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This page contains brief satirical commentary on contemporary figures and events, plus three illustrated jokes: **"The Ingratitude of the Turf"**: A horse owner callously discards his aging racehorse "Rakentin" to a horse-car company after it can no longer race profitably—satirizing the disposable treatment of animals. **"No More Star-Gazing for Him"**: An unclear reference, but likely mocking someone (possibly a journalist or public figure) caught looking through telescopes, with the punchline suggesting discreditable behavior. **The main text** comprises brief witticisms about contemporary figures: Seth Low (Columbia College president), Edwin Arnold (travel writer), and others—typical of Judge's format of short, caustic one-liners about public personalities. The page also includes a poem mocking the flowery obituaries of General Felix Agnus of the Baltimore *American*, suggesting Agnus wrote excessively sentimental death notices. Overall, this demonstrates Judge's approach: short satirical barbs targeting public figures, politicians, and social pretension.

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HUM OF THE COURT. S predicts a hard winter, and will accordingly go through it in his sum- mer overcoat. E HAVE seen a new play. It is so bad that all of it ought to be cut out except the exits for the audience. SETH LOW, if we may be permitted the classical language of Columbia college, is likewise high and jack-of-the-game. [7 WILL soon be charged that Mrs. Burnett Pl d in the production of the. young man Vivian, but nobody will ever believe it. A CANADIAN tried to dig up the remains of his mother-in-law; and as she had been dead fifty years they thought he must be insane, EDWIN ARNOLD speaks appreciatively of the falls of Niagara, but he does think in his sleeve that they ought to have been born in England. T 1S perhaps true that Star failed there was anger of his birth, but we must remember that he was very young. the editor. of the to object when “Well, gentlemen, I can afford to E BEST TIME made by the an greyhound, the City of New York, when she ran aground was that of her officers and crew in the speed and amount of their ob- [7 IS FOOLISHNESS in the Buffalo Express to. say the Buffalo Courter “has thrown dig- nity to the dogs.” Wh the moon and stars do dogs want of dignity? under THE PASSION of the young lady of the period itself, real or feigned, in the pas- The silly child wants to write something to. make her gets old shows sion novel, blush when she HE MAN who calls M, Hal- stead a double liar must be to book — or But, really, the state. ment is foolish because M. Hal- brought newspaper. stead is not a case of twins, thing ake it easy for a while. won me a cool hundred thousand this last season,” Mk. BENTGOOp — through one ‘r them telescopes back JUDGE THE INGRATITUDE OF THE TURF. Owxer—'It’s no use fooling with him any longer, He's run his last race. sell him to a horse-car company. ar in T ss not, young felle ‘That horse of mine, K: NO MORE STAR-GAZING FOR HIM. BLack-nearTED Pere —"* Hold up!" MARRIAGE is mentioned by the Minneapolis Tribune as “a temporary embarrassment.” But that is not the question, The question seems to be whethe an embarrassment for time and some portion of eternity. A CRANK said to Elijah Halford the other day that he wanted to have President Har- ison settle a church dispute. Elijah was so mad that he said with violence, “If you don’t go out I'll settle “You are mistaken, sir,” said the crank with argumentative persistency. “1 ain't no dispute. you.” HEN ONE sees large headings evening newspaper he natural get news of a great calamity, and is disgusted to find merely that Micky O'Hooligan has fine race around the diamond; but how much better it is to contemplate these contemptible victories than those which involve a sacrifice of life. ARE CHIDED by a correspondent for not giving the face of Shanks of the Star in the 5; but we lo of the Star, and the truth is the back of his anatomy is by far the better view of him. He never shows himself in that way but there is a feeling of sympathy for him which is akin to forgiveness. And besides it may be true t the Lord made him, HERE IS ANOTHER of the sweet obituary poems of Gen- cral Felix Agnus of the Baltimore American rain, She slumbers so peacefully, oh, let her Her sickness ail ended, her troubles all Oh, think what she suffered, so racked vwith pain; In the long weary nights we soothed her Till God in his mercy sent a message of And took But, though the lady is gone, we are happy to allay apprehension with the statement that General Felix Agnus is convalescing. from all pain to heaven uarter ter look see a blamed comicbooks.com