The Alpine Music of South Seattle
South Seattle residents protest the discordant 'Alpine music' of roaming livestock that kept the neighborhood awake.
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Serious complaint was made to the Chief of Police yesterday by citizens residing in the south-western portion of the city against the cows that infest that section and make night hideous by their discordant notes of sundry bells. This Alpine music is not agreeable to the tired, tranquil citizens of that part of town; but on the contrary, it vexes their ears and incites the bile of those who were obliged to turn out of their warm beds this morning at day-break to drive the cows from their premises and allow them their usual morning nap. The editor stated he could only do them justice by a thorough barrel-stave argument, and further added that he did not have a pail of scalding hot water at hand.
“This Alpine music is not agreeable to the tired, tranquil citizens of that part of town.”
Conflicts over 'quality of life' and neighborhood peace are constants in urban growth; once, it was livestock roaming through city streets, today it is noise pollution or density concerns.
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