Judge, 1886-10-16 · page 9 of 18
Judge — October 16, 1886 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This page contains several satirical pieces typical of late 19th-century American humor: **"Meditations of a Tramp—No. 2"** depicts a vagrant's conversion to socialism after observing wealth inequality. The tramp observes wealthy people with excessive possessions and reflects that even a small share would satisfy him—social commentary on economic disparity. **"Old Chocolate's Target Practice"** appears to be dialect humor using African American vernacular (common but now-offensive in period publications), offering folk wisdom through proverbs. **"A Good Pupil"** satirizes an editor who teaches a young writer that poems are only indexed at year's end, mocking editorial gatekeeping. **"The Trade in Chestnuts"** criticizes how editors recycle stale material. **The final cartoon** shows a lawyer and office boy debating honesty—the boy's quip that lawyers demand "one word for me and two for yourself" satirizes perceived attorney dishonesty. The page reflects Gilded Age concerns: class inequality, editorial practices, and professional ethics, presented through period-typical caricature and dialect.
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~ six MEDITATIONS OF A TRAMP—NO. 2. The Reason of his Conversion to Socialism, OLD CHOCOLATE’S TARGET PRACTICE. Hit and Miss Shots, With Now and Then a Bullseye. | De good colt offen breaks de haltal. De bes’ ob dogs ull qua’l obah a bone. * ‘spec’ silence. yo" gotter qui De tree wid de bes’ apples on am clubbed de mos’. One ood foot am bettal: en a caah-load ol crutches, Wha’ de cow am tied she mus’ browse or i de rope. Reputashen ull make a man er hang ‘im cawdin to de fucks. De wasps tupid Brown! — | tischuf ‘less whilst T journey through this vale of a cross those who are so filled with the good things of this life that had T but a * small portion of what they have too much I would be happy.” 4 bassdrum—mighty po! — = um alone, reply, “but the thing that struck me as being vas that the women always put new stockings whenever they went to sit in the hammocks.” He always stays so late—th “Lwas half past ten, E know Last night before he took his hi And « De man w’o din teef in public fo" si w'nah pie weeks. hought he'd better g¢ Some men am li |company wen y I thought so too, but only said “Good night,” and yawned behind my fan | De hen ser And wo how the other girls an’ w'en de chi Could ent tin that sort of man, 7 Dar's many.a man dat Three montha later ; same young man, sane girt jin a ya’r an? am in Canada in less'n six THE TRADE IN cnestNuTs. months, J. A. WALDRON. thing. smilii “Don't hurry, Eq; it isn’t late. : That slot ts lots too fast. | GUARDING AGAINST CONTINGENCIES. it's only twelve Til let you stay you to tie country all the Till twenty minutes past. ntleman of his seder & 15 OV ler is no longer th hild of He is now dual who ries his ste | summer friend. “Twas just picking up a little local color for a novel Tam writing, that’s all “You must have noticed many peculiar jresy-room, where th things,” said the other casually, "Perhaps furnace you wouldn't mind telling me the most re- —— markable ¢ Girls who m: achmen "Should be “That would be rather difficult,” was the) ble in their aff od 's sanctum and et done up ina roll, Tl re always uncooked until the editor gets them. nosent in baskets down to the are soon roasted in the restinats in his poc A GOOD PUPIL. \y," said a store- are so hard to | ‘t afford to buy one, directory I'got at bargain,” said his wife a few days later. It is nearly twenty years old to be sure, but then it’s as good as new, for L went right through it to see if any of the pages were torn out before I paid for it.” A NECESSARY INVENTION. “Hold on a minute,” said one author to another, as they were passing a news-stand; “TL want to look at one of the magazines to | see if my poem ” | “Come along,” was the reply; “‘ wait until | the end of the year and then look in the! index.” “Is that the latest wrinkle ?” os returned the other; ‘I once had an icle accepted myself, and after lodking| — Orrice-poy— LawyeR—* Don't you know that a liar is worse than a thief 7” *Whiat are you giving us—one w d for me and two for yourself?" ¥