Judge, 1884-02-09 · page 4 of 16
Judge — February 9, 1884 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two satirical pieces. The upper section appears to be a humorous dialect retelling of the Biblical story of Jonah and the whale, written in exaggerated African American vernacular—a common (though offensive by modern standards) comedic style of 19th-century American humor magazines. The main content is "The Novel Bull," which parodies conventions of Victorian romantic literature. The satire ridicules the recurring trope in novels where a heroic lover confronts a bull to prove his bravery while the heroine escapes. The author mockingly catalogs the "novel bull's" implausibly genteel behavior—it conveniently waits until the lady reaches safety before charging, never actually injures the lover (only damages his hat), and generally plays by fictional rules rather than behaving like a real animal. The satire concludes by ironically praising novelists for creating this absurd literary device while condemning the actual "harmless bull" used in reality.
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