Judge, 1891-09-05 · page 3 of 18
Judge — September 5, 1891 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon - "Sombre Surroundings":** This depicts a picnic scene where Jack Suff asks whether people would object to picnicking on cemetery grounds. The joke satirizes either insensitive behavior or morbid humor about choosing inappropriate locations for social gatherings—likely commentary on poor judgment or tastelessness in public behavior. **Middle Section:** Brief political items mention Cleveland declining a gubernatorial run and Governor Gordon being asked to define his position. These reflect late 19th-century political gossip. **"His Stolen Livery":** References a Blaine man's letter about the Blaine livery incident during the Pennsylvania convention, appearing to mock political hypocrisy regarding borrowed respectability or false claims to authority. **Bottom - "Useful Training":** Shows a man avoiding thrown objects, with a joke about baseball training. The humor contrasts athletic preparation with real-world survival skills.
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SOMBRE SURROUNDINGS. Jack Surr— Do you suppose the people here would have any objection to our picnicking on these grounds 2" HARTY (the lawn-hand)—'* I doan’ tink they would, sor, bein’ as this is Woodlawn cimitery.”” THE STREETS of this city are not cleaned by Hans Beattie, but through the providence of God. ee i A MOTHER and daughter on Long island recently eloped with two brothers, kindly borrowing them of another family. AS CLEVELAND will not run for governor, how would it be, Mr. World, to run him for mayor of Buffalo or sheriff of Erie county? GOVERN IR GORDON was asked by alliance men to define his posi- tion, and immediately cried out in a loud voice, “Gentlemen, I.am for peace first, last and all the time!” Then he crawled hastily out of a back window, and the alliance men got together for reflection, HIS STOLEN LIVERY. A BLAINE MAN wrote to Quay during the progress of the recent Pennsylvania convention, “You must put off the Blaine livery. It does not become you, and no true friend of the secretary relishes seeing you wear it.” But the impudence that enabled Quay to assume it will probably enable him to keep it on; and again if he took it off he would have to go naked. USEFUL TRAINING. Proressor| McWuitr (after a particularly bad solo)—'' \'ve taken lessons for only three njonths, but—— Joa Say before that, you heathen, I played first base in th’ league! judgment comicbooks.com ¢