Judge, 1891-10-24 · page 7 of 16
Judge — October 24, 1891 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical sketches typical of Judge's humor. "The Press" mocks rural readers' excitement about local newspapers—specifically how small-town papers publish trivial gossip (like "Sary Smith's Visitin' in Bolingsville"), treating mundane local news as miraculous. The rural dialect emphasizes the unsophisticated audience. Other sketches employ period humor: "Non-Fitted" jokes about military discipline; "Hurt" uses African American dialect for church humor; "Their Uses" contrasts liquor and water's effects; "Look Out for the Farmer" depicts a con man outsmarted by a farmer; "A Sad Case" presents dark humor about tooth extraction causing death; and "A Depreciated Curiosity" shows a man repeatedly shooting his nephew's imported toucan because of its natural cry. The cartoons reflect late 19th/early 20th-century Judge sensibilities: stereotyped dialects, slapstick violence played for laughs, and casual cruelty presented as wit.
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Paper-day ! when old man Brown Hands me out the Bugle-call— Printed down in Casey—ain't No man techin’ me at all! Home I put an’ hist my heels In the back-log’s cheerin’ ray, Light my pipe, an’ tell yeh what ! Ain’t much work done paper-day ! JUDGE THE PRESS. IMES the mail comes in—well, | Kinduh have to be around Hangin’ "bout the office-door, Specerlatin’ ef T found Ary letter come for me How I'd act !—I reckén way Off— becuz I never git Nothin’, ‘cept on paper-day. Talk o' miryculls an’ all— Water inter wine an’ sech— Never stalls me nothin’ like Way these papers take an’ retch Out an’ grab the news an’ put In the names o' folks, an’ tell Right square out ‘et Sary Smith's Visitin’ in Bolingsvelle ! EVA WILDER Mc GLASSON, NON-FITTED. LizuTeNant —"* Why don't you two fellows dress the line?” Cornican Bocan Guest —" What's that peculiar Sounds as if somebody were choking. t —'t McGue's been in th’ cavalry !" Mr. SupBanc—"'I did n’ see yo at chu’ch larst Sabbuf, Brer Wor- Mr. Worpat —"* Nossir! I doan’ go no mo’ fer ter git ‘sulte Mr. Suppanc—' Whar d’—whad d’ worl’ ‘sulted yo’, chile ?” Mr. Worbat—" Jess when I come in d’ doah yo’ yells out frum a’ pulprit ‘ Whad am dis yer cuss dat has cum upon us?” THEIR USES. Se MY friend,” said the grave old man, “liquor makes misery and water "—— “ Makes cranks,” replied the other, turning away. LOOK OUT FOR THE FARMER. Tough —" 1 tried the bunco game on a Kansas farmer yesterday.” Another tough —" How did you come out?” Tough —" He got my dollar and a half.” A SAD CASE. Gazzam —" Life is easily destroyed. after having a tooth pulled.” Maddox —" How long after?” Gazzam—"" About ten years.” I knew a strong man who died A DEPRECIATED CURIOSITY. gurgling sound out in the other room? Mx. Cockket—" My nephew in the navy brought me a valuable toucan from South America the other day. to see him ?* ‘That's his natural ery. Would you like Freppy Cockrel (as his father appears at doorway) —"* You've had three shots, Dick. Now let me plank him once." comicbooks.cor |