Judge, 1892-04-02 · page 10 of 16
Judge — April 2, 1892 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple satirical cartoons and commentary typical of late-19th century American humor: **"A Dream Dispelled"** mocks newlyweds' romantic ideals. The poem describes a husband's fantasy of perfect married life, immediately undercut by reality: street vendors' noise, demanding servants, and household chaos. The satire targets naive expectations about domestic bliss. **"A Common Occurrence"** shows a vagrant making excuses to a practical housewife, who dismissively notes that misfortune is universal—a cynical take on beggary and sympathy. **"Sentences Passed by the Judge"** presents aphoristic wisdom about wealth, behavior, and fate in Judge's characteristic moralizing style. **"The Leather They Like"** references James Russell Lowell's proposed Westminster Abbey burial, with a Londoner's jab that Americans only respect British things. The joke appears unclear from context provided. **"Too Fast"** and **"One of Them"** are dialect-humor sketches involving characters with exaggerated immigrant or lower-class speech patterns—common comedic fodder of the era, though cringe by modern standards.
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JUDGE A DREAM DISPELLED. WE were wed I spoke these words : “Dear love, through rose - decked paths we'll stray, And all the day for us the birds Shall pipe their merry songs and gayi A perfect peace shall e’er be ours, With naught of pain or care or ‘woe. Ab, sweet indeed shall be the be future we shall Whete'e’er we hear some vend- *er's yell, And all the day for this or that Some fiend or other pulls the bell. No wonder, too, so sad we look, For when our cares do seem to fade Lo! we are harassed by the cook And worried by the serving-maid. NATHAN AM LRVY, c A COMMON OCCURRENCE. Tramp (fagically)—"* Kind leddy, once I was young and "—— PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE—"Oh, never mind that, [tis likely to occur in any one's life.” SENTENCES PASSED BY THE JUDGE. ICHES do not insure wealth. A man’s acts are the shadows cast long or short by his beliefs. She that will not dance when she may may not dance when she wil. The blind cry for light and declare the fallacy of the belief in its existence. He that buildeth a bridge shall walk on it, he and his posterity. Therefore let him look well to its support. There is nothing unlovely about love save the process of unloving, and unhappiness is half happy until de prived of hope, kaTwaine Grosjean: THE LEATHER THEY LIKE. A PROPOSAL to give Mr. Lowell a stab in Westminste abbey is followed by the remark of a Londoner,“ We u warranted these umbrellas fast colors? I haven't don't want to lick any Yankee’s boot: th dye from head to foot.” ess Mosk —"' Mine frendt, enny color vot travels from your head to your heels in von minnet Benedict Arnold has a place in Westminster. Apparently’. moost be’ fast.” , they rather liked his boots. Pairs s Beles Utats TOO FAST. ONE OF THEM. Mr. Hocnack —"* You jes’ bet you see some strange sights in this ere . taowns y ge sig! —an’, by gum! T seem ter be "bout ez strange ez any on “em.” The late.Mr. + It is there w to hunt —Oil | A s n comicbooks.com