens, who desire good sidewalks, handsome shade trees, and general improvement of the city.
This year the owners seem resolved to defy the law, and lately cows in considerable numbers have appeared on the streets again. Yesterday the officers rallied a sufficient force to gather in the cows found at large in the southeastern part of the city. The scene following the raid was in the highest degree exciting. Inside was a yard of cattle. Outside was a gathering of Germans swearing in Dutch, and intent upon releasing the cows, while the City Marshal, Poundmaster and several policemen held the crowd in check. Finally, considering descretion the better part of valor, the owners took out their cows by paying their fines, excepting one belligerent Dutchman named Ernst, who insisted upon cutting the pound down with an ax. This fellow was promply arrested and this morning is talking through the bars in the City Prison.