Judge, 1892-11-19 · page 4 of 16
Judge — November 19, 1892 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains several unrelated satirical sketches typical of late-19th/early-20th-century American humor: **"Those Large Editions"** mocks Sunday newspaper consumption—a farmer orders what appears to be hay but is actually a massive stack of Sunday papers, satirizing the era's explosive growth in newspaper publishing and readership. **"On a Blind Sawyer"** is a pun-based joke playing on homophones ("saw" as both tool and past tense of "see"). **"Two Differences"** jokes about bicycles versus horses during the bicycle craze period, when bicycles were replacing horses for transportation. **"Opportunities of Information Cut Off"** satirizes changing communication habits—a postmistress notes people now write private letters instead of postcards, cutting off her access to neighborhood gossip she previously enjoyed reading. **"Her First Pair"** plays on a newlywed's confusion about pajamas, suggesting naïveté about proper dress. The "Hints to Ambulance-Surgeons" sketches offer crude medical humor about patient handling.
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330 HINTS TO AMBULANCE-S Finish THOSE LARGE EDITIONS. «Heavens, Silas! what did you order a load of hay on Sunday for?” StLas—"* That's not hay. T sent down town for a few Sunday papers.” ON A BLIND SAWYER. HE INAS a sawyer: blind was he, ‘That was his only flaw ; And, though none ever saw him see, Many have seen him saw. TWO DIFFERENCES. Biggerstaf—“ You don't have to feed a ae a bicycle as you do a horse.” Quit to take a drink with th . ‘ we driver onthe ways ne wae the Tillinghast —" There is another difference. Biggerstaff —" What is it?” Tillinghast —"® horse is of no I use until it is broken, and a bicycle is a een of no use after.” I see you have a stove in your hat.” s your head cold ?” OPPORTUNITIES OF INFORMATION CUT OFF. ¢6]S THERE anything going on in the neighborhood ?” asked a transient visitor of the postmistress at Persimmonville. “I really don’t know,” she replied. “People is puttin’ on style now other in letters, ‘stead o" usin’ postal-cards as they used to.” writin’ to each HER FIRST PAIR. She—" I've brought back these pajamas you recommended.” Saleslady —* Why, madam, is there anything wrong with them?" She—"1 should say there was. Why, I can't get them on over my head.” Be sure the patient is sick, Make him stick out his tongue, —and if necessary get the driver to aid you Conduct him with due chaste to the ambulance—— _ in chucking him in. comicbooks.com