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# "The Disreputable Catfish" - Judge Magazine Satire This page satirizes various American social and political absurdities through short anecdotes paired with catfish-related cartoons. The fish illustrations pun on the phrase "catfish," depicting literal catfish in humorous situations (one saying "Whoops! Ain't I a dashy?"). The text mocks: - Unnecessary legal procedures (John Graham's arrest theatrics) - Pennsylvania's harsh July Frost conditions - General Fremont's unwarranted modesty - Democratic political claims - Ohio's religious tyranny regarding fan use in church - The Louisiana lottery scandal—criticizing that despite a gubernatorial veto, the corrupt lottery organization continues operating, questioning Congress's inaction The cartoons serve as visual puns rather than political commentary, while the prose tackles serious corruption and governmental failures of the era.
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r this morning.” JOHN GRAHAM needn't arrest any- body. All that deputy sheriff has to do is to appear on the scene and scare the evil-doer to death HE JULY FROST in Pennsylvania was light, but serious enough to nip the hopes of Brother Pattison in their too frail and early bud. ON able and pure as Gen- eral Fremont was, his modesty was a distinguishing trait. Does anybody re- call so great a life that was so absolutely Spotless ? WE OBSERVE again that Mr. Blaine's health is not brought in question, The Democratic impression appears to be, in fact, that James has a good deal too much of it. NE BOODLER wants to sue another boodler for his share of the Jake Sharp money, which the latter has kept. ‘Things have come to a pretty pass when there is no honor among boodlers. A PARSON in Ohio won't permit the members of his congregation to use That is such abominable tyranny that we should think the members would presently refuse to let him preach sermons. fans. TILTON says the society of this country committed a crime against him; therefore he left the country and will never return to it. A lady who re- cently saw him says his face has a rest ful look. That is likewise the case with the countenance of the country, we think. WHY SHOULD Mrs, Paran Stevens make a fuss about the loss of a few thousands in diamonds six or seven times a year? We lose perhaps a million in diamonds every month or so, and nobody about it. Still, it clessness— we must ever hears us compl is reprehensible admit that. THE DISREPUTABLE CATFISH. the man who invented cat-fish jugging ought to have a Nin't I a daishy?” Fr “Old Catty’s on another one, and I s'pose I've got to take him in.” MIN PASHA says if he can get home he will not “tempt God by further explorations.” For a man who has just returned to barbarism, after having been rescued from it apparently against his will, that is a peculiar remark. Does he want to be rescued again, or has he re turned in order to do it himself? MEN WHO ARE PICKLED, TON B. = was a good man, and the correctness of his life should have secured him against sudden and to- unexpected death, It is curious that so many bummers, older than he, whom the world would be glad to spare and who would apparently as soon die as live, should survive him long enough to die of old age. That is one of those things before which argument stands appalled and science and theory hang their dimin- ished heads; but there is satisfaction for the prohibitive idea in the fact that there is a kind of life the folly and disgrace of which are worse than any death that was ever died. THE CRIME OF LOUISIANA. T IS NOT a bad point that, the legisla- ture of Louisiana having passed the lottery bill by a two-thirds vote, the veto of Governor Nichols is not operative; but the fact remains that but for the death of a member of the legislature a two-thirds vote against the veto would have been deemed unavoidable. Nobody would have thought, but for this death, that the original vote had force against a veto. A great many bills have been passed in every legislature by a two-thirds vote which failed of that majority against the opinion and protest of the governor. But in carrying the case to the courts the Louisiana lottery company continues its business pending a final decision; and we suppose that, whatever the judgment of the courts, the result will be the triumph of the greatest and most vicious organiza- tion of corruption the world knows. The main question is, what ig congress—and if not congress, what are the states—go- ing to do about it? comicbooks.com