Judge, 1887-11-26 · page 3 of 16
Judge — November 26, 1887 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two separate satirical cartoons mocking prominent figures of the era (likely 1880s-90s based on style). **Top cartoon ("An Unappreciated Gift"):** A woman presents her husband with a stuffed fish, claiming it cost $750—representing his fishing trip to Rangely. The satire mocks wealthy men's expensive leisure pursuits and their wives' sarcastic reactions to such wasteful expenditures. **Bottom cartoon ("A Little Mixed"):** Two figures discuss a young man's choice of pharmacy as a career, with one noting he resembles "your grandfather"—appears to be social satire about career choices and family resemblance. The accompanying text includes sections titled "Thanksgiving for Good Luck" (praising President Grover Cleveland's fortunate political position despite mistakes) and "Scaffold is Civilization" (arguing capital punishment deters crime better than addressing criminal motives). The page primarily satirizes wealth, politics, and social attitudes rather than targeting specific newsworthy events.
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JUDGE ‘AN UNAPPRECIATED GIFT. could you he so emel Tt ng but a fish, and stuffed at that 2 ' Mn. Dessvape—" My dea west expensive gift I could seal He represents my cateh at Rangely last fall, and the trip cost me seven hundred and fifty dollars. Max Desseane—" satisfying bird, with all his temporary strut — to his success, He has built up within a few months a domestic estab- 1, and may his shadow be less only when — lishment every personality and movement of which brings eredit to y begin to sigh werhis departureand sing his s his friends nd the JUDGE dead anareli istson the fact that they got theirs, not without invitation bat with rare luck, before the appointed time, oserit CHAMBERLALN comes pre- pared, we hope, to pay up that old bill for tishing amusement, « s case of summer frolic of the British government. few millions will do it, and what is a Intle sum like that 7 THANKSGIVING FOR GOOD LUCK at more heartily ine more than does the president. What luck ishis! How little his mistakes count acainst him though, to be sure, they rous, and some of th are very bad. He has sealed the height of honorable place, that statesmen have vainly spent millions of money What a strange choice for a ber rightly your grandfather The sun shines and the in falls for ( and his oppe nents within and without the Dem ie fold kick at him only to hit . nor to this luck; and yet the feast and agiving of thanks . ich there was i sword suspended by a single hair, t say nothing of the hair in the butter, it live until its time comes to and then pass out as p uly as ame in, Tur More we think of her the more we admire the president's wife, the same being the Jupae’s lovely candidate. Her purticip: nin the pleasures of the working-women of Bridgeport was entirely outside of polities, but what an effect for Grover i i ly have ! CAFFOLD IS CIVILIZATION. narchists who were | pant well—that is thi which charity is obliged to t so perhaps does the smal who feels that he has a right to the money his vietim earned. The law cannot judge motives so much as facts; and the fact of punishment puts a el k on motives, guided as they often are by bad judgment, which is sadly needed, Poor fellows! but how much more important is the safety of society than all the motives they ever ha comicbooks.com