Judge — August 13, 1887 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page appears to feature rural or working-class character dialogue rendered in heavy dialect ("kinder suspicious of people which try ter force ther acquaintance onter ie"). The fragmented OCR text suggests a confrontational scene between characters, with one asserting authority as a "Finger Township representative" and threatening consequences if not obeyed. The repeated exclamation "Pertiee! Perlis!" remains unclear—possibly character names or expressions specific to the satire's context. A Delmonicos Liquors advertisement appears on the page, suggesting late 19th or early 20th-century publication. Without clearer image resolution or dated attribution, the specific political figures or events referenced are difficult to identify with certainty, though the tone suggests commentary on local political power dynamics or rural corruption. The dialect humor was typical of Judge's satirical approach to American regional characters.