Judge, 1887-02-12 · page 2 of 16
Judge — February 12, 1887 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This page contains political commentary and satirical text rather than a single coherent cartoon. The top illustration appears to be a caricatured figure, though its specific target is unclear from the image alone. The text column discusses various political topics including: criticism of Democratic commandments, concerns about Canada and South American republics, grammar instruction in schools, and references to "Henry Watterson" regarding the "money devil." There's mention of treasury surplus and fisheries disputes. The lower illustration, titled "AN UNEXPECTED SHOCK," depicts a gentleman offering his seat to a lady on what appears to be public transportation. The caption jokes about social courtesy—he offers his seat but then refuses to give it up, claiming he'll "in a moment" while thanking her sarcastically for "paralyz[ing]" him. The page appears primarily focused on political opinion pieces rather than cohesive satirical cartooning.
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PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK. atk oe Ss = W. 3. Ameen. Hany R Hart Presttent = Vie President = = =~ Art Department == Blitor ~ < TERMS TO SUBS UNITED STATES AND.CANADA. priweeka, . . ‘ ‘Single coples Wcenta each, THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY, POTTER BUILDING, Park Row, “When this you see it’s ghoulish glee.” ‘Tue CONGRESS OF the United States is posed of a senate, a house, and Mr. Riddle- berger. THe country TINE—The surplus in the treasury, the same to be used for the coun- try's protection. KILL 17, KILL IT! _Is it necessary to say that we refer to the word ‘ whom ” as it is used by the universal ignoramus ¢ A GREAT TRUTH—That permanent harmony can co ne to the disputed fis the annexation of Can: eries only through THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY—"' The rose is red, the violet blue; I'm out of place, and so are you.” REGARD MIRRORS as newspapers re- they are things which should be and must be immediately looked into. gotalong alittle ahead of time, It weighed eight pounds and gurgled poetry with extreme success. Wovtp 1 Nor BE WELL for the prohibitionists of this country to stop their noise and let good citizens do a little talking for temperance ? To BE CONSIDERED AT ONCE—We don't want to fight, but, by jingo! if we do, we've got the men, we've got the pluck, we've got the sur- plus too, MINISTER PENDLETON says the Germans are stubbornly set against American pork. There are a good many Germans here who don't ob- ject to it. It 18 BELIEVED that the valentine of our mugwump president will be composed of a beautifully gotten-up promise of a second term for somebody else. Tue Jupor CANNOT ACCEPT the rumor that the editor of the Utica Observer has been made postmaster of his native town. It appears, for }|by a tradesman on whose b | cut-throatism. and keep a few of the Democratic command- ments, PERHAPS A SH suppose that little South American republic | Chili were to send gunboats here before we got the coast defended ¢ THE CONCLUSION OF Dr. HAMMOND that gram- mar shouldn't be taught in the public schools is quite superfluous. For this reason, to wit, that is to say, it isn’t. IT IS WELL ENOUGH to flash some indignant fire at those Canadians and those Mexicans; but it is a good idea that you must never shoot until you get your gun loaded. Henry WATTERSON HAS SO MUCH to say of the money devil that we suspect he has emptied his pocket of him and ts to borrow a little devil, snore or less, of somebody else. THs GOVERNMENT IS large enough with Can- ada outside of it; but Uncle Sam wants peace and that can never be safely counted on as long as there is a line-fence beyond his farm. A RECENT MURDER OUT WEST was perpetrated iness card ap- peared the legend ‘* My motto is, ‘ Live and let live.’ We have rarely encountered anytning so deceptive. Goversor HILt’s ors, the Elmira Gazette, speaks at considerable length of * Republican We haven't had our feelings hurt so much in many days, Er—does the Gazette mean to say that Republicans eut each other's throats, or merely those of the common enemy t s) Ir 1s uinteD that John Ruskin is soon to become a Catholic. Mr. Ruskin is soon todo something larger than that. He proposes to cover all the denominations. He is soon to lecume an angel. BrichaM YouNG has two sets of wives, one over there and one here. This may account for his long tarrying in Montana, but it is a cow. ardly way of avoiding a responsibility most willingly incurred. ‘THE GREAT NEED OF THIS PERIOD news paper that doesn’t remark with every issue that its circulation and influence are constantly growing to a most gratifying and wholly un- | anticipated extent. THE story THAT RIDDLI gets intoxicated is ind were about to indorse it with extreme unction as the only rational explanation of the yentle man’s continuous incoherence; ing in the south now, -and-order associations They have no ki They have instead | which go about flogging men and women be cause they may have been lax in moralit; killing them if they do not subsequently leave the afflicted neighborhood. It is perhaps toler ably true that the administrators of this whole and | some discipline are not the best judges of mo- AN UNEXPECTED SHOCK. Gext—“ Will you take my seat, miss?” instance, that the gentleman has for man years conceived it his duty to serve his party! Lapy—“ Thank you (after a pause); but why do you not give it-to me?” Gent—‘' Excuse me. I willin a moment. The thanks paralyzed me momentarily.”