Silly old laws exist on the books of towns all over the United States. Here are some of the silliest. 

• In Lexington, Ky., there is an ordinance forbidding anyone to carry an ice-cream cone in his pocket.
• In Waterloo, Nebr., barbers are forbidden to eat onions between seven a.m. and seven p.m.
• In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts it is against the law to eat peanuts in church or to use tomatoes in making clam chowder.
• In Kansas an old law states that you cannot eat snakes on Sunday or rattlesnake meat in public.
• In Los Angeles you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
• In Zion, Ill., it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats and other domesticated animals kept as pets.
• In Carmel, N.Y., a man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.
• In Gary, Ind., persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic.
• In Hartford, Conn., you aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands.
• In Baltimore, it's illegal to take a lion to the movies.
• In Nicholas County, W. Va., no member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service.
• In Carrizozo, N.M., it's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public (includes legs and face).
• In New Jersey a person can be arrested for slurping soup in a public restaurant.
• A citizen may not carry a lunch pail on the public streets in Riverside, Calif.
• In Oklahoma you cannot take a bite of another person's hamburger.
• In Green, N.Y., you cannot eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks while a concert is on.
• In Houston, Tex., the law stipulates that you cannot buy rye bread, goose liver or Limburger cheese on Sunday, and if you do, you can not take it out.
• A Lynn, Mass., ordinance states babies may not be given coffee to drink.
• In Winona Lake, Ind., it is illegal to eat ice cream at a counter on Sunday.
• It is against the law for Nebraska tavern owners to sell beer unless they have a kettle of soup brewing.
• According to an old Detroit law, banana peels are not to be thrown in the streets for fear of injury to horses.
• In Connecticut pickles which, when dropped 12 inches, collapse in their own juice are illegal. They must remain whole and even bounce.
• In Corvallis, Oreg., young ladies are not allowed to drink coffee after six o'clock in the evening.
• In Lehigh Nebr. it is against the law to sell doughnut holes.
• In Richmond, Va., it is illegal to match coins in public restaurants to see who pays for the coffee.
• In Baltimore, Md., "Only pure unadulterated, unsophisticated and wholesome milk" may be sold.